Test; Can You Pick The Mauling Dog(s)?

[gemi_babe]

Try this pet select link Kiwigeo.

http://www.petnet.com.au/selectapet/dogselectapet.html

Hope that helps.

[Christopha]

7.62 fixed a pair of spaniels here a while back........ they won't chase any more sheep...... and as for moggies, me compost heap is full of them and their bloody collars with bells!

[Christopha]

If you want a house dog then just about anything with Maltese in it will give you a fun, gentle, not too bright little friend. Anything resembling a foxy, miniature, Jack or whatever will give you a hyperactive, happy, yappy and sometimes snappy, mate forever. A Border Collie will give you an intelligent, gentle mate with boundless energy and a passion for frisbees, tennis balls and seagulls.

[rodm]

We have had a mongrel, two Jack Russels and for the last twelve months we have been boarding my son's Pit bull. All have been really faithful companions but the Jack R would be the one to bite you. The Pit bull is a gentle giant but if he ever did cut loose the strength and weight of him would cause some serious damage.

[AlexS]

.... She was as thick as two short planks but what she lacked in intelligence she made up for in entertainment value and just plain old good company.

Nothing wrong with that Kiwi...we're also thinking about another dog, and the last thing we want is a dog that's more intelligent than the rest of the family!

[jackiew]

I'm actually quite surprised given the amount of legislation in Australia restricting people from doing this that or the other without being registered that there isn't a requirement that dog owners attend an owners course and provide evidence of it

a) when they buy a dog and/or
b) when they register their dog.

I've been attacked by dogs while jogging, cycling and while motorcycling. The worst attack was when I was on my motorbike I had a dog going for me on both sides. Have to say I was absolutely terrified and ended up riding out of the side street onto a major road without looking properly in my hurry to escape. Fortunately for me and for anything that I might have hit there was nothing coming.

As a cyclist using cycle paths I have had a number of "interesting" discussions with owners who don't understand that even if their dog is in an off lead area they must still have their dog under control. Which means that the dog cannot be allowed to run off round the corner out of their sight. It also means that the dog must respond to voice control.

I hate those extending leads with a passion. There seems to be some rule that if your dog is unable to walk to heel you go out and buy an extending lead. Result the damn animal is "nominally" under the control of its owner but actually free to veer into the path of a cyclist, leap up at a jogger or terrify a small child.

Some owners seem to encourage their dogs in their bad behaviour. "Oh Fido - don't do that" they say but in a tone of voice which tells both me and Fido that actually they think Fido is being really cute and clever after he's just head butted me in the stomach.

Being told "he won't hurt you" is no consolation to a hysterical child who HAS already been bitten by someone else's dog in the past and now has some idiot's terrier leaping up and snapping at them. Why do some dog owners think it is ok for their animal to approach other people who quite obviously don't want to be approached by their dog.

I don't hate dogs. But I hate quite a few dog owners. end of rant.

[Christopha]

AAAAH Jackie, beauty AND brains as well......

[Wood Borer]

Christopha,

This explains why Jacky looked us up at the show - people with brains and beauty associate.

[LineLefty]

I'm not sure about bimbos, I think clown is more appropriate.

I stand corrected, clown is more appropriate. If we had more time to spend walking the dog, a boxer would've been high on the list. Like dalmations, they never seem to get out of the puppy stage.

We too have a lot of incidents when walking our greyhound. They're absolutely defensless when those dogs-on-the-loose pick a fight.

With regards to jackiew's comments about the off-lead areas, we were one of thse annoying people who couldn't "control" their dog. We'd let her off the lead she'd run and run and run and come bac to us when she felt like it - after sniffing every dog in the place. Unfortunately you just can't let greyhounds off the lead unless it's in a fenced in run.

Having said that I've had a Jack Russel (Or tenterfield) owner have a go at use because we didnt have a muzzle on after her little yaper had a go! :mad:

As for you Christopha, I am half maltese. But I dont think I'd make a good house dog.

[Daddles]

You mean you're not house trained Adam?

