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Because I'd probably ask him to fill out a form and have a yard check done. :laugh:

So can she still see? I'd ask the specialist if theres' anything bad about postponing, watching the progression until she's a little older and a bit easier to keep quiet. I believe you'd have to keep her very quiet while her eyes healed. Eyeball hardening and pain (failure of the procedure) couldn't mean your only option is PTS - only removal of the bad eye. And you still have a blind dog anyway. I can't imagine that even if you do go ahead that there's a chance you will lose her. She may just be blind, and dogs do adapt. If you try, and it doesn't work at least you know you tried. But keep in mind, specialists do have to warn you of worst case scenario of any surgery, inadvertently making you think the worst is going to happen.

Holey moley :o T you dag. Thank you. (Cheque is in the mail. :laugh: )

What about all the people who do have a rescue dog and had no problems with adopting. Love these threads where everyone joins in saying rescue are harsh and unreasonable with no people skills and wouldn't give them what they wanted.

Have they said exactly when and with what substance the dogs were poisoned? It would be relevant. Some poisons are so nasty there would have to have been somebody literally right there to get them to the vet in time.

Sad isn't it. Remember the good old days when it was just a lonely angry blogger bashing away at the keys LOL. Now you put it all on FB and shove it people's faces. Don't get me started. I need to start a hate page for FB. :laugh: You wouldn't believe how pleasant rescue is now I can't see the nonsense. & If I was PR I'd have left that shit off my rescue page, it's drawing attention to exactly what everyday supporters don't need to see. eta if anyone loses their job or promotion over that list then yes most certainly they could sue the entity for damages to income and future employment and it would stand up in court.

I think so. You can't try to prosecute someone doing exactly what you are doing. Or at least it's very hard even if the slanderous material is rock solid. Then the other side produces reams of previous material and the whole thing becomes too messy for time-poor lawyers to get involved with. The very first thing they'd ask is Do you have any skeletons in the closet? I do feel very sorry for the published names people. If I had been added to the 'secret' group (which would never have happened btw :laugh: ) I probably would have stayed there just to watch the stupidity. And what MN doesn't realise is that some people (not fans of PR either) have been abused and booted from that group for asking very reasonable questions re WTF are they thinking. So of course there will be people on that list who were silent readers. It's become a mess, a grudge match between two women. And completely undoing rescue in a bloody FB feeding frenzy. Stay away.

Here 'tis old thread

I saw that 600milliondogs thing (I'm sure it has a PETA guy running it) ages ago, the site didn't have much info at the time but I got the impression that it was going to be used for feral populations and street dogs that are rounded up and culled as a means of population control. Not as something freely available to anyone who wants to desex random dogs. eta: apparently if it works by triggering the animal's own immune system response it's a possibility. I'm sure someone on DOL told me that.

Before knickers get further tangled (taking this thread with it) maybe you could both sort it out via PM or another thread? :) I understand you both need to have a say but it's just going to go back and forth yes...no...yes...no....etc etc.

Councils have always had final say about what leaves their facilities under rescue and where they go. What happened there? The system is being neglected and misused not just by one group, I'm not sure why anyone who can do something about it pretends it's out of their hands.

Sorry to interrupt ladies. :) If non rescue people are reading this and finding it hard to follow how this happens in the NSW system this is the general plot: There are welfare aspects and lawful things you definitely agree to when applying to the DLG for a NSW 16D which is purely an exemption from council registration under the Clause 16D of the Companion Animals Act and what you need to get dogs out for a nominal fee. However many other things rely on an unwritten honour system or the facility staff & managers to insist upon. Like if a dog is questionable or 'rescue only' or even if you would like to use the pound as free board while you advertise, you morally shouldn't tell the pound a foster carer is collecting the dog for further assessment, vetwork and rehab under the group: then send in an adopter who is paying you for the animal that day. It's wrong, but not spelled out in the legislation. HP and BP did require clause holders to sign a desex guarantee form once they introduced their own council desex policies. Loophole: That desex agreement fails when those clause holders choose to transfer to anyone else acting as a "rescue" but not recognised and obliged to answer to anyone. Loophole: no 16D required for animals under 6 months or animals already lifetime registered (incl entire animals). No tracking of unchipped neonates leaving pounds. Loophole: out of state groups do not need our NSW regs or their own state's equivalent of a 16D to take any amount of NSW animals they can get. So there is zero tracking once they get out of the NSW system and become another jurisdiction's responsibility. Clear as mud eh. And IMHO 'Ethical' is becoming as meaningless an advertising catchphrase as low-fat or no-kill. It took forever to get the 16D applications reopened again and at this rate it's not looking fantastic for the future. If rescue doesn't self regulate in some way the hammer will fall on the good and the bad.

I order it from the UK but have found Prokolin is very effective for a combined probiotic & binding ingredient for stomach upsets. :) I often add raspberries to natural yoghurt for a bit of a treat too.

Wait and see. So far the info isn't much, they might just be ironing out the details. OT I've always thought it would be clever to have petrescue internet kiosks in pet supply stores. So people could see the listings and get a bit inspired to add another pet.

Examining his poopies with gloves. :laugh: That's devotion. Everyone worries, you sound like a gorgeous owner. It will get easier but never feel bad for checking with your vet if you're worried. :)

?? Sorry. I was picturing a situation with the carer there. Like the US. Pets are adopted 'directly' from the retail premises but with the rescue there doing the checking/applications. Then the store benefits by the add-on sales of the accessories. Not doing the actual rehoming themselves.

I just assumed they meant adoption days?

Ahhh ok, that's what she was talking about. Sign looks snazzy!

Didn't even think of that Gillbear. I don't have a FB account anymore.

I don't know much about it. Mum was a bit vague on detail, but she was at Top Ryde (?) and there is a new store, not open yet and but the sign on the front says they will be working with rescue. Or shelter pets, not sure which. Sounds like a nice idea if it will help rescue's exposure to more people. Anyone been there for a stickybeak? :) edit for spelling

So your dog is a rescue. (ie moving forward from the past) So your dog is a second dog (ie introducing a newbie) So your dog is your first dog ever! :)

@Greymate.... Is that her on that site?! Whole chunks of dog health advice posted by a 'Marie' is lifted from elsewhere with no reference to the authors. eg Combating Dog Odor comes from here: link Myths about dog grooming is from here: link After-bath Itchies is cobbled together from: this and this etc etc Aside from that, yes I find the few posts I've seen by the Doler 'Marie Evans' to be really disturbing.

With respect, I find that a really awful and insulting comment. +1 I was involved in rescue but I wasnt suited to it emotionally and youd definately consider me unrealistic. As far as Im concerned every dog is worthy of effort time and money but unfortunately not all are suitable So a dog that is exhibiting severe aggression towards children or people in general is worth it? I love dogs but realise that some dogs cannot be helped. They are worth your love and compassion of course but not worth the money and time and resources better spent on a more rescue worthy prospect. You're assuming that your comment was only taken as referring to unsuitable (because that's what they are) DA and HA. Time, expense and effort are put in to many dogs and cats that by your black and white statement, are 'not worth it'. That is the insult.

With respect, I find that a really awful and insulting comment. I (and many others here) have rescued dogs who were all of the above and very much worth it. That's what rescue does. 'Unsuitable' is more appropriate, because they all go back into society as a representative of all rescue animals.

I soooo hope you get an answer .