persephone

Dog-owner , I am very sorry your dogs did not receive the instant death they should have , if shot. :( That must have been very hard for you to discover...and I would have been devastated. I live in the bush, and have both had a dog shot, and shot a roaming dog. Both incidences are soul destroying. My kelpie, Jack was 12 years old, almost blind, toothless and deaf. He followed our tyre scent down to a neighbour's house...where he had been before ... and they shot him and threw his body on their tip. They had seen him on plenty of occasions ..... We were not terribly forgiving. they had no stock anywhere close ... The dog we shot was a pig dog ...and we tried for a couple of hours to catch him, using food, and our own dogs - he would not be caught next morning his owner came looking ..we were honest, and we all cried together - he was able to take his boy's body home for burial ... It is never ever a nice thing, but when the poor dog does not die immediately, that is just cruel and uneccessary

How sad. he sounds far too much for most folks to handle . I don't envy your decision making.

G**gle is your friend :)

Brindle cute puppy :)

he's a ...... handsome boy!! :) :)

How Scary!! Glad she survived , and that her condition is manageable.... All I can suggest is that you contact Robert McDowell Herbal ...they are great with all sorts of advice :)

Good luck with it ....

It can take all of around a minute for dog & bitch to mate ... ;)

Running an in season bitch and dog together is a very risky practice ...and one not to be recommended - by me, anyhow.It's not fair on either of them, really , and stressful for you, so why bother? behind good wire, or in solid rooms is much easier :)

Oh, sorry, this new dog/pup will be after her dog dies ..dog is in the 'old' bracket , and has started to have the odd seizure ..

perhaps have her checked for a urinary infection? keep crate closed when on the decking ....

Thank you :) :)

aahhh :) that sounds like something useable - thanks!

A friend wishes to adopt a pound/RSPCA dog in a year or two ...and has decided to just take one straight from a pen at whatever shelter. I did suggest taking one which has been fostered ..and their reasoning was that these would be much more likely to find a nice home than the ones left in the shelter...so a needier one would be one of the latter ... This person has a dog ...so is not entirely a newbie ..but is not on my list of folks who would cope well with a 'problem' dog . What gentle persuasion can I use ..long term ? Thankyou.

The article says dogs are to be used by Assistance Dogs Australia... not Guide Dogs ? Cute pics..and I hope the pups become someone's security and help :)

MtS :) glad you can walk the dogs again, and that Missy is improving .

Awwww :)

WoW!!! That was a drive worth doing :))

Not being really full of helpful ideas, I would only suggest that perhaps this is why he in a shelter ? Perhaps his other owners could not cope? It is so hard - worrying that he puts himself in danger ... and having to cope with a wrecked house :( I don't think I'd cope - you're doing really well . crossing my fingers you can all stay safe/sane until a proper professional assessment can be done - in the meantime document /photograph everything . damage done , his facial expressions when you notice him whingeing etc ...it all may help.

<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(238, 242, 247); ">No, you are not alone at all :)

This is Mum's old girl, Tiy ... she died late last year ,into her teens - she was 11 or so when this was taken . Funny how things go .. someone favourited this on flickr , and I went to have a look ... I had almost forgotten what a nice looking girl she was ..just a shame her temper didn't match :p and another

, sorry ..... Crueller than what goes on in commercial 'modern/sanitised' fishing ..when bycatch lies flapping and dying on deck, where unwanted fish /mammals/turtles etc get trapped in pots or tangled in nets and drown? or crueller than dugongs and turtles being 'accidentally' injured/killed by propellers on tourist speedboats ?

...and why don't the council or RSPCA do the right thing and use a firearm to end that suffering right now? Allowing this suffering to go on, once it is known, THAT is cruel, in my book.

What does one say ........So So Sorry . What a dear`dog , and how hard you tried to keep her happy and well. :hug:

Also, bitches can get itchy 'bits' and scooting/scratching may also be an indicator of a urinary problem, or an itch caused by urine not draining away, or a vaginitis ..scooting may also feel necessary to a dog if they feel 'dirty' after toileting.......