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spotted this dog for sale, never been imported to Australia to my, or anyone else's knowledge.. but someone at rspca says it is one? Last one advertised, also by the rspca was in Qld, so they are breeding and moving interstate now? AND only 29 dollars, its clear the kennels weekend at RSPCA Australia wide. https://www.rspcavic.org/adoption/animal-detail/Catahoula-Leopard/Izzie/83749 this link is to the real deal https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/catahoula-leopard-dog/

Only took how many hundred years? But so glad its finally happened. problem is if you attract the attention of the harpies, most end up drummed out and give up.

which sadly is why the working breeds developed their own, refusing to become part of the ANKC's. because the show world is just that, a world away from why the breeds were created. working ability let alone not morphing them so far from the original that health issues are aggegerated instead, just aren't on the agenda wish I knew a solution, as the brindle pug issue showed, the intensity of the fury if anyone asks why not? Is overwhelming and not in a good way. same with the banned colours in breeds which have those colours? I realised what was happening to my first breed I had in the 1970's and made the conscious decision that I had to decide, do I want to breed puppies that a percentage would die before they were six weeks old because they had no skull? Would not be gasping for breath all their lives, be born from mothers who could deliver their puppies naturally? all three the result of selecting to produce SHOW puppies? Trouble was, to question why are you doing this, would wake the harpie's, who would scream are you a puppy farmer? off with her head.

I am wondering if a bichon might suit better. do not shed, yes same grooming requirement, and clipping but you can soon learn, similar size and from the ones ive seen very trainable. you can have loads of fun creating different style of coat clip. I had a toy poodle and I changed his many times, you dont need to stick to traditional clips , although the lamb is the one I did the most, just all over short with clipped feet and face, if you like a fluffy face you can do that too. For me if I got another it would be a poodle but you can get a bad one, my last was both partially blind and deaf, heartbreaking so make sure of health checks. our family had three before and all perfect , amazing, loving, highly trainable . clippers are not expensive anymore and I think you and the kids would enjoy styling your puppy. as for train-ability the poodle (the good lines) are incredible . But I dont think people who have a bichon think theirs are far behind. both great breeds, but remember to check the parents are they calm quiet and smart or high strung? remembering in many cases the owner can strongly influence that too having baby sat what were supposed to the high strung and picky eaters for a friend. who mimicked my dog within 24 hours and ate everything i set before them once their human had left. https://www.google.com/search?q=bichon+frise+trainability&rlz=1C1GGRV_enAU753AU753&oq=bichon+fise+trainab&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0.18109j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

been asked to share......... My heart is ACHING. Is its aching for this darling older lady in SA who currently has the rspca hovering over her horses which they think she shouldn't have This situation glaringly shows how the rspca prefer to focus their attention on old ladies who live alone, people who are experiencing tough times, or people who may be vulnerable.. PLUS the animals are in great condition so they don't need anything done to them and will bring a good price when they are sold. SECONDLY. My heart is ACHING for the starving horses in my previous post, that the rspca has refused to help. Both lots of horses are in South Australia!!

EX-plode or IM-plode? either way, pretty spectacular

it sort of ignores that when they ate any animal the also eat the gut not just the meat so their digestion does deal with vegetable matter, always has

spotted on faceplant..... other councils have been told the same thing apparrently. The writer raises some interesting points too "Making more enemies daily ... the rspca must surely reach saturation point soon! "MARTY HERE Beef Central recently wrote an article regarding the RSPCA. As some may know I am a councillor on the Mackay Regional Council. A few months ago the RSPCA who assist in activities relating to our pound approached us with the ultimatum that if we did not give them $300000 they would close in one month. They had tried a similar thing in townsville. I called the Mayor of townsville and She stated that we needed to tell them where to go as townsville had done. My council however did not ring townsvlle and despite my objections agreed. The Rspca stated that they left each branch to raise their own finance. I contend that surely if they were in trouble they would have known and let us know sooner and we could have investigated more thoroughly. As it is the Qld RSPCA has a 51 million dollar income and the organisation spends a considerable sum on activism. In their efforts to halt live export they are actually threatening the livelihoods of cattle producers in our area. They recorded a profit of 1.1 million dollars last year and yet would not fund their own branch instead they ask a council to use money taken from some of the very producers they are attacking to fund them. It make me wonder also when you look at their allies in some of the campaigns they are involved in. They have clearly lost their focus and are NOT the organisation they portray in the public. There is more to this organisation that meets the eye of the good hearted but terribly niave members of the public that donate to them. Just a question. If they could not be bothered tofund the mackay branch, what was that 1.1 million dollars profit spent on ? Ps. the salaries they pay their executives makes interesting reading." " https://www.beefcentral.com/news/is-it-the-rspcas-role-to-help-flood-affected-livestock/?fbclid=IwAR0RIEP0jfZvrU1szGB4fbYEuYuecQiC2t9NXKqA3GLkOJo8FtbanDEILD0 read all the way to the bottom of the page, their yearly income is staggering. remember all the volanteers who actually do ALL the kennel and cattery work for FREE!

