Staffygirl88

Thanks koalathebear your reply was informative and hopefully it will be helpful. I got this puppy at a very bad time as my dad was diagnosed with cancer 5 days after she was flown down. I've been so stressed out and I'm sure she's picking up on that but I can't help being upset at the moment. I'll just have to try and hide my emotions from her the best I can and hope for the best. I do love the little rascal, just very bad timing.

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I did speak to the breeder about the worms. I was told she had been wormed TWICE. Not nearly enough for her to be free of worms and she basically had a 'well tough luck' attitude about it which only made me angrier. I only took the dog to the vet on the breeder's advice (I called her when she had the squirts) whereas I was going to wait 24 hours on the vet's advice. I live almost 2 hours away from my vet so it was a costly vet visit and completely pointless. I'd also asked the breeder in the morning before I took my pup to the vet when she was last wormed and I didn't get a response, I still don't know WHEN she was wormed with the breeder if she was at all. She was toilet trained on newspaper as far as I know but she's pretty fond of concrete lol I don't feed her until she has calmed down but that can take a long time and a lot of the time she gets worse! So if she's getting hysterical I give her a small handful then ask her to be calm and that works. Hopefully she'll be able to settle as soon as she sees the food dish soon. Her food drive is insane! If she smells it she goes mental and howls and cries and runs around the room looking for the food, makes me wonder if I'm feeding her enough. She gets fed a cup of dry food three times a day. I want to give her roo meat as it's really cheap and really lean meat, no fat or gristle But I'll wait a little while I think

Leaving her outside is more for my sanity to be honest, I'm trying to get the smell of dog poo out of my house also. I know I'm expecting a lot from her :p And it's probably not fair but since the worms I've just been so angry I thought that I would get what I paid for Her crate is just large enough for her to turn around and lie down in, I have ordered a larger crate for when she's bigger I am trying to train her but with all the toileting accidents ;) I think I just need a breather (hence the dog being outside) I need to calm down before I try training her again. How can I get her to stop doing her business on the back and front porch? It's a bit hard to clean up

Hi again. I've had my puppy for a week and a half now. I'm regretting spending as much money as I did on this dog. I could have bought a car. She howls and cries whenever I open her food bag and it is extremely hard to try and calm her down because I get so frustrated with her jumping at me because she can smell the food. It was explained to the breeder of this pup that I have a young son and would like a pup with a naturally calm and placid temperament. She was also meant to be wormed. She was full of worms when I got her! I took her to the vet 3 days after her arrival because she had diarrheoa, paid for medication to thicken her stool but when I get home and let her out of the car, a heap of worms come out. :D I had wormed her that morning before taking her to the vet because I wasn't sure if that was the cause. When I contacted the breeder about the worms, I was told that she had been wormed TWICE! FFS TWICE!!!! WTF!!! I'm pretty sure pups are meant to be wormed every 2 weeks until 8 weeks old, then every month until 6 months old, then every 3 months for the rest of their life? My pup could have died because this breeder didn't worm her properly or often enough. I got no apology from her about the fact that those worms could have killed my dog. And if it had? I hardly think I'd have been compensated in any way. No wonder she was so placid the first couple of days. This pup was also meant to be toilet trained. She does her business on my porch! And all over the concrete walkways. I do take her to where I want her to go but she BOLTS over to where SHE wants to go ;) I left her at home in her crate for not even 4 hours yesterday, when I got home all I could smell was poo. She had done her business in her crate and had run all through it!!! She had it all over her! My house reeked and my dog and her bed was covered in crap! She had done her business before I left the house, poos and wees so I can't see why she couldn't hold on! :p She has done this three nights this week and I've had enough of it. Now the pup is outside because I'm sick of her pooing inside and the reek. She still sleeps inside. I wanted this dog mainly for my son. Which is why I spent a lot of money and went to a breeder. I was promised a wormed, toilet trained dog and for the money I paid it's what I expect. I just don't know what to do, she makes me so angry because she poos where she sleeps! It's meant to be instinct not to poo where they sleep and considering she's in a crate, it's even worse. I'm losing my temper with her, she doesn't even look me in the eye when I'm trying to get her to do something. Am I just expecting too much? I know I'm getting frustrated with her and I'm trying to be calm with her, but everytine I think things are going great she'll start chewing on my dining suite or something similar. Should I just leave her outside until she's fully trained and can respond to commands? Also is it normal for a dog from a breeder to be full of worms? And why advertise she is toilet trained when she obviously is not?

