February 5, 2010Comments are closed.dogs
These are our dogs And we are PROUD of them!
Continue readingFebruary 5, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, mandatory desexing
The RSPCA is seeking submissions to its discussion paper on ‘Puppy Farms’; Puppy breeding establishments take many forms and can be seen to be on a continuum from extremely bad (puppy farms, exploitative hoarders) through to excellent (dog enthusiasts who put the animal’s health and welfare as the first priority). This paper focuses on the […]
Continue readingFebruary 3, 2010Comments are closed.dogs
………. To the lovely ranger who came and spent an hour with me this afternoon. Thank you. ………. For anyone who follows my Twitter, you’ll know I got attacked by a dog last week. I wasn’t sure quite how to blog it to be honest. Because the blocky-headed dog that charged onto the footpath, fully […]
Continue readingJanuary 31, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, dogs
Most dogs available for adoption at shelters are of the ‘great aussie mutt’ variety; mixed breeds of unknown parentage made up of a few, or sometimes lots of, different breeds. Shelter staff do their best to make a guess of the breeds that make up the dogs based on appearance and this ‘best guess’ is […]
Continue readingJanuary 2, 2010Comments are closed.dogs
I’m just more and more impressed with the WA Rangers’ Association’s approach to dangerous dog management. First, they came out as vocal opponents to WA’s proposed pit bull targeting legislation earlier in the year. Now they’ve drawn attention to a dangerous dog incident that involved two large breed dogs in country WA. The owner of […]
Continue readingDecember 9, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
There are millions of dogs living in millions of homes in Australia, most of which will never give their owners anything but pleasure. But for a handful of families who experience a dog bite, it can have a devestating effect on the family simply because those most at risk are small children. Noah Springall (right) […]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
Hat tip to KC Dog blog for his great posts this week about the inefficacy of BSL around the world: Ontario struggles with BSL … residents have irrational fears of ‘pit bulls’, but can’t identify them, they make calls about non-problem dogs, that aren’t ‘pit bulls’, that tie up a lot of animal control resources. […]
Continue readingNovember 18, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
Story of hope from the RSPCA QLD and ABC Brisbane 147 poodles (11 still need homes) Remember all those poodles that the RSPCA found two years ago? Over 100 dogs were found in filthy conditions at a site in Waterford. It’s taken two years, multiple court appearances and more than one million dollars in veterinary […]
Continue readingOctober 21, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
What is it with 100 year old guys and outdated ideas? On the back of Hugh Wirth’s hysterical scare campaign, Graeme Smith from the LDH has weighed in with a call to declare all “pit bull types” dangerous saying; “The number of declared dangerous dogs known to and registered by authorities is the tip of […]
Continue readingOctober 19, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
While other countries have started to move away from banning breeds and are taking steps to revoke breed specific laws, simply because they do nothing to reduce the number of dog bites, the RSPCA’s Hugh Wirth is stuck in the 1970’s, working hard to generate hysteria on the back of a recent dog attack; THE […]
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