you didnt explain, Dogs NSW will cancel the membership of anyone that puts their dog to a non Dogs NSW registered bitch, the ban applies to any not registered with Dogs NSW or other member states,\ they are banned from putting him to any un registered bitch and/or a MDBA registered one as well , its one of the conditions of being a registered member and breeder of dogs nsw.

the gene pool of the Australian stumpy tailed cattledog was sourced from classifying back yard bred dogs into a register for grading up or they would still been have bottlenecked into one breeder only? There is a vet in Sydney who has been lobbying the AVA for years to compile a list of recommended breeders selecting for health and to his frustration they have never gone ahead with it. As he said who better to know which breeders puppies are filling his and their surgery with defective puppies and adults? As well as which breeders puppies do not and live long healthy lives only seen for checkups? he had the idea over 20 years ago now . imagine the improvements that could have been achieved by now if the AVA had backed it? He said he was told they feared being sued by the breeders who didn't make the recommendation list

my neice has a french bulldog, so cute, but they cant take him for walks in the summer he just gets so breathless, and rapidly overheats, he is two years old now and if anything is finding it harder, so they are going to take him to the vet and see if removing some of the tissue obstructing his trachea will help. thankfully he doesn't have pinched nostrils but the chokes badly when the tissue obstructs his trachea. Panting doubles his choking. Pity the vets couldn't influence their breeders to go back to selecting for a decent muzzle length and breed out the problem instead of them needing surgery to stay alive in stead of struggle to breathe unless kept in air-conditioned cold?

forgot to add, Ivermec has no effect on the adults... often wondered if Jodies adults died of old age before Jodie...no one had a clue the lifespan of a heartworm

2 year old and never been on heartworm protection is not a good sign, heartworm is just about australia wide now so she really needs to be tested and treated... although I had one that came up positive for them , she was 5 year old at the time, the vet took so long to get back to me I assumed the test must have been clear and had dosed her with half a mil of sheep ivamec, (Normal dose, is clear coloured, not low dose, its coloured green and too strong....) along with my other dogs by the time he finally called back... the danger with dosing a dog with heartworm is the blood will have microfilaria, which are what a biting mozzie picks up and passes onto other dogs.... so dosing one with them circulating will kill them all and so many dying at once could be toxic, but she was ok so kept up the treatment monthly which my vet explained would kill all circulating micrafilaria as they were released by the adult heartworms, as she had no symptioms other than the positive blood test, figured she had few adults yet... by treating her with ivomec every 4 weeks she would remain non infective to other dogs and no more adults could mature in her heart and cause the damage they do in numbers... she lived to 16 that was decades ago, ie 30 years ago, the reason I chose not to try and kill the adults was at that time the cure was killing half the dogs treated anyway. once enough adults have developed in the heart to begin effecting it, they begin to get a cough. then as the damage to the heart progresses they then begin to lose weight... Jody on the other hand had no cough whatever and rather portly cattledog...