If you know so much about Cesar Millan and his work, then you would know about Nu Nu the little chihuaha. A RED ZONE case. Don't believe me, go to his website and search for Nu Nu, she died this year of old age. If people have a red zone dog, they should seek PROFESSIONAL help. It amazes me that you even know about Cesar Millan as you have only whinged about Bull breeds and how bad they are, considering he's an ambassador for the big bad Pit Bull :D

Depends who you ask People who live in the area in expensive houses hate the idea (because of the risk of it lowering their property values). Lower income families in the same area tend to be more open to it (because of the jobs it will bring). And I guess political leaning also effects opinion- you can't be a Green and agree with the pulp mill, the other Greens would murderize you :p Getting back on topic.. I don't believe the article is especially well written. I forget the source (it's been a while since I've bothered with the BSL debate) but from what I can recall, the most frequently surrendered breed (to pounds) for biting humans is the maltese terrier, followed by the cattle dog. The huge difference is, the average SWF owner is probably more likely to blame themselves or excuse the behaviour than to report to bite, unless treatment was needed and a report had to be made (whereas when a bull breed is involved, publicity tends to follow swiftly and be quite damning). The other thing is.. I guess it's quite a bit harder to make a monster out of a dog that's small, white, fluffy and often adorned with bows or carried around in a handbag. Edited for typo My mum has a Maltese Terrier cross Shitzu. Bloody furball lol it jumps on my son and bites his hands, if I try to correct it my mum goes off because "he's only little". If a Bull breed bites anyone or anything else at all no matter what the reason behind it, the media jump on it quicker than you can say "Crikey!" The answer is quite obvious when you think about it.. Dye your bull breed pink (purple works for boys, maybe with blue points) and decorate with ribbons, bows and maybe a little knitted coat. Things that wear coats can't be monsters, right? :p That would look really cute on my new puppy! She's blue with white markings, I could put some little pink bows on her ears And then when she's 'all grown up' I'll just get really cute doggie jumpers and make sure she wears them all the time, no one would possibly think she was vicious if she looked that cute

I'd suggest you find a permanent method of separating her from the car as soon as possible. It's a disaster waiting to happen. Until I can trust her to listen to me when I call I'll have to keep her away from cars. She travels in it fine But I can't risk her being run over that's why I'm worried about it in the first place. Atleast she won't be able to crawl under it for long, then hopefully she'll lose interest in cars when she's too big too get underneath them?

I know she is being a puppy/baby, naughty's just a term and she doesn't know any better. She has a crate that is covered up so it's dark for her. Sounds like I'll just have to keep her away from anything sge can get under

My Amstaff puppy is 9 weeks old tomorrow. She hides under things and then chews them. She is generally pretty well behaved because I am quick to correct her if she does something I don't like, such as jumping up on me or my little boy or trying to get on the couch etc. I have a Commodore in my driveway and when I take her outside she runs underneath it! This is a really bad habit for her to get into, I know she won't be able to do it for long because she crawls under it now but I don't want her to go near cars at all. She also climbs under my dining table, then lies on her back and chews the wood!!! This is really frustrating, the table is brand new and it's hard for me to stay calm when she chews on it! Any advice would be greatly appreciated please

Good on her I reckon I was at the beach with Jessie, my previous Bull Terrier years ago. A guy comes down with his kelpie and plonks his gear down not far from us. His dog poops on the beach while he watches it. Owner does nothing, then they both jog off. I was fuming. I told Jessie to "stay" while I went over and picked up the poo. I was going to leave it beside his sports bag but the "Devil" took over and I placed inside his bag I raced back to Jessie and decided that it was time to "Get out of Dodge" quickly Would have loved to see his face when he went to his bag I hope he learned his lesson

