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We can help if you need it. [email protected] or PM me for my number.

You can start your own crowdfunding campaign and post it here then set it up to have the charity withdraw the donations so they don't have to go via your bank account. That's all I know though, you'd need to read the fine print. I'm a bit crap with that side of things and normally 'delegate' LOL.

It's a lot to come up with all at once isn't it. I was lucky enough to be able to dedicate a whole page on the website to each surgery dog. With updates for the donors etc. If you can't do that, it won't hurt if the rescue can do an album on their FB page. Or use their instagram account. But Pandi-girl is right, crowdfunding seems to be the way to go now if you can get your link shared all over the place. Otherwise, if they just kind of sit there you don't get much traction. We ran a raffle once and raised over $4k, it was haaaard work and took a lot of organising but worth it. If you have the time to source great prizes that suit all kinds of people (not just dog people) you'll find the tickets sell very easily, and many by word of mouth because supporters like to sell books of them to friends and workmates.

This is not ok I don't care if it's rescue or not. All I see is discomfort and stress and potential for contagious disease. No idea what the rescue situation is in America TBH but that transport is disgusting and should be banned.

That's awesome! He is such a good surgeon and so good with the dogs.

Dr Eugene Buffa did a fantastic job on our Speedy (who needed both hind legs done). We went back to him to get a very unusual bone tumour removed from Winnie's mouth. I'd go back to him in a heartbeat if needed.

Sounds like a good plan I forgot to say

More recall training before off-leash. If you can't call your pup back to you it will happen again. On both occasions your dog got in the pittie's face and it could have ended badly simply because of the strength/size difference. Pinning a pup to the ground for bad behaviour is not exclusive to breed. It's a dog thing.

I wonder if they found the blue 3 legged staffy's home?

Yes that's not a balanced diet. I was going to suggest a vitamin/mineral supplement when I saw the topic but I think you need to work on the menu first.

Vetpay has a location tool on their website so you can find the nearest vet. Don't let him suffer.

Is it banned or just impossible to find a vet who does it? I don't have first hand experience of having it done but we've had a few (small breeds) come in from pounds over time. They didn't seem to have a clue at all, I could still hear them it just didn't carry as far if that makes sense. They weren't silenced and definitely hadn't given up barking. Pro/con debate aside, what upsets me most is that people have to give up their dearly loved dogs because of barking, potentially to die at the pound or bounce to another home. Very sad and imho very cruel for everyone involved imho. As Sydney gets higher density there will be more and more of this. Asal, I had one AR woman tell me with a completely straight face that breeders use a coat hanger down the throat to debark. She really believed that. .

Entire male is far too interested. Keep that little dog safe before something happens!

No idea. The owner posted a piccy of her and the dog and said he is going home.

Dog is going home.

I think you're right LG. This sounds ghoulish sorry but she has to have been burying them somewhere. I think if they took metal detectors out they would get pings from collar buckles. Maybe find some answers for some dear people who have lost dogs. I don't think we'll ever know where they all are. Those poor inspectors and vets. It's nightmarish.

I've removed the photos because they were big. 100 animals still missing from Storybook. The stories are very sad.

I can see the problem being that groups who use carers would be a) too expensive and random to police and b) I can't see many carers who just want a dog or two a year being happy with having strangers inspect their private home. Visiting carers or if that can't be done: receiving photos and verifying I.D. w/ written agreement should be up to the rescue. And the rescue should have their ducks in a row. And if they need help getting themselves organised, a bit of organising amongst the various registries and authorities would go a long way to helping. Even some written material would be a start! I can't say who but I've been watching another rural 'sanctuary' setup and while they are still in the honeymoon period of collecting a mass of animals it's going to fall to sh*t eventually. We'll end up with knee-jerk legislation that makes it impossible to rescue at all.

I agree. Problem is, how do you find these 'pop-up' FB rescues? We've got lots of things out there. We've got online ACNC and fundraiser licence checks, state microchip registries and reporting, dog ownership council regs & state regs, AWL & RSPCA will go out per reports, rangers will too. But nobody is working together to govern rescues in particular. It could be done with what is in place currently and wouldn't have to be so heavy that rescues couldn't operate at all. Maybe the majority of those that are running as a complete shambles could be helped if there was something concrete in place. I'm getting to where I trust maybe a handful of rescues. Despite some having thousands of supporters (or likers and followers), some of the stuff happening in facebook rescue makes me cringe but nobody notices what's going on amongst the 'you're an angel' posts.

Food allergy often goes undiagnosed. The itch primarily presents around the mouth/chin, toes, groin and ears (often rpt infections). I'd try a 6 week exclusion diet of Prime 100 roo and potato. I did have a dog who nothing worked for (and you can't use steroids constantly) and he did well on cyclosporin but unfortunately passed away before Apoquel came out which has worked really well on itchy foster dogs.

RSPCA blog IMAGE WARNING https://www.rspcaqld.org.au/blog/fact-check/storybrook-farm-sacred-animal-garden-rescue-raid?fbclid=IwAR2MOQLgPoYLZvJWoJVzrlU1CU1i4oE7Ks_X_i8ujO-lQe1nxq0E7l3WsJQ

Off topic @Little Gifts I just sent a request to join your FB group. What a great idea!

I also find it hard to reconcile in my mind, the good and bad sides to rspca. But this raid, that's them doing the job they are supposed to do. Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals. If it means rescues like this are exposed I'm all for it. They are destructive to the lives of their animals and don't deserve to call their activities 'rescuing' when so many bust their guts to run ethically.

Cached version of their now closed fundraiser with a lovely fluffy story to match.... https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5nL-alRkiTEJ:https://gogetfunding.com/fundraiser-in-support-of-storybook-farm-sacred-animal-garden/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au

Disgusting 'rescue' from last year .... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-14/disabled-animal-sanctuary-looks-for-new-home-storybook-farm/9542140