sparkycat

the updates are great - I love seeing how they grow and change -hopefully you will have lots more photos in the future

Couldnt find this online but was in todays West Australian.

A veterinarian from NSW was fined $32,500 in Perth Magistrates Court this week after pleading guilty

to performing tail docking surgeries without being registered in WA.

the Veterinary Surgeons Board charged Ross John Hansford with 132 counts.

Board inspector Chris Loyd said Hansford,who is a registered veterinary surgeon in NSW,

travelled to WA to perform tail docking surgeries from November 2008 to March 2009.

RSPCA WA President Lyn Bradshaw said the fine would send a warning to the community

that cosmetic tail docking of dogs was unacceoptable.

Sorry Lynn but the only message it sends is dont get caught.

Here we go again

Don't agree - hopefully it will help put a stop to "cosmetic " tail docking

I saw their ad in the paper -he is gorgeous -hope they find him soon

Hi Robbi I think your intentions are great however I also feel that this rescue place needs some good organisation and education. I have had a bit to do with them and think that the sale of adult undesexed dogs to anyone willing to pay $50 is not really achieving anything positive in fight to reduce unwanted dogs.

I like the sponsorship for desexing idea -also temperament testing and better selection of new homes would help.

You're doing a great job Robbi -don't give up.

Love the photos everyone

We have Lappie versus Burmese x Ragdoll and yes cat wins everytime.

A Finnish Lapphund - easy to train, mid sized, good at agility, cuddly and loves to be with you

My Lappie hates heavy clips on her shoulder when we are walking -do any of these leads have light clips ?

do you mean 2 legged skinkids getting in the way

or 4 legged furkids

either way I've got heaps of both

I understand that the dogs that are eaten are a specific type - ie brown dog tastes better than black as said in the interview. So what is the difference in eating specially bred dogs to eating specially bred sheep or cattle or any other animal..

edited to add that I have lived in third world countries where any animal is considered food including road kill

yes the dyed poodles were something else

I have a wolfhound x border collie - again not a good X but we love her

I always get asked about my Lappy -the funniest comment was from a woman who after I explained the Finnish bit was "she must only pull childrens sleds cos she's small" - I was a bit lost for words after that one

Interesting to see the Maine Coon Cat is listed at # 27 -wonder why they are prone to HD

My photos are just "snaps" - I think "Floud" had a big New Years Eve

the other is mistletoe. The mistletoe one has had the biggest workout since Christmas Day.

Mistletoe is on the list of poisionous plants - maybe its the candle

Our Lappie always has to have a toy in her mouth -and then she little howls through the toy and runs around

Our wolfie x wiggles jumps up and down and makes burping noises and does deep woowoowoos and then wants cuddles

he is beautiful- I met my first one a couple of weeks ago (didn't know they came in black) anyway the one I met was a big healthy boy with a great shiny coat and really friendly and gentle.

I just keep an old doona in mine. And whatever else manages to 'walk' in.

Thats beautiful -I love the superior feline look

Our deerhound lost a limb to bone cancer and he was really sad for a couple of days post op until I put one of my sons t-shirts on him and then he cheered up no end.

He wore that t-shirt for 6 months until we had to PTS. I think the feel of the t-shirt somehow made up for the loss of his leg.

That is very interesting, sparky.

When he was "sad", was he in pain?

And can you remember who "cheered up" first, you or him, after putting the t-shirt on him?

RIP brave Deerie

I don't think he was in pain -he just looked lost and kept looking where his leg had been -(it was the front one).

It was definitely him that cheered up first when I put the t-shirt on - I remember he actually got up and gave one of the cats a smooch and then looked at us expectantly as if he was telling us that he was complete again.

It was very sad as he was only 4 years old and a very gentle sweet deerie and in

hindsight I would not go through an amputation because of bone cancer again as the lifespan after amputation is short.

Hope this makes sense !

Our deerhound lost a limb to bone cancer and he was really sad for a couple of days post op until I put one of my sons t-shirts on him and then he cheered up no end.

He wore that t-shirt for 6 months until we had to PTS. I think the feel of the t-shirt somehow made up for the loss of his leg.

Hi -we took over 800 photos in Europe recendly and have loaded then on to our PC .

Is there an easy way to reduce the size from about 3 or 4 MB to approx 80 KB ?????

At the monent I am opening each photo in paint and reducing it..................................

Even old Fugly cat gets into the Christmas spirit

I love that one!!!

Have you seen the piano stairs? Positive reinforcement for using the stairs!

The Piano Stairs is fantastic

Worst things:

-Looking after the coat and dealing with sheds.

-The moments of spitz independence that come just when you least expect them and really don't want them to. Kivi blew off his recall for the first time in months one day in favour of eating human excrement.

-I think the friendliness gets a little out of hand sometimes. Kivi WILL approach a dog that's going to snap at him, and he'll then do it again if it was only an air snap. It takes an all out lunge accompanied with vicious barking and snarling to convince Kivi that it might be better to stay away from a dog. I can call Kivi back from a dog he wants to say hello to if I don't think it will appreciate him, but I have to watch him especially with smaller dogs. He sometimes bounces all around them and when they have a go at him he doesn't even feel it through his coat. He will also totally whore himself out to anyone that has a kind look for him. You sometimes feel like you aren't very special to him.

Best things:

-They are just so freaking sweet! Forget the typical sweet breeds, Lappies take sweetness to new levels. I've had Kivi for nearly two years and I still marvel at his temperament. He's just gorgeous through and through.

-Kivi is very easy to live with and has just slotted himself neatly into our lives. He doesn't give us any trouble. We can take him anywhere and he will behave wonderfully for us. We barely trained him or socialised him, but you wouldn't know it.

-Lappie cuddles! They are just the right size and consistency for cuddles, and they usually smell like the last shampoo you washed them with. Kivi groans when you spoon with him. You just have to experience that to know how lovely it is. Who wouldn't want to give this teddy bear a squeeze?

Corvus has described Jaana exactly !!!!!!!!!

Cute photos -Our old deerhound did the same with the apricot and olive tree - made the huge deerhound poos even worse than usual