MrsD

Sorry everyone! I knew I had done something wrong last night but my brain wasn't working because I was tired. And like I said, the whole thing wasn't going to show what I wanted anyway & I was too tired to work it out. I have added an option for "none" at the bottom of the second question. Jarrah & Whisper, are slinkers, they just want to slink around behind you & be whereever you are. Jarrah's fav place in a storm is under my desk in the office, my guess is because it's dark under there. He's fine if he's in his crate. Whisper just wants to be inside, ears go back, tail goes down & they both pant, but only a little bit. Jonty is a barker, he just barks when there is a storm coming, whether he's inside or out.

I have been wondering about this for a few weeks now since storm season is upon us & I read on DOL all the time about dogs that are scared of storms. Both Jarrah (Kelpie) & Whisper (BC) don't like storms, they aren't to the stage of being slobbering drooling wrecks, but are definitely stressed by them & always want to be in the house if there is a storm coming. Jonty our Sheltie is also a bit stressy, but not too bad, he mainly barks at the storm. Ebony (GSD) couldn't give 2 hoots. So working on our household's stats, 50% are storm phobic in our household, if everyone could vote for how many dogs you have & how many are scared of storms I think it might give us an indication of the percentage of dogs who don't like storms. ETA - actually, I'm not sure if the poll is going to work out the way I thought it would anyway, maybe just tell us :laugh: .

So Cute! I love it when they sleep like that :) I took this pic yesterday morning when I got out of bed

Jarrah sleeps on a bed next to my side of the bed. Although quite often in summer he goes & plonks himself next to the door (I think there is usually a breeze coming through under the door). Jonty sleeps in a crate in the family room, Whisper sleeps in Jarrah's crate in the dining room (because she barks all bloody night if she gets left out ). Ebony sleeps outside, usually on her bed by the back door.

Yes I would give the dog back. None of our dogs ever wear collars unless we take them out on leads. Do the old DOLers remember poor Kirsty who lost one of her dogs & the other one had horrible injuries to it's mouth after they got tangled up when they were playing? I have never left a collar on our dogs since that day . I still remember her posting about how she came home to find one dog choked to death & the other one lying next to it with it's jaw caught in it's collar . I never trust anyone to look after Jarrah while we are away, the other dogs are very well behaved but he us downright naughty for anyone but me, so he always goes in the kennels. When Dagboy & I went to the US in July we left the other 3 dogs & the boys at home with my sister & BIL looking after them, but Jarrah still went in the kennels.

I wonder if they tend to change colour depending where, & on what, they are living? Like chameleons & some other lizards. That one looks exactly the right sort of colour to blend in with the lizard it was found on.

I agree with Sheena, Lisey's tick doesn't look like a paralysis tick from what I can see, but it's difficult to be sure because of the pic. Skyfool's looks like a bush tick, although I have never seen one that colour.

Wow, fabulous photos everyone & amazing colours, wish I could use my camera that well, all I know how to do (apart from auto point & shoot) is take pics of beads :laugh: .

We have had a whole spate of dog thefts here in Brisbane. The police have warned about the thefts & info about it (including the ribbons) has been in lots of different media (tv news, radio & newspaper).

I can't work out what breed it is!!!! :laugh: Not a kelpie, that's for sure :laugh: .

I just want to say that I'm not saying that it is abusive or anything like that, I just think that people who can think up these sorts of things are weird - mainly because I couldn't think up some of those things if you gave me a hundred lifetimes :laugh: . The article states that the grooming takes 2 hours & it's very possible that they have a break in that time. Anyway, I don't think that 2 hours is excessively long for a dog to be groomed, particularly if it is used to it. The name of the thread is the name of the article, not because I think it's taken too far. :)

I think it's just weird .

What the hell?!?!?!? Dog grooming competitions

I have just caught up with this thread, congratulations to everyone on their legs & titles that they have achieved since i was in here last. Love to see everyone's dogs enjoying themselves so much, Shandy's waggy tail says it all really, DWD is awesome fun! Jarrah is going absolutely stir crazy to work, he throws tricks at me left, right & centre whenever he's out of his crate, his latest one is to chase his tail, grab it & spin around in circles, he thinks it's great fun :laugh: .