Trisven13

That is cool!! Loved showing it to McKenzie - I think things like this are very much in her future

I would (and have) sold a Fauve to first-time dog owners. They had researched, they understood the negatives and it has been very, very successful. To my mind a suitable breed for most first time owners has to require not too much grooming and be typically dog and people social under all sorts of different circumstances.

The draft of the legislation in NSW did not make it automatic but optional to the developer with a mandatory by-law review at the 1st AGM. It could change when the next draft comes out though of course.

By the same token a lot of people buy into strata BECAUSE of the restrictions on owning dogs. There are two sides to it and it is why I would NEVER buy into strata - and I work in the industry :laugh:

I have some who will happily allow me to do it with the Dremel but others who have a meltdown and have to be clipped. I prefer the result with the Dremel so will try to train babies to get used to it in future.

Its funny isn't it? I have a friend who has Border Collies and she is instantly drawn to fluffy puppies....... she honestly can't fathom how I'm not even a little bit drawn to fluffy puppies - I like scruffy or smooth lol.

Love my Basset Fauve De Bretagne and Grand Basset Griffin Vindeen but have NO interest in owning a Pettit Basset Griffin Vindeen... lol There are loads of breeds I don't like and have no interest in owning but they're all quite different to my dogs so not much point comparing.

Yep - we had a foster carer sell off puppies from a dog she was fostering. The police were involved and there was a warrant out for her arrest but only because I pushed and pushed and pushed. The carer was checked out, vouched for etc. It was my regular visits which identified that the bitch was missing and the pups had been sold.

As someone who has a real interest in Basset Bleu De Gascoyne I would be bloody surprised if there are any Grands here...... They are a VERY rare breed!

I have a JRT who will be 15 in February. Mac was born with an eye condition which has meant that he has been effectively blind for most of his life and totally blind for the last 3 or 4 years. He also now appears to be totally deaf and has probably had a mild stroke as he walks with his head at a bit of an angle HOWEVER he is happy as a pig in mud, spends hours every day walking around our acre property and has no signs of arthritis at all. Everytime I walk outside and see him, laying flat, asleep on the grass I have to check he is still alive but so far so good. Such an awesome little dog.

Yep mine too..... and when I had a recent discussion with my 9 year old daughter about what happens when you die she was convinced that reincarnation was the answer. When I asked her what she would come back as she said "a show dog, like ours"...... she obviously thinks they have it better than her :laugh:

I don't often suggest my breed but I would think that a Basset Fauve De Bretagne would be a great fit for your family, as would be a Petit Basset Griffon Vindeen or even a Grand Basset Griffon Vindeen. I breed and show Fauves but also live with a Grand and I honestly can't imagine a better breed with children than these two. Yes, like all breeds, they have their faults, but they could well be a good option to consider and I'd be happy to talk to you more about them. I know that there are litters planned in the next 12 months for Fauves and I could refer you to someone about the Grands. :) ETA I may have missed you wanting to do obedience - yes if you wanted to do obedience with a Fauve you would require the right one as their attention really needs to be directed. Once you have one focussed on you (food drive is brilliant in my experience) then they will do loads for you.

Just showed McKenzie the licky stick and she is very excited to give it a go!

The most recent report on Nine MSN says that he has had up to 20 complaints made about him and a neighbour who says he has been a menace for the last 12 years. Even if you split the difference between the two stories sounds like Hugo has owners who have not done the right thing in protecting their dog.

I'm with you Espinay2. You get your legs swept out from under you, you're in trouble. Yep makes sense to me too. Not to mention our society is one of innocence until found guilty - place yourself in this family's shoes if their version of events is true and think how much harder this will be to deal with due to being accused no doubt all over the place.

Even a 10 year old? I think again we fall back to education - parents should be responsible for teaching their children NOT to approach unknown dogs and don't go into a yard with a dog in there. Don't pull animals tails, ears, stick things in the ears, eyes and bums.. At 10 years old, surely a child knows not to enter a yard with dogs in it - or am I expecting too much from a 10 year old these days. I know my boys at that age would not have entered someones yard uninvited, let alone one with loose dogs. It is a very sad situation for all involved. Would one have entered someone's yard uninvited looking for their brother who they were told was at that house? I can see why a child who is told their brother is at a specific house would feel that it was safe to enter when otherwise they may not.

Thanks for the link to that previous topic - have passed it to my sister.

My sister is going overseas and has a house-sitter to look after her dogs & cats for 2 of the 3 weeks. It is a young girl who is a friend of a friend and works at the local vet. What should she pay? Would it be the same as she pays for the lady who comes normally and walks the dogs for 45 minutes each time?

According to the ABC who report relatively responsibly the boy was going to the property to get his brother who was visiting the property. IF that is correct and the dogs attacked him as he walked in the front gate IMO they should be pts. ABC article

LOL I have a Bloodhound X here - her temperament is stellar but I couldn't deal with lots of that slime and hers isn't anything on a pure Bloodhound. We all have our limits - slime is mine :laugh:

BUT it doesn't have to happen that way. I knew I wanted to show before I found my breed as I knew I wanted to get into breeding and that meant I had to get into showing. I loved dogs, all dogs, and had never found a breed that "fit" until I went to a show and saw a Basset Fauve De Bretagne. Its great that it worked that way for you but it doesn't work that way for everyone else. For some the chicken comes before the egg, for others the egg :)

Quite a few hounds are easy enough to train for the ring. Tick the 'what's in it for me box' and most happily play the game. :) The key to success often lies in their stomachs. :) LOL Yes but they don't fit into MOST people's definition of easy to train. :D

Already you are in front - I find that lots of people who move into dog showing who have experience horse showing seem to adjust to the things I found difficult far more readily. If you want easy to train then maybe look to your Working Dog or Gundog rings primarily (Groups 3 and 5). Steer clear of my group, Hounds :laugh: as easy to train doesn't come into many of their breed standards.

Wow that was an intense reaction to what was not intended to be anything like what you perceived it to be Not to mention bloody rude but I will try to respond further and maybe you can learn to bite your tongue a little..... The reason I didn't list breeds is because it will depend on the quality of the dogs being shown where you live. Some places are reknowned for having excellent examples of their breed and a lot of them are shown by very experienced and knowledgeable people who will have the upper hand over a new exhibitor. Those breeds that can be very difficult to break into are the more popular ones generally - for example Cavaliers, Border Collies etc. It can be very difficult in the more numerically superior breeds to get a quality dog that will be competitive against people who have been showing and breeding for generations. If you read my first post you would see that I am still relatively new to dog showing by comparison to many having only been involved in the entire dog showing/breeding world for around 7 years. I started in a rare breed (only 7 in the entire country) and that in itself is very difficult but for different reasons and I was warned by long term exhibitors that I should get used to losing :laugh: . The most important thing that anyone can do is, as I said earlier, spend some time at a show and find the breed that they like and then find people who are breeding the dogs they like and are happy to sell them a show quality dog HOWEVER if you are buying a dog from a relatively local breeder you need to expect that quite likely what they are selling you is not first pick puppy as they will retain it and if you're competing against each other it can be disheartening to have your beautiful puppy beaten by its sibling (the voice of experience here)

There would be quite a number of high profile breeds that would be virtually impossible to break in to I would think and it would depend upon the area you live in. I can think of some breeds in my area that would be very difficult to be competitive in.