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exactly, Philomena had 5 generations of Golden's over some 20 years who never jumped her 3 foot side fence, even as puppy and adolescent . But if she was going out and not there to supervise, the puppy yard was 6 foot just to make sure there were no accidents when no one was home. Only after they were adult and out of the puppy stage and had never even thought of transgressing was the puppy yard gate left open and all the yard available to roam when she went out.

there is the occasional poster who seems to see the worst and go for it, Please dont let them upset you, some don't even seem to realise what they say is hurtful. even the over the top ones

" Oh I agree about dogs in the front yard unattended, not only that but I hate to think about strangers being able to interact with the dog without supervision. " too true, remember thats how a friend lost their dog. family stopped to pet it over the fence, then the father picked it up and they took off with the dog. her owner was weeding the garden and by the time she had regained her feet to run after them, they had piled into their car and gone... she was never found.

Well by the photograph it may well have been bred by the Qld breeder. the puppy shot is adorable, better get down to vic fast, she is going for only 28 dollars

actually if its chain mesh or welded mesh it wont keep a chihuahua in. One of Nancy's boys I was babysitting climbed clean over, as did the first girl I bought from Phil, some of the little buggers climb like cats.

fascinating well this litter is the closest in age to the add https://www.fairmatecatahoulas.com/5th-litter-august-2016.html And the western australian breeder. well news is the rspca is out to ban all hunting, apparently ACT will be the first state to ban it. interesting they are fitted with radio trackers, scroll through the photos. apparen

according to the POCTA all fences have to be six foot, applies even to chihuhua's, Forgot about that, not sure when it became law

depends on the dog, my friend had four or five generations of Goldens and her front fence is 3 foot and none ever went over it. but depends on the dog unfortunately

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