Depends who you ask People who live in the area in expensive houses hate the idea (because of the risk of it lowering their property values). Lower income families in the same area tend to be more open to it (because of the jobs it will bring). And I guess political leaning also effects opinion- you can't be a Green and agree with the pulp mill, the other Greens would murderize you Getting back on topic.. I don't believe the article is especially well written. I forget the source (it's been a while since I've bothered with the BSL debate) but from what I can recall, the most frequently surrendered breed (to pounds) for biting humans is the maltese terrier, followed by the cattle dog. The huge difference is, the average SWF owner is probably more likely to blame themselves or excuse the behaviour than to report to bite, unless treatment was needed and a report had to be made (whereas when a bull breed is involved, publicity tends to follow swiftly and be quite damning). The other thing is.. I guess it's quite a bit harder to make a monster out of a dog that's small, white, fluffy and often adorned with bows or carried around in a handbag. Edited for typo My mum has a Maltese Terrier cross Shitzu. Bloody furball lol it jumps on my son and bites his hands, if I try to correct it my mum goes off because "he's only little". If a Bull breed bites anyone or anything else at all no matter what the reason behind it, the media jump on it quicker than you can say "Crikey!"

Ohhh woops Why would a newspaper report someone's opinion when it's only an opinion not actual fact? Terry Sweetman is a CM Journo who has a weekly column (his opinion on topical items) in the Sunday Mail. He can be quite controversial. Mainland newspapers are different to Tassie papers lol *snip* They are? I see dog related rants in the Examiner all the time (usually either about people not cleaning up after their dogs or dogs not being on leads). I get the Mercury *moar snip* Mm.. might have been a good idea not to make sweeping generalisations then. Hobart and the areas around it are not all of Tasmania and attitudes are obviously going to vary very widely. You only have to look at the Gunns pulp mill issue to see how location and local government policy can effect public attitude to an issue (and how vocal people feel the need to be). I didn't mean to make a 'sweeping generalisation', Hobarts the capital so to me it's Tassie. I'll say Central Tasmania if I refer to my location again. To be honest, I know bugger all about the Gunns Pulp Mill

Ohhh woops Why would a newspaper report someone's opinion when it's only an opinion not actual fact? Terry Sweetman is a CM Journo who has a weekly column (his opinion on topical items) in the Sunday Mail. He can be quite controversial. Mainland newspapers are different to Tassie papers lol *snip* They are? I see dog related rants in the Examiner all the time (usually either about people not cleaning up after their dogs or dogs not being on leads). I get the Mercury They have write ins, but not very often about dogs. Unless there's been a news report on cruelty etc but I've never seen one that lengthy before

Well in actual fact a couple in Japan allowed their baby to die while they played pretend mummy and daddy on their computer with a virtual reality doll. Just because some of us feel that the "mental illness" card has been overplayed, doesn't mean we lack compassion or don't have first hand and/or personal experience. The whole business of not taking responsibility for our own actions has gone too far. Of course there are people with the most ghastly tragic experiences which can cause them to spiral into mental illness and there are people on this forum whose experiences leave me totally aghast that they can still get up in the morning and carry on. How would you feel if someone high on drugs and/or booze rammed into your car and killed or maimed someone you love. Would you be so compassionate then. Because these are the sorts of people who are blaming "mental illness" for their behaviour. Let's get real here. If someone high or drunk crashed into my car and hurt or killed my son, it'd be the last thing they ever did that's for sure. But stupidity and mental illness aren't the same, nor is addiction and mental illness. I'm not saying that what she did was ok, not at all. But I can understand why. Maybe if someone had taken notice of her, where was her family? People with mental illness need support if they are going to get through it. It's sad that the dogs had to die long before anyone stepped in.

Ohhh woops Why would a newspaper report someone's opinion when it's only an opinion not actual fact? Terry Sweetman is a CM Journo who has a weekly column (his opinion on topical items) in the Sunday Mail. He can be quite controversial. Mainland newspapers are different to Tassie papers lol our opinion polls are centred around Government and politics, a dog rant is different for me

Quit what? And no I'm not embarassed, why would I be?

Five years is pretty light. Doing that to a dog is stupid and extremely cruel. Maybe he should have the same done to him? I don't think he'd ever do it again after that

I would have done the same thing after confronting my neighbour. Nothing worse when it's not your dog, because I pick up after my dog as soon as I see it. Maybe the woman with the dog should have been charged? If the accused had stolen a sign and put it up in front of her neighbours, she obviously made it clear that she didn't like it.