such great news eye problems are so stressful for you and your pet

another photo of one of the homesteads affected but unreal how the original settlers found the highest spot to put the home https://www.facebook.com/1067398479998647/photos/pcb.2784576591614152/2784568341614977/?type=3&theater

we are lucky, our place is the headwaters of our creek so not a chance of the whole place going under. so grieve for those poor people and their stock as well as the native animals its a disaster of unimaginable proportions. Ho my God. Just saw this. 800 properties were affected by the flood. area the size of Tasmania

no idea how many have been affected from what I understand its every property on or beside the entire flood plain, the devastation is appalling, as one lady said, their cattle fed through seven years of drought and in good condition, in the eight days of driving rain and wind lost 50% of their body weight. The ground is so wet the only way to get feed to the few survivors is by helicopter and there is pitifully few. so your name goes into a hat and if your too far down the list your surviving cattle will be dead before hay can arrive without a miracle and the govt sends the army to help. pray for them all we are in drought still out west , hubby had to pull two of our cows out of mud. one in almost empty dam, the other in a gully with a little muddy patch was all that was left of the water hole. spend three days filling the empty dam near the house from the newly equipped bore and keeping them there to hand feed and keep praying for rain, hopefully not on the scale of qld's

I would be putting a clock under her bedding, with a stuffed toy for company as well, IN a crate. if you dont let her learn to sleep separately (the clock will remind her of mum and littermates). you will be teaching her separation anxiety from day one with you. for various reasons Ive had to raise many a pup, foal, kid and calf and my worst failures were the ones I slept with as I raised them. they expect to be with you 24/7 as a result and that can get pretty stressful if they dont learn alone time. an imprinted foal once its 15 hands and still wants to be in your lap is no joke. nor is it so cute when he is happy to hoon straight into the house even when he had to negotiate 21 concrete steps to achieve it. getting him back out was no joke. In his case he added something no books talk about, he fancied men. literally, chat them up and then try to serve them even after he was gelded. the most amazing thing to me was he never made a mistake and tried to chat up a woman? he knew which sex you were? In case your wondering, he lived to 36. Never lost his interest in men either. Dad had a sign on the gate. "trespassers will be persecuted" wish I had a dollar for everyone who knocked on the door to tell dad he had spelled it wrong. Dad would assure them, go in that paddock mate and you will be persecuted all right... he also had another strange habit, he would eat, garden hoses, paper, clothing, lead ropes, bridle reins, girth points. poddies can develop some seriously strange ideas and its no laughing matter when you go on a trail ride and someone ties their horse too close to your one that blind freddy can see is tied with a full chain lead with a sign , on him "do not tie your horse near me". they would come back to reins gone, girth points and or saddle flap chewed and if they were lucky if the lead rope wasn't gone as well. naturally, if they had removed the tack, the lead rope was soon gone. people forget when they read all the cutsie stuff about fur babies, what a disaster it can end up if you imprint another species that it actually thinks its a human too. be kind. let your dog be a dog as for an imprinted calf or foal...so cute when its little but the amount of accidental damage that can happen to your belongings when they are all grown up and expect to do the same as when little can be mega stressful for you both. best of luck with your puppy but 4 weeks and with no litter mates or mum is not going to be a fun time, its from its mum and litter mates they learn not to bite HARD, not to play to rough. When to have a break from playing when they say no, you need to make sure you teach it when to stop when it bites too hard, plays too rough, one I had to hand-raise from two weeks wouldn't seem to understand no when she bit so hard the blood ran, and she was only a chihuahua baby? my friend solved the problem, instead of saying no which got us nowhere... she began yelping and loud and as long as any littermate would have in the same situation... she stopped dead and let go... until then she was doing some serious damage no human mum allows her baby to bite either and they too you will find a percentage go through the biting stage. Even some skin babies bite and play too rough. They too need to learn no.

