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...to be able to understand the answer I need to know the question...a quote out of context without disclosing the source is seldom helpful. ..thanks for the link...it seems that the poster read a few books from CM and believed that this is enough to qualify him... No problem, I just didn't want to drag attention away onto one particular twit when there's so many. Fortunately it's been a while since I've seen someone alpha roll a poodle but dogs are still being dragged around like cattle. Most owners who seek training help are just genuinely nice people without a lot of experience, and they get taken advantage of, and their dogs get messed up.

Pity his website is gone now but there's lots still around. Just google a few of Caesar's keywords. In answer, like huski said. Absolutely nothing to stop anyone. what's the purpose of this quote with unknown source? You need help to see what people are being advised by unqualified trainers? Translation; next time, to pre-empt an attack, you and your dog just confidently step into the aggressive dog's space and poke it in the neck. Here's context for you My link

This is a memorable (for me at least) post from this forum. From a'whisperer' who was around at the time offering help to rescues. Pity his website is gone now but there's lots still around. Just google a few of Caesar's keywords. In answer, like huski said. Absolutely nothing to stop anyone.

Yes we posted this on our page at Christmas because you end up watching so many movies ... always check before you watch. At the moment there's a 3 part movie called The Stag (or Bachelor Weekend in other countries), there's a beautiful cocker type dog in it and she's still alive but it's getting stressful. And it's not listed on the site either. Please; has anyone seen it? BTW if you haven't it's NOT a 'lighthearted comedy' not sure who was writing the reviews that day. HSF Woofnhoof that's me! :rofl: :rofl:

I know nothing about german shepherds or the standards they are supposed to be bred to but if a dog turned up at the pound who walked like that I'd think there was something really medically wrong with it. :o Seeing that dog ..... I feel really uneducated about what is 'healthy' for that breed. It just looks wrong. Didn't see the rest of crufts.

No :laugh: SDCH is smashing it out of the park as far as having a social presence and great adoption rate. But I had to share because she is divine. LOL Her 13yr old friend was adopted today too. Woohoo!

A D O P T E D :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Since HazyWal is norty and not updating How about a Monday Senior? I'm SO IN LOVE! 16yr old Poppy at Sydney Dogs And Cat's Home. Blind and with badges of age honour we all get over the years, she's a beautiful old lady. Loves a sniff and potter. Everyone at SDCH is vet checked on premises. :) Poppy has some dry eye.

See if you can get to Dr Eugene Buffa. He has done a couple of beautifully successful surgeries for us, the last one being a bone tumour of the hard palate. Brilliant surgeon. edit to be specific it was around the teeth and gums, and moving inwards to the palate by invading the bone image link He got every single bit :)

Are you in Sydney?

Please don't just assume she will get used to a dog just because you get a pup. It absolutely doesn't work that way, and I'm talking about the rescue point of view like Rebanne said. Pups rumble and nip and jump. If a child squeals and runs it can be even more encouragement to be silly. They hit around 12 to 18 months and it's all over. They've terrorised the child, trashed the kid's toys, eaten furniture and wires, pooped on the carpet, been put outside, unsocialised, no manners etc. Personally I'd take her to meet grown dogs, something soft like a mellow adult Cavalier. Frenchies are a fashionable dog at the moment and have become a very exploited 'investment' breed; be careful. Also be careful of the numerous free classifieds, so many are swamped with scammers who take advantage of fad breeds with things like cheap prices, offering free dogs (in exchange for you paying a transport fee) and no waiting period; that kind of thing. If it sounds too good to be true it often is.

From the title I thought the topic was going to be about wolves and wild things. :laugh:

I think your assessment is overly harsh and verging on bad taste [sour grapes??]. PetRescue has always provided an excellent, sophisticated and 100% needed resource. If it wasn’t as professional as it is, it would not have lasted. All this takes money. Try not to read things into my posts that aren't there because you have an issue with me.

Us :laugh: Actually I hadn't realised AMRRIC who started so small, have been going great guns! That's awesome.

Does it matter? In my mind as long as animals are getting rehomed it doesn't matter which group is doing it. Point is, they do get a lot of donations and money from advertising and sponsors and partners. Enough for paid staff, an office and all the things most of their 'clients' would love to have. And plenty to cover a neonate litter. Asking for $1000 means they will get much more than that and they have never operated as a rescue group; technically it's a bunch of office people raising a litter who would normally pay out of their own pocket. It'll probably go back into running the charity but the thing is; are they muscling in on a finite donation resource when private cat & kitten rescue is a quick way to send you broke? Previously I've had my whinge about the PR Donation button right next to the profiles of our dogs but the argument is still that the money goes back to running the show and we're silly to complain. Maybe so. But it still irks me. So does this kitten thing, for much the same reason. BTW it does go back in so I'm not insinuating otherwise.

I should add that usually they end up closely watching then copying the others and settling in. Monkey see monkey do. LOL And some barely look back at you despite the hard yards we both did with rehab. I do love those moments. Ungrateful little critters. :laugh:

Yes, some sit at the door waiting to go home. They do settle, it just makes me a bit sad. We do use a baby gate to stop any bolters. And are very careful to fit harnesses snugly. I know comparing animals to humans isn't the done thing but one rescuer explained it to me once in simplistic terms that even children .. no matter if it was a crap or scary or neglectful way to live ... just want to go home, home to their parent/s.

Exactly! It's basically police sanctioned cruelty because she is a BSL breed. Basically being treated like an object while she's waiting for legal proceedings. It's so wrong. 'Guilty' or not, a tiny concrete run for 2 years is unjustifiable and if she isn't kennel crazy or institutionalised by now it would be a miracle.

This.

I think there is a recent uproar about some cats PTS , which is probably what it's about. I don't know the story but pounds don't have unlimited room to keep cats. What are they supposed to do? Pile more and more in and have a disease outbreak from stressed cats? (then cop another petition) It is very very sad to lose healthy lives but to single out one pound who is trying to give extra time, takes animals to the vet and medicates them if needed, uses avenues of social media, a great up-to-date website - and has volunteer photographers.... it is a loooong way ahead of some. I know of one rescuer who takes Sydney cats but has always left her invisible regional pound cats to die quietly. No petition about that is there. Nor any about rescues who take the kittens only, I wonder how many of the cats were once mums whose kittens were taken. IMHO, all pounds should be answerable and above board given that inmates still doing their time are technically not their property yet. They should also not be permitted to give sensitive information to rescuers regarding owners/former owners, or allow this info to be published for Duty Of Care pets. But I see too many petitions made up or signed by people who have no info other than 'facts' they saw on FB. And no real knowledge of the crap staff have to take on an hourly basis. Rant over. It's not all roses dealing with pounds but you have to give credit to the ones trying really hard with what they've got.

I'm probably the last person to know about this but how the hell is this right??!! Does the 'dangerous dog' name mean we get to treat dogs like they have no right to the most basic welfare? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-35635935

Unlikely if they are only investing $200,000 into the whole of NSW! :laugh: Or am I reading that wrong? It sounds next to pointless.

Nawwwww adorableness :heart: and awesome for a speedy visit! There's no way on earth that I could have gotten useable photos of one of our monkeys in ten minutes. LOL

Reminds me of the chinese german shepherds (can't remember what they call them). But it's one of those weird trends that people are loving the jowely and/or blocky head. Why not just get a breed you like the look of instead of changing a perfectly good one? I don't get it.

Me too! :laugh: Happy Birthday Don!