Salukifan

Exercising your right to be there. If you want to have a picnic in the middle of a dog off leash area, like it or not, dog owners have to deal with it. "Off leash" doesn't equate to "no dog haters allowed". I don't like it when loud noisy little kids run around me when I'm sitting in the park - I know that if I'm in a park I'm going to encounter noisy children, I most certainly wouldn't THROW ROCKS at them. And If my fear or dislike of children or dogs or what ever was so bad that I felt the need to throw rocks at them - throwing rocks, hitting with a stick, kicking, yelling, abusing etc.... is all just as bad as one another. If you think this is an acceptable way to deal with someone dog that's no longer a threat to you - ie. Returning to its owner... its plain old unacceptable. I'm scared of Rotties - But I know I might meet one in a dog park, but I still wouldn't throw rocks at one. Which is pretty much the whole point of what I said - If your fear/hatred/dislike etc of dogs is SO BAD that you cant just ignore them and keep walking - that you feel you need to THROW ROCKS at them... then you shouldn't be around a place where there are dogs, If this guy was afraid of buses for example but chose to walk on a footpath next to a bus route and a bus came to close to him.. would we accept him throwing rocks at the bus? nah don't think so. It does not equate to "Dog haters not allowed" but it should equate to "people who cant control their acceptable behaviour in public" not allowed. It wouldn't be acceptable for someone to let their fear aggressive dog off in an offlead park and have it attack someone else's dog... a human should know better. Your analogies are flawed. Unless i'm psychotic, I don't expect to be attacked by children or buses. This person was simply going out his business. Yes rock throwing is unacceptable but the responsibility for preventing the triggering this kind of response lies with US as dog owners. WE have to take the initiative to protect our dogs or we reap the consequences. I suggest the best thing to do with the OP's experience is take it as a precautionary tale, not character assassinate the rock thrower or defend our right to exercise our dogs where we like. It's pointless. I'll repeat my first point. Those who allow their dogs to approach strangers are fools. You simply cannot predict how people wiil respond. That goes double for parents with children

Unless your sister lives in Queensland she will find opportunities to compete few and far between.

Just realised this is an old thread and I gave the same response as Poodlefan :)

If I thought my dog's death could benefit other dogs I would. I've watched two animals PTS now and there is no question in my mind that after the spirit departs, the animal really isn't "there" any more. I would want the body back for cremation afterwards though.

No apology required. However, as the law stands there is nothing I'm aware of precluding a person from having a picnic in a dog park. There are often, however, plenty of council regulations preventing dogs from entering picnic areas, playgrounds, school grounds etc. While people continue to pay rates and dogs don't, I'd not expect that situation to change. The fact that something is ignorant, stupid or rude doesn't change the fact that folk can do it.

Blimey, what goes on in your dog park?

Exercising your right to be there. If you want to have a picnic in the middle of a dog off leash area, like it or not, dog owners have to deal with it. "Off leash" doesn't equate to "no dog haters allowed".

x 2. Don't expect me to like being jumped on either.

Jesus people - take a breath. OP has already admitted she made an error of judgement. Anyone who allows their dogs to approach stangers in this day and age is quite simply a fool. A lot of folk don't like them, quite a few fear them and you can't tell who feels what from just looking. Even those who DO like them can behave inappropriately. If the other person had pushed the point, he had sufficient to report a dangerous dog incident. The sooner folk learn to keep their dogs away from folk they don't know, the better. And retribution against those who act poorly is just returning serve. Why do other people have to like your dogs or appreciate them approaching??

That's the reason why you won't find it in any of the other parks. It was recommended against by the working group that helped set them up. It's unsafe if folk don't know what they are doing and frankly I think its a crash hazard in an offlead area.

This pup will grow into a large powerful dog that some people will falsely assume (because of it's breed) will be automatically great with kids. I see such a high level of resource guarding in so young a dog as a disaster waiting to happen. They can never afford to become complacent. Never. I wonder if their vet even considered the physical impact of desexing the pup so young. My guess is not.

Sorry but you need a veterinary behaviourist and you need one NOW. Interfering with a resource guarder while feeding can be counter productive in the extreme. Furthermore, the fact that you have habituated this pup to tolerate YOUR presence while eating should not under any circumstances be interpreted as solving the problem for any other person. I think you need to prepare yourself that this pup could be hard wired for aggression and that the outcome may not be a good one. Personally, a dog displaying this level of aggression this young would be one I'd view as potentially requiring euthanasia. How do you know the other pups don't have issues? If that was the advice of their breeder, I'd be taking it with a grain of salt.<br><br>Why do people source dogs from such breeders??

How old is your dog? Is this level of drinking new? I would want diabetes and kidney issues eliminated as causes if the level of drinking has gone up. Perhaps a second vet's opinion is called for.

Gush over the dogs. Don't wear clothes you don't want dog hair on. Gush over the dogs. :)

There are anti-senility drugs available. A friend of mine swears Hills B/D really helped her old boy.

They could move. People do it all the time. It's not like this is being sprung on anyone.

Just wondered if everyone posting is aware that the Dingo is an ANKC recognised breed??

I thought the issue was about protecting wildlife in a sensitive area??? Don't know how it got into a "dog lovers v dog haters" discussion. Yes, I do believe that some environmentally senisitve areas DO need to be protected from dogs because experience has shown us that not all dog owners can be trusted to do the right thing when it comes to wildlife. If they wanted to make new communities near penguin rookeries or seal colonies dog free, I'd agree too. And I'd not be blaming people who don't like dogs for the decisions. I'd be pointing the finger of blame at those dog owners who think leash and containment laws apply to everyone but them.

In most states of Australia your dog is a restricted breed and cannot be legally rehomed. He should definitely NOT be rehomed entire. Breed aside, this dog shows aggression towards children. If you cannot improve this dogs behavior , the responsible option is to have him put to sleep. Get hinm desexed and get a trainer in. He deserves a chance.

Wonderful news! Her owners must be over the moon.

The simple answer is that for many breeds, ffunction cannot be tested reliably - for a range of reasons. The other point to keep in mind is that form for many breeds is governed by function, right down to features like foot shape. That form is what's expressed in int breed standard. Take whippets for example. The standard states that all colours are acceptable. Why? Because any colour of dog can be fast. Not all sighthounds will lure course. The fastest, most prey driven dog in my house will not chase a plastic bag. Show him a rabbit and it's game on!

Nice one. The ANKC has a published policy of being anti-BSL. That is a very cheap shot and an utterly undeserved one. Seems some folk can't tell friend from foe on this issue.

So you are wanting innocent dogs to be killed? Some dog lover you are. They are dying now. Why break a dog lover's heart by allowing them to adopt a dog with a death sentence over its head. Campaign for breed assessment but in the meantime don't set families up for heartbreak.

Of course breeders always know what's suitable to be bred from at 8 weeks. NOT Rescue may have decided that breeding another generation of dogs is the greater evil than adverse development caused by juvenile desexing but thank God many breeders have not.

I'd call that about 1,000 steps too far. Someone has a few Issues I think. That's certainly not for the dog's benefit.