Interesting article, and I suspect from the horror stories Ive heard at times. Pretty much on the mark. " Recently, a woman took her dog to the dog park for some fun and exercise. She envisioned him frolicking with other dogs and coming home happy and tired. Instead, the poor dog came away needing surgery to save his life, along with more than 10 puncture wounds. I saw the photos; suffice it to say they were both sickening and heart-wrenching. Just a few days later, another woman posted on Facebook about an encounter at the same dog park. Her dog had been attacked, had suffered serious damage to a limb, and needed to be rushed to the vet. The owner of the other dog refused to acknowledge that her dog had done anything wrong, and fled the scene. Fortunately, both of these dogs will recover—physically, at least. As anyone who has ever suffered a bodily assault knows, the toll goes far beyond physical injury. The extent of emotional damage to any dog who has been attacked depends on the seriousness of the attack and on the temperament of the individual dog. For some dogs this type of encounter can, understandably, result in a fear of other dogs. And as any trainer worth her salt knows, that can translate to fear-based reactivity, which most people call aggression. Does every encounter at a dog park result in physical or emotional damage to dogs? Of course not. But you might be surprised at how many dogs are having no fun at all, despite what their owners might think. When I was putting together my seminar Dissecting the Dynamics of Dog-Dog Play (click the link for the DVD), I needed lots of video of dogs playing. One of the places I spent time at was our local dog park. I filmed hours and hours of various breeds and sizes of dogs playing together. Although I was already aware that some dogs enjoyed playing more than others and that some encounters were definitely not positive, when I reviewed the footage in slow motion, I was shocked. Sure, there were examples of safe, non-threatening play. But there was also a myriad of instances in which dogs were practically traumatized as their owners stood by, totally unaware. One example comes instantly to mind: Within seconds of a man and his medium-sized mixed breed dog entering the park, the dog was rushed by other dogs who wanted to inspect him, as is typical in any canine group. But one of the greeters clearly scared the newcomer, who then lunged and snapped. The owner gave his dog a verbal warning for that defensive action and kept walking deeper into the park. Another dog approached and this time, with his tail tucked, the dog snapped and lunged more intently. The owner grabbed him by the collar and chastised him. Over the next five minutes, the dog had four more encounters that resulted in his being punished by the owner, each time more harshly. It would have been clear to anyone versed in canine body language that the dog was afraid, and was becoming more and more reactive because he was on the defense. It was difficult to stand there filming, and I considered aborting to go and speak with him. Just then, a woman who was a regular there approached and struck up a conversation with the man. Thankfully, she was able to convince him that his dog was scared and to leave the park. I’m sad to say that this was far from being the only negative encounter I filmed. More importantly, this sort of thing happens daily at dog parks across the world. By now you’re probably thinking, Gee Nicole, how do you really feel? The thing is, I’ve seen the flip side as well. I’ve watched a group of ladies who meet at the park most mornings with their dogs. They’re savvy about canine body language, and although they enjoy socializing with each other as their dogs play, they constantly monitor the action. If play begins to become too heated, they create a time out by calling their dogs to them for a short break before releasing them to play again. In this way, they prevent arousal from escalating into aggression. The dogs all know each other and for the most part get along well. I have absolutely no problem with this type of scenario. Unfortunately, it’s far from being the norm. The typical scene at a dog park includes a random assortment of dogs whose owners range from being absolutely ignorant about dog behavior to being well informed, with most of the population falling somewhere in the middle. And why not? They’re not dog professionals, but loving owners who simply want their dogs to get some exercise and have a good time. In most cases, they’re not aware of the subtle or not-so-subtle signals that could indicate danger, or even that dangers exist. Comments like, “Ah, they’re dogs, they’ll work it out,” and “Oh, he’s fine” abound. It’s strange if you think about it: if you were the parent of a young child, would you send him in blindly to play with a group of kids that possibly included bullies and criminals? Wouldn’t you at the very least stand there and observe the play for a few minutes before allowing him to join the fray? If you did allow the child to participate, would you not keep an eye on him and leave if you felt there was a potential threat? And yet, at the dog park, the majority of owners never do those things. In the best of all worlds, there would be mandatory education for dog park attendees as well as a knowledgeable staff member or volunteer at every park to monitor the action and to stop dogs who are known to be aggressive from entering in the first place. Perhaps a membership model would make this possible. Unfortunately, that is not the reality. And so, it falls to we owners to be advocates and protectors for our dogs. That means if you absolutely insist on taking your dog to a dog park, that you scan the environment before entering, that you monitor your dog’s play even while chatting with other owners, and that you intervene even to the point of leaving if necessary when you feel something is not right, even if that means facing social ostracism. Personally, I prefer play dates with known quantities rather than a park full of potential aggressors who might do serious physical or emotional damage to my dogs. If I do take mine into the dog park to run around, it’s during off hours when the park is empty. You might find this over the top or even paranoid. That’s okay. If you heard all of the stories I’ve heard over the years and seen all of the damage I’ve seen, you might think twice about whether dog parks are worth the risk. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ You can find my books, seminar DVDs & more at www.nicolewilde.com. Don’t want to miss any blog posts? Subscribe at the top of the page. You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter."

