Loving my Oldies

Danny reckoned that Sari didn't do it properly, so had a go. He wasn't nearly as committed though: As is generally the case, mother did do it properly later.

With the washing up. Sari gets really stuck into it, boots and all:

Yes, I certainly would love to live in a society like that. I would be happy wearing something that comes from an animal providing the animal hasn't been killed to provide it. ETA: I didn't see the bit about "no pets". My "pets" are my family and companions. They are as much to me as any living creature.

I would say it is a foregone conclusion

Has your aunt reported it to the police? I stress I believe this should be done, because the woman is nuts.

In my admittedly limited experience, it is a game before a zoomie moment. I sometimes do this with Tamar. She will be standing looking sweet/confused/lost in the yard and I will go into a bit of a crouch and stalk very slowly towards her. Her body starts to stiffen, the tail will give a little wag, she will look a bit uncertain and then simultaneously she will leap and spin and I will rush towards her. Sometimes, it will mean a big zoomie around the yard with others joining in and sometimes it will go nowhere. She enjoys whatever happens. thank god I'm not the only one that stalks their own dog, Its nice to know I'm not too far gone. I should have added that sometimes Tamar looks at me as if I am completely "gone" and quite undeserving of any recognition.

In my admittedly limited experience, it is a game before a zoomie moment. I sometimes do this with Tamar. She will be standing looking sweet/confused/lost in the yard and I will go into a bit of a crouch and stalk very slowly towards her. Her body starts to stiffen, the tail will give a little wag, she will look a bit uncertain and then simultaneously she will leap and spin and I will rush towards her. Sometimes, it will mean a big zoomie around the yard with others joining in and sometimes it will go nowhere. She enjoys whatever happens.

Thanks for the update . I am sure your dogs will pass. Was it you who posted some photos of one of your dogs visiting mother or mother in law in hospital --- sometime last year I think? Yep that was me, you have a good memory!! Both my girls have had a few visits to a couple of different facilities. my younger girl Tully has come along way, she had a big fright as a pup with a childs noisy big wheel bike and was scared of anything with wheels for a long time, but we have done a lot of work with her with wheel chairs and push trolleys and bikes and she is great now. The assesment will be in the next few months, So I am really looking forward to it!! Let us know how it goes. Memory is such a funny thing - while I was reading this thread, the photo of the lady and one of the dogs just popped into my head. I guess we do store everything and if we are lucky we can bring it back - .

Thank you so much MM . Yes, I can do an individual shirt for you, just email me the picture and what wording you would like on it I went into your website when you first posted about the fund raising for Banshee's costs and then when you posted here, but I became lost I'll go through my photos and send you one I'd love in a t-shirt and then you can tell me what to do Thanks.

I they are great, Yellowgirl - congratulations on the initiative. Personalising things can be a pain, but would it be possible to send you a photo of one of my rescues, yet still have the funds go to your Banshee fund raising? I'd love a rescue t-shirt. ETA: I love the new photo in your avatar.

It'll be tough, Jackie_a1, but when you weaken, just think of the video. Obviously I still buy meat for the dogs, but frankly, even having to do that makes me think of the animal that once was living and sometimes I feel quite sick. I now find myself almost in tears sometimes and I also find myself thanking the chickens as I put them in the stockpot for the dogs.

Thanks for the update . I am sure your dogs will pass. Was it you who posted some photos of one of your dogs visiting mother or mother in law in hospital --- sometime last year I think?

I can't get over how good my little rescue, Mufti, is. He is microchipped as turning 15 this year, yet he sleeps the whole night on the bed without any mishaps. On the rare occasion he needs to go to the toilet he will wake me up. If all the doors are closed (rare, but it does happen ) he will bark to be let out. Sometimes he will take a short cut to an array of pot plants on the deck, but mostly off he goes on the long trek down the ramp and into the back yard. He has learnt what walks are all about and has started to come running when the leads come out. I can't take him with the others, but I take him out on his own and on the last few walks, he is RUNNING and wanting to go further than I know is good for him. I have to turn him around and make him come home. I feel mean, but I know he will overdo it and he is too heavy to carry home :D

Everyone has said good and sensible things. I would just like to add that it is not so much that a dog mightn't be friendly, it is simply the size difference that can be a problem. A little dog can be so easily injured by a much larger dog who just wants to play. Older happy and friendly dogs seem to intuitively know how to play with different dogs, but a young boisterous Labrador wouldn't . It is also pretty instinctive for people with small dogs to pick them up in a situation where they believe their dog is in danger ....... I know when I first had two little Maltese, I viewed every other dog as a potential killer. :D I was amazingly ignorant. Luckily there was an offleash park close to where I lived and I soon learned to relax - ummm a little bit. No amount of reading prepares you for the real thing.

I know the shocking way humans treat animals AND each other. I am not going to watch a video which would put an end to what little peace I do have left. I do what I can by being vegetarian, by spreading the word, by having a car covered in stickers, by t-shirts, etc etc. I have been having correspondence with members of Parliament, etc etc. I don't have the speaking skills to be standing on a street corner; I don't have the moral or physical courage that people like Christine Townend do, to face up to a gathering of tough angry waterside workers and cattlemen and women. Tune your radios and televisions to the ABC for a week and you will find that top of the news are two things: sport and the economy. Speaking generally, I have come to the conclusion that there is a lot of lip service paid to the horrors of the way animals are treated, but when it comes down to whether people's entertainment or wallets are affected, well forget it.

Shhheeeeeee it !! Those poor little dogs. Your aunt must have been in shock getting them to the vet. That dreadful woman HAS to be found. Frankly, I'd be going to the police.

I'm certainly not going to watch it. Today on ABC Television I watched "Talking Heads". Christine Townend, the founder of Animal Liberation in Australia, was interviewed by Peter Thompson and during the show, piggeries and poultry farms were shown. I just can't watch. Those poor animals - just so human beings can have more food that can ever be consumed. What I find horrible, is that even knowing how animals and birds farmed for food are treated, the whole nation doesn't rise up in horror and indignation and have it stopped.

Sometimes the title "moron" is totally correct. That woman needs to have a brain scan to check she has one. Definitely ensure your Aunt gets a full and detailed report from the vet and she really needs to find that excuse for a supposedly intelligent form of life, because the moron should be paying your Aunt's vet bills. If it weren't for those men, Max and Zack could be dead. Hope they recover fully ..... and your Aunt as well.

But they're just dogs, remember.

Few things you need to think of: Clear lid so people can look at the selection without having to open a basket. Ease of opening the lid. Ease of taking basket/plate/container from Bitty to take food. I'd be having a rehearsal with a couple of friends beforehand. I think it sounds fun.

OMG! What a fabulous time everyone was having. Don't you just love it when one dog starts the "follow the leader" game. It's ages since I've seen Mawson and Migaloo . Is Mawson still visiting hospitals?

Phantastic Photos. He is one helluva cute Elbie

Ozjen, my eyes nearly fell out of my head when I saw the first photo of Gizmo. Here are two pix of my Tirra ( gone to god) who was a PapXChi. He even had the flat little head that Gizmo has. He was 16 when he died.

Yes, they're my feelings. I remember years ago, someone on DOL said she washed her dogs dishes in the laundry tub - wouldn't wash them in the kitchen sink. So I guess even doggy people would be a bit reserved about it as well.

:D Will someone tell me where #12 lives, please. I'm off to doggy nap. Rocco, these photos . What can I say? Of course we know you are amazingly talented from your work with Roc'n'Ralph; but you have so much more than talent - you have a true gift. If you were photographing two legged "stars", you'd be known worldwide, but I hope you stay with the four legged ones.