Longclaw

We have a brick pinning down the lid of our bin :laugh:

Thank you everyone, this is all really helpful :)

Great stuff, thanks guys!

My friend is thinking about moving to Brisbane and is trying to suss out the best council areas for dogs (she has four). Does anyone have any advice or info?

Oh my god Caz I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. xx

If you haven't got any PMs yet, maybe get in touch with Teebs? She might not be able to do it personally but I can't for the life of me remember the user names of the other DOLer(s) in that area, and Teebs will know!

As if that would ever happen! *cough*

Same thing happened with our Ziggy elkhound. His owners surrendered him to the pound saying he was 'not there to find a new home', but Norskgra rescued him regardless and we adopted him. Had him less than two months before his health declined and scans showed his body was riddled with cancer. Giving him his peace was incredibly hard and for a long time I was so bitterly angry on his behalf, that his lifelong people weren't the ones stroking his paw and giving him comfort in his final moments. I have never regretted adopting him, lovely old boy that he was, but he deserved so much better from his family. efs

The baby and the seal iggy seem to be both looking at Boomer in the same way. :laugh: Ahahahahaha, they are too! Boomer has some awesome expressions! :laugh: Awww :laugh:

So saddened by this

In the Aussie spirit of calling a red-head 'Blue', I have a hankering to call a future greyhound, Turtle. I suspect even Mr'Let'sCallHerSparkles'LC will object to it though.

That is, indeed, the most unusual name for a boy dog I've seen in a long time!

If a dog is temperamentally unsuited for a pet home, it should not be placed in a pet home. Greyhounds aren't and shouldn't be treated any differently, and the orgs I have been associated with are stringent in not place unsuitable greyhounds up for adoption. I don't see this as a barrier for improving the retirement outcome of the breed in general. You are probably right in that if the demand for retired dogs met or exceeded dogs available there wouldn't be an industry, but I'd like to think that there's room to create a much higher demand for the dogs. We've already seen demand go from virtually zero to rehoming hundreds (thousands Australia-wide??) of dogs per year through the efforts of GAP and other reputable rehoming programs. If that demand can be tripled again, coupled with a shift in attitude, funding and breeding practices, we might be getting closer to a minimal-waste industry. It's a huge ask, but I don't know that it's unachievable. They are an ideal breed for so many household situations.

I can agree with that :) That's the day I dream of. I'd love to see the day when racing is a smaller industry and every racing grey has a family already lined up waiting for their retirement. When those families can have photos and track the career of the dogs, perhaps even from the time they are puppies. Can you imagine? I would sell a kidney in exchange for a photo of my Tommy as a puppy. The future-adoptive family could even be considered one of the dog's 'connections' and, whilst not taking a share of prize-money or sharing expenses, could be included to take a share of the excitement of the racing and any wins. By the time the dog is retired and ready to go to their new home (via the adoption group, which would be well funded and involved right from the start of the process), the dog and family already have a connection. But that's a huge shift, and probably too far 'out there' to become a reality in my lifetime.

I am an expert at teaching literacy to my dogs. Unfortunately, they thought that Reader's Digest meant that you're supposed to actually eat the books... it's ok, I'd copied down those recipes anyway...