Loving my Oldies

Apart from my having answered that just a couple of posts ago, this has been answered a squillion times over the years: it means that that particular dog will not produce any more dogs. Simple as. You say there is no evidence that desexing dogs reduces the numbers in the pound. Well where is your evidence against it? Numbers alone will not prove anything except there are greater or lesser numbers. As with humans, there are probably more dogs in the world than 100 years ago, ergo there are likely to be more dogs, numerically, in pounds. And there would be a damned sight more if dogs were not desexed.

LOL Anne. So because the vast majority of us believes totally in desexing before rehoming means we are not thinking independently. :laugh: :laugh: However, if we go along with you, giving up our beliefs, that would be independence?? Too cute.

Isn't that just great . Dog in a car in Brisbane heat = recipe for disaster and terrible suffering.

Thanks Rachel . I'm mad for something sweet now. :laugh: :laugh:

I think you are being a bit cute here, Anne. You know very well that the argument for desexing before rehoming is meant to prevent any unplanned (or planned ) litters with the possibility that they will be fodder for pounds.

I hope the meet and greet goes well, too. Please let us know.

This is good advice, but I think sometimes we just have to share our fears and sorrows, before we square our shoulders and get on with it :)

Wonderful pix. OMG, Caz!! Poo Cup Cakes Rach, your doggy shapes and bones -

This is exactly the sort of thing that can happen. Glad you had an example dogmad

Have to echo this . W Sibs' commitment to Charlie over the years has been total, and giving him siblings has been wonderful for him.

You obviously didn't read my opening post :) . Yes, there is need for further action, because next time, the dog might be left in the car for longer and on a much hotter day. And who is to know that someone, thinking: well I'll only be gone a few minutes while I rush into a shop, isn't going to meet with some sort of delay - maybe an accident, maybe meeting a friend and just forgetting. A lot can happen in the space of a few minutes.

Loved the video. I am sure she will continue to be everything you have dreamt of.

Thanks for that. Funny how I want Sunday to go quickly so I can get onto it.

I had a chuckle at that, because I once was taking one of my dogs out in a pram. Rascal, I do feel for you. It is very hard to see a once young and active dog show the ravages of age. Some do it better than others, same as with humans. As Persephone says: document the special moments, just lying happily in the sun (or the shade). Some years ago, I adopted a poodle who was nearly 17 and he lived for another 3 years. He was such a character. Towards the end, I took some photographs of when he was not his best, just to show me that his time was coming to an end and to stop me feeling guilty when he finally had to be helped over the Bridge.

I was wondering about that Jules and was tempted to put that in my note to the driver. I'm sorry now that I didn't call the police because I can't call the rangers until Monday (have tried before on a weekend ) and then I don't know if rangers have the authority to look up number plates. However, I can but try and if the rangers don't/can't do anything, perhaps my note will have the desired effect.

I hope not. Different situation from the Guide Dog. The man in my "story" left his dog to go shopping. He wouldn't have forgotten the dog was there.

How funny .... Tess wants her mummy, Jasmine Beautiful photos.

it isn't a shopping centre as such; apart from a few clustered around one of the smaller supermerkets, it is a streetscape shopping area, so I have to confess that I didn't even think of that.

Well luckily it wasn't as hot as it has been, but a shut up car in direct sunlight heats up very quickly.

I stopped on my way home in a little shopping centre to get a few goodies and when I came back to the car park, there was a car parked next to mine with a dog in it. Oh god, I thought, what do I do. I checked, but couldn't see any water and the front pax side window was down about an inch. At the time, the vehicle was in full sunlight, but there were plenty of places in the shade. I waited a while and then wrote a note to put under the windscreen wipers. My note just emphasised the dangers of leaving the dog in the car, etc etc. Although he was panting, the dog didn't seem in distress and didn't go nuts when I looked in the car and felt through the open slit to try to ascertain how hot it was. So, just a lovely friendly dog. I didn't know the Council the shopping centre was in (have now googled) so I wasn't sure what to do. I drove around the block, came back to the car parking area and the car was still there. I headed off again (I was going to park elsewhere and call the police) and saw a man coming out of the shopping arcade. He went straight to the car and I drove off. Pathetic I know, but I have the number plate and I will contact the rangers so maybe someone can go and have a chat to him about the dangers of leaving dogs in cars. The dog was in the car for at least 15 minutes, but how long he'd been there before I saw him, obviously I don't know. It could have been up to 1/2 hour because the car wasn't there when I parked .

Have a wonderful time. I think overcast and showering is much better than some of the heat we've had.

No, you aren't too far away at all. Make it around lunch time and try out one of the great eateries in the Summer Hill/Marrickville area and then buy the goodies for your dogs :laugh: :laugh:

Send Ben an email or give him a call, see what he can do, he's a lovely young bloke and he's involved in rescue too Yes, I've been scrolling through their website, sent an email, but as I couldn't find a price list, I've just telephoned. Their next delivery to my area is Tuesday, so I will put in an order to give them a try. I will give going down to Aussie Pet Foods a miss then and see how I go with Swagger - LOL. The dogs will have to make do with dried chicken necks as a trreat instead of Roo Jerky. Jeez I'm mean.

thanks for the link, SM. I will definitely investigate them, because they deliver, and state all Australian made and no fillers and they are virtually on my doorstep LOL.

Please let me know how you go, Dogs. I am happy to get you a couple of kilos to sample to day if you want me to and I can deliver them to you. I'm just going to have something to eat (haven't had breakfast) and back from a long walk so about to faint) and the setting off.