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I hope the video is used all over the world to educate people on how not to be bitten by a strange dog. Text book case really.

I wouldn't say that it made the statistics less reliable.. but it would emphasize that statistics need to be carefully interpreted. As they say, "there are lies, damned lies, and statistics". :lol:

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thank you :) My pleasure. Nice folk to do business with and they have the BEST prices on Chris Christensen products. :)

It would outlaw garage sales too.

Sadly, many don't. Ignorance of the finer points of dog body language is pretty common, even among dog owners. This, coupled with lack of supervision, is how kids get bitten by their own family's dogs. Example: A dog wagging its tail is 'happy' and 'friendly'. "He's never done that before" is frequent comment from dog owners whose dogs react aggressively to something. They're often right but they miss all the warning signs that their dog is radiating about not being happy.

+1 She was most likely eyeballing it, anyone who has any clue at all about dogs should know not to do this to a dog they don't know extrememly well! And now the poor dog is likely to be PTS. Stupid woman! Stupid owner for allowing it to happen. Seems to me neither of them had much of a clue.

Is Peperone a place? Yes I am going to be at Bendigo with Shahrazad for the Friday 5pm show and Calaf on the Saturday afternoon show. but I need a brolly and show stuff ... as it has been a long time :) Do you know where I can buy a brolly and stand tomorrow morning? :) (I was going to drive to Glenroy, but now maybe I'll have to drive to Peperone???) Peperone is an online and show show supplies vendor Lilli. Here is their website. Oh and Peperone is also the prefix of one of Australia's top Whippet kennels - same folk. :)

Well now you've heard something different. :)

Hi K & C, did you have a look on the Black Hawk website...it has a list of distributors for different states. You certainly can buy it on line. We send ours by courier & I am sure a lot of the others do too. You can also send Sherel an email (address on her website) & she will send you a sample. It would be pretty unusual if your dogs didn't like it. Of all the bags we have sold, people keep coming back for more. I have a friend up near Noosa who I gave some to & I am sure when I looked up the list of dist. I found one in Noosa for her. Clearly you didn't sell to me then. ;) I don't care what brand of food it is, there's no way I'd fork out $$$ for a big bag of it if I couldn't try it first

Royal Canin Poodle is an all age food. Get a sample. My dogs didn't like BH.

The first thing you should know is that all knowledgeable dog bite researchers consider breed based reporting totally unreliable. Go and check uhe Center for Disease Control's website (USA) for more on that. You'd be basing your research on unreliable data. The second thing you need to consider is that popularity of breed impacts on its bite frequency. One of the most frequent breeds reported in Canada is the Golden Retriever. Its also the country's most popular breed. Personally, I doubt you'll be able to achieve your aim based on statistics available. The other thing you might wish to consider is whether frequency of bite is as important as severity of bite. Is a breed that bites more frequently but not as hard as "dangerous" as a breed that bites less often but causes major damage when it does???

At least one form of dwarfism is linked to thyroid misfunction. That's why I asked about thryoid testing in the 'tiny Golden Retriever pup' thread. The breed is noted as experiencing thyroid issues. It was the Golden Retiever folk that brought Jean Dodds to Australia a few years ago.

Prepare yourself for a hefty price tag. A sensibly clipped poodle is another option.

I think the major risk here is to your Beagle pup. She's going to be dwarfed by the GSD who will be a typically mouthy bub and who may well view her as an animated squeaky toy - and she won't have the strength or age to equip her to deter it. You are going to have to actively manage them all the time they are together or her life could be a living hell. Without your intervention to keep interactions from overwhelming her you may end up with a totally submissive and fearful Beagle pup or one who has to resort to quite serious aggression to deter the bigger pup. If the GSD is the dominant pup, your baby Beagle may end up avoiding you due to the actions of the GSD. The risk of injury to the Beagle from such unmatched playmates is also there. Provided you are up to constant supervision or separation, that risk won't occur. But there's no way I'd have taken on such mismatched pups at the same time. You have months of work ahead of you. If you bought them as companions for one another, that won't be possible for quite some time.

An 11 week old Beagle and a baby GSD. You've got your work cut out for you. Hope you've got the capacity to separate them when you aren't home.

It's really hard to outline why but when some folk do it, its clear they are simply mightily chuffed with their dogs win/result. Others appear to be bragging. Maybe its all in the subtleties. Its all in the interpretation I suppose.

I've never seen a 26 inch high wire coated Lagotto. Just sayin'. Lot of variation in your Lab/poodle crosses. You should look at Curly Coated Retrievers too if you like that style of dog.

Yep, especially if all they ever post is brags. I'm interested in your brag if I have some kind of two way relationship with you or you post interesting stuff about the breed or you're a newbie. If not it just becomes part of the never ending eye glazing stream of PR on FB. Also, while I'm here having a bitch, it is naff to post show PR pictures of you and your dogs in the weeks leading up to a speciality or major show. It is also naff to post obviously photoshopped pictures - I saw a hilarious one the other day where the coat on the back of the dog was perfectly still and at the front it was blowing in the breeze on top of obviously photoshopped grass :rofl: Especially if you've altered your dogs eye colour from faulty to correct in the very same picture you had posted previously. ;)

The first question anyone looking for a serious sporting prospect will ask you is what is the experience you have that has led you to believe that the dog has the potential you say it has. There are a lot of claims made by breeders about pups that simply don't stack up when tested. If the pup doesn't have a pedigree full of ancestors with proven ability, your job will be an uphill one. If you think the pup has the goods then I'd recommend you get a well respected sports or working dog trainer or handler to evaluate it. Coincidentally, GSDs are no longer a popular agility prospect because they are too big to be seriously competitive and some lack the structure for the sport. But I'd be getting someone who knows what competitors look for to see the pup.

I disagree, Seems to me that most of those asking for the 'justification' of the OP's decison would probably not agree with breeder's rehoming. On the breeder's side, how can a person with a keepers license for only a certain number of dogs, manage to retain all the dogs that are no longer part of a breeding program or not good enough to breed from?? How quick people are to condemn anyone who manages their dogs in any way different the person judging. Breeding dogs takes hard work and an emotional toll. Rehoming decisions are not made lightly by the breeders I know and they do give a damn about the dogs they rehome. It's not like every rescue out there wants follow ups from their rehomings now is it, especially if they're not going well. ;) A bit less judging and a bit more tolerance for the fact that people sometimes have to make tough decisions about dogs would be a good thing, provided that rehoming is done responsibly. Or is this another, "every purebred dog rehomed condemns a crossbred pound dog to death" argument.?

HH, if you have an adult dog with some behaviours you don't like, IMO you would do better to organise a few private lessons with an experienced trainer before you try group lessons with anyone. Some trainers offer both. What kind of behaviours are you looking to address with this training?

Yes, it wouldn't have been the parents of the child who were at fault . It is his right as a child to go into other's yards and steal. I totally agree! However in the eyes of the law and the anti-dog doogooders if a dog attacked a child in this situation you can get your bottom dollar it would be the dog and the owner who are at fault with the dog being PTS Nope. Read the law. A dog that attacks in its own backyard is not generally held to be at fault.

Can you give a 'such as'? My guess is that it's not the method that's boring but the pace of training? Always a challenge in a group class.

I think it would be safe to say that many folk regard the Golden Retriever as being the softer in temperament of the two. However, within litters there is always variation and a good breeder will aim to match a pup to your family.