Keira&Phoenix

Thanks Luke & Beck I got your email.

I was going to write back but as you are on here, I am still interested, like I said I don't mind driving I will fill out the member form and get it back to you.

Dandy if you are interested I have loads of camping gear (did Easter last year on Fraser Island so totally self sufficient)and my tent is big enough for 4 people + dogs.

Just wanted to say so glad you have had some professional help and I am wishing you, Missy and Astro the best of luck in the coming months

I am also going to recommend you seeing a specialist. If your vet is away and cannot do a referral for you then see another vet and get a referral.

My now almost 4 yo dog had LP in both hinds legs also, her left was the worst and popped out one day and didn't go back on its own, I took her to my vet and he recommended surgery to fix the LP which he did 2 days later, I didn't see a specialist and I regret it now as she has very bad arthritis in her knee from the operation and Vet/Chiro's have told me it shouldn't have been done the way it was. She has also limped on occasion over the past few years since the operation. She was on rest for 4 - 6 weeks and apart from destroying my book collection and some of the carpet did ok. If you are going ahead with an op I highly recommend you start crate training your dog if he is not already as a crate is the best option for keeping him quiet in the immediate recovery period.

Her right leg still has mild LP hasn't popped out in years but will if manipulated, it doesn't cause her any pain. It is quite possible if you see a Specialist that you won't have to go ahead with surgery at all and they might recommend an exercise regime to strengthen and tighten the muscles to stop it from happening and if they do go ahead with surgery at least your dog will have the best person operating on him.

Getting your dogs weight down is absolutely essential especially if he also has HD.

Best of luck. Please for your dogs sake see a Specialist.

Advertise for exactly that on Gumtree as well. Specify you have a dog, what sort, whether it is inside/outside, that you will expect anyone living with you to not necessarily train your dog but to enforce your training rules with the dog. That you want someone who does not have a dog/cat/pet of their own etc.

This is an awesome idea. I have emailed them asking for further information and membership forms!

Good point. Thanks. I was a bit angry when I was posting.

Still hasn't been corrected.

This is the first story I have heard of a British Bulldog attacking (if that is what it was) and yet they are calling for a breed ban because of one incidence with the breed?? Wow we are not going to have many breeds left if we ban every breed that is ever involved in an attack.

Once again this is the Owner's fault as apparently the property isn't secure so the dog can just wander out whenever it pleases. If the Mother wishes to blame someone then she should blame the owner and I would be suing the owner as well for not properly securing the dog, that is the only way these people will learn is when it costs them money.

Poor little boy, I hope he makes a speedy recovery and doesn't have to many physical or mental scars.

Nawww they sound fiesty but sweet. Yeah I googled also and first thought was they look like Min Pins but not sure exactly how big Min Pins get?

Not sure if you can buy them probably can. Otherwise I think you just get them custom made.

Isn't this in San Diego? Not Austalia. We don't get them here. Yes there is a species of hummingbird the bee hummingbird which only grows to 5 cms but most of the other species range from 7.5 - 13 cms.

I'd expect the cost of importing a Fila would be close to $10k . . . if you combine airfare and quarantine fees. Are you saying someone imported this dog and is not keeping it in small confines with poor care. What a wanker! Given that almost no one in Australia has ever seen a Fila and they do look like other molosser breeds (but a true-to-breed-standard Fila is much more HA than the average mastiff), seems more likely that your friend purchased some mastiff cross dressed up as a Fila for sex appeal.

Dogos have been in Australia since before the ban so there will still be a few of them hanging around.

There are Fila Brasilieros also I know because a friend has just purchased one. (Which I am not happy about, not because of the breed but because the dog will not get training, exercise, fed shitty food and will be stuck in a backyard it's entire life and they have very young children)

ETA - Fila could easily be mistaken for a Bull Masttif X or any Mastiff X as they look very similar.

No didn't import bought a puppy from a BYB.

Your right that was my first reaction it is probably just a Mastiff X but I did see pics of the puppy and I can see a resemblance to the Fila but who knows.

Best of luck Kelpiekaye I am sure everything will work out.

How exciting for you and the fur family!

Poor baby . That is a lot of weight loss

Fingers crossed for that whatever it is to clear up quickly.

Keep us updated.

Can someone explain the brain tumor thing? Is it common for a brain tumor to turn a dog vicious? Was this dog on death's door anyway? That wouldn't make the situation any nicer . . . but would cast a different light.

Sandgrubber that was a different dog, they are talking about a German Shepherd. They are explaining its deed not breed and that sometimes it can be to do with training/temperament and sometimes medical reasons.

"It's about how the dog has been brought up, it's the temperament, it's the training or sometimes there can be medical reasons why a dog attacks somebody."

For example, he had heard about a German shepherd which had been bashing its head against the wall and trying to attack young children.

"The vet euthanised it and during the post-mortem found a massive tumour on the brain that was driving the dog insane," Mr Mayne said.

