Happy Hills Hounds

20/10/2024

This is my worst nightmare!!! Please be aware of this horrific reality https://www.facebook.com/share/p/yBA8pwk5EnJ4YWCf/

🆘Please be aware, we have noticed a continuing pattern of toy (Smaller Breeds) & Staffys (larger Bull Breeds) dogs going missing, these are the ones that mysteriously go missing and are never located.
You need to remember now is the time that the dog fighting rings are gearing up for their annual dog fights which allegedly happen around Christmas time.
I would hate to think what happens to these dogs and their final moments.
SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOGS SECURE AT ALL TIMES!!!!
• Lock your gates, secure fences.
• Install CCTV cameras & Dog Doors
• Desex your pets.
• If possible keep pets inside at night.
• Please don't leave them tied up outside a shop unless secured with a Super lock up leads
• Refuse help from strangers.
• Don't leave your dog unattended in the car, if necessary for a short period of time keep them secured with a Superlockuplead.
• Microchip your dog.
•Put an ID Tag on your dog's collar with your phone number.
•Don't let strangers ask too many. questions.
• Exercise your dogs regularly
•Please add additional Pet Theft Prevention Tips in the comments👇🏽

06/09/2024

Haha 😂

04/09/2024

Real shifts in behaviour take time and it's not just the dogs behaviour that is usually needing to be changed

An ethical dog trainer will explain how your dog is seeing the environment and help them to cope with it better.

An ethical dog trainer will gather information, use rewards, avoid intimidation and never put a nasty collar on your dog to make them do something more convenient.

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22/08/2024

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Let me ask you this: If you used a vacuum upside down, would it clean your floors?

17/05/2024

Dogs lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you're going to lose a dog, and there's going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can't support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There's such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price.
Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and the mistakes we make because of those illusions. ~Dean Koontz

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(Art: Photograph of actor Alain Delon and his dog by Benjamin Auger)

18/04/2024

A dog's reaction while over a threshold is not them "being bad". Rather than punishing them, what should you do?

11/04/2024

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/comfort-your-dog/?fbclid=IwAR3QfTYUq0KfdwZeefDgUdsa4gm8BkUjXwo16f3aptMcWQw_NP3UcgZhJM4_aem_Abw7u4Td346-BykVTwbOHxnLNCDvXsSu9TMPKIuOLEewPXZJRvWuJECE3oEAskxyCGs

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07/02/2024

Oh 🤫

05/01/2024

A good resource for training

30/12/2023

19/12/2023

I’m a dog trainer.
I teach people how to teach their dogs.
But I also - just as much or maybe even more - am a “dog manager”.
Teaching people how to manage their dogs.
Management is faster, and for many owners more accessible and realistic than training.
Sometimes this management is short-term, and sometimes it is a long-term solution.
The balance between training and management is individual to each family.
You know what makes management really hard?
Dogs that are stronger than their owners.
I am starting to see this more and more, and it worries me.
Dog owners are reaching out because they are small-framed (I am, too!) and their 80 lbs adolescent Doberman is pulling them over on every walk.
They tell me their dog got in a fight because he got loose when they couldn’t hang on to the leash.
When they try to wrestle their dog away from the opening front door, the dog easily wins and darts out and gets in trouble …
This is not good.
If owners acquire powerful working breeds, they need to be able to keep them under control (through training and/or management) or this quickly gets out of hand.
I want to be clear that I am not making this about body types.
There are a lot of amazing dog trainers out there who have a small frame, who are not physically strong or who have a medical condition or disability and their large dogs are *fantastically* trained.
It's a joy to watch. I highly respect them.
I am by no means a strong person either.
BUT let’s be realistic: If you get a dog that is stronger than you, your training game needs to be on point.
Because if a dog’s behavior is neither regulated by management nor training we have a problem.
In my in-person training I have seen many situations in which the training ability & physical strength of the dog owner was grossly mismatched with the dog’s level of drive and power.
There is so much frustration on both the human and canine sides of these teams.
Those cases are really difficult for a trainer to resolve - and they quickly become sketchy for others around, too (such as the dogs that are charged when the strong dog gets loose).
If you love training fast, driven & strong dogs - fantastic. I love that, too.
If you are looking for a companion and don’t have a huge interest in training - choose a dog that does not overpower you. You and your dog will be MUCH happier with this arrangement.

