keetamouse

A lot of people do think PR are a rescue group and I explain that they are an advertising tool for the many Rescue Groups around, also their figures for rehoming stats are not accurate as we have a website ourselves and list on PR, we do rehome many of our dogs from our own website so if we rehome say 80% from our site we also would rehome 80% from PR according to their stats when in fact it is only 20%

Any group who does not do home checks, in my opinion, is not having the best interest's of the dogs future as their main objective. I know one group who sells their dogs/cats outside Wollies in an arcade/shopping centre, most of their dogs come from their own pound and to not even do a home check I feel is lazy and irresponsible to not care where their dogs go and how they will live for many years to come.

I wish for this woman to have a urine soaked nappy attached to her head when she is in the nursing home for many years and see how she likes breathing in that ammonia :cheer: .

I just get annoyed when people rave about what the pounds should be doing but just keep posting again and again that they aren't doing anything, why don't they get off their bums and ring these places and ask if they can help....never happens.

Pounds can only do what they have the funds and staff to do.

Heaps of people help, all the time. I run an animal welfare charity keeping pets out of the pound (often paying pound fees where pounds won't reduce) while also working full time, so I think I'm doing my bit.

I am aware that there are heaps of people who do help I am talking about the people who don't help but whinge all the time.

I just get annoyed when people rave about what the pounds should be doing but just keep posting again and again that they aren't doing anything, why don't they get off their bums and ring these places and ask if they can help....never happens.

Pounds can only do what they have the funds and staff to do.

Isn't this a discussion forum, we all have our opinions about certain things and we all have a right to voice them, to say, "if we want to bitch about Uber" go somewhere else. For trifecta it is her livelihood....and it's just Uber not the "dog stuff" she is discussing.

Well the forum rules state (number 12) that going off topic from the OP is against the rules. But be my guest, if you want to go way off topic, knock yourself out.

Why are you so rude this is not facebook.

Isn't this a discussion forum, we all have our opinions about certain things and we all have a right to voice them, to say, "if we want to bitch about Uber" go somewhere else. For trifecta it is her livelihood....and it's just Uber not the "dog stuff" she is discussing.

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

Of course they do! As a taxi operator my business is being eroded by the deregulation of the taxi industry. Uber doesn't even pay tax in this country and they are using drivers who are working for remuneration below the minimum wage. It is not a level playing field and shame on the ACT Government for being the first to capitulate.... You would have thought a Labor government would look after the workers. Do you realise that Uber/ Google is pushing the implementation of the driverless car? That will mean there will be no jobs at all in the point to point transport industry... We will all be fu@*ed

Jesus this makes me so mad, I bet Uber didn't donate their 25% commission to rescue. It's insidious the way they are using rescue

ETA not having a go at you Steph, but people don't realise that livelihoods and investments are at stake. We work damn hard 365 days a year and our plate is was our superannuation.

If you want to have a bitch about Uber, go to Off topic.

Excuse me....

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I rehomed one of my foster dogs to Brenda a couple of weeks ago and what a delightful family and their other little Chihuahua Flea.

Maree

CPR

It's a fun day out for the dogs and their owners I am sure they all know their limitations.

I now ask for half the daily rate that kennels charge and people are happy to pay it.

This thread was never intended to be a DAS bashing or bashing of anybody. I don't usually 'bash'. I just asked the question because I am concerned about the dog's welfare and that of her pup. I am also concerned that in Canberra in the 21st century better provision is not made for pregnant dogs who find themselves in her situation. Good on DAS if they have created a special area for her. I am only going on the website which says that she is in Y1.

I personally have had good dealings with the people at DAS and I have found them to be good people who try their best for the dogs at the pound. They have to clean up after irresponsible dog owners and sometimes it must be difficult. My last dog came from DAS and they were wonderful.

eta Bashing is not my style. I ask questions. I am an ex English teacher and I ask questions to instigate discussion and thinking about contentious topics in the hope that answers will be found. If I am critical of anyone it is the owner of the dog, although she is lost and the owner may not know where she is, and the lawmakers in the ACT who do not provide funding for better resources because they do not see animal welfare as a priority although they passed laws to ban puppy farms in the ACT. Passing laws is always the cheap solution.

It was a general statement at no stage was I directing what I said to you or anyone person, I have been on DOL for many years and just didn't want the thread to go the wrong way like they have in the past.

DAS have a birthing area now and the mum would be away from the normal pens, I doubt she had the pup in one of the regular pens also I doubt they would have her and the pup in the 1st kennel, I think the question needs to be asked before the thread goes any further and becomes a DAS bashing.

I just wonder how he busted out at all ?

Aren't they supposed to be in an airline approved secure cage with ties on ?

Happy ending. Could have all ended very badly.

New owner opened the crate door when he arrived in Canberra. He ran.

I dont know what the facilities are for collecting dogs but common sense tells me crates need to be opened in a secure room.

Or car. New owner probably wanted to toilet the dog. Who knows?

Apparently a staff member opened the crate the new owner told them to be careful as the dog was very timid and would be frightened but alas the dog shot out the door (he had a collar on) the lady grabbed the collar but the dog was so scared she could not hang on to the dog. Qantas paid for the lady in Tassie to come to Canberra and take him home. I was told this by the staff at Qantas.

Just been told rescue will continue to take dogs from Griffith but no one can go into the pound.

In case you haven't seen it.

