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Hoera!!!
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Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Saturday, October 23, 2010
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Banning vicious dog breeds?
I have been thinking on this for quite some time, ever since the Dutch government has been talking about new regulations and behavioural tests... and the banning of certain 'notorious' breeds.
I don't think they should ban any breeds. But I do think that the legislation should change when it comes to liability. I think dog owners should be able to certify behaviour -there are fairly good behavioural tests for dogs these days, to test the level of agression. They are not foolproof, but certainly a good indicator. The best thing would be to offer all dog owners the opportunity to have their dogs voluntarily behaviour certified for free or for very small fee (with a chip as certification, hopefully not so easy to fake). This could be financed out of the huge amount of dog taxes we pay every year! Then, if your dog attacks someone or if there are valid complaints about agressive behaviour and there is no certification, YOU should be held financially liable. There should be criminal liability for the owner of an uncertified dog if there are injuries. As far as i'm concerned that could result in a whopping great fine up to prison sentence.
If your dog fails the test I think the best solution would be that owners would be required to have such dogs always leashed and muzzled in public. That's the only part I think could be a problem - I think the more rigid thinkers might say: fail the test, kill the dog. And that would not do. You would never get dog owners to co-operate with such a certification scheme if they thought their dogs would be put down on the basis of the outcome. Quite rightly so!
In my opinion this would work if the three key factors are present: a voluntary basis, serious consequences of non-certification, and no life-or-death decisions based on the outcome of the behavioural test.
I don't think they should ban any breeds. But I do think that the legislation should change when it comes to liability. I think dog owners should be able to certify behaviour -there are fairly good behavioural tests for dogs these days, to test the level of agression. They are not foolproof, but certainly a good indicator. The best thing would be to offer all dog owners the opportunity to have their dogs voluntarily behaviour certified for free or for very small fee (with a chip as certification, hopefully not so easy to fake). This could be financed out of the huge amount of dog taxes we pay every year! Then, if your dog attacks someone or if there are valid complaints about agressive behaviour and there is no certification, YOU should be held financially liable. There should be criminal liability for the owner of an uncertified dog if there are injuries. As far as i'm concerned that could result in a whopping great fine up to prison sentence.
If your dog fails the test I think the best solution would be that owners would be required to have such dogs always leashed and muzzled in public. That's the only part I think could be a problem - I think the more rigid thinkers might say: fail the test, kill the dog. And that would not do. You would never get dog owners to co-operate with such a certification scheme if they thought their dogs would be put down on the basis of the outcome. Quite rightly so!
In my opinion this would work if the three key factors are present: a voluntary basis, serious consequences of non-certification, and no life-or-death decisions based on the outcome of the behavioural test.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Recipe for firework-proofing a very scared dog
This should work fairly well on most dogs.
Buy a 500gram cooked sausage/kookworst (the kind you slice and put on your bread). In fact, buy a few.
Slice into small squares.
Start when the banging is still fairly interspersed: every bang, immediately give the frightened pooch a little piece of sausage.
The dog will figure out this little scheme very quickly! The focus will shift from flinching and rushing off in a panic, to waiting for the noise signal that will get them the treat.
Then graduate to only rewarding the whistlers or big bangs or whatever makes them go into total panic.
Be prepared for your hands to be almost de-fingered at first as the flight/greed combo makes them snap for the treat.
At some point when the focus is entirely on the yummy rewards for that noise, start rewarding intermittently.
Keep doing this the entire day.
By the beginning of the evening you'll have tears in your eyes as, at your feet, your sleeping dog farts toxic fumes in concert with the snoring.
When it's midnight and all hell breaks loose, you might have to feed the dog an entire sausage within the first fifteen minutes!
Fireworks and pets simply don't mix. As far as I'm concerned, they can just get rid of this not-so-charming Dutch custom of greeting the new year with a massive barrage of fireworks and toxic fumes and missing fingers.
Buy a 500gram cooked sausage/kookworst (the kind you slice and put on your bread). In fact, buy a few.
Slice into small squares.
Start when the banging is still fairly interspersed: every bang, immediately give the frightened pooch a little piece of sausage.
The dog will figure out this little scheme very quickly! The focus will shift from flinching and rushing off in a panic, to waiting for the noise signal that will get them the treat.
Then graduate to only rewarding the whistlers or big bangs or whatever makes them go into total panic.
Be prepared for your hands to be almost de-fingered at first as the flight/greed combo makes them snap for the treat.
At some point when the focus is entirely on the yummy rewards for that noise, start rewarding intermittently.
Keep doing this the entire day.
By the beginning of the evening you'll have tears in your eyes as, at your feet, your sleeping dog farts toxic fumes in concert with the snoring.
When it's midnight and all hell breaks loose, you might have to feed the dog an entire sausage within the first fifteen minutes!
Fireworks and pets simply don't mix. As far as I'm concerned, they can just get rid of this not-so-charming Dutch custom of greeting the new year with a massive barrage of fireworks and toxic fumes and missing fingers.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Hi Schrödi, a.k.a. Sam
Uncle Sam, Samwise the Great, Son of Sam.
It's your choice, buddy.
My home and heart are open to you.
Welcome to my life :)
I'm not sure how or why you crossed my path but you did.
This is going to be good.
It's your choice, buddy.
My home and heart are open to you.
Welcome to my life :)
I'm not sure how or why you crossed my path but you did.
This is going to be good.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sunday walk with Kelly
Since the tumour in her nose has become infected and it started bleeding so profusely, it feels like every time we go for a walk it might be our last.
She's as fit as a fiddle when you see her.
Full of piss & vinegar and fun and hunting instinct.
Fifteen years old, Cushings, cancer and she keeps on going without a hiccup.
This tumour in her nose is going to be the end of her, and probably soon.
She's as fit as a fiddle when you see her.
Full of piss & vinegar and fun and hunting instinct.
Fifteen years old, Cushings, cancer and she keeps on going without a hiccup.
This tumour in her nose is going to be the end of her, and probably soon.
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