18/12/2023

They sure are, so please be kind and patient with your dog if they are reactive to things and if you don’t want your dog to be reactive you need to try and not be reactive yourself and instead respond

How to Relax Your Reactive Dog In 10 Min A Day

13/10/2023

Information regarding snake bites..

Some useful information I found shared by a friend. Worth a read🤓

That bite of summer has well and truly come early this year and with that heat, comes snakes.
This article was written by Rob Timmings
Rob runs a medical/nursing education business Teaching nurses, doctors and paramedics. It’s well worth the read


3000 bites are reported annually.
300-500 hospitalisations
2-3 deaths annually.

Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish.

While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season.

Let’s start with a
Basic overview.

There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously)
Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans.

All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white). When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood).

This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site.

It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream).

Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood.
Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body. Lymph fluid is different. It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc.

Now here is the thing. Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck.

Back to the snake bite site.
When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues).

The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten.

Stay still!!! Venom can’t move if the victim doesn’t move.
Stay still!!

Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream.

In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further re**rd venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream.

A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don’t wash the area).

Technique:
Three steps: keep them still
Step 1
Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite.
Step 2:
Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin.

The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage.

Step 3:
Splint the limb so the patient can’t walk or bend the limb.

Do nots:
Do not cut, incise or suck the venom.
Do not EVER use a tourniquet
Don’t remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing.
Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement.

DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!! This is important.

In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of snake; it doesn’t change treatment.

5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used.
BUT NOW...
we don’t do this. Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn’t matter what snake bit the patient.

Read that again- one injection for all snakes!
Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins.

Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees.

Bleeding - internally and bruising.
Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing.
Pain
In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound.

Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice.

Final tips: not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom.

Did I mention to stay still.
~Rob Timmings
Kingston/Robe Health Advisory

25/09/2023

So lovely!

❤️❤️

25/07/2023

Stay safe create space

Wongari (dingo) are the apex predators of K’gari (Fraser Island). If you’re visiting K’gari these holidays, it’s important to understand that the wongari are wild animals and not at all like your pet dog.

As an apex predator, wongari are closer to the grey wolves of East Asia than they are to a domestic dog. For example, play for wongari involves biting and roughhousing. In amongst themselves they can deal with that. When they get really excited and people are around and get involved in it, it can result in a nasty bite or nip. For wongari, there’s a fine line between play and prey.

They have a body that is similar to a greyhound—slim in the abdomen and agile, muscular legs. They also have extremely mobile joints, including in their necks, which allows them to look over their shoulder, something domestic dogs cannot do.

If you’re visiting K’gari we recommend families with children camp in fenced campgrounds and always keep children within arm’s reach.
It’s important to stay alert and keep your distance:
👉 Always stay in small groups, especially when walking.
👉 Do not run or jog.
👉 Avoid actions that will attract or encourage wongari to come closer.
👉 Read and heed the safety messages in place on the island.
👉 Never feed or attract wongari.

The best thing you can do is to keep your distance. As our mob say “we’d like all visitors to give our wongari space—K’gari is their place.”

06/07/2023

Haha 😂 so funny and cute

05/03/2023

❤️

🐾POEM OF A DOG🐾
I am the one who always waits for you.
Your car has a special sound that I have imprinted on my senses and I can recognize it among a thousand.
Your steps have a magic timbre.
Your voice is music to my ears.
If I see your joy, it makes me happy!
Your scent is the best.
Your presence is what moves my senses.
Your awakening wakes me up.
I watch you sleep and for me you are my everything.
Your gaze is a ray of light.
Your hands on me have the lightness of peace and the sublime display of infinite love. When you go out, I feel a huge emptiness in my heart.
I wait for you again and again.
I am the one who will wait for you all my life today, tomorrow and always:

I am your dog ❤️

01/03/2023

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