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Senior dogs are the best! :) And most people are kind about them. Unfortunately you will get comments. Some find imperfection and old age seriously unattractive but they don't know how special our old folks are. Ignore the ignorant who will never know the love of a sweet old soul.

Ditto. Thank you Valbitz :)

Fangks :)

I got sent this the other day :laugh:

Grace! :love: :love: but I'm one of those people who have two cats that need to not get chomped. So unfair. lol If you have a link or want to send me the details I'll pop her in our e-news. Who wouldn't want a beautiful old dame like Grace. btw Maddy A+++ on the return policy! 5yrs, some won't even do 6 months.

Very cuteness :) ----> stupid question alert (as you already know) in the long haired poundies they often have painful matting that gets clippered off. How do people make sure their corded dogs aren't hurt by their dreadlocks.... is there an art to it or a certain type of grooming? I'm guessing yes and it's a lot of work. lol

Sorry it's been a while, now I can look at a few of her photos without the kind of crying that feels like a hard punch to the chest. Thank you all so much for reading her thread and being so kind. All my love. xxxxx Anna :grouphug:

Oh my god. What a waste. R.I.P Pretty Ruby :rainbowbridge:

Don't tease :D lol

I can find you half a dozen 'silky terriers' , even yorkshire Identifications, on petrescue that give me the heebies.

I sometimes add our intake records to the website, in his case they are there to make a point...his wealthy owners who said he was 'just getting old' and a 'bit itchy' know that he went to us and I want them to be ashamed of themselves. They make me sick. But I'm so proud of him. On the day he arrived I think we broke the sound barrier getting him to the vet. :laugh: And now he is a chubby cheeky boy.

I Bert He's not ready for adoption yet, his disgusting intake photos are on the website so he's come a long way and is doing very well for himself. *distressing image*

How are things going? Yet again I'm way behind! (Sorry DDD it's been a while since I popped in or had any input, there's been a lot of sadness here. But I'm still thinking of Danny. )

This is something I have tried to work out re Australian ingredients and as far a I can find there is nothing govt regulated to protect consumers from anything other than the meat component. If someone can dispute that I'd me more than happy because to me it reads as if the labelling doesn't have to tell you the origin of the ingredients. some snippets Cache linked because it opens in .doc form otherwise here agriculture.gov.au eta Toxic mouldy grain is linked to Aflatoxin ingestion

Not sure if it's been posted yet but the NSW Gaming Authority sent this out. 2wk extension to greyhound racing act review submissions

:) Maybe the people who run the page are also the volunteers doing the fundraising and are a bit pleased with themselves. But to block you ... as long as you were being polite and not snarky then that's just plain odd. It's very possible that they've had a few comments already and now just give people the flick rather than engage.

Nobody has the time to chase them. And if he is buying unchipped pets it's the previous owner who gets in trouble for not chipping. Under 8wks doesn't count either. Re-sellers approach rescue as well. They look for pets with a price they can make a good profit on. Mostly purebreds or fluffies. People complain about adoption fees but too cheap and you get vultures. One woman in Sydney was well known for it around rescue.

With thanks to Ken, SSR and the SSR Family & Friends, Emma, Liv, Linda and Mum. Our sweet vet. All the adopters who understood that ChiChi stayed with me 24/7 and gently greeted her into their home. And thank you Illy at Blacktown Pound. I remember your kindness and trust in me like it was yesterday.

It's been a month, I never wanted to believe this would happen. Gutted isn't a big enough word to describe the feeling. Thank you ChiChi for everything. For being you. For being my light. For memories that hurt right now but will be treasured forever. I love you so much. I'd do anything to bring you back. Please know how much you mean forever and ever. Sorry for not being able to write more, it's too empty here to think.

They haven't said if all the ingredients are from NZ. I am getting suspicious about how imported products are being snuck in such as; on the front it says Made in Australia / Australian Owned / Product of Australia and fine print on the back *from Australian and Imported Ingredients.

I have one here that cost $6000+ I raised a litter of 7 pups, everything premium with no cutting corners and 24/7 by their side. Their adoption fee was a fraction of what they cost to raise and keep their mum healthy, add vetwork to that. If we were donated $8000 it would take very little time to burn through it. But if the rescue doesn't feel right, doesn't just ignore you but block you as well then go with your gut. Look further afield.

Meh. Don't listen to FB online rescue experts :laugh: there's a lot worse going on under their noses, you're just lucky they weren't in a complete flap about your dog being from a breeder. edit: where's the photos? :D you can't mention cone of shame and not share lol

Chemical smell? I haven't seen their renovated setup but if they have used waterproof non porous two-part epoxy type coatings, they do need to cure for a while in good ventilation which does make quite a powerful smell. It's excellent disease control for sealing concrete and brickwork where pathogens live but takes some time to set. I doubt it's ok to be chewed while still soft. Just speculating. :) Maybe someone who has first hand knowledge will post.

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First up: Pet shops suck, and shouldn't be doing live animals. It is an archaic and inadequate treatment of all pets much like the days when zoo animals lived in a tiny concrete cell with metal bars for public amusement. And in the end their lives are basically stock with a use by date. But, almost 20 years ago I was a pet shop employee. And a very good one re hygiene and care. And yes you can quietly put people off certain dogs but you'd better not get caught. Several times, I was yelled at for pups having no water and had to point out that the heavy bowl with blue glaze was in fact spotless and full. Not empty. There's a sick puppy: no it's actually asleep. There's a poo: no we remove poos (can you smell a poo?) that is a chew stick. Everything, even the floors & counters were cleaned with hot water and microcide, we never had the parvo everyone else had had. And your alternative is sell them or they sit in that vile glass box for months deteriorating. I didn't work for a store who does PTS of old pups. And took a few older ones home as my own, because I couldn't stand to watch them jump up and down, up and down, up and down all day. It's no life. And eventually I burned out, my final battle was over a test run for desexing of kittens. They sold for $35 pre-microchipping, no vetcheck, no vaccine and there was no budging on that. It was disgusting and I realised just how little they cared. "Everything has it's price" was a favourite saying. So looking back today, by very name 'pet shop' we would be under considerable fire and were still doing things a whole lot better than some of the current promoted and more socially acceptable ways of getting a pet. That may upset people but it's true, especially now in rescue. The enemy should be anyone who doesn't fulfil a duty of care no matter what they call themselves.