Loving my Oldies

Lovely little boy, Westiemum. Very mixed breed is the best I can do LOL. Once fleas are treated and a dog starts to get a decent diet and all the good things that come with a loving home, coats and skin start to improve very quickly and not a lot else needs to be done. Unless there is an infection, you don't need to shampoo too often: diet generally does the trick of rehabilitating skin and coat. Great rescue - he is terrific. I love your description : a very active busy little dog :laugh: . He sounds a character.

LOL - he just doesn't want to be clicked at, Ann21.

Those photos from daycare are priceless, Jelly, as is the one of a tuckered out Roo. I want a ramp like that purple one for my dogs and cat - LOL.

Wasn't there a thread recently started by someone who had a boxer other dogs wouldn't play with? Maybe some tips there as well. ETA: Here it is http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/245364-why-do-dogs-hate-roxy/page__p__6082422__fromsearch__1#entry6082422 And a follow up :) http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/246263-remember-my-thread-about-roxy-the-boxer-x/page__p__6111805__hl__roxy__fromsearch__1#entry6111805

+1 +2, but then again, I don't know that banning would work. You can't legislate for idiots or cheap and nasty products. Yes, these sorts of people are a nightmare. The dogs haven't got a clue what they are supposed to be doing and are a danger to themselves and others. When these leads first began making an appearance they weren't available here and people were getting them from overseas. I imagine the quality was first class. However, with the proliferation of cheap so-called Reject and $2 shops the product is mostly cheap and nasty. Hmm, so you are saying that all DOLers are sensible and non-idiot dog owners? Interesting. This is where the cheap and nastly comes into its own . Dog suffers the consequences. There are quite a lot of owners around here who use them: the dogs are all over the place even so far as on the other side of the street from the owner . One poor dog is just walked around the block a couple of times a day and the poor thing is being jerked around like a puppet. Most people I see in my area have one dog: why they can't walk the dog properly and on a proper lead is beyond me.

lol yes I was in two minds about this... then I thought it would be a great way to hug someone too! Oh thank goodness I wasn't the only one. I thought they were a bit creepy - lol - but in a nice sort of way. I've become one of those women who get huge guts when they grow old so what sort of dimension they'd look like on me I hate to think about.

Not much point in having a beach house if you can't take your dog. Your sound well aware of the possible not-so-good-things, so I reckon you will all have a wonderful time.

That is good to know. From what I've read in the past and only on DOL, they used to make it a bit of a song and a dance. Reality check by someone .

Poor little girl ....... until she found your friend, Kate. It is extraordinary how well dogs cope with loss of sight. I've had a couple and if you didn't know, you wouldn't know - LOL. A beautiful photograph Kirislin.

I think it depends on where your friend will be working, Longclaw. Brisbane is a helluva big place. ETA: Big as in spread out.

It is certainly true that sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh :laugh: :laugh:

This is certainly true as are all the other sentiments in your post, Gillybob.

Your dog's habit does seem to be at the extreme end of the scale, but I have had dogs who take ages to decide where to poo and then take their timing moving around a bit to do everything. And then I've had those who stop, hunch, plop, walk on LOL. If he has been checked out by the vet, then it has probably come about as a habit from times when squatting (for want of a better term) maybe hurt his legs. Or maybe that is just how he has always been. Obviously as he is a little rescue dog you don't have history for him. When you are at work, perhaps confine him to a smaller area rather than letting him have the run of the house, if that is what the situation is at the moment. I've never used them, but maybe those puppy training pads might help to curtail the distance he travels when pooing.

Sorry folks, but "neutralising" sounds as though they have had a lobotomy :laugh:

Hey Jelly, sounds like you are starting to get it all: Roo and A MAN!!

Sounds perfect. I gather the dog runs are where the DOLers would stay :D

I know where you're coming from with that (my other half does that too) - problem is the message you're giving your dog there. Yes, this is a case where you are damned if you do and possibly damned if you don't. :) Sometimes you just can't cross the street if you are concerned about another dog (or your own dog for that matter). In the final analysis, you have to do what keeps your dog safe. Oh, thank goodness there is someone else out that who does that . My 3.5kg dog is very reactive and I am getting good at standing close to a parked car, ducking down a driveway and shovelling treats into 5 little dogs. 3 are controlled by just pulling their leads and telling them to stop, but Myrtie gets them all stirred up, so it is important to get her under control and the treats at the ready. It is working too and regularly now, a quiet but stern "Myrtie" does the trick. There is a dickhead around here like that. His dog is a gorgeous dog and very very well behaved, but he shouldn't risk its safety so he can show off. That's the bugger of it. Turns walks into a constant how-do-I-manage-the-unforeseen situation rather than a pleasant stroll around the neighbourhood.

I agree, it's annoying when the powers that be just find it easier to ban animals from places rather than actually learn and enforce good hygiene, they will run out of things to ban and still get people getting sick because they don't wash their grubby mitts. . Considering the constant reports of shockIng infection control in hospitals and nursing homes, they are probably taking the easy way out and blaming the pup. . Well that is something we won't get to hear about. It would be good if someone who had a relative there and approved of dogs in homes cared to keep track :D

Yes, I was confused. Something else must be going on.

When I'm older and dodderier (LOL ), Maggie is the sort of dog I will be looking for.

LOL - so true.

It is terribly sad. It has been discussed so many times here, but old dogs make such wonderful companions and some dogs that people think old are just as frisky and happy and playful as puppies. My youngest is 9 and I still think of her as "the puppy". Two of my most loving and adorable dogs, (Rover and Mufti) were geriatrics when I adopted them. However, it can be really really expensive business if you want to look after an elderly dog properly and how ever much we feel that we "would live in a tent", before giving up our dogs, reality is very different. Elderly people being forced or making the decision themselves to move out of their homes and into care facilities are often feeling very vulnerable and not in any position to argue the case for keeping their dogs and if they can't move in with family, family is hardly likely to want to take on the dogs - or may not be in any position to do so. Anyway, I hope all these beautiful creatures find the best homes possible.

LOL - what a wonderful time you have ahead of you, merikuri While it is very comforting to have a vet close by, the most important thing is to have a vet whom you trust implicitly and with whom you have a good rapport. Good luck and remember that we DOLers demand puppy photos :laugh:

Oh god, isn't it awful that we even joke about it . Actually reading this this morning made me realise I'd made a mistake and that my third dog. Flora, was from answering an ad in the paper - people needed to rehome their dog. That was in 1995 before I knew about the dreadful need of dogs in pound, long before I knew such a thing as "rescue" existed. I thought the only pound was the RSPCA and I knew that I wouldn't be able to cope with going there. Anyway, Stans Mum, when you were taking him back to Hawkesbury LOL you'd have to pass by the turnoff to my place, so you could drop him off here. I do have one vacuum cleaner, Hankdog, and that is Bunter. I put down Myrtie's bowl first, then take Bunter to the study and shut him away with his bowl and then back to put down the bowls of the deck three. I then go back to check on Bunter and he has finished ..... the deck three are still just staring at their bowls. LOL. Poor Bunter has to stay shut away for 10 to 15 minutes while the deck three decide whether to eat or not.

Isn't that the breed Trisven has ??