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Sounds good to me :drinking:

I would love some pics- it really helps with naming a puppy if there are lots of cute puppy photos to look at :wink:

[size=6][color=orange]Big congrats to you Doc[/color][/size] :angel:

Good luck Doc :wink:

When I was living with BK properly (he lives at my dad's) I let him sleep in my bed and he LOVED that, he got used to it very quickly. :wink: I let him lick my hands because he seems to like it and I don't care either way, that's why soap was invented. :) He also likes being scratched on the place just where his tail joins his back, so much so that he'll stick his bum in my face so I can scratch it for him. :roll:

[color=red]CONGRATULATIONS SHARA AND COAL[/color] :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: I bet Hazel would be happy for you too and I bet she's probably watching over Coal to see he doesn't get into any mischief. :wink: Happy birthday Athenix, hope you are celebrating in style! :drinking:

Oh Rowie you must come to Melbourne... you could visit me and more importantly BK. :angel: Barrier Reef is supposed to be amazing but I've never been (very far from where I live). Same goes for Northern Territory (where Uluru and Kakadu National Park are). :oops: Sydney is great, I've just been there and I was impressed- you'll love it. Melbourne is good but we have no significant landmarks, except maybe the beaches... driving down the coast is great but wrong time of year for it here (grey and rainy) :( Melbourne Zoo is pretty good too. There's some wildlife range in Dubbo (sort of near Sydney but not really LOL), and there's one in Melbourne (Werribee Park) with giraffes etc. which is pretty good. Oh also Healesville Sanctuary- lots of native animals there and it's about an hour out of Melb by car. PM me if you want more suggestions! :wink:

[quote name='ellieangel'] He tells me internal flights are quite reasonable anyway !![/quote] Ellie, sometime in June I think Virgin are doing a $49 flights special- it's only for four days though and involves several major cities. That's like about 25-30 euros or maybe about 15 pounds!!! :o To fly from Hobart to Melbourne for example... very VERY cheap!!!

There is a dingo "farm" here in aust, more a sanctuary really: [url]http://www.wwwins.net.au/dingofarm/13.html[/url] Actually I think I should check it out sometime, it's not that far out of town. I am going to go when there are puppies!!!! Knowing me I would want to take them all home with me :roll: From what I have heard dingoes are very intelligent creatures and they would probably train up very well. Some states you need permits to own them, some states you don't.

now THAT is cute.

Plastic poo bags- you can never have too many :lol:

looks good Ickle :D

[color=red]Congratulations Rowie and Hillside[/color] :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday:

She is just SO gorgeous. I understand that she's becoming a bit of a celeb and Letterman or some talk show host wants to interview her (when she fully recovers). :D

Doesn't sound very nice to me- I like positive reinforcement, not intimidation. The dog might very well associate the lying down (obeying) with the ear yanking (being punished). :cry:

Ohhh I had to post this too- the cutest thing ever! :D [img]http://www.wwwins.net.au/dingofarm/car.gif[/img] from [url]http://www.wwwins.net.au/dingofarm/07.html[/url]

Here's some more info on the dingo- it's actually very interesting, from this site: [url]http://www.wwwins.net.au/dingofarm/02.html[/url] Canis lupus familiaris dingo. The origins of the Dingo are obscure. It is not truly native to Australia but is thought to have arrived between 3500 and 4000 years ago. The oldest Dingo fossil found has been carbon dated at 3450 years old - the approximate era at which rock engravings of Dingoes also appear in Aboriginal art. Dingoes have never been on the island State of Tasmania which separated from the mainland some 10,000 years ago. According to latest DNA testing, Dingoes evolved 135,000 years ago and were the world's first domestic dog, predating the wolf. A 'marker' has been found in the Dingo which is not present in the wolf, making the Dingo a separate species. It is believed that the Dingo is the ancestor of all dog breeds, the base stock of the 600 true dog breeds. Currently there are two scientific theories as to the Dingoes origins and arrival in Australia. One is that the closest relatives of the Dingo were dogs bred on the delta of the Indus River in India 3000 years ago. This theory believes that the Dingo was domesticated and reached Australia via Timor with Indian Traders. The second theory is that the Dingo is closely related to the semi wild dogs widely distributed throughout south east Asia and that the Dingo accompanied sea farers to Australia. It is likely that the Dingo was traded to the Aborigines or, having been semi domesticated in Asia, it chose to associate with the natives for the benefits of a mutual association. Whatever its origins, the Dingo was a highly valued companion to the Aborigines - they lived, ate and hunted with their human keepers. They were their bed warmers, camp cleaners, hunting companions and guard dogs. The Aborigines took puppies from wild litters each breeding season, but upon reaching maturity most of these dogs reverted to the wild lifestyle. Puppies were often suckled by the women of the tribe. Dingo Farm has the original glass negative of this photo taken in 1890. Given to Bruce Jacobs by the great grandson of the photographer, it can be used by natural history researchers and documentary makers. There's a pic at the site- wow is all I can say. :angel:

She looks very happy! Does she always grin like that? :)

The Boston Beagle looks a bit like RNP's Drey. but Dreydin is heaps cuter. :wink:

Sorry but I had to post some eye candy! :lol: Image taken from [url]www.viggo-mortensen.org[/url] [img]http://fan-sites.org/~viggo-mortensen/files/scans/0020.jpg[/img]

LOL that's one of the things I don't miss about being a teenager. :) Hope to see you on here soon.

[quote name='mydogroxy']bk- i was actually talking about a comment pei made. :D[/quote] sorry Roxy, just thought I should make myself clear though :oops: :D

Jacsmom I had nothing to do with the deletion of the other thread. If you are solely here to cause trouble (as you seem to be) then I suggest you do it elsewhere. :roll: Pot, kettle, black.

:cry: :cry: We are all thinking of you Shara :cry: :cry:

[quote name='mydogroxy'] and on a side note, i take some offense to the comment that dog aggressive pit bulls are the result of bad owners who don't socialize their dogs. [/quote] Sorry if you thought I was saying this- what I meant to say is that the ABPT is bred to be dog aggressive and always has been as part of their function, there may be a few who aren't but if this is what they've been bred for it's probably going to come out sometime (like heelers and herding/ankle biting). Nothing to do with how responsible or irresponsible an owner is. :) If a dog is dog aggressive, no matter what breed, they should be on lead. There was a nasty blue heeler who used to go to our dog park and would snap at any dog who came near (he was on lead). There was also an aggressive Golden Retriever that I saw once and once only. :-? Conversely, there is a female Dobermann who is the sweetest thing in the whole world and will play with everyone, and once there was a goofy male Boxer who BK played with for about an hour with nobody getting hurt. :)