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Sounds like when I got home last night. I get home, let dogs out of the bedroom, ask them if they want to go pee (They all get excited), go to the back door while 3 of our 4 dogs (oldest chi Sandy, knows its raining - she's not silly, she opts to hold it) run there to meet me. Open door, they bolt out, run off the verandah to the yard, realise its raining, turn around so fast they arent even wet and run to the door to see me standing on the other side of the closed glass door. I generally walk away from the door and let them do their business but they're all scardey cats when it comes to the rain.

Sounds like our place...

That is truely priceless!

Its a little bit off the highway, but you could always consider popping through the You Yang ranges out the back of Lara. Could make a nice spot for lunch as well if its a nice day.

It is very cute, but i'd wanna hope that this was being done as a result of an orphaned foal, or a foal that didnt take to its mother. Looks very very young (in the order of maybe a week?) I wish I could have done that with my boy tho.... but he's a bit big for that now.... hasnt been that small for a bit over 2 years now haha

Hi All, A friend sent me this link as a joke, and i have no clue if its a photoshop or a real image, it looks real to me but its almost too good to be true. The foal looks pretty young so it wouldnt be too heavy to lift/get on the bed... if it is real then that shows true dedication!

I too have this dilemma. I was going to call my place "Josh's Joint" but my GFs moved in now so I dunno what to call mine. Yours however.... being a place where you've given animals lifes that they previously wouldnt have had. New Beginnings?

That, is absolutely awesome....

One might question how the dog is his "companion" if the dog is always out? Sob to the shire president? That sounds quite dodgy to me. Perhaps seek legal advice?

haha thats awesome! One very clever dog!

I aggree here. Get the ranger to impound the dog. Its oviously causing problems, and the owner is being irresponsible by letting it roam free. I know where I live we're not allowed to have dogs off lead outside of the property boundaries (Its an actual fineable offence) is that the same where you live? If so he could be fined as well as having to pay to get the dog out of the pound.

I was up in Sydney when the rain came through on Friday, and I drove through it on the way back to Melbourne, however my OH, said that the dogs dont generally go out in the rain (we have 4) with the exception of my puppy. Apparantly she was running around like a crazy dog snapping at it trying to catch the rain!!!! She hates water in general tho, hates getting baths, wont come near the hose when its on... she's an odd one I swear!

Hi All, Just thought i'd post another reply to say that this is still going ahead, and that as yet I havent had any takers however if somebody is interested then I'm happy to do what I can. Cheers, Josh

I've read through all the posts in this thread, and its a very interesting circumstance. My first advice would be not to pay anything, by paying an amount, in a legal representation that shows that you feel responsible, guilty, at fault, or all three, however it is a tricky one as you want to try and keep good relations with your neighbors, and obviously dont want them to report your dog or get the council involved. There are many things that could have happened, the puppy could have just gotten stuck under the fence, struggled, and sprained/broken something trying to get out. It could have snagged, panicked, and done the damage to its'self, or your dog may have caused the damage, you simply dont know. I've seen my puppy get floored by another dog (she was about 9 weeks old, and the other dog was a very large dog and was protecting his food) and she screamed the house down when there was no strain, broken skin, or any injury to my puppy whatsoever. I've also seen young dogs limp as a result of shock with no physical injury as well. Others would say that the puppy should not have been left alone in their back yard unsupervised, and that all the fences should have been checked for suitability by your neighbor prior to letting the puppy out unsupervised in the back yard. The problem is, that its very easy to say that "its not my dogs fault" however if you alter the situation a little bit, and say that was a young child, not a puppy, then everybodys uptake on the situation would be very different. The real question is not, are you/your dog at fault, and I think more, what was a young puppy doing unsupervised in a back yard, in the first place, and why didnt the puppy owners take adequate measures to ensure that their back yard was "puppy proof" in the first place? Being that you border with your neighbor, you are both equally responsible for the fencing, however you are each responsible for ensuring that an animal cannot get out of your yard in to an adjacent yard.

