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I don't believe that one is because it's Fathers Day.

I'm so sorry for your loss...your post has made me cry for the first time in over 2 months.

The Funny Farm's foster failure beagle Kareese, died at the vet yesterday. They lost her on the operating table. Kareese was surrendered to Carole 4 years ago, and quickly earned the title "beagle from hell" - it was even on her pet rescue ad. She was the Boomerang beagle. She was rehomed and returned SIX times LOL. I figure it's because she knew where she wanted to live, and that was with Carole. She was a troublesome dog, but damn funny, and she and TFF understood each other really well. RIP Kareese...run free over the Rainbow Bridge. There will be plenty of lizards for you to chase there.

Veanna, I'm so sorry. He truly was a beautiful boy. Very affectionate when I met him, and so very gorgeous looking! RIP Odin, run free over the bridge.

PLEASE help!!! I need the name and contact details for a GOOD behaviouralist in Sydney to stop a dog being debarked! I thought I knew who to recommend, but he is not in Sydney. Any ideas? Sorry wrong thread LOL

So sorry for your loss. I also held it together until I saw the photos of your son with him. RIP Choppa...run free over the bridge

Do you want some sort of RIP message? And I don't yet know how to do OOB sorry.

LMAO they are two different dogs??? Jeeze. Ok, which photos are which dogs, so I know to use two different ones? I'll get on it this afternoon. I have to bath a foster dog first cause she's going to her new home.

Hope you like Seamonkey

LOL too cute freckles!

Sea Monkey, what did you want written on yours? Cazzaritch...hope you like...

Most welcome and I'm glad you liked it. I just did another one for myself too heh.

For Dakota's mum.

I was asked for the name of a good behaviouralist in Adelaide. The person has an 11 month old black lab and she is having major problems with dominance. The lab thinks she's higher than everyone else in her pack. Anyone know a good one here?

Cricket, my beautiful, old boy...I'm so, so sorry. You lived till 15, and yes, as the vet said, that's a great age for a cat. But oh my god, I'm SO SORRY for the way you died. I wish I had found you. I hope you weren't in too much pain, I hope you can forgive me. Baby, I think back to the day I got you when you were 2. I would never have imagined that I'd still have you when you were 15. And I would never have imagined the amount of love and happiness you gave me. You were my baby, and you knew when something was wrong. You'd comfort me as only you could. Run free at the Rainbow Bridge, my beautiful, sooky old man. You're safe there with Aspen, Josie and Jazz. Please give them kisses and cuddles for me, and please, please forgive me. I love you and miss you so much.

I buy all mine through Vetshed and they're fantastic - fast too!

Hmm, I don't know? It's called Parvac and the details say you need to pay a $10 refridgeration shipping fee.

I asked her about food (and other things) in a PM and this is what she replied. Chester is a regular at the Vets, he has a congenital dry eye condition that has left him almost blind. He still gets by pretty well though (we've had a totally blind