“The allegations and subsequent threats made against council and staff are of a very serious nature and must be investigated fully,” :( Nutters at it again I suspect.

http://www.areanews.com.au/story/3245948/death-at-pound/?cs=670

Griffith City Council have denied the dog which died at Griffith City pound on Tuesday night showed any sign of illness.

A post on the Needy Paws Facebook page on Wednesday night claimed blood was seen in the dog’s cage, and attributed the death to parvovirus. That post has since been removed.

A Needy Paws spokesman said two of its members witnessed blood in the cage, a sign of the virus, but were not making any further comment.

Parvovirus is a highly contagious disease which causes lethargy and loss of appetite along with vomiting and bloody stools.

The highly resistant virus is understood to survive on inanimate objects such as food bowls and floors for months.

Deputy mayor Doug Curran said compliance staff had the full support of council and in no way acted inappropriately.

“The allegations and subsequent threats made against council and staff are of a very serious nature and must be investigated fully,” Councillor Curran said.

“At this time, the decision has been made to close access to all persons to the pound, including local rescue group Needy Paws until a full investigation has been undertaken.”

Cr Curran said he had twice invited Needy Paws to meet with himself and staff and they had twice declined the offer, once prior to this incident and once following. It is understood that offer remained open.

“We understand that this is an emotive issue – it is for staff as well – but we have no way of knowing what vaccinations a dog may or may not have received, or what environment the animal may have come from, including what diseases it may be incubating,” Cr Curran said.

“At no time during the last week did the dog exhibit any signs of illness. He was eating and drinking and was assessed as not being at risk on Tuesday evening when the rangers left the pound. It is not known what caused his death that night, and if there had have been signs of serious illness or injury, it is council’s policy to transport the animal to the vet when it is deemed necessary.”

The Area News can confirm council rangers had taken sick dogs to at least one local vet within the last year.

“Rangers will continue to seek homes for animals placed in their care, however it is essential we close the facility the investigation is carried out.”

A council representative said Griffith City Pound was often used as a dumping ground by pet owners as an alternative to seeking vet treatment for animals exhibiting signs of illness which placed other dogs in the pound at risk.

“In this instance, rangers responded to a complaint of a roaming dog in one of the villages. They then collected the dog and placed him in the pound a week ago. It was not microchipped which meant the animal and its owners could not be identified,” Cr Curran said.

“Rangers are forced to deal with very distressing situations and are unfortunately put in a position to make very pragmatic decisions. I can say 100 per cent that our rangers are very dedicated and do worry about the animals under their care, however the harsh reality is that not every animal can be saved despite their best efforts.”

The best methods of preventing the need for ranger intervention were to ensure animals were microchipped, registered, desexed and vaccinated, and that animals were secure and confined to their property. An abandoned un-microchipped dog has a very uncertain future and is reliant on rehoming strategies to prevent the inevitable.

I knew this would happy one day so am not surprised, yet again the dogs will suffer because of someones alter ego.

Stay away from anyone who doesn't do home visits either themselves or another groups.

Maree

CPR

You can only educate the people who want to be educated.

That's so weird. I wonder why they are granting the single pound applications without specifying. Pounds don't seem to mind as long as you go in the gazette, except Campbelltown who asked for every 16D to apply to the general manager.

for example; I know without doubt; of one group rescuing from all of NSW because their small town granted them access. It took them about a week to get their stuff into the DLG.

AFAIK The clause isn't really needed if a pound makes an agreement with you, there's nothing to say they can't. But it's a pest to have to do all that paperwork again when it's seemingly unnecessary.

It actually says on the clause paperwork that you can still rescue from any of the pounds "without" the approval from The DLG if you have an arrangement with each pound.

Hi Jill yes you do need to do what you did when you applied the first time, just copy from the originals but yes you have to apply to the pounds again, straight forward really.

Maree

CPR

I think her neighbours will keep an eye on her and report her if she gets any more dogs.

Why would he ring you Andrea? seems odd that he didn't ring the RSPCA/Police but chose you at random, it could have been any group in Canberra I would think it was a hoax call, and why did he just hang up...seems very odd to me.

I must say that I have rehomed a dog to a home where the other dog was not desexed, only noticed when I was leaving and the guy had the dog in his arms on his back and then noticed the "jewels" I was not about to rip up the paperwork give them back the adoption fee and grab the dog out of the woman's arms and then leave, the dog has a great home, their other dog is delightful and the 2 of them got along as though they had been together since birth, the reason he was not done was a "man" thing the hubbie didn't want him done.

What I did do was tell them both about what can happen to their boy later in life if they don't get him done and the benefits in having a desexed boy as opposed to an entire one. Some people have gone and got their dog done after I educate them, so it can be a good thing but to not rehome because they have an entire male is not an issue for me.

Yes I do rehome if they have an entire male.

Maree

CPR

Don't some puppies have slight heart murmurs and as they grow it disappears???

Maree

CPR

It is humans who have an issue with debarking, the dogs have no idea they have been done they still bark but with very little noise comes out so they are still doing what comes naturally.

Of course they are in pain after the op but they are on pain meds just like all of us humans and animals after any op.

I had a foster dog some years back and I was working and not home during the day and she barked at anything all day my neighbours complained many times and instead of putting her to sleep or me being evicted she was debarked and went on to a great home and is still alive today and is still barking but with little noise and her family could not be happier.

Maree

CPR