daphni pants when she gets excited...

Of course nothing perfect, as with everything there's problems, same as there is in everything in life. However as usual you refuse to listen to other points of view except your own and you use inaccurate comments as usual to imflame and rile people. Pidge you really need to take a chill pill, almost every thread you start ends up like this do you take pleasure from causing rifts on here.

I agree, I've seen mine pant a lot on walks because they are tired, or hot from running, but I don't think if you saw a photo of a dog at a show you can at best guess why its panting, whether excitment, stress, over heating or because they've just done something like agility etc, but I do agree that if a dog is just sat or laid down on a bench, and has been for some time it shouldn't be needing to pant, the only thing I can think of that might be reasonable is that it is excited because it loves what its doing, but then I would still think that the owners or handlers would want to calm the dog down a bit.

ETA, I say might, because I would expect at a place with high numbers of dogs people will want the dogs as calm as possible, to reduce any stress in other dogs, and also to increase the level that they dogs listen if you are about to go into a ring to do activities such as agility flyball etc and also judging shows, as I'm sure that the judge wouldn't want a dog too excitable that its harder to run their hands over and get a better feel for the dogs, also I don't think that being too excited for too long (prolonged periods and regulary) can be the greatest thing for the dogs body.

I find that extremely sad. It has happened to me in the past when I have 'spoken out' and I am ashamed to say I have sent support via PM as well.

The fact that people feel that cannot comment on a thread without being jumped on says a bit too much to me.

oooh whats days would you be there? I am hoping to go the Friday

would love to meet Bella and yourself of course

sorry off topic I know

Me too, I think that everyone should be able to say what they feel, I mean we all love dogs, shouldn't we be able to say what we feel about something that we are passionate about? I remember sending someone a PM once, although tbf it was mentioned on a thread what was it was about, and I stood up and said what I wrote its just sad that others feel differently .

Are you talking to me?

If so I am listening to other points of view---thats why I am asking the questions I am asking.

rune

And the relevance of that is?

That isn't the RSPCA and Dogs Trust which is what my post (and yours) were talking about.

rune

No thing you feel is wrong then---since you haven't complained.

Thank you for answering.

rune

I wasnt talking to you lol, I was answering Pidge but for some reason wouldnt let me quote.