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Such a special boy... lol! Love ya Pudden... ya handsome doofus... T.

Have a look at Austral Boarding... I have boarded my dogs there... and even worked there for a while. They are happy to let you come visit and inspect their facilities before booking too... T.

You've raised them smart, strong, and brave... they'll be experts in no time... *grin* T.

The Boss must be somewhat impressed with the boys so far, yes? Sounds like they are going to be awesome help to him over the years... T.

Whoever says RSPCA can't come onto your property unless they can see neglect or cruelty is sadly mistaken... all they need is a single complaint from an anonymous source. The only structure they cannot enter without a warrant or permission is your house. Have a good read of POCTAA... it's there in black and white. The dogs in the video were reacting exactly how I'd expect when a GROUP of people with strange equipment are standing talking and pointing at them... especially as there is actually little encouragement coming from said people to make the dogs feel less wary. The body language displayed from the so-called assessors is so so wrong in this regard... the dogs in this video have definitely been set up to fail whatever "temperament" test is being used here. I have worked in boarding kennels where we had security trained dogs, fearful and upset pets, and animals with various degrees of social incompetence... NEVER did I have any issues interacting positively with said animals. I've also been involved in rescue situations where I had to select which animals from the pounds we could take in... again, I had little difficulty approaching animals showing fear or wariness of strangers in an adverse environment... and I'm not formally "qualified" in any form of animal behaviour assessment. The first thing I would expect of anyone conducting such a test to deem whether an animal is so badly damaged that it requires euthanaisia, is to do the testing on single dogs... the dogs in this video were feeding of each other's fear/wariness... compounding issues that possibly would not have been evident if assessed singly. I would say that the one dog that initially did try approaching (but failed to receive any positive encouragement to interact), would possibly have been VERY different if he/she was alone and had received positive encouragement. T.

Pudden!!! Love that doofy boy! T.

Him iz guardin' da washin'... iz workin' dog! T.

Doesn't look like a bullmastiff to me... AmStaff cross maybe? With regard to the name on his chip, is there a possibility he was adopted by the OP from some small rescue group (or BYB) who didn't put in the change of owner paperwork? Stranger things have happened... T.

That photo deserves to be printed up large and framed... and hung in pride of place on a wall... WOW! T.

Thanks @asal... so many "experts" out there advocating some pretty stupid methods of "training" and "socialising"... and plenty more gullible and clueless folks following blindly so they will be perceived to be the "perfect" owners. There is nothing wrong with corrective training methods... they can be achieved without physical or mental harm... but one needs to be taught to read what our dogs are telling us - they can't speak in words, but their body language can tell us so much... if we are prepared to "listen"... That pup of yours was such a great little tacker... so smart and wanting to please... all she needed was direction. Once she had that, she showed us how awesome she was, didn't she? T.

OMG... it just gets worse... *sob* T.

Let's not forget that the body that would end up tasked with any formal inspection process via any legislation would be the RSPCA... which I'm sure even those doing the right thing should/would be leery of. Essentially they, as the largest "rescue" organisation would be calling the shots over their "competition"... scary thought... I don't have an alternate answer to the problem, but I do know that I wouldn't want the RSPCA in charge of an inspection process. I see that as a conflict of interest at the very least - with a very real possibility of an abuse of power. Plus the fact that they are not held accountable to any higher power... nuff said... T.

Facebook is too easy to delete posts you don't like...which can skew things somewhat... *sigh* Plus it's full of crazy people who love a good sob story, and follow blindly anything they perceive as "helping the poor souls"... but reality may be a bit different, yes? T.

You have the most stunning and healthy looking dogs perse... love them all! T.

There is a special place in Hell for people who allow animals to suffer like that... What is holding me together after seeing the state of the worst ones like Barry, is that hopefully their paralysis meant that they couldn't actually feel what was going on... *sob* Caring for one mildly disabled dog can be hard work at times... how could one small family "rescue" possibly think they could care adequately for so many severely disabled animals? There is NO excuse for not removing faeces and urine, or providing sufficient food and bedding materials... which should have been manageable even with only one person to do it. T.

