kelpiecuddles

I'd like something 10-15mm wide, most at that length are at least an inch wide

I've got one but it's a ten metre length and it's fairly wide nylon webbing which makes it fairly heavy.

anyone know where I can buy a thin lead longer than 10 metres? Trying to track one down for tracking. If necessary I'll make one myself but running short on spare time

Saying the person who got bitten should have used more common sense isn't the same thing as saying it's OK he got bitten.

That was my point exactly SG, would you walk up to a german shepherd who's owner wasn't in sight and pat it?

I guess it's hard to judge without having actually seen the incident. I can't help but wonder whether the dog may have had it's head down and been very focused and the stranger has given him a rub on the shoulder blades or something and the dog got a fright and snapped. Who knows really, sometimes it would be so much easier if they could talk!!

Naw he's stunning and I agree he does look half polar bear!!

I don't think anyone has said that it's fine and dandy that the bloke got bitten but I sure as hell wouldn't be sticking my hand out to pat a german shepherd(or any other dog) that popped around a corner attached to a long lead, especially one that would have had it's head down and been on a mission.

Yep if you know the breeders prefix or even just their name assuming they are using their real one you can report them

What sort of silly person pats a working police dog. Probably pats guide dogs too

Would it make you feel better if I said i had to read it three times before i got it? :laugh:

I think that's what zeebie was saying DRJ. The stuff going around on local media says it's law but zeebies second paragraph confirms that it isn't law but then goes on to say it's still a good idea to use a rated shackle

Socks might help and are less likely to be hated to start with, i have used toddler socks with success on my kelpie to protect a cut toe pad.

Do you walk on the footpath or on the road? Over summer i just walk near the edge of the nature strip so that the dog can walk mostly on the grass and on the grey concrete which is cooler than the bitumen

One of my girls can't use Advantix either. I keep a spray bottle of permoxin at the side gate and give her a quick spray before she leaves the yard

I saw it says their home is over the road from the park. Maybe they hadn't taken a phone and didn't fully understand the risk associated with moving him.

One feed per day just before bed so around 10:30pm. A deliberate strategy to ensure Josie lies down and relaxes and has only limited water access while she digests her dinner after her bloat scare.

MonElite I don't think the OP was saying they wanted more than one puppy, just that they were considering all those breeds and looking for breeders whom they could contact for more info/potential future puppy source.

Great idea LG

I don't know where you stand with religion but we aren't particularly religious so our take on death is that when we are old we have to go to sleep forever and that we go in to the ground and our body and love feeds the plants and flowers to make the world a more beautiful place so that everyone can remember us. This comfort has helped ease the loss of many animals at our house. We always go to the nursery and choose a little plant which the kids put in the garden for the animal to help grow.

Well excited is an understatement! I was beginning to think I would never get started in tracking having no club and no one here to learn from and feeling pretty lost. Turns out I opened my mouth in front of the right person the other day by sheer dumb luck and now I have a wonderful lady with heaps of experience who's gearing up to train me!! She's given me a list of things to start getting and prepping and set me on a mission to find a good patch of land for us to work on so it's all feeling like it's falling in to place. She's going to work with me and guide me in getting started and showing m the ropes and also mentioned she knows a few others who might be keep to start a club down the track. (pun intended :p )

I go to the op shop and buy old jumbo size casserole or slow cooker insert dishes. You can gnerally find them around 7 litres and sometimes up to ten litres if you are lucky. You can also get small concrete water troughs from feed places

Thanks for confirming valbitz. I had thought there were more and then the reports all seemed to say 5. I was momentarily pleased to hear there weren't as many on the transport as originally thought, I hope they find the rest safe and sound

Just saw on ozshow that apparently more dogs have died at the vets. I think there were only five dogs on there to start with so it's not looking good for the doggies

There's a thread i news, the transporters name is Noel