Aussie Whip

That's a shame not being allowed to keep ferrets soon. They don't survive long over here in the wild, mange gets them. Even so, ferrets are banned in Queensland even though no wild population has ever been known, crazy stuff. I hate the use of 1080, it kills heaps of native animals and birds as well as your dogs as plenty of farmers don't bother putting up warning signs.

That's a good point, lol. It also sort of proves animal welfare has nothing to do with the ban. The shit that goes on in horse racing is way worse than the dogs from what I've seen.

Wonder if they will then ban horse racing or is it that rich cnts are into that and it will stay.

Not sure what happened to your other dog but if they die doing what they love it makes it easier to go on with it. Good luck with the new pup mate.

My only sibling, my brother died at 23, I was 32, 30 years ago this year. Because I'm a spiritual person I believe we will meet again and I'm looking forward to that day, he paved the way and I have no fear of dying myself now. I like to remember the laughs and good times we had and you have to remember he is still your brother even though his mortal body has gone. I still get teary at times and always will but I know he is waiting for me so that gives me comfort and I can still feel the love.

Do you know if this really close breeding causes bad nerves, edginess in the dogs as well?

My mrs hunted pigs and ran a chiller for years, she always said pitbulls were too game for pig catching, even the crosses and they would rather fight the pig than work it to get an ear hold. For hunting non dangerous game this wouldn't be a problem. That's the only reason I can see and as I said the English bull is still a much more sought after cross especially with staghounds.

When they came to Oz the English bull, which was really popular almost vanished. I owned staffs and then pits for over 30 years and you can't really compare them but it's interesting that the English bull terrier has always been the preferred bull breed when crossed as hunting dogs over here. Apart from their original purpose and as family dogs I can't see the need for the APBT as an ingredient in any hunting dogs but a lot of people have these and love them so each to their own.

I still think English staffs are more stoic than pits, I remember my old staff bitch walking up to me to remove a ferret from her muzzle. no agro, just calm. Also saw an English staff almost kill a much bigger pit that went near the staff's human family.

Not by the time you pay for housing, health care and land rights. My best mate is indigenous but he just has something lacking compared to a Swedish lady.

I always wanted a Swedish au pair minding me when I was a kid, the feeling is starting to come back, lol.

If he's not interested in rats by 6months I'd be worried.

Well you shall be joining me in heaven one day WILF, amen.

I went down a vertical mineshaft to save a fox cub on a ledge, even if they are considered vermin over here so I would of helped the fox off the fence. It's the right thing to do. I was forever having to put down roos stuck in fences, once their leg is broken they're fckd.

I've never had much luck, I think rabbits are probably one of the hardest animals to catch in cages. They might not be overly smart but they have an insane sense of danger. The few I have trapped were cages sprayed with apple juice and carrots for bait but they didn't come into the traps for a few days.