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My SBT does the whole 'roo roo' thing. When I come home mostly but I look at it as 'talking' to me.

I have had my dogs on it for a few years now. I mix mine with human grade roo mince, I also add in the VAN skin support.

My dogs look great, my SBT has great muscle tone, great skin and coat and is finally slim!

My other dog has lymphoma and is on high doses of prednisone (and has been for four months) and her coat is still lovely and shiny and her bowel movements are firm and regular.

Like most dog foods, some dogs do well on it, some don't.

One of mine snapped a premolar on a soup bone leaving the pulp of the tooth exposed. By a stroke of luck she was due to go in for xrays so we got it removed at the same time.

Since then I have never given my dogs anything hard to chew. Chicken and turkey necks, lamb flaps and roo ribs are what is given here now.

And yes, she does have nice healthy looking teeth! Good luck at the vets.

My SBT does the whole rolling around on the back thing, all the time growling and snapping like a looney :laugh:

I did read that shaking is a calming behaviour. But I did also read that the shaking after lying down is a behaviour retained from wild canines, they did it to shake off any parasites.

My dogs shake a lot but then they always have, so if it is an increased behaviour there may be more of a reason behind it. Good luck at the vet.

In regards to the hugging and face rubbing, my dogs love a good hug and I have just spend a few minutes giving my dog a nice long face rub and she comes up and starts rubbing her head on me when she wants one :laugh:

BUT, I would never do that to a dog that isn't mine, especially the hugging. And I think that is the point of the list.

Edit: Although after a reread it does say your dog! Maybe I misinterpreted it.

Just another quick one, not sure what the 1080 bait situation is like over there but we take muzzles for ours for any off leash fun but most of the time they are on short leads when out and about.

Can't help you with Victoria but I have a couple of things you might want to think about before you go. We have a camper trailer and like to go with the dogs.

In winter, we leave our dogs in the car to get an evening meal but in summer will get take away and go find somewhere nice. We almost always do our own lunches, or get a take away lunch, we never leave the dogs in the car during the day for extended periods of time, it might be cool outside but WA still has warm sun even on a cool day.

We have put our dogs in kennels for the day when we go to national parks or to an event where they can't go. Outside school holidays this is easy enough to do without too much pre planning. Kennel owners tend not to be too strict about drop off and pick up times when it is quiet. Friends of ours went to northern WA and left their dogs in a pound for the day (organised and paid for beforehand, not just leaving them there!!)

Plan, plan, plan your itinerary and then plan a back up! We have arrived at camping spots only to find a bunch of undesirables there already, so it is handy to know of somewhere alternate nearby to go to.

When we first started taking our dogs, they were hyped up at being in new places, may not be a problem for some dogs but ours were over the top!

Holidays in Australia, the dogs come with us. Overseas holidays they go into kennels. Weekend trips to Perth, they travel down with us and we take them to the beach and then drop them off to the kennel. Pick them up, take them to the beach and then drive home.

But, personally, I wouldn't put a pup into board. I would just accept that for twelve months it is camping trips/dog friendly accommodation holidays only.

May as well buy him one of these as well.

http://www.hamishmcbeth.com/products/for-westies-and-scotties/kilt-red

Trespassing laws for NSW, where I think the incident occurred.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ilpa1901264/s4.html

INCLOSED LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1901 - SECT 4

Unlawful entry on inclosed lands

4 Unlawful entry on inclosed lands

(1) Any person who, without lawful excuse (proof of which lies on the person), enters into inclosed lands without the consent of the owner, occupier or person apparently in charge of those lands, or who remains on those lands after being requested by the owner, occupier or person apparently in charge of those lands to leave those lands, is liable to a penalty not exceeding:

(a) 10 penalty units in the case of prescribed premises, or

(b) 5 penalty units in any other case.

And definition of inclosed lands.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ilpa1901264/s3.html#inclosed_lands

"Inclosed lands" means:

(a) prescribed premises, or

(b) any land, either public or private, inclosed or surrounded by any fence, wall or other erection, or partly by a fence, wall or other erection and partly by a canal or by some natural feature such as a river or cliff by which its boundaries may be known or recognised, including the whole or part of any building or structure and any land occupied or used in connection with the whole or part of any building or structure.