Yes if you know the prefix of your dog, just ring the state in your dogs case Dogs QLD they will tell you if the breeder is still a member and ask them to contact the breeder on your behalf (as they will not give you the number) but they can give your number to the breeder to call you back.

They are everywhere, the bogans love them. big tough dog to scare people with. I am a microchipper and I get many phone calls from friends of friends who have bought a puppy on gumtree. I live near bogan territory. Tregear and Mt druit even the bus drivers are afraid to do those routes. my daughters best friends father still has glass in his body from an attack by one of his "fares". They also like throwing bottles and or rocks through the windscreens as the bus passes. many of the pups I am asked to chip, I am told proudly are genuine red nosed pure bit bulls... the majority aren't even vaccinated let alone microchipped. But at least this few care enough to get their new puppy chipped and vaccinated when I explain to them it has to be vaccinated or it will die... my vet calls the area the greatest vector of unvaccinated dogs in the sydney basin. the ankc figures for puppies bred may be imploding but not there... no ankc breeders involved in this roaring untraceable trade

my neighbours son acquired one as a pup, fortunately it was only half grown when my mare foaled so although it tried to bring him down it was too young and inexperienced to achieve its aim. even though I asked them to please keep it home as it was attacking the foal, they didnt bother.. now four months later it is eyeing me off to attack. they wont make a yard for it, it can go where it likes when it likes and is "guarding " not only its home but now extended the range to include half my land and surrounding neighbours. a disaster in the making. I like my neighbours but am now terrified of that dog, only last week when I went to check my fence as I could see a loose wire it came barrelling out of their driveway and came for me. thank dog the son who owns it was in the shed near the gate and called it back. I was 200 mtres from my car or house with no way of safely getting away from it.. now I dare not go down my own driveway unless im in my car. it went for me when only the mother was home and she couldn't call it off but that time I had just gotten out of my car so slowly backed to the car and closed the door but it had come to within a foot of grabbing me, repeatedly snapping as I backed to the car and closed it. only its youth and inexperience yet saved me that time this dog is going to maul someone its revving itself up to do it and none of them seem to be able to see this. I was born in 1948, I walked the streets as a child when there were packs of loose dogs, I have never been bitten even though I have had many dozens of dogs decided this human is not going to walk on my humans front lawn. I know how to back until im out of the dogs guarding area and detour. I know how to signal i am not a threat. Only this weekend I visited a friend with a very shy nervous dog of a guard breed and within minutes he was asking to sit in my lap. her cat is terrified of strangers but I know cat meows and which are the cats version of friendly. to her amazement within a minute he came out of hiding to check me out and after half an hour advanced to me and rubbed on my legs. I can usually win over any cat or dog I meet. But not this one. this dog is so different to the dogs of my childhood and adulthood. If those dogs are like my neighbours and I strongly suspect they are, there are going to be headlines in the coming months and I sure do not want it to be me that's the person mauled in the photos or any other for that matter, but at my wits end as to what to do?

interesting article. biggest surprise english staffies had the highest rate? not that their cousins are far behind. warning, dont watch the video of the bullmastif attack in the video, is very upsetting. wondered who is the writer.. big surprise, she is Peter Harveys daughter... loved him, as I think did much of australia https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/shelters-are-full-of-pitbulls-for-a-good-reason/news-story/9f17194fc2abec7014eda4141c700333 zilch to do with dogs, but another of her articles and a good warning if you intend shopping at ikea. never did more than wander around one of their shops. she sure paints a good picture with words. dont try drinking your tea or coffee while reading. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/claire-harvey-thats-what-i-call-crap-service/news-story/9870c4ae06f9ca4467af4dc0d2e6cd96

well that was a disaster waiting to happen, it says the owner was afraid of them? so tragic https://www.smh.com.au/national/dogs-in-horrific-and-distressing-attack-to-be-euthanised-20190125-p50tll.html

they obviously dont know there are two very different breeds of Staffies... wonder whats the odds are as to which of the two breeds it was?