How do you secure the large crate to your roof racks? If your using ropes and the time it takes to secure the crate with ropes then you could look at getting some ratchet straps or something like that. Very fast and easy to do up/undo, and you'll be able to get a ratchet strap a heck of a lot tighter than any rope or ockey (not sure on spelling, elastic strap with hooks on either end) strap.

First Hearstopper.. Not so long ago we were looking for my OH's oldest dog, sandy. We had been working outside in the shed and when we came in we couldnt find her. We turned the house upside down looking for her (Chuihuahua so very small) and were entertaining, tho reluctantly, the possibility that she had gotten out and gone for a wander (property is 30 acres). She turned up to have run in to the wardrobe in the bedroom and was curled up fast asleep on the floor. Second heartstopper Not a dog, but similar theory. I own horses as well, and I have an entire Paint Colt, 2yo. I went to check on him in his paddock, to find him not in it. I checked the yard adjacent to the paddock, all the gates, the paddock behind his, the road, everywhere, just about to give up and start making phone calls I walked past the wall of an eclosed yard, thats only seperated from his paddock by polyrope fence (very flexible electric rope) to find that he'd been a cheeky little so and so and climbed through the polyrope fence when the electric was off, and was laying on the ground in the shade, (he's a Bay horse so was well camoflaged in the shade and the wall) next to a solid fence. Simpy a case of, the grass is always greener (or so he thought anyway) on the other side. I was entertaining the possibility that i'd lost him for sure....

Ok, this topic caught my eye and I have a confession to make.... I'm a bloke, and I've recently taken on my girlfriends 3 dogs and also got myself a puppy at the same time. I also own 2 horses and (now) 3 cats (one came back down with my girlfriend when she moved in). I can undeniably say, that when it comes to animals of any shape size, furr, fluff or otherwise, I'm the biggest softie out there. I know quite a few grown men that melt around animals like that, and i'm just the same. I'll post up some pics of my baby (horse - 2yo now he's not such a baby anymore), the cats and the puppies when I get home Animals are definetly a treasured, very important part of my life

Hi All, I've posted this up in the Rescue -> Transport forum as well as here, as I want to extend this offer to everybody on DOL. Just dropping a line to say that I'm going to be heading to Sydney and Back on Friday the 5th of March and coming back on Saturday the 6th. I will be travelling via road and as such will have an empty car, and will be available to transport any animals to/from melbourne & sydney over this weekend. I can also stop at any intermediate town on or within a short distance of the Hume Highway. In Sydney I will be travelling up to Ultimo on Friday the 5th arriving between 5 and 7pm and will be in Ultimo for a few hours then staying the night in Picton. I'm happy to deliver to anywhere that is not too far off the motorway (even right around westlink as I can head out over the Harbor bridge after i'm finished at Ultimo) If anybody is interested I'm happy to transport any small animals that can be crated and put on the back seat of a car over this trip. I can supply crates for small animals - medium sized dogs for the trip. As I'm already commited to this trip and as such I'd only be looking for a token amount to help cover fuel for the trip, however I wouldnt be looking at anything even remotely as much as a commercial transporter. I've put this offer up in General and in Dog Rescue -> Transport however preference will be given to rescue animals. If I have placed the thread in the wrong place please feel free to let me know where I can advertise these services to Non-Rescue people in the future as I anticipate that I'll be doing Melbourne-Sydney-Melbourne runs on a semi regular basis (4-6 weekly approx) and will have this available in the future. If you wish to contact me you can do so via PM, or you can feel free to contact me on 0416 039 082 Kind Regards Josh

Aidee (A-D) -Asin ADHD as she was a rescue dog, we think kelpie x, she was pulled out of the pound when she was very young, but she was nuts, so we thought it suited.

When I'm at work, see above When I'm at home, normally they're either trying to join me on said recliner, type on the keyboard for me, or asleep on our laps while we're infront of the keyboard!