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well in theory there is, you write to the relevant Minister for Agriculture. nicely, polietly and WAIT. then you writ again, again, again n when he gets tired of fobbing you off BINGO! only took me TWO YEARS for him to finally tell me WHY. stringy had to suffer. although his assurance that long as i adhered to the code of practice i had nothing to fear from the rspca, assured me hedidnt know what he was talking about. there was nothing in the code of practice he sent me that applied to my dog needing to be seized. soo when i pointed this out and asked then how is adhering to the book you sent any protection, that and subsequent requests must have ended up in the too hard basket. never even got any, "thanks for your letter, the minister is looking into it" fob off replies anymore? but hey, legally hes the one to be writing too. just dont expect too much so you wont be too dissappointed eh? yep there are those who have reason to think we have our own legally appointed terroist organisation, they call it , RSPCA but those like greymate know only those who deserve it end up thinking this way dont they? n must have brought it on themselves, yep totally right, if you dont have a pet and dont annoy someone it would never happen. dont ever think u have any rights n never disagree with an inspector and you wont be traumatized when you do find out you have no rights. right? well you do have one right, write the minister at least that will keep you occupied

what people dont realise is many animals dont see children in the same light as an adult. an animal that is friendly and gentle with an adult can be a monster to a child and i dont mean the child finds it scary. Well not until its attacked. One of the favourite jokes at Leacocks was Mr Leacock would tell some visiting kid to please go fetch the house cow, and send you off with a bucket and feed to fetch her. he sent me one day, yep she fetched all right, galloping straight at me and chasing me back to the house at a full run, goodness knows what if I had fell. he was laughing his head off. my heifie would come running when i called her, she would stand to be milked completely free in a 25 acre paddock, imagine my astonishment when i introduced her to my baby. she took one snif of the little human, gave a snort that nearly blew her out of my arms, put her head down and was intending grinding her into the ground with her head??? at no time could i risk letting my child walk into her paddock even when she was 5, heifie would snuff snort and go into attack mode. I had bought her as a young heifer and she was so tame and gentle i could put a halter and saddle on her and go for a ride. one of my mares can be called from anywhere in a 500 acre paddock, she will come whinning with joy. BUT the day i sent my then 9 year old daughter to tip her feed into her trough i still cant believe what happend next. she walked up to the child, grabbed her by the shoulder and shook her, WHY! search me, she had never shown agression in any form to anyone or my child before that day, although child have never been alone with her before. somehow i dont think some dogs might be much different.

thanks, I will advise his parents

Ive a friend who's son just bought what he called an AmStaff puppy, said the parents are pedigree American Safford's, it sure looks very like photos of pit bull puppies ive seen? remember spotting on an american kennel website one of their stud males was "dual registered Pit Bull and AmStaff" are the AmStaffs also under the same restrictions. I notice they are a recognised ANK breed? it would seem to me if he doesnt get limit register papers for it at the very least, he may end up in the same situation, ie being told his dog needs to be assessed to decide if its a pure or cross pb? am i mistaken and it couldnt happen to him?

Like so many comments I just read, the only swimmer pups I have bred were on newspaper. never used it since and not a single pup from the same mums "inherited" the problem in later litters. one other "swimmer" although the pups were on a blanket he slid down a gap between the sides and the heat pad and when I pulled him out, bingo, flat chest. it took weeks for his breastbone to regain its former shape. so watch out for that one too.

wouldnt rule out snake in the bedroom. one got my dog that way, heard her growling and fighting something then cried an dissappeared by the time i opened the door to see what was going on.. she was dead by the time I found her in the dresser draw she had climbed up inside the back of it. she was a chihuahua if your wondering how on earth a dog could do that.

maybe ill get flamed for saying it but until they are through the puppy phase have you thought of buying a pen that you can put them in when your busy and unable to supervise them? the cost of the pen is nothing compared to the total you will discover their growing up antics have cost you in destroyed things. i know we were pretty shocked when we added up ours to find neiger had chomped his way through $3,000 worth if we wanted to replace what he had destroyed. not forgetting the cost of vet bills when they get into something dangerous, a friends puppies screams found he was impaled on one of the lounge springs. goodness knows how he manged to tear one end free and it went through his lower jaw comming out under his tongue. they had to dismantle the lounge and take him spring and all to the vet. another decided the sheepskin rug was delightfull. result belly and intestines full of wool. the only way to save him was surgical removal of all of it and there was more than a bucketfull came out. a nice snug 12 x 10 run with roof sounds amazingly cheap by comparison. far safer for them too. even if you will want to onsell it after they have finished the puppy phase and become model citizens

re the biting the person who recommended yelping is on the right track. friends had a puppy that tore open their nose, ears and hands,(they foolishly let her sleep with them) and when she woke up she went for faces and lips her dog was a terror, the yelps she made once they decided to try it, were in direct intensity to the bites and the puppy stopped in her tracks, horrified she had hurt them. and then licked them as if to apologise she stopped biting in days. a real eye opener.

my vet gave entirely different reasons for it. one being they find it nice (yep not our cup of tea) that they get nutrient from it its not just in dogs, many young animals eat their parents to get their microflora for normal digestion. although not an apealing habit though the change of diet can make the difference although some like my sisters dog is still at it and now 6 their solution is fast with the pooper scoop

wish you luck isabel jumps right in and since shes 4 now ive given up hoping she will grow out out it

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"Greens own Supercoat." n have for over 20 years that i know of. they are right next door to Olsens (salt?) who we get our cattle blocks from. (we need 50 kg megaphos and no produce store in sydney will stock it) unlike most of the rest are aussie owned and doc harry recommends them. my ungrateful lot prefer it over all the premium brands and that suits me as I do like to buy ausse owned. please dont tell me im doing them harm. please please please