nellbell

WTF ???? My cat scared my dog once by jumping out at him.......does that mean I'll be investigated by the RSPCA (Really Secretly Pretending to Care about Animals )

Great idea in principle but not in practice. Also if this assessment and criteria of the test was decided by a government appointed committee, no decision would ever be made and the cost of staffing and administering this process would far outweigh any benefit or purpose.

Poor babies - a terrible, terrible thing. to you and your family

Surely he would have known of the procedure for carrying working dogs (transferring them to the other vehicle). How could he forget them for 7 whole frickin hours, jeezus, 10 mins maybe to do something before he forgot, but 7 hours......sheeeesh if he is that forgetful, what could happen when he is sent out on a job, he might forget where he is going, who he is supposed to be arresting, what street the crime is in........and he was still active in the force!!!!!! oh my god . Poor poor doggies, you did not deserve that,

How horrible, poor babies. Remorseful....yeh right. That moron's gene pool needs to be stopped immediately.

Maybe the answer is getting a liccence to own a pet cat or dog, like a drivers licence with a test or something - hard to police I know, but imagine for example if you had to produce a pet licence to buy puppies or kittens at the pet shop, from breeders, pound, rescue etc. it would certainly be harder to get a pet, and no spur of the moment purchases. So you would want to be a pet owner and understand the responsibilities before you could get a licence and a pet.... . Just an idea, because you can create all the restrictions and regulations you like in punishing dumb arse loser pet owners who own problem pets - but it ain't going to fix the problem as they will ignore whatever penalty they are given. Wouldn't it be easier to have more control who can own a pet instead of having to deal with morons who already have pets...

You've just described a dog that chases other animals. Not a stock killing dog. And therein lays the problem. Whose dog wouldn't chase and kill another animal. I have both, one I think probably wouldn't and one who I know would. If I f*ck up and my dog gets out, chases and kills someones cat, I expect the council to be around on my door step slapping a dangerous dog order on me. I would also expect to be taken to small claims court for any veterinary fees by the cat owner... that's if I didn't go around, apologise and see if there was something I could do to begin to make amends. Would my dog deserve to die? I think as long as it never, ever gets the chance to happen again, then no benefit comes from killing it. Am I a 'bogan' who would inflame the situation by being insensitive? No; but there's no law you can create that applies only to people who are insensitive bogans. It's all very well waving pitchforks and baying for blood, but when you 'toughen up' these laws, they don't just target 'those horrible owners', but everyone equally. Suddenly people who made a very grave error in losing their animal one day, are having their pet seized and destroyed. Which is fine unless it's you. You have obviously never seen an animal ripped apart by dogs. My parents used to have a siamese cat that was killed just in that fashion. Very much loved, very traumatic and never to be forgotten. Its like loosing a child, and giving the owner a stupid little order slapped on them is a total insult to the pets family. Come on...'as long as it never gets out again' what a joke. That can never be guaranteed, meanwhile there is a family with their lives changed through this type of experience. As was said before aminal are entitled to live peacefully on their own property. I have no problems with wandering dogs being shot by farmers.

What a great rescue effort. Lucky dog :D it really restores ones faith in humanity....

I had a cattle dog years ago that adored stone fruit. Plums and apricots in particular from memory.

That reminds me of a lawyers question to a witness: How could you tell the victim was dead? Pathologist: Because his brain was in a dish on the bench. I have to say that when I see a foster poo for the first time, I go racing down to see if there are any wrigglies in it Slightly off topic, sorry, but the lawyer story is so funny and apparently was from a real case.. ...as quoted below from the court recorder; Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere. Sorry for stealing the thread, hope you have a good laugh.

what about Blackened Silver, or Black n Silver, not sure if these have already been suggested

I forgot to add......what a little cutie pie...

Jet Black Coal Black Black Jewel Diamond Blackie Black Pearl Chilli Jam Blackie just a few idea's .....

Its a worry that some people on that site think it would be 'great' if she was bred with a pitbull. Must be all those guys with a small weenie. ;)

Sicko's like him should be used on scientific experiments instead of poor innocent animals

What is wrong with society..... people should have licences to breed because some people shouldn't...

I've just read this post.....how sickening and how very sad. RIP poor doggies The saddest part is that the gene pool of the oxygen thieves is more than likely thriving and multiplying...... ;)

what a cutie he looks bootiful, well done Mrs T

Its great to see how well he looks now, and happy. Well done Mrs T. what an improvement, poor little boy. I don't understand how anyone could let a living soul get to that state. Thank you all you wonderful people in rescue, you are all amazing people. You restore my faith in humanity. And that's a tough call for me sometimes.