Oh no Good luck Gus

I find I often don't have to post as RottnBullies always says what I am thinking and feeling.

How long before Sharpei's are a RB after being blatantly called a Chinese Fighting Dog in this article and then the article also pointing out they are not a restricted breed.

There are Fila Brasilieros also I know because a friend has just purchased one. (Which I am not happy about, not because of the breed but because the dog will not get training, exercise, fed shitty food and will be stuck in a backyard it's entire life and they have very young children)

ETA - Fila could easily be mistaken for a Bull Masttif X or any Mastiff X as they look very similar.

Well APBT puppies are the cutest off course

Followed closely by those adorable blk/tan bears the Rotty's

Totally agree of course ;)

And as proof

My younger dog air snaps and has since I bought her home at 9 weeks old. She will do it sometimes when I play with her and sometimes she will play bow other dogs and do it, I believe it is as others have said a way of getting attention and a sign of excitement. I don't encourage it because once she gets to the air snapping point she tends to start mouthing a bit so I stop play as soon as she air snaps at me and either just ignore her or go into some obedience work. She does it a fair bit less now then when she was younger.

Oooo i think I know this ChowChow. Was he Brown??

If same dog he is si sweet and just gorgeous. They go to the same trainers as me and he is such a good boy

Hahaha yeah he was brown is his name charlie?

Yup thats his name. I think might be the same dog. He is a beautiful specimen and so sweet.

Oooo i think I know this ChowChow. Was he Brown??

If same dog he is si sweet and just gorgeous. They go to the same trainers as me and he is such a good boy

Notice how they only mentioned the breed of the dog if it was a pitbull. There were what 5 or so other attacks in this period of time and yet no breed is mentioned in those attacks. Sensationalist reporting all right and bloody biased. So sick of these stories.

There is no such breed as a "Pitbull" anyway, perhaps it's a term given for a dog of Bull breed origin that bites someone? The media doesn't report them APBT's or Amstaff's, it's just "Pitbull" which could mean anything really?

No the term Pitbull used correctly describes any APBT and any cross there of. In Australia the term is used to describe any dog that has a square head and of medium height/muscular build because people don't actually know what they are talking about. They are not using Pitbull because it is a term to describe any dog of bull breed origin that bites someone its used as a way to scare monger and villify a breed. If what you said was truth the true APBT would not be a restricted breed or all bull breeds would be restricated. The term pitbull is used because the true breed the APBT has been made into a child eating, people mauling horror story and everyone thinks they are evil dogs who will turn at any moment and maul someone when in truth if cared for socialised and trained properly they are beautiful dogs.

There is no such thing as an "english staffy" or "staffy" either but both terms are used to describe Staffordshire Bull Terriers and crosses of SBTs that look similar.

And this still does not take away from the fact that there were 5 other attacks where the breed of dog was blatantly ignored in the report because they were not bull breeds (or similar looking dogs) that could be described as a pitbull.

ETA also if what you said was true no dogs would be in danger of being seized and destroyed as pitbulls unless they bit someone because apparently that is what makes them a "pitbull".

Notice how they only mentioned the breed of the dog if it was a pitbull. There were what 5 or so other attacks in this period of time and yet no breed is mentioned in those attacks. Sensationalist reporting all right and bloody biased. So sick of these stories.

Wow every single mistake made was made by a person in this story.

Owner of dog with dog + young puppy at a childs playground with dog off leash

Mother taking small child and approaching, patting without asking and then turning her back on her child who was standing in front of a dog the same height as it.

This is 100% human responsibility and the dog IMO should not be destroyed, so what the child wasn't screaming or running, who is to say it didn't hit the dog when trying to pat it, or pinch it or pulled it's ear any one of those things may have made the dog upset. Mother needs to take responsibility for her part in all this and leave the dog alone.

And her comments about Staffys and Pitbulls is just naive, every dog of every breed and every size has it in them to bite if confronted with a situation which makes it frightened or in which it feels threatened. As Melzawelza said BSL is creating a society that thinks only certain breeds of dogs are capable of biting when that is in fact not the case. It was only a little while ago a Labrador mauled a child because the child was allowed to play with the dog whilst it was eating, or the Golden Retriever that is now in the care of Steve from K9 Pro who mauled several adult family members and I am sure there are many many more stories of "reliable" breeds of dogs involved in mauling situations.

Doesn't matter what size or breed of dog you are approaching never get within reach of the dog without first checking with the owner and even then caution is necessary especially if you have a child with you.

I hope the child recovers and goes on to be able to forgive dogs and love one. My nephew at 2 years was bitten on the face sadly by a family dog ( his story proves that these things happen in a split second even with trusted family pets. Cotton was PTS the same day) and he has gone on to love dogs of all shapes and sizes. He is now 4 and they have 2 dogs and he loves both of my girls, not a scared bone in his body luckily.