What type of bowl does she eat from? I found that some dogs I've owned in the past have developed a nose rash from metal bowls... especially the squarer faced dogs like Rotties. I'd be seeing a vet regarding the rash first though... to make sure that it's nothing serious that needs sorting - and before it gets worse. Better to get these things checked out and nip any nasties in the bud at an early stage... it must be annoying her immensely, and you want her to be happy and healthy, yes? The vet will give you expert advice on how to treat it properly... better advice than from people who can't see the true nature of the issue... T.

Thinking of Barry and his friends dragging their damaged bits through that filth... how does anyone justify that as "rescue"? How can anyone feel good about rescuing an animal with severe disabilities and keeping them like that? Thinking of the people who surrendered their animals to this "rescue", who now must be so distraught at what they suffered as a consequence. When we took in my Pickles - whose disablity is nowhere near as severe as most of those dogs - we were fully prepared to send her to god if her quality of life was going to be compromised in any way. Sometimes hard decisions need to be made no matter the emotional connection one makes with a disabled animal. When Pickles was ready to be adopted, I ended up keeping her myself, as I was leery of the type of person who may want to adopt her - mainly because once the novelty of having a dog that walks funny wears off, one still has to face the reality that they own a disabled dog that will have lifelong special needs... T.

That does not happen overnight... nor in a few days... horrendous! Fly free with the angels sweet Barry... you are in a better place now brave boy... *sob* I've seen some pretty bad stuff over the years I was in rescue... but Barry's photos have reduced me to tears... T.

I think the police had the guy committed... possibly due to the poor bugger having an episode when they were taking his animals... all I can think of as to how/why... That said, some RSPCA inspectors can be pretty pushy and intimidating when they are "doing their job"... and that's from experience... T.

The quote from the RSPCA... "Some of these groups receive a lot of money and in a lot of cases, it unfortunately doesn't go directly to the animals," he said. "It's up to you to really look into that." ... pot... kettle... black... That said... the pictures of the animals siezed are extremely confronting... no animal deserves to have that sort of thing going on untreated... T.

My years volunteering with special needs dogs had me learn that most will respond well to gentle and positive interactions... I've seen cases and helped rehabilitate animals that were in very poor physical and mental states. I will note that a small number were not able to be rehabilitated and safely rehomed... but that was very SMALL percentage. The key is staffing appropriately to ensure that those needing rehabilitation get the proper amount of positive interaction/attention... something that I feel may be sadly lacking in a busy shelter environment such as RSPCA kennels. We had 80 kennels at our rescue, but limited the numbers in care at any one time in order to make sure that each dog got the proper care and attention it needed if staff levels were low on any particular day - remember that rescues and shelters rely a lot on volunteer staff, who may or may not be competely reliable as to whether they turn up on any given day. I'm appalled that 10/10 of these border collies were deemed still as "broken" as when they were siezed some 4+ months after being taken from the only home/people they had ever known. Surely, if proper efforts had been made to rehabilitate them, most should have been showing some signs of improvement? I find it hard to believe that 10/10 dogs were unable to be rehabilitated in any way by so-called "experts" in the field... T.

The first story made me ashamed to be part of the human race... ... but the follow-up reaction from really amazing people makes me believe that maybe there is some hope... My eyes are leaking both sad and happy tears about this story... T.

27 purebred puppies for them to sell at an inflated price, and kill off the adults after doping them stupid for 4 months... most likely charging the breeder kenneling costs for those 4 months (and all those lovely drugs don't come cheap either)... grrr! People wonder why so many have negative opinions of the RSPCA... Thanks @shel and @Powerlegs for sharing this story... T.

Oooohhhh... I just want to scoop him up and give him lots of kisses and cuddles... such a handsome lad... distinguished and unique. We seriously need a Love button here @Troy... *grin* T.

You mention that the lady was older... could she possibly have had some medical issue going on that we humans might not have noticed? I had a Rotti some years back that picked up something from people who weren't well, and she'd go into a barking/growling and backing up mode if approached by them. Also, if I was unwell, she'd go into defensive mode towards anyone who approached me. All other times, she was perfectly social with humans and other dogs. Case in point... an elderly friend who my dog absolutely adored, came over one day, and she reacted by growling, barking, and backing away from him... we were all perplexed at this sudden change in behaviour towards him... until 2 days later when he had a massive heart attack and required quintuple bypass surgery. The dog appeared to have realised that something wasn't right and reacted to it... Just putting it out there... T.