Loving my Oldies

Great shots. Is he creating a stir around town. Can't imagine there are too many Shar Pei in Kalgoorlie. Those bush shots are so interesting .... all the different shades of green growing out of that red dirt.

Beautiful photo, Terri S. I don't have a puppy, but had wonderful puppy play yesterday. I was out in the front garden and a woman was walking a gorgeous, bit skittish, little dog. I commented and she said: it is our first walk as all vax are complete. Little red girl was a beautiful RR of 14 weeks. So soft and such a brilliant gleaming colour. The lady found her breeder through DOL listed breeders, so I told her to join the forum and come into this thread.

I'll happily give him an ice cream whenever he wants one. Gorgeous fellow.

The trouble is, like any breed, being in the wrong hands equals potential trouble and possible tragedy. I saw a puppy Cane Corso at the vets a couple of years ago and he was absolutely beautiful and owned by a woman who'd had them before. I imagine he will grow up to be a "good citizen".

Not at all, I'd say, Kirislin

I can't believe that wedding plans could get in the way of an opportunity to see Turid Rugaas :laugh: :laugh:

Don't just suggest it! Threaten her :laugh: :laugh:

Why isn't she going anywhere else http://www.turidrugaasdownunder.com/Welcome.html

OMG!! I wish I lived in Perth. I have her book "On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals" and have recommended it many times. One of the doggy people I would love to meet.

What a great initiative. I hope you get a good response.

A couple of threads on here talk about Calendula tea - do a search for them. Lots of advice there. Good luck.

Ha ha ha, Pepper21. I was going to post that a beautiful boy lived near me and here you are. When do you move ? Saw you out on the footpath doing work with Sarge a few weeks ago, but as I had several dogs in tow, one of whom would have gone off her rocker, I didn't walk down the cul de sac.

What does TA mean, Yonjuro? Bit of a numpty here

Totally fascinating. for dry britches and thumbs down for the vet LOL. You are doing him/her out of business. My youngest girl, Tamar 10+, is on propalin for life and, although it is only a drop because she is a light weight Maltese cross, she hates it. I doubt she would lick the corn silk, but if it is just a small amount, I could still give it to her in a syringe.

Great presents for a special Birthday girl.

You don't have to push yourself.

You've been lucky, Wild. I'm relieved it has been sorted so well. I think your experience needs to be taken on board by all of us - your message about not to be complacent is so important.

Mama elephant with a super sized pooper scooper - What a visual image!!! Thank you for the giggle! Elephants with young can be overly protective and may easily choose to ignore training in favour of keeping the youngsters out of perceived danger. In India, they removed baby elephants from working mothers and trained the infants separately, otherwise the mothers were too unreliable to work for a year or more. I much prefer the herding to that horror. I definitely agree. I dont think the dogs were hurting these elephants at all. And a DEFINITE improvement from those elephant pokers that horrid places use Maybe they will catch on with the herding. Do you mean the hooked sharp rods? The man still had one of these in the video.

Unfortunately it isn't just Council's - this sort of attitude exists in private enterprise too. But that is a whole different story. As it is, I am glad that the article was as hard hitting as it was. Maybe, with your example in front of them, other people will start to speak out.

Good article - but lukewarm and evasive Council as usual.

Your experience was horrific, HuskyDrake and as StaffyLuv says, your heart will be broken many times again by thinking of this. And I imagine that you can think of little else at the moment. One of my dogs, a tiny little Papillon X Chihuahua, was killed on Monday 22 September 2008 between the hours of 4pm and 5pm, I still think of him every day. I guess what saves my sanity is that I didn't witness it as I'd dashed our briefly to do some shopping. I cannot imagine the horror you experienced and will relive many times, HuskyDrake.

And their names are Flash, Splash and Blaize LOL.

And not just of dog attacks - more or less anything. It is very frightening. You can see someone being interviewed on television and then read the story in the paper. I sometimes wonder if it is deliberate or whether the journalist just can't read back the notes taken at the time and doesn't really care. But where there is a recording, there is no excuse. And, of course, there is sensationalism . . . . . Recently I was referred to a specialist by my GP; the specialist sent me a copy of his report to my GP ..... my eyebrows lifted several times as I wondered at his ability when several points he noted in the letter were incorrect. I will be very interested to see HazyWal's story as interpreted by the journalist.

My heart is very sore, Ams. Yours must be a million times more. Your work with Shar Pei and the love you gave was truly inspirational -- a word so often misused these days, but I use it here with deliberation. You have been the saviour of many many beautiful creatures and your story deserves to be there at the top of the rescue annals. Take care of yourself.

Yes, it's lovely. Shows the love and trust the mum has for tessic.