Loving my Oldies

It is only a “no no” where people aren’t looking to fool the public or be cruel to dogs. That’s probably a bit of an overstatement, because some people who aren’t very exposed to what goes on the breeding (both pure and BYB) simply are just not aware and they don’t know that they aren’t aware. Education is never finished.

Fabulous photogtraphs, Canetoad. And as for the difference in Jonah. Well, take a bow. All down to you :thumbsup:

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Lots of changes going on. And as they are happening quickly, no time to get accustomed. :( Hope this tick is the one and only.

Nope, not for me. I’d be prostrate with envy :cry:

I have a little dog who will stop walking if a leaf, or stick, or some other matter attaches to her - the worst are Tibouchina leaves as they are like velcro underneath. If one of the dogs stops or limps, I check between all paw pads to see if there is a prickle or suchlike. Maybe your Standard just like to have her mate with her and thinks it isn’t right not to have her along :laugh: . Dogs have lots of idiosyncrasies which we can only guess at and scratch our heads.

Ads for in home pet sitting pop up all over website and FB too. I am sure it is having an impact. And what Gruf says, too. Apart from the fact that I couldn’t afford both a holiday and dog boarding :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , I wouldn’t place my dogs in boarding no matter how excellent. They’d be traumatised and so would I :o ETA: The grooming salon down the road from me is always busy too. I had my dogs groomed the other days and when I picked them up she asked me about pre-Christmas grooming and managed to slot me in on Friday 23 - last day.

Gosh, RuralPug’s post brings back a memory of a post by a DOLer a long time ago. Hopefully, there are DOLers with a better memory than mine who might recall it too, because I can’t remember who posted. From memory, I think he came around the corner of the house to where the dog was and the dog didn’t know who it was. Again, if I remember correctly, the sun was behind him (the person) and so he would have been just a black shape to the dog. ETA: what does the person who is the focus of Lucy’s barking do when she displays this behaviour?

OMG!!!

Happy Gotcha Day, Seriously Super Scottie :thumbsup: He really is gorgeous May there be many many more.

Thank goodness that has been resolved. I just hope that whatever magistrate or judge has carry of this that they throw the book at the stupid idiots. Now ..... Back to Enzi :laugh: :laugh:

LOL - Jesse and the little dog. “Hey short stop! Wanna play?"

Amazing!!! Good doggies, too.

Stunning. The Beach at Perlubie looks as though it is very shallow and then suddenly drops away.

Well, now :eek: there is an offer for you, Canetoad. :thumbsup:

Oh those poor little creatures. I hope the stress has not been fatal for any of them. Is mumma feeding both her babies now, T? I read that the stress of taking one baby made her stop feeding the other.

LOL. Well it means nothing to me, but I gather this is one helluva camera. Your photographs are already spectacular; I guess you are aiming for photographer of the year from National Geographic. :thumbsup:

Yet again, someone who wants to do the right thing is stymied by a system which makes it all too difficult and has come about by trying to take in account the “evils” of renters and the “evils” of landlords. So many people just won’t and/or can’t be bothered to do the right and decent thing. I no longer go very far on my dog walks, but when I roamed far and wide, I used to see some terrible neglect both by owners and renters. Some of the houses in my area have changed hands in the past couple of years and I find it hard to believe the state some people allow their yards to get to. However, the worst by far, is a family who owns their home, has lived here for twice as long as I have, and their yard is disgusting. At least they finally moved the rusty broken down old car that had sat there for about 15 years :laugh: . And when they open the garage . It beggars belief: packed to the ceiling with what looks like rubbish. Which is rather going off topic, but relates to the fact that some people just live in squalor with no respect for their own or other people’s belongings. I have been on both sides of the fence - a renter and a landlord - and never want to be either again.

It still makes me feel sick. The keepers would feel about these animals the same as we feel about our dogs and cats. As for your suggestion that the cops beat the whereabouts of the two adults out of the thieves: that’s what they deserve. They’ll probably get a slap over the wrists and go grinning about their business. I’d like to see them shut up in a very small space and denied proper food and water. Sorry take your beautiful thread about Enzi off topic, Grizabella. :o

I wonder what Jesse thinks of her new home?

Wow, that went quickly ...... at least for those of us sitting down and enjoying immensely your photographs. :laugh: :laugh: Glad you all made it safely.

Oh no. Three marmosets stolen from the Symbio Wildlike Park. :cry: One a baby. So cruel and so stupid.

I felt sure they would be, but it looks large and red. Hopefully, nothing to worry about in the long term. I imagine when he is old enough, they will do a biopsy.

That lump on his mouth worries me. Hopefully nothing serious, though. He is a cutie for sure and beautiful pic with his mum.

Fabulous photographs.