Ohhh woops Why would a newspaper report someone's opinion when it's only an opinion not actual fact?

You have a point. Although not all Staffy owners are irresponsible and to say that is unjust. Staffies ARE great around children, I've had a Staffy as a part of my family since I was a year old, I believe they are one of the most beautiful breeds to own, so much so that I have never even thought about owning a different breed. Out of curiosity, if you are so scared of dogs, why are you a member of DOL? I'm of the belief that DOL is for Dog Lovers, not people scared of dogs?

Like I said Jed, it's like talking to a brick wall. I know better than to reply but it just makes me so angry!

Obviously, your relative with the nasty Rottweiler has no control over his dog in the home. No dog of mine ever goes near the door when someone's there because that is MY door, MY house and I decide who comes and goes. What a ridiculous statement. This is a dog that has been exposed to the best training available and is owned by an experienced rottweiller owner, having owned 2 in the past. It is simply unpredictable and because of this (coupled with it size and weight) is a danger to anyone it perceives as a threat - which is anyone outside it's direct family circle. She lets people in - but prowls the room in a threating crouching posture, emitting a low growl. They have been told to put the dog down but won't do it because they don't believe in putting healthy dogs to sleep, but can't rehome it because it would be a danger to anyone else. The owner is a senior police officer. He's no fool. Ones choice of employment and success in one field hardly makes someone a genius or capable of making sensible judgement in other matters. The Rottie sounds like it has issues, that is what makes it unsafe, not the breed it happens to be. It could be said that the dog is exhibiting extreme, exaggerated behaviour innate in the breed. She's herding and guarding her pack. All outsiders are threatening and she's warning them off with her posture and growling when they enter her territory. So you think you know more about dogs than police dog handlers and trainers. Particularly in relation to a dog you've never met? But you are right in one respect. He hasn't used good judgment in this instance. The dog should be given the green dream as because of her size and bite capability, she is dangerous . She lives in a constant state of aggression/anxiety. Such a situtation benefits no one - neither the owners nor the dog. If she was herding she'd be nipping the people who weren't going where she wanted them to go. It's a disgusting thing to say that this dog should be killed because her owner can't control her. If he has that kind of trouble with her he should take her to a dog psychologist because obviously, all the great police dog training isn't doing her any good. And to say it's the breed's fault is infruriating.

Obviously, your relative with the nasty Rottweiler has no control over his dog in the home. No dog of mine ever goes near the door when someone's there because that is MY door, MY house and I decide who comes and goes. Are you saying if this person with the Rotty had a friendly Golden Retriever the Goldie would act exactly as the Rotty does in this persons ownership...........CRAP Fiona It's not the breed! It's like talking to brick walls when trying to tell people that it is not the damn breed! FYI Fiona, I have met an aggresive (friendly in your terms) Golden Retriever so yes they would act exactly the same. To think that they wouldn't is really, well honestly it's idiotic. Little dogs can be the most vicious of all because everyone mollycoddles them when they get scared which only encourages them to be fear-aggressive. ANY breed can be vicious. To believe anything otherwise is dangerous. Just because it's fluffy or features on a toilet roll ad doesn't mean it can't be aggressive.

Obviously, your relative with the nasty Rottweiler has no control over his dog in the home. No dog of mine ever goes near the door when someone's there because that is MY door, MY house and I decide who comes and goes. What a ridiculous statement. This is a dog that has been exposed to the best training available and is owned by an experienced rottweiller owner, having owned 2 in the past. It is simply unpredictable and because of this (coupled with it size and weight) is a danger to anyone it perceives as a threat - which is anyone outside it's direct family circle. She lets people in - but prowls the room in a threating crouching posture, emitting a low growl. They have been told to put the dog down but won't do it because they don't believe in putting healthy dogs to sleep, but can't rehome it because it would be a danger to anyone else. The owner is a senior police officer. He's no fool. No dog cares if the human it lives with is a cop or a baker. If the human doesn't take control in the home then the dog will. If the dog is prowling and growling he needs to be corrected, it's pretty simple. And the people coming into his home need to ignore the dog until it approaches them, if they're scared the dog will feel that and become more dominant. He obviously rules his human pack.