Hello From Texas, USA
Posted: Sat 10 Apr 2004 3:17 pm
I have a couple of questions for my fellow Australian retriever owners/trainers and I know that they are probably going to be thought of as stupid, but I will ask them any way. I am wondering how you guys deal with the Crocodiles over there with your retrievers, it seems like being a retriever in Australia would or could be a very hazardous occupation. We have dogs killed here in the states every year by our alligators during our training and hunting sessions and the alligators we have are not anywhere nearly as aggressive as those crocodiles. I also did not know that you guys had duck hunting in Australia as that would also seem to be very risky as well with the Crocodiles. Do you use decoys like us, or hunt geese in agriculture fields like we do, etc? These will probably be stupid questions to you guys but it is very interesting and it is wonderful to know that retrievers are as loved in Australia as they are here and that the retriever sport is alive and well in the Land Down Under. Thanks and hope to hear from Yall soon.