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ruthless

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  1. You probably want either a 70-300mm telephoto or 100mm macro lens. Do you know the difference between telephoto and macro? I'm not sure from your question which you want!
  2. Edited to remove abuse of Roogs Realised she wasn't talking to me
  3. OH is my hero I must've loosened it, cause he didn't even have to try very hard!
  4. Shooting a dog at f1.8, it'll be hard to have nose and eyes in focus [unless you own a brachy!]. Is that what you mean by hard to use?
  5. Aw soz Roogs I meet *deelee there on Mondays for a dog walk, and last week I noticed how many photo ops I was missing. So, when she bailed on me today I decided to bring my camera and take some snaps before exercising the ferals. Didn't shoot for long. The stripiest one was complaining too loud!
  6. Thanks. No, I didn't yet. I'm waiting for my strong and handy husband to come home and save the day!
  7. Aw jeez, thanks everyone I went to Centennial Park pretty early this morning. Maybe not early enough as the light was kinda low and harsh. Maybe evening would be better as all the birds seemed to be sleeping! Next time I'd like to not have two boofheads in the back of the car screaming at me to hurry up and take them for a walk What's in Homebush? I'd love to go to a wildlife park and take pics of the kind of animals you don't see in Dublin
  8. Some pics from today ... maybe it's not the lens that's been the problem with my pics ETA One more!
  9. Hey, you're pretty funny! You turn clockwise, right?
  10. I wanted to give my 70-300 a chance to redeem itself today, so the first thing I did was try to take the cheap filter off it ... but it's stuck! I've tried rubber gloves, but it's not budging. It's neither hot nor cold here either, so I don't think warming it or cooling it will help. Before I order a filter wrench, does anyone have any other suggestions?!
  11. I gave it to my lot this morning for the first time as we've run out of kibble. It looked really sloppy. I hope it doesn't come out the other end the same consistency!
  12. Before reading the rest, please bear in mind that I've a terrible memory and I asked her could I write stuff down but she said she'd give me a report, which she did, but it doesn't cover everything that we talked about. --- She said fleas and contact allergies based on where the reactions were [fleas = backend, contact = sides and flanks]. I think she said her atopy areas weren't affected [as you say, that could be due to the Phenegen]. It's altogether possible I made that bit up though I asked about the cytology test and she said all her infections had scabbed over and were healing so it wouldn't pick up the bacteria that needed testing. The elimination diet and atopia were mentioned as last resorts really. I don't think she felt Trixie was that bad. --- I think I should print out your reply and bring it with me to my next visit! There's a lot to question by the looks of things!!
  13. Oh don't get me wrong, I still refuse to do the fly traps, but at least now I can offer a solution to OH when he's vomiting into the wheelie bin
  14. Damn, only just saw this. I think I mentioned it anyway
  15. Just as well that I took Trixie to the vet yesterday as she had a big abscess between her toes It must've come up overnight cause I checked her feet after her bath the night before. It's either an ingrown hair, a grass seed or some other foreign body. She's had it twice before but it's gone away on it's own. She had it lanced and was soooo unhappy about it and sooked all night The vet wrapped it up cause it was bleeding so Trixie was struggling to get around [except when Daddy came home and she somehow managed to run to the front door ]. She was lying on her bed last night and suddenly jumped up and ran over to me and put a paw on the lounge waiting to be invited up. When I nodded she climbed up and burrowed her head under my arm and stayed there for the rest of the night. So tough! [if lancing doesn't solve the problem she may need surgery.] Regarding her allergies ... the vet said we've done a very good job of keeping her comfortable She said she seems to have a flea allergy and a contact allergy and her recent flare up could've been cause by a reaction to fly bites. She explained that she could have several mild allergies that are being kept in check with the Phenergen and it wouldn't take much to push her over the edge and cause an outbreak. She didn't feel she was atopic and said to focus on eradicating all fleas from her environment [treat all the dogs either daily with Permoxin or fortnightly with Advantix and spray the garden with Permoxin regularly] and up her antihistamine dosage to 1 x 25mg Phenergen twice daily and see how she goes. She's also put her on a 3 week course of antibiotics without cortisone to rule out the possibility that bacterial infection is the source of the skin irritation. I've to go back in 2-3 weeks to reassess. There was talk about feeding her a special Hills kibble for 6 weeks and if that didn't fix things then she'd refer me to a dermatoligist for an Atopica trial. Here's a pic I took with my phone last night ... misery!
  16. I hear ya. I was emptying them out when I was at my breeders place - projectile vomit I heard a good tip ... place a plastic bag in the trap before pouring the solution in. When it's time to change them just take the bag out. Still stinks, but slightly less yucky! I'm sick of the flies
  17. I've made an appointment to see the vet this afternoon. Her flare up from fly bites on Sunday has subsided since I bathed her in Malaseb last night, so she doesn't look too bad. Hopefully they can still help. I've gotten to a point where I find DOL more helpful than any vets I go to They said on the phone that they can refer me to a specialist if needs be and if so I have two DOLer recommendations to request. I'll report back later
  18. My friend is selling his Nikon DSLR, not sure what the model is, I can find out for you if you want? Knowing him, I'd imagine it's been very well looked after.
  19. We went out for a few hours yesterday and left the dogs in their runs with bones. I think the flies were particularly bad as Ivan's ears are a bit scabby today. Trixe is covered in scabby lumps on her back and sides, so is it possible she's allergic to the fly bites? What action should I take? She doesn't seem uncomfortable
  20. No lizards in my hood Might go and shoot some swans and ducks in the park tomorrow if it's fine. It's either that or head to the zoo!
  21. Thanks ZA I wasn't being flippant, I just didn't realise there was so much to it! Cool, I'll PM you
  22. That's pretty good! Maybe now it doesn't matter if Santy finds out how bad you were
  23. But if they're not itchy what's the problem? Why does it need treating if they're not uncomfortable?
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