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Horsegal98

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  1. I'm quite surprised there is a need for this rescue but obviously there is so I'm glad someone's stepped up to the mark. Sounds like they are at least very responsible with what they do.

    I'd prefer seeing them in this scenario than seeing a bus passenger's phone video of a fox being ripped apart by 6 Fox hounds on a hunt this week. A Fox hound was also killed as the poor fox and then the hounds ran onto a busy road and one hound was hit by a vehicle. It was in the Daily Mail yesterday - www.dailymail.co.uk - if anyone's interested. I HATE fox hunting with a passion.

    I hate fox hunting with a passion too.

    I also read about that incident with much sadness. The "whimpering" fox.. it broke my heart.

    I at least hope it may be a tool used to ban the "sport".

    Fox hunting with hounds is illegal here everywhere but Victoria and has been illegal in the UK since 2005.

    What fox hunting has to do with this thread sure beats me. :confused: If you think Strychnine baiting or trapping is a "kinder" death, think again.

    Quite a few dog owners struggle to contain their pet dogs. How fox owners would fare any better beats me.

    How is denying a wild animal territory and social interaction with other foxes "kind"???

    I really like foxes (as animals, they are beautiful to watch) but I am not anti fox hunting. I do think that ethical hunt clubs in the past did a better job managing fox populations than we do today.

  2. I would freeze to death if I relyed on a greyhound fur jumper :laugh:

    Your boy is beautiful :love: look forward to seeing the end result.

    We would need 5,000 greyhounds and it would take 6,000 years x

    New industry-- repurpose ex racing greys for wool production. Certainly, you would get the right numbers of dogs. You just need a crazy investor and a massive farm/station.

  3. On another dog forum (don't want to name here in case it violates guidelines) a poster said that blue was now the most common SBT colour. I find this hard to believe, but I jumped on the puppy listing for the breed on here and at least every second listing had blues available. I would have assumed brindle from the amount of "staffys" of that colour that turn up in pounds. Any thoughts to the validity of this? Really blows the "wowza blue SBT worth $3500" notion out of the water.

  4. I guess you don't get it either. Human children are not dogs and dogs are not human children, of course there are going to be different laws and treatment of them. Do you really think they are the same? You can be close to your dogs but they'll never be human.

    Don't treat me like an idiot please Jo, I didn't say they were the same, I said each to their own.

    Well, I don't have any children either.

    If I had to choose between someone elses' children and my dogs, my dogs would get precedence every time.

    I am responsible for my dogs, I am not responsible for other peoples children.

    See, I don't get this. Are you saying if it was a life or death situation you would let a child die to save your dog? Note I am asking for clarification because I am not sure you really mean what I think you mean.

    I would do that too. I will first save my dog and then any stranger.....child or adult!!! But I would do all I can to save anyone, human or animal. If you will save a strange child before your own, then and only then you would have the right to question this. Because we always prioritise what we love most.

    Before I had kids, I probably would have saved my pets before strange children. Now I have the full gauntlet of maternal hormones it would be my children, other people's children, my husband, the pets, strange adults.

    That fatal distraction article made me cry so much-- it was tragic.

  5. I know it is expensive, but can't cataracts be removed and artificial lenses inserted? Or do cataracts differ in as much some can be operated in and some can't.

    My Bunter was completely blind when I rescued him from Renbury. I am considerably poorer and much needed repairs to the house are now just a distance hope :laugh: but Bunter can see.

    Well done for improving his quality of life so much :) you should be proud

  6. I think our names lean towards people names. Those are all the pet I can think of (dogs and cats only) I had growing up and as an adult.

    Fluffy (Persian, I didn't choose the name)

    Pippa (chose this, bedlington)

    Silver Star ( I did chose this, grey tabby)

    Roxy (I did choose this, kelpie)

    Sasha (chose this, kelpie)

    Anna (I did choose this, Persian cross)

    Murphy (bedlington, didnt choose this)

    Tessa (chose this)

    Sparkles (DSH, daughter chose this)

    Gingerbread (DSH, son chose this)

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