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Burnese rescue are onto it;cross fingers they can help these dogs.

Hello,I have just sent email to Bernese club Victoria president ,alerting him to the advert.Hope they can help. edited for spelling

Very sorry for your loss.RIP Brock....I am outer east of Melbourne if you need me to help.You need support at this awful time.

Why should you tip toe around and not want to upset the neighbors.You have done nothing wrong,and you have a right to live in peace in your home.Go and introduce yourself to the owners of the dogs and explain what happened. They may actually do something about it;or you can ask your property owner to fix the gate so you can use it more easily and get the hole in the fence repaired.I take it your dog Brutus will need a secure yard himself.Will Brutus keep the stray cats away?.

Dogs are a good judge of character;Don't have this lady in your house and ask for someone else instead.

I would like to point out that not every one has the same sense of smell.I have a heightened sense of smell. Open nail polish and i would be ill. I have allergies to many dogs.The spaniels,to me, have a stronger odour than wire haired breeds;that's not to say they are not clean. To me they just smell stronger doggy.Before my allergies i owned Cavaliers a Cocker cross and beagle.But i'm allergic to them now.My son who has H.F autism,has 'Anosmia',No sense of smell at all. Getting back on topic,What about a Bichon.After watching the thread with whippet and rabbit playing,i am liking those whippets too.

I drove past the playground the other day and there was a lady there with 2 kids a baby and a Golden retriever tied next to the pram.Maybe consider a Golden.

Good on you for putting in the hard yards.I would like to hear how she goes down the track.She is still young,so that's a plus for her learning.I wish i had been able to do the same when i had my Staffy x.But had 4 kids under 10 at the time and she new she could be the boss.She went to a home with a couple without kids and one other dog. I got to see her a couple of times. Fortunately her new owners were just as tough as her and she had a more active life than i could have given her.

Tibetan Terrier.?... Looks like the Cocker spaniel has the most votes .Good luck and make sure to post pic's of your new pup.

Samoyed are huge!! ................I did say if you could go a bit bigger.After owning a wolfhound x almost everything seems small.

I also like the Australian terrier;My inlaws had two and they were tough, good with young and old.The Jack Russell.My hubby had a Parsons J R when he was a boy and says he was a good dog.Beagles are good if you are very active and like to go out walking a lot.I had a Beagle as a child;but watch they can dig out under a fence to look for company.If you can go a bit bigger ;a sheltie or samoyed.

'Is your pet bigger'.I hope not.It's no joke;i hope he can recover and has no permanent damage.Makes me wonder what size his owners were too.

Wonderful Willow;That's a great name.The Willow tree will bend, but it is tough to break.Sounds like she will be a strong little girl.

Zara-Maya-Odette-Lulu-Charlotte-Brie-Bella-Bizzy-Birdy-Bunny-Cucina-Leila-Grace-Ophelia-Petra-Missie.

Chloe,Cassie,Penny,Tammy.Celine,Milly,Zoe, Pippa.And Cindy,Cilla.

Savvy ,or Savvie.

So pleased for you and Harper.He sounds like a very clever little boy.

The RSPCA clinic here in Victoria do discount desexing .It's $185 for under 6 months or $ 265 over 6 months. for a female . Otherwise check the RSPCA in your state.

I can understand the distress of seeing the increasing number of pups in pet shops.In the past i have tried to save some that were in quite a bad state.Three of my local pet shops have had litters of american bulldogs.The staff of one store did not know much about them,so was unable to advise people if they were suitable breeds for them.Avoid going into pet shops with puppies. Join an organisation that is working towards stopping the sale of animals in pet stores,or a rescue group.This will help you to feel less frustrated if you know you are doing something that will help the situation in the long term.

Very sorry about Oscar.He is playing with the angels.

What makes you think that any of the people saying put to sleep have not been in a situation where they had to put to sleep a dog that they had become very attached to? It's up to adults to deal with their children, and not make bad decisions because they want to please their child. If an owner has signed a form to put a dog to sleep for aggression, only an unethical vet would rehome that dog. Your relative may have enjoyed the security of living with a dangerous dog, having had a traumatising experience, but most people are not like that and don't want to have to live that way with a pet dog. A big lesson in this thread is to be very careful when taking on adult dogs. If somebody does want to give a good home to a dog there are ethical organisations rehoming dogs that thoroughly test out the dogs before rehoming them. This is to avoid the risk of having these type of dogs out in the community and the risk of heartbreak for new owners. There are so many dogs with wonderful temperaments looking for homes, dogs that will allow their owners to live a normal life and will bring happiness. Aggressive dogs are a burden that should not be passed on to other people. Greytmate,I was just saying it's not an easy thing to have to do .I am sure others have had to do the same thing.We had to rehome a dog once on advise from a dog trainer because she was not good around children.She went to an adult home with people that were better able than i was to train a dominant dog.As it happened she was a staffy x. .My children were upset at first but they got over it.We later got a rescue dog that was good with the children and was a good family pet for 10 years.As i said in my first post;if i was in this situation i would PTS;I was going to do the same with our staffy if i could not find a resposable home for her.She was not DA but not good with children.So please do not make assumptions like that .I was just saying its hard to just say ok i will just go off now and get the dog PTS. You need time to get your head around it.I stalled for 3 weeks about whether i should take my staffy x to get the needle.As it happened some friends of a friend called me and offered to take the dog.as they did not have children and were resposible people; i let them take the dog.She was fine with adults and other dogs. She just wanted to be boss with the kids and they were getting scared of her.It was not a case of passing on a dangerous dog. I would have PTS a dog that i thought was a risk to anyone. I have been on this earth long enough to see a lot of things.I do not assume people do not have feelings.As for the vet situation.It was around 35 years ago;and laws and things were a lot different back then.It was up to my relo to take on that dog; me and the rest of the family said she was mad,but that was her choice. If you read my first post you will see i already said the same thing as you about there being good dogs out there that need a home;rather than take on one that is such a worry.And i have had to have some of my pets PTS when they had cancer,and i was holding them when it was done.So don't make such unkind comments.

Its easier for others to say PTS,as i did earlier.Its not so if you have the dog in your home and have formed an attachment to it.Also children in the home may be upset and not understand why the dog had to go.A relative of mine took on a dog that had been taken to the vet where she worked for PTS because he had bitten a few people.This was some years ago. She did not have children or another dog. The dog was kept very secure and when we visited she would bolt the door so nobody could wander out the back near the dog. She loved the dog and said she felt secure as she had been burgled in the past.She was experienced with dogs and this arrangement suited her life.Its a good idea to get assessment anyway to know you did the best thing.

Don't go with GE . My experience was their fees and charges are horrendous. Find a vet that will allow you to make regular payments.

I think PTS is the right thing in this instance.I agree there are so many good dogs in rescue who will enrich your life.This dog has you living on a knife edge.What if she got loose ;could end in a tragic situation.Let her go to doggy heaven.Give yourself and Astro time to recover from the stress,and then get help and advise about finding a more suitable dog.