So sad your memories will keep you strong

Hi Dru, My poor dog rubbed and shook his head prior to and after the operation. It really made no difference. The only time it stopped was when he was still recovering at the vet clinic and they kept him somewhere quiet in a crate. When he got home, he was thoroughly pampered with the works including most probably chicken soup (without bones of course) and things were looking good for a little while as he was kept inside during recovery. After a week or so when things were healed and settled so to speak, he more or less started being agitated by the ear condition again. The vets were pretty much at a loss as to why nothing worked. The surgery itself didn't create any more or less issues. If your friend is thinking this op will fix everything, I hope it does for their sake, but in my experience it was pretty much an incredibly expensive waste of time and probably more pain for the poor dog. Maybe your friend should get a second opinion before deciding on this radical operation, I'm sure its costing a pretty penny. Does the dog have otitis.

Years ago I had a beautiful German Shepard (they all are) who developed Otitis in his ears, this became quite chronic. He was taken to the vet (the clinic at Sydney University who were fantastic) and no drops or medication fixed this problem. He ended up having a similar operation that at the time cost a huge amount of money (not that it mattered). This unfortunately did not fix the problem. He spent most of his time grinding his head into the ground due to his ears, it was terrible, then he developed hematoma's in his ears because of this. The vet who was looking after him was one of the leading professors at the Uni, and they even wrote a paper on his condition as it was so unusual. Prick eared dogs do not normally get this as the ear has airflow and ventilation etc, it is mainly the the droopy eared dogs, like spaniels that are prone to this. Sadly we ended up having to put our poor tortured dog to sleep as he had absolutely no quality of life, it was heart breaking watching him suffer. We tried every thing that was possible. The last resort was to basically remove his entire inner ear which would have made him deaf, but there was no guarantee that this would have fixed the problem.

Lots of different experiences there. Wow, this seems to be such a common problem. My vet quoted $600 - $800 for the repair on one leg, which is the deAngelis (think thats how its spelt) type repair. Though she said that the second leg will need to be done within a couple of months after .... I won't go into my financial affairs etc, but at the moment thats a lot of money. My dog has been put on anti-inflammatories, he is a placid dog about 2yrs old, but still bounds and zooms when he's excited. The vet said that if nothing was done, he would build up scar tissue and as he got older would have very bad arthritis, then his quality of life would have to be looked at and assessed. The vet basically said that you would have to look at quality not quantity of life. I took this as - if I did nothing, I will drastically shorten his life (certainly a healthy and happy doggie life). So that has left me with the notion that I had to get the surgery done sooner rather than later and that there is no other option unless I was prepared to see him suffer. But I have read that small dogs can survive without the op, as they don't have to support as much weight, or is it all relative. I really appreciate all your thoughts and advice on this as I'm also sure this thread is hopefully helping others in similar situations. thanks guys

My dog has been diagnosed with 2 torn cruciate ligaments in his back legs by the vet, which was quite disturbing. It started last week when I was looking after another dog, and I saw my dog holding his back leg up one time. Then he did it once again, so I took him to the vet. He was x-rayed on both hind legs, and the x-rays were normal, but the vet did the manipulation drawer test and said both legs have torn ligaments. I find this hard to believe as my dog is quite happy running around and doesn't favour either leg. he stands on his hind legs and waves his front paws when excited, and runs and plays with his toys, so I'm a bit confused as he is not lame, and as it happened last week, there would be not scar tissue that has formed. He is a little dog, around 6 kilo's and just does not appear to act like he has torn these ligaments. Is it normal for a dog with torn cruciate ligaments to walk, run and play like there was nothing wrong with him. As the surgery is very expensive, I'm just not able to see any symptom to show me why this will be necessary. Can I please get advice on this.

Thanks for your suggestions, my neighbours don't have dogs the same small size, so I've just finished a round of trying to get the dog to go through the door with my cat demonstrating how easy it is. She did it half a dozen times and my dog is still scared of the door for some reason. I have the flap latched open so he doesn't have to push any flap, but still he backs away. My cat was probably thinking - what a dumbo, and she wants me to share my door with him. I did try gently pushing him through but he put both front feet on either side of the hole and would not budge, and then got quite scared and very submissive and thought I was trying to hurt him or something. Maybe he had a terrible experience with a cat door in his previous life, but surely he can see the cat is going through and no harm is coming to her. Who said dogs are smarter than cats