Little Gifts

I can't remember it fully but some vet or animal specialist wrote a pamphlet for Coles advising families looking for a new pet to avoid terrier breeds. A dog lover got a copy of the pamphlet when shopping and circulated it. There was a call by the people boycotting Qantas for their decision not to fly staffords (or maybe Am Staffs?) to also boycott Coles - it was happening at the same time. Some of the FB messages to Coles from families who owned SBT's in particular were brutal. Coles responded but I didn't think their response was good enough so I doubt others did either. Sorry, I have fluffy brain again today.

Yes, cause the world needs more foxy chis! And wow, she thinks $100 is a lot? Wonder what she is planning on charging for the pups? Very sad Georgie did not give her full name!

Fantastic work! But why oh why do dogs still have to be neglected until they are in a life and death state before they get help? I'm sure her original owners always had a belly full of KFC and beer (can't guarantee they were good with ear hygiene though).

They had a recent canine related PR disaster so I am very pleased to see they are doing this!

I'm so sorry Jules. Run free now beautiful boy!

I know of a case here in QLD where the owner died in an accident, leaving behind two young, healthy and perfectly trained pure bred dogs (large breed). Despite advice and rehoming offers the family had both dogs pts on the basis they felt the dogs would miss their owner too much. Very sad but what can you do?

It would hardly be a loss this election if the dogs paw printed a vote or two or ate our ballet papers. I think this election will find a greater percentage of unusable votes than any previously. All the trees that have suffered in the name of politics. Now where are our dogs going to pee?

I posted it in general rather than rescue because I thought other dog lovers would find it a sweet story and because the breed names they were giving some of the dogs in Costa Rica were as ridiculous as the ones DOLers come up with every year for the Deshonko BYB Christmas pet thread. I was wrong in my thinking but my thread did encourage the sharing of interesting information regarding the use of the term 'blend' rather than 'breed' and some of the cool work being done by Plan B using this concept.

Oh he is beautiful! They grow up too quickly! I remember when we first started fostering Tempeh she was all square and chunky and now she has the legs of a supermodel and such a long face!

It was me who got an ear bashing and I gave some back. I thought it was a great idea to attract attention to dogs that may not otherwise get a look and as I said in the other thread, as long as the usual assessment tools were used to match up dogs and families/homes then that is what really matters. We use cute/fun all the time to attract attention to dogs in need and this is just another spin on that.

Fantastic news for Jess and Sammy! And thank you for that great document Zeebie!

Unacceptable industry practices followed by this salon led directly to the death of my beloved, elderly dog while he was in their care. Not even their close location to a vet was able to save him from their negligence.

Our TFP will even do evil things like trap Tempeh in the hallway or wait till Temp or Stussy aren't looking and lie on top of the toy they were playing with. T and S would never dare challenge her for it back! I think she gets her jollies from their suffering!

:heart: :heart: :heart: For you and Leah and your other fur babies. XXX

Never even thought of that Grumpette! I would be devastated (from my grave) if the remains of any of our dogs were dumped just because we weren't around to advise of our wishes.

I believe the RSPCA has a special sticker that you can leave by your door alerting any services of the animals (numbers, etc) in the house in times of emergencies. We used to have one of these and nearly had to use it during the Qld floods in (?) 2010/2011? If you are ever in an evac situation it helps to stick something on your front door to say x number of people and x number of animals evacuated. If any had to be left behind (like say a bird aviary) then a note about that is also useful to the vols, particularly if they come in post disaster as they can always check it those animals need food and water and have that attended to before you are allowed back into the area. I know we were passing on info down in Brissie to get food and water dropped to all the animals roaming the streets in the parts of Bundy that were cut off during the last disaster event and who were starting to suffer from dehydration and hunger.

I check in every day in the hope he has been at least sighted again. This is just one small but terribly painful part of rescue. I so hope someone has simply taken him in.

Awww, happy tears here! Clearly you are a very worthy recipient Luckypup! PS Miss you Caz!

We have a Snooty Snout Fun Police Fluffy Butt here. We usually just refer to her as The Fun Police or TFP TCB (The Fun Police Takin' Care of Business when she is being a dibber dobber).

Thank you for doing this. What a horrific experience for a dog to go through. They were very lucky to survive. I've mentioned this on here before (in a previous life I used to assist in determining what caused road fatalities) but untethered dogs do become projectiles in accidents, which can become lethal to them and any people in the car. No idea whether these guys were tethered or contained somehow but you have to assume the impact was a big one to have a human fatality. RIP to the poor owner.

I haven't seen any recent Harper the Horse pics. How big is she now?

:laugh: :laugh: Very quick (as always) Li'l Gifts Well, I didn't have an inkling, I was more focussed on the relationship between the hoomans. LOL. If she takes after her mum, Kirislin, she will be a knockout. I like the name Fame. Other suggestions: Flirt, Flaunt, Plume. This! I thought there MUST have been something going on, particularly after the keys incident But I also thought that surely you'd end up having one of these pups after all this time spend with them :laugh: Definitely nothing going on with the hoomans DD, I'm old enough to be his Mum, but he's gorgeous and mighty easy on the eyes. He'll most likely read this too. How dirty must the minds of us DOLers be? Given you were travelling such a distance so frequently I was thinking either she wants (or is getting) one of those pups or she's having an affair with the breeder! Waves to breeder!

The first time I had my OES shorn I was actually unsure she was even mine! It wasn't until I saw and felt the warts on her tail stump that I believed it! I felt like such a terrible mother!

Pinocchio!

Love it Plan B! What a fantastic idea! See, thinking outside the square to attract attention and stand out!