Loving my Oldies

I'm moving to Perth LOL. Pet Lovers Cafe sounds great. How is their coffee?

I recently bought roo jerky and roo bones from HowzYa Dog (dreadful name :laugh: :laugh: ) via ebay and despite orders coming in the one parcel, I was charged separate postage . I prefer to be able to see the product I am buying, but decided to take a punt and am very happy with the product. They have a large range of product.

What have you decided to do, Michelleva?

LOL - love that Boronia. Westiemum, you must get lots of attention when you are out with your MacMobile. What are some of the reactions? Good marketing too in that it will show people how to get their older dogs out enjoying the outdoors with its different sights and smells.

Totally agree, but it is also the parents' responsibility to keep their children safe.

That is really sad. The parents of the boy should have been keeping an eye on him, the owners of the dogs should have let everyone know the dog was in the backyard with his bone. These people may be friends of long standing, the visitors may know the dog, etc etc etc. Lots of unknowns. But when people take their children visiting they should be keeping an eagle eye on them. Nope. Your child, your responsibility. This is why I won't let children come up to my dogs when I am walking them unless they ask and then I tell them who they can pat and who they must leave alone - not because the dogs might bite but because a couple are easily frightened. It is good to see a judge getting a handle on responsibility.

I sympathise with you, Madwoofter. Despite having had many dogs in the past 20 years, I've never had one who "was just winding down". Most were elderly to start with and fairly compromised healthwise. However, my Danny, who has been with me for 12 years, is now 14 plus and really starting to show his age. I find I am watching him like a hawk and choking up from time to time when I see obvious signs that he is now an old and geriatric dog. I hope that you have lots more time with Tess and both you and she can enjoy that time to the full.

I shouldn't, no I definitely shouldn't, no no no ....... oh god, I can't help it :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

At the moment in my neighbourhood, there is only one large dog I fear and that is a very large very overweight chocolate female labrador. She is often walked just by a young lad (which I am pretty sure is illegal) who can barely hold her as she strains to get across the street to me and mine . I still suggest that Michelleva tries to enlist the aid of a ranger. People can be very odd (understatement of the year) at the vaguest suggestion they or their dog might be less than perfect :)

Can I send Myrtie down to play with Neko? She is totally desperate to play and none of the other dogs will play with her.

Changing one's walking times and places aren't as easy as it might sound: people work, go to school, live in cul de sacs, etc etc. The extendable lead problem (and I use the word "problem" on purpose) has been done before and I feel those like cavNrott (and me LOL) are up against the tide. They are a menace in the wrong hands and most of the hands they are in are the wrong hands. It is a bit like the chicken and the egg question: is a dog badly behaved or is the dog badly behaved be he or she is on an extendable lead and thus able to go off in all directions? More and more people seem to be using them and so more and more dogs will be out of control. A woman in my area used to walk her Dalmatian on one and the dog could literally run across the road from one footpath to the other. The dog was totally out of control and the owner was obviously brain dead when it came to knowing what to do with a dog. As for the dogs in the topic, that owner is a numbskull and I wouldn't be surprised if he comes home one day to a very grisly and tragic sight .... unless the dogs are separated while he is out. An awful situation for you, Michelleva and all I can suggest is that you have a talk to your council ranger. As rescuers know, some rangers can be wonderful, love dogs and want to be as helpful as possible to avoid bad situations ... hopefully you can find one like that.

The concept of personal responsibility does seem to have gone out the window to some extent and, sadly, many legal judgements have supported that. Some years ago, a woman successfully sued because she bumped into some building works while she was talking on her mobile. Can't remember who she sued: builders or council. Unfortunately, it seems to be a case of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Obviously, there were many areas where organisations, councils, people were hugely neglectful of people's safety, but changes in legislation certainly led to an explosion of vexatious complaints and particularly in the USA where payments shooting into the stratosphere are awarded in cases of negligence or otherwise. Personally, I don't like to see people using head phones while they are walking their dogs or their babies for that matter. I feel they should be paying attention to what they are doing Of course, they may be listening to an important lecture, or cramming for an exam ........ doubt it though.

Some of those dogs are seriously WTF ....... :laugh: :laugh: Looks a lot of fun and sooooooo colourful - absolutley brilliant.

WOW!!! Now that is one helluva generalisation, persephone. You obviously weren't exposed to the nuns I was when I was growing up . Embittered, vicious, nasty old crows. And that's insulting the crows :laugh: :laugh:

I was wondering that too. Maybe they'll keep shaving the poor dog so his tat can be seen and admired by "other artists". Another thing I wondered about. Story is pretty light on detail like that.

Blimey, if I could look half as good as those women, I wouldn't mind getting a lot older. As it is . . . . . . . How gorgeous is that Remy !! It is a matter of perception, though - and probably exposure and experience. I remember about 20 years ago when I first started going to dog training with my newly acquired little puppies and thinking that dogs of 4 were old. Outrageous, but true. So many fosters and rescues and old dogs later, I now call my Tamar who is 10, my puppy.

18mths to 2 years and in pretty bad condition. How terribly terribly sad and yet he is still good with other dogs, cats and kids. May St Francis be on his case.

Well we finally have an answer to the age old question: Q. Why did the chicken cross the road A. To get away from Neko.

Yoiks! That's an accident waiting to happen.

I'm still confused because there is a person with the initials SLF posting on FB - is that just a coincidence?

Okay, I've just read the other thread you started on "Blind Puppy" - I hadn't read it before. It does seem that there is something else going on with the puppy. It must be very very distressing for you.

I'm confused, SLF. I went to the FB page and it seems to being run by someone called Bonnie Taylor. Does she have Olive or do you? There must be thousands, of not millions, of blind dogs all around the world. And probably working dogs at that. I've had blind dogs and many many DOLers have had blind dogs as well. It really isn't all that hard. Obviously we would all want special special homes for the dogs, but euthanising a dog because he or she is blind is pretty drastic from where I stand. Others may disagree, of course. :)

Well done everyone concerned

Goodbye Rockling. Your mum did everything humanly possible - she loved you very much. Deepest sympathies *kirty* - he was such a beautiful boy and your heart must be broken.

I don't have anything to add to what the other posters have said, except to truly sympathise and offer condolences for your loss. Kirby was obviously a much loved girl and she would have known that until the very end. My experience is pretty limited but I've had a very young dog die of congenital heart disease, one youngish die of cancer, but the rest of my dogs have been elderly and all have been toy breeds. What I have noticed though is that, in the amazing manner of dogs, you think that a dog will go on forever and suddenly the wheels fall off and the downward spiral can be very fast.