My Pet Warehouse sells VAN and has $4.99 postage. I have found them to be good. They also have an outlet in Perth so I often get the VAN quite quickly although once I had to wait a week and a half.

Not luxating patella but my mastiff x has had two tplo surgeries and the staff gave me a recycle bag (green woolies one) that had the sides cut our to help her around. Great idea, had the handles and a good wide support. But they advised that we could use it to help her toilet as well. We never needed it as she was really good and we only have one small step.

For entertainment, we used lots of kongs, bones, did a bit of clicker training.

We crated her for the first couple of weeks while we weren't at home but she was allowed to walk around the house while we were home, the other dog was put out when she out due to the risk of a play session. We also set up her crate and put a pen on the side so she had a couple of places to lay down. Yes our lounge looked horrible!!

I have to work to provide the level of comfort my dogs have come accustomed to :laugh:

Seriously though, my sister in law hasn't worked a day in her life and her dog wouldn't know what the inside of her house looks like and is fed KFC at times, so I hope breeders look at a person as a whole and don't just dismiss full time workers like myself. My dogs are part of my family and are treated as such.

For a swollen and gunky eye, I would be off to the vet.

Salty water would sting, I would have thought?

Thank you to you both, I am thinking of getting a tripod and just using my normal camera for the moment.

And then taking the plunge with a Go Pro when the new one comes out, hoping that the old one goes down in price and I'll get one of those.

I know that there is a video sub forum but wasn't sure how much traffic it gets.

What do people use to video their dog training/activities? Any features that I should be making sure that the camera has?

I have a camera that can do video but am looking at getting a dedicated video camera. Particularly interested in what people use when they can't get anyone to hold the camera for them. Tripod?

Anyone using a Go Pro?

What about SD cards?

Unfortunately the dog's temperament isn't the basis of law, it's the perceived breed that governs seizure.

Yes, that is true. Nothing wrong with fighting for what you believe in. Bad law is bad law.

This is an update. Not sure what appealing to Peter Walsh is going to achieve, but they obviously know better than me! So much wasted time and money.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fate-of-deathrow-dog-mylo-in-hands-of-state-government-says-lawyer-20140605-39kxt.html

Lawyers for the owners of a dog deemed a dangerous breed have asked the state government to step in to save the dog from death row, where it has been for more than two years.

A hearing was to begin on Thursday before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to decide the fate of the dog, but did not proceed after lawyer Alysha Tuziak told the court she was seeking a ministerial reprieve for three-year-old Mylo.

Ms Tuziak has sent a letter to the Minister for Primary Industries, Peter Walsh, applying to have Mylo exempted from the different restricted breed dog provisions of the Domestic Animals Act 1994.

Under the act, the governor in council has the power to intervene.

Ms Tuziak told Fairfax Media that the decision on whether Mylo lived or died was now in the government's hands.

She said Mylo's owners, 13-year-old Brodie Gray and her mother Jessica, had been struggling to cope with the long legal battle to try to save Mylo.

"It's a very stressful and difficult situation for them, particularly when they are only allowed to see Mylo for half an hour every week," Ms Tuziak said.

The scheduled VCAT hearing on Thursday was going to be the fifth separate legal hearing to determine if Mylo should be put down.

Mylo has been held at the Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne since May 8, 2012, after escaping from the family's Sunshine West home and being seized by a Brimbank City Council officer.

The "Stop them from killing Mylo" Facebook page now has more than 7400 "likes" and Jessica Gray has twice taken her case on appeal to the Supreme Court and won after VCAT repeatedly ordered Mylo be put down.

Supreme Court Justice Jack Rush upheld Mrs Gray's latest appeal in February, ordering Brimbank council pay the legal costs of the hearing and that the case return to VCAT for the third time.

Brimbank council has been determined to destroy Mylo, claiming the dog is a restricted breed pit bull terrier. It has agreed not to put Mylo down until a final decision is made by the government.

Mrs Gray claims DNA tests she paid for in the US proved Mylo was an American Staffordshire terrier cross, not a pit bull.

Her lawyer's letter to Mr Walsh included a report from Geelong veterinarian Jack Ayerbe, who examined Mylo and concluded the dog could not be declared an American pit bull terrier.

Mr Ayerbe said Mylo complied with less than three of the conformation criteria and less than 10 of the physical characteristics criteria of a pit bull.

And a report by dog behavioural expert Jean-Claude Bertoni claims Mylo had such a docile temperament it could be a therapy dog used in hospitals and nursing homes.

Mrs Gray says she will never give up fighting for Mylo, and has even offered to move interstate with the dog, but Brimbank council has rejected the offer.

There have been claims Brimbank council has spent more than $100,000 in legal fees trying to have Mylo put down.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fate-of-deathrow-dog-mylo-in-hands-of-state-government-says-lawyer-20140605-39kxt.html#ixzz33laIeth4

If it were me, I would go for the indoor loo option. I have no idea about them but I imagine that they would be much easier to clean than your carpet.

Maybe get a cheap one for Crazy Sales and see how he goes with it. This one has good reviews.

http://www.crazysales.com.au/pet-toilet-pad-indoor-dog-grass-restroom-medium-p684.html

Good luck with it all. I can sympathise as I have one on prednisone at the moment and the drinking and going to the loo is beyond belief!

Six weeks is early but when I was growing up it was the norm and our dogs turned out fine. I would be doing everything the same as if the pup was an eight week old, she has had her first vaccination, puppy school etc.

And a large breed diet. I have a mastiff x and she has had terrible joint issues, we got her at twelve weeks and she was skin and bone.

They'd have to be pretty bloomin amazing. I can't imagine using that much paper to clean up two poos even if they were epic ones!

I think they landed mainly due to the smell but yeah, surprising they didn't have more paper towel. If I remember rightly the toilet paper on planes are only those small horrible square things.

Oh dear!

Those tweets are pretty funny :laugh:

Was it an assistance dog I wonder?

Not sure but I certainly have a dog that can clear a room, don't think I would want to be stuck in a plane with her stench :laugh:

I think I have changed my opinion on dogs in plane cabins. Reckon they go in the back :laugh:

Click on the link for the tweets mentioned in the article.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/us-airways-flight-forced-into-emergency-landing-after-dog-pooed-on-board/story-fnixwvgh-1226938073705

A PILOT was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger’s pooch dropped a load (several times) in the aisle of the plane, causing some on board to get sick.

The US Airways Flight 598, from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, touched down in Kansas City, Missouri.

The unscheduled stop was forced on the pilot after the flight attendants ran out of toilet paper to clean up the mess after the large dog fouled the aisle a second time, passenger Steve McCall told Inside Edition.

“The second time after the dog pooped they ran out of paper towels, they didn’t have anything else. The pilot comes on the radio, ‘Hey, we have a situation in the back, we’re going to have to emergency land,’” said McCall.

The episode was documented by another passenger Chris Law in a series of Tweets, which included the arrival of a cleaning team in Kansas City.

The dog’s owner was reportedly very apologetic, offering to buy everyone on board a Starbucks gift card, another passenger told Inside Edition.

No crapuccino jokes, please...

Our employment contracts don't require doctors certificates anymore. Sick leave is now called as personal leave and we can use it however we like, with managers discretion. I have taken a day off though and have said it was for personal reasons.

I have taken two weeks personal leave to go to Victoria to attend my stepfather's funeral and to help my mum with a few things. I still have over three months personal leave in the bank, as I very rarely touch it and use it for it's intended purpose.

I do work with people that don't have any personal or annual leave as they take the time at the drop of the hat and often have to take leave without pay when genuine things come up.

I live regionally and the vets only do house visits during the week, during certain hours. So for a planned PTS, we have to take a day off or else you have to wait in a full waiting room on a Saturday morning or during the after hours clinic.

We also don't have an emergency vet, so if you get a sick/injured animal, you have to take time off to take them to the vet. I would argue it is cruelty to leave an animal that needed veterinarian care until the end of the day when they do their after hours clinic. Obviously some things can wait.

Lol, I have never had any of those breeds but did see a couple of GSD's get out of a car in a haze of hair :laugh: