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O WOW!, lovely photos Jules. It looks as if everyone had a great time and I can't believe all those yummy looking bikkies were only for the dogs! Sorry to Miah, Jules and all the Cav-lovers out there but my favourite dog is this one :laugh: Glad you all had a fantastic day.

It took me ages to figure out a For Sale ad for a Mincher Terrier

What a beautiful dog! I am so sorry Ams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPm5_NY1DMk&list=TLfWWLdR5iey4nw4X5aL0ega5nrEm48Sm8

scrolldown to near the bottom of this page and there is some for sale--> http://www.northcoas...accessories.htm oopsie ...it is a US site so you would need to contact them for postage

FYI Amax-1, Westie Club Qld: This year's Christmas BBQ Breakfast will be held on Saturday, 7 December 2013 at 9.00am. John Goss Reserve, Maundrell Tce, Chermside West (near St Gerards Catholic Church) $5.00 per person. Children under 10 are free. BYO drinks and chairs. Come along and share a wonderful day with us. It is a great opportunity for Westie owners to meet and exchange Westie stories and information. It is a fun day with lots of games for you and your westies, raffles, prizes and Santa may pay us a visit too. All members and visitors are welcome! You and your wife just better be there! ps...leave your GSD's at home...they may be ganged up on by 30+ Westies :D

Here is a Channel 7 video for those who may have not seen it http://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/video/watch/19954696/cop-bitten-by-dog-in-dramatic-arrest/ would the dog have been on his long lead? just wondering as it looks as if he has gone into the surf of his volition , maybe he couldn't hear his "wait" instruction over the noise of the surf.

The puppy farmer breeder already has the paperwork from NORMA (who, incidentally, is the loveliest lady) so it is ok. I double checked this when I put in my paperwork to NORMA for re-homing the old man and the big dog. FYI the old man is mange free but he does have cooties, his hyena dog may need a dental...he has the oddest smelling breath Still extremely disappointed at your Bone-money refusal O/P, would you accept a few of these instead

here is an older one for you, he also comes with a stud dog you can have him as he is def not one of my husbands (who, by the way, were not at all happy with said kennel maids!) eta...I am disappointed you don't take $1000,000 Bones-money, I feel you are being particularly picky and unfriendly

Do you accept cash bones?

Are they the ones in the DOL Puppies for Sale? if so, just go to their website and there are two email addresses and a mobile number as well. Also, If you Google the mobile number you may be able to contact the breeder that way as she appears in one of the searches. My friend has Keeshonds and hers are wonderful dogs

O/T Erny but I was searching online for dried Calendula for a friend's Pei the other day and came across this supplier, seemed a good price to me http://www.onlinehorsesupplies.com.au/calendula-petals-1kg-by-country-park-herbs.html

I have an ebay search in the paper & postcard category for 'Westies' (I collect very old postcards of Westies and Scotties) and this was in today's email..the seller has got the description soooo wrong. I think the dog is a Fauve, if so the photo may be of interest Ebay # 310797397693 http://www.ebay.com....ME:B:SS:AU:1120

I just got an email from DCH Animal Adoptions with info about their Christmas Calendar. I do like the oldie in the picture :) http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=878547d7fa54667d5909b3dbb&id=3f762f12a3&e=232fe1b331

okey dokey, I will keep 6 and you can have the rest...glad you can use them. If you can email me your address I'll post them off.

Daisy does not need these anymore as she had nasal mites not a sinus infection. Does anyone in rescue treating a dog with this and would want them? there are about 25 tablets left, don't know how many mg of Niralone per tablet but will phone the vets today to find out, Daisy weighs 6kg so they are obviously prescribed for that size of dog. I can put them inside two pieces of cardboard and just post them in an envelope free

Yes, I have seen that ad a couple of times and it is really really stupid. I couldn't figure out what it was about at first then I cottoned-on that it was meant to portray the scenario of the Bulldog about to chew up the Chihuahua. Knobs!

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I second Jo and/or Kevin at Koala Park Vet Surgery...ask for one of them when you phone for an appointment (32076041) They are about 20 minutes from you If you do decide to go they are on the left, just past the bus-stop shelter which is just past a Retirement Village and before the big shopping centre

she is much better, no huf huf or clicking. I will ask the vet next Tuesday if I should get Penny and Mac injected as well.

Are you sure there is someone home? perhaps if you were to phone, or even call in to your local police station telling them of the dog's plight and also saying that you haven't seen anybody home. Maybe worth a go.

OMG Linda...I hope you don't think I support PETA I would rather poke hot sticks into my eyes!

When I first bought Daisy two years ago (she was 7y/o) she would have mild distress with her breathing especially on hot days and if she got excited (like when she gets her chicken wing after her tea), she would go huff huff huff or when she was panting she would have a click on each breath-intake. I had her desexed and asked the vet to check if she had any problems with her lungs/trachea, they did and she had a normal respiratory system, we put it down to (maybe) some damage when she was much younger and so I have always kept an eye on her to make sure she didn't get stressed. A month-or-so ago she became worse...sneezing and clicking on breath-intake..much like reverse sneezing but more continuous, took her back to the vets, she was checked...lungs were fine but she had foamy-snot at the back of her throat and swollen tonsils (yes, dogs get tonsillitis), she was put on AB's and Niralone cortisone tablets. She did get a bit better but only about 60% better. A couple of weeks later she became really distressed, couldn't catch her breath and sneezing so much and for extended periods (20 minutes), each sneeze (and accompanying head shaking) was pretty violent and her nose would hit the floor, it became bloody so I had to hold her and calm her down, she finally sneezed up a tiny bit of snot. Back to the vets...my usual vet was on her day off so managed to get an appt with her husband, he checked Daisy again (who by this time was showing no signs of any distress even though I took her for a walk in the sun...go figure!) he said that he would like to try an injection of Dectomax (similar/updated Ivomectin) in the hope that she had nasal mites. He said that she may react if there were mites as the mites usually go berko after the injection (similar to dogs given Comfortis for flea infestation) so she needed observation for a couple of hours after the injection. Daisy showed no signs of any distress at all but the next day she had stopped clicking and over this past week is pretty well clicking/huffing free. She has a follow-up injection this time next week. I have posted this long Daisy-saga as her symptoms were similar to reverse sneezing, so maybe, in some cases, the dog may have nasal mites. here is a link to Canine nasal mites info, the Clinical Findings are of interest----> http://www.merckmanu...asal_mites.html and some revolting- mite photos here---> https://www.google.c...iw=1024&bih=582

I agree it is wrong to sneak into these places and 'doctor' evidence, but I also think that relevant Govt authorities are falling down on the job and at least it is being bought to the forefront and increasing public awareness about the problems. In the cases about puppy factories I think that many of public do now realise the dog-horror of it all and I reckon this would not have happened if the info was not obtained by underhand means, it is the biased reporting that is unfair. I am wondering if obtaining the information unlawfully sometimes justifies the end result of saving animals. Lyn White's Animals Australia deserve points for bringing to public knowledge the abattoir shame in Indonesia.

ABC article, a follow-on from Trinabean's RAAF Dogs http://www.abc.net.a...3-11-01/5062536 Does this dog deserve to die if it can't do its job? By Mia Cobb Posted Fri 1 Nov 2013, 8:08am AEDT Photo: Whether these dogs live or die is intimately linked to their working performance. Working dogs and dogs used in sport are routinely euthanised if they can't perform in the job. Surely there's a better way, says Mia Cobb. There is an industry in Australia that relies on a piece of equipment that's not only essential to its business but integral to it: yet the system behind the product development process is flawed, and lives are at stake. From farm dogs to military explosive detection dogs, guide dogs to greyhounds, Australia's working and sporting dog industry claims a 50-70 per cent fail rate as normal. More than half of the puppies bred for these roles in Australia simply don't reach the standard required. The destiny for the unsuccessful varies by sector, but for some, the outcome is grim. In the cover letter for the 2008 report on integrity assurance in the Victorian racing industry, Judge GD Lewis AM noted that "of the 7,500 greyhounds born annually, approximately only 1000 will live a full lifespan", accepting "the greater proportion are killed because they are too slow to race". This week the Royal Australian Air Force announced a new program that will find homes for retiring working dogs at the end of their service. Euthanasia is now a routine end point. The public outcry of surprise ("I'm stunned and disgusted" comment from ABC site) and disbelief ("For how long has this happened to our dogs?" comment from ABC site) unleashed online in the wake of this policy change was hardly surprising. Although working and sporting dogs are in our communities everywhere, we often don't stop to consider how they get there or where they go when they are retired from the job. This issue has repeatedly attracted public and media attention in relation to greyhounds in recent years, but surely it's only a short step before someone asks, "What about the farm dogs? The guard dogs? The detection dogs? The assistance dogs?" The welfare of these dogs is intimately linked to their working performance. It can be an emotive topic, so let's take the emotion out of it for a moment and objectively consider current practice as a business proposition. A diverse industry, with four sectors - private, government, assistance and sport - operating in different industries, is dependent on one key piece of equipment. A tool that can vary in price from free to $40,000, can be purchased new or second hand, but is unequivocally required to get the job done. Hundreds of thousands of units are currently used daily throughout Australia in government, human health, sporting and private operations. Practitioners invest resources in puppies or young dogs, only to find that the 'tool' they have ordered doesn't do the job. It's unsuitable. Dogs aren't fast enough, they get injured, or they don't perform the task they were purchased to do. Too often, animals are disposed of and new ones sourced - some from large scale purpose breeding operations, some from smaller or even accidental breeders. Less than 10 per cent of dogs deemed unsuitable by one employer find work with another in a different context. The breeding and production of working dogs lacks validated minimum standards and assurances around the quality of the animals being provided. It is this lack of efficiency that translates to high rates of industry wastage - dogs that are failing to meet requirements - throughout the production (life) cycle. Set aside the animal ethics issues that this situation raises for a minute, and consider what business strategies can be suggested to improve the situation. A review of the purpose and production life-cycle analysis for this tool seems indicated? Absolutely. A review of how the equipment is being employed, handled, maintained and stored by practitioners? Yes. Perhaps a review of the training courses and educational materials available to the practitioners and the people who train them? For sure. Without objective review and subsequent improvement, this industry is leaving itself open to criticism and risks losing public support. Indeed, the sustainability and economic viability of this industry into the future relies on improved accountability, higher transparency and demonstrated responsibility. We know that animal welfare and productivity go hand-in-hand. If industry, scientific researchers, government and animal advocacy groups can work together with a shared goal to reduce wastage by improving the welfare of working and sporting dogs across the life cycle - improving the way that dogs are bred, raised, selected, trained, housed; provide them with suitable health and injury care; manage the outcomes for retiring and unsuccessful dogs, and improve availability of evidence-based education for trainers and handlers - the future could be much brighter. We owe this commitment to review and refine the production, management and education surrounding this device to the industry, the people involved and the tasks they achieve. It's sound business practice. And we owe it to the dogs. Mia Cobb is a scientist at Monash University in Melbourne, researching the welfare of Australian working dogs as a member of the Anthrozoology Research Group. View her full profile here.