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I met a basset pup at the park recently, her ears were filthy because she hadn't grown into them yet and kept stepping on them and tripping over them and they were dragging on the ground :laugh: She was adorable, and probably about the 3rd one I've seen around here.

And research beyond the sydney morning herald when regurgitating such "facts"!

It's still not illegal.

Yes, ON the back of a moving vehicle (ie: tray of ute), not IN the vehicle. Note the sydney morning herald is not a legal document, I suggest you refer to something like http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/rr2008104/s297.html or https://www.lawsociety.com.au/cs/groups/public/documents/internetyounglawyers/420246.pdf if you want to quote laws regarding dogs in cars ;) And I'm referring to NSW when I say it's not illegal, it may very by state.

Dangerous, but not illegal. Mine are harnessed in with seatbelt attachments.

My two normally sleep on my bed (one on my head, and one inbetween my legs so I can't turn over), but occasionally one will jump ship to the other bedroom if I'm being too restless or go to bed too early.

Definitely. If there are any doubts about that statement, go spend some time with some "blue" dogs of almost any breed to see what happens when you place colour ahead of everything else.

I'm not sure where you're coming from but it sounds like a really crappy space. Wtf? Wondering that myself, max. I thougt ruralP's post was really interesting. And knowledgeable, with effort gone into explaining things. Not deserving of that rude response.

I'm not sure where you're coming from but it sounds like a really crappy space. Wtf?

Yes, a bit on the black/hybrid black was being discussed in a thread in Health where I was asking about my boys coat and that link was given too.

How exciting, have you got photos yet? I'd be using the few weeks until he arrives to start training the kids. Teaching about appropriate excrement levels and how much the pup is going to need quiet time, getting the house rules consistent on puppy training (teaching pup to sit for pats, sit for food, not to jump up etc), and involving them with setting up his puppy pen and learning grooming techniques so they can learn to be responsible for day to day things for him. Surprises are fun, but teaching kids and pups how to interact is even more fun (especially so you aren't trying to train the pup AND the kids for the first few weeks when the pup is home).

That would be more relevant where you have breeds that have hidden colours, or several colours. Pugs have black and fawn, you don't need a DNA test for that. A pedigree shows you the colour going back generations (well, a few).

http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/244117-pet-protector/ is one

If you search, you can find topics on it.

FWIW, silver is a recognised colour in the breed standard, so breeders aren't "now calling it" silver.

Me too! And when I explain that he is desexed they ask me for his breeder's number! And you should see the other (female) Pug and how badly bred they are... Scrawny, spider-legs and a smutty coat, ugh! eta They can't seem to understand why he is desexed. Oi, my smutty coat boy has an awesome pedigree and is very well bred :p Your boy isn't smutty :) Smutty is a reference to the grey colouring in a fawn coat, which some breeders are now calling silver My boy has fawn in a black coat, he's a different area of special

Me too! And when I explain that he is desexed they ask me for his breeder's number! And you should see the other (female) Pug and how badly bred they are... Scrawny, spider-legs and a smutty coat, ugh! eta They can't seem to understand why he is desexed. Oi, my smutty coat boy has an awesome pedigree and is very well bred :p

I sometimes worry about my guys not having ID tags unless we are out walking (ie: unless they have their harness on) but I'd worry about them more if they were left alone with a collar just due to their neck and head being similar sizes and the chances of it slipping over their head and getting stuck on the face/mouth/head/etc The only time Max wore a collar was when she was a teeeny baby and she was in a kitten collar for lead walking, because she was too small for even the kitten harness I had, and even then all she had to do was put her head down, shake and it fell off.

I picked up one of my pugs when he was around 3.5 months old, almost 4 months. It was my choice, and for my convenience that he stay with the breeder as I had a 6 week overseas holiday planned and my pups mum didn't take my holiday plans into account when she came into season, so my pup Boston was around 9 weeks old when I was due to leave :laugh: He stayed with two littermates that the breeder was keeping, she also has his mum, dad, grandfather, uncles etc and he's as well adjusted, if not more, than my girl that I got at 8 weeks. That's partly personality though, as Boston is laid back and easy going, but his breeder put amazing work into him and he was taken to shows with the other pups and socialised and lead trained etc But then, if you got a breeder that kept them for that long and didn't do anything with them, I can imagine it would have a negative effect on development.

Whenever I take my two out in a non-dog area (ie: in the city or somewhere that isn't a park) I get a lot of random "squee" noises mixed in with people laughing at their stalker sounding loud breathing if we are walking behind someone. It usually strikes a brief convo and I love it, as do the pugs. I do notice different suburbs or areas tend to attract different attention, when we were in Newcastle a few months back I felt almost uncomfortable because everyone stared as we walked down the street, or came up to talk to ask what they were etc. And while I love talking about them, sometimes the "look at me" it brings really arcs up my anxiety levels to a level where I just want to hide or else I'll break into panic attack mode.

My boy will pee on another dog if they are peeing (or sometimes pooping). He's usually aiming to pee on their pee as they pee, but depending on their size (and his lack of concentration) it normally ends up on them. Or he pees on my girls head but 99.99999% of the time that's her fault as she tries to smell his pee as he lifts his leg

All of those answers are scary

Again, not the collar but being allowed to pull on the lead so much.

Dog logic are have inner west pre-school, as well as obedience and other levels of training. I'm an inner westie and frequent visitor to the leichhardt dog park. Rarely have any issues but my dogs stick close to me and play mostly with known friends. They love it there, and they actually have great coffee :laugh:

We're not all like that, my little dog is neither untrained or antisocial, so while there might be some truth in the generalization you mentioned, you must also allow that there is some truth in the generalization that not all large dogs are well behaved and under tight control by their owners. You do understand what generalisation means, right?