Friday, Mar 09, 2012 at 23:49
Muzzels and Leads is all you can do.
We have 2
dogs, and are very careful with the
dogs and having their muzzels on. We take them camping everywhere with us and they will be coming with us next year on our lap.
In saying that, we have come close a couple of times when we thought the
dogs were gone for good, the most recent was June last year camping midway up the WA coast in a remote
camp.
Dogs have had their muzzels on all day and we took them off to feed them dinner, and our
dogs are usually pretty good and can be trusted off the lead when we are around, and other half fed them, off the lead as their dinner bowls were away from their beds, then both of us started doing the dishes from dinner and not even 2 minutes later, both
dogs were gone, without their muzzels. The others camped near us heard us calling them and came to help and told us that a dog was taken by a bait last year in this spot. There were no signs anywhere when we came through the
gate to the area, but we still left their muzzels on, only taking them off for dinner time.
Long story short, many many hours later and stressing, 1 dog came back on her own eventually all happy with herself, and the dumb one (she normally follows the other one everywhere) was eventually found in the wee hours trotting up a dirt track ages away going the wrong way. Both were safe and
well. Lost 1 of their coats (as it was cold and i had already put their coats on).
Pretty sure the older (and smarter one) saw a rabbit and chased it, then the other dog just followed her. They made no noise or anything and they were not even 5m away from us when we fed them. Our
dogs rarely bark.
They now stay on their 3m pastic coated wire leads even when getting fed.
Other suggestion is to invest in a good quality dog car harness. Both our magicians know how to slip out of their collars no matter how tight and also how to slip the large clip on the lead. Every night the lead is threaded through the
seat belt sash, clipped onto the metal D buckle, and then attached to her collar as
well.
Good quality plastic full enclosed muzzel is the only way to go. The halter type ones dont stop them from licking or picking up stuff. The plastic full mouth ones still let them drink when you fill the water bowl up a bit higher than normal.
My boss' dog was taken last year by a bait, terrible and traumatic experience for him and his wife.
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