I had a maltese x shitzu. Gentle, loving little critter. Completely wet. Not only the cats beat her up but bloody kittens as well. But a great little companion and a great little dog. The ex got her ... and keeps the poor thing tied up in the office whereas the dog used to spend all its time with me.

Extenda leads. You may hate them, but I think what you are hating is the misuse of them. I use them, well, I did when I had my little dog. She was too thick to be trained to the heel. Believe me, I tried and I've trained dogs to utility standard. So we walked on the extenda lead. It meant she couldn't go wandering off, she could have a sniff and if I had to get her closer, I didn't have ten feet of rope to control - it all rolled up inside the handle. The extenda lead is a great device, but like all devices, has to be used properly and with consideration.

Pit Bulls. Remember when they first arrived and lots of people had them? Then they became nasty things ... and suddenly, lots of people had 'cross breeds'. There are far more of the things out there than admitted to. I was talking to a dog control officer one day and he was telling us that the Pitt Bull is completely unpredictable. You never know when it's going to go for you. And most of the attacks he attended were by '
calm, gentle house pets'. Sorry, some breeds should be done away with and some control is needed over cross breeds.

But what about these bloody dog rescue homes that will try to save EVERYTHING that comes to them. Sure, a lot of nice dogs get placed in rescue homes, but every one of those dogs was put there for a reason. Usually, that reason is because the dog is a problem. Regardless of the reasons for that dog becomming a problem dog, what's the sense in sending it back into the community. Hell, a neighbour's kid was attacked by a dog they got from a rescue home. It turned out the dog had been sent there ... because it attacks kids, and the buggers put it back in the community to a home with kids. Personally, I've had three dogs from rescue homes - one was lovely, but a compulsive barker, another was a happy dog but barked, dug, destroyed, etc regardless of training and walks, the final one turned out to be skitzo - it'd turn on other dogs and people with no warning at all. I now buy puppies and create my own problems rather than inherit someone elses.

Cheers
Richard
who also should be working but ...

[gemi_babe]

Its understandalbe what many of you think about 'American Pit bull Terriers' given what the media and uninformed, uneducated people have to say about them. (cause we all believe what we hear right?)
I own a Staffordshire Bull Terrier... are you going to slag the hell out of that breed aswell? They were breed for fighting aswell and considering the size of them, I would say they're pretty good fighting machine. Whats that? No Staffy's are harmless right... Well the Pit bull, just like the staffy are people dogs and it all comes down to how the dog is trained.

What is going on in Queensland at the moment could very well happen in your own state if we don't fight BSL now.

Restrictions have been extended to other breeds and crosses by some
Queensland Councils. More than 15 breeds and crosses have been
targeted (CCCQ, 2002; Queensland DLGP, 2003) and one Council, as
well as restrictions on particular breeds has restrictions on dogs over a
particular weight or height (Mount Morgan Shire).
The Breeds with restrictions are as follows....
American Pit Bull Terrier
Bull Terrier
Fila Brasileiro
Japanese Tosa
Dogo Argentina
Dobermann
German Shepherd
Greyhound
Rottweiler
Bullmastiff
Neopolitan Mastiff
Maremma
Anotolian Karabash
Great Dane
Rhodesian Ridgeback

Time to do something don't you think? Or will you wait till they come knocking asking for your dog because its on the 'list' and must be PTS now????

[fxst]

well if it saves me a bullet it must be ok and my stock is safe as well double bonus
Pete

[bitingmidge]

Not all dogs are what they seem to be: http://www.watleyreview.com/2004/052504-3.html

or are they???

P

[gemi_babe]

Mr Midgey... :P Upon reading that article it had me believing for a while then I was informed about the site....

The Watley Review is dedicated to the production of articles completely without journalistic merit or factual basis, as this would entail leaving our chairs or actually working. Names, places and events are generally fictitious, except for public figures about which we may have heard something down at the pub. All contents are intended as parody and should be construed as such.


FXST.... you could try to get a few alpaca's in to watch over your sheep. Check this link out... it may be of some help...

http://forums.dogzonline.com.au/inde...howtopic=15485

Hope the link works, if not, let me know and I will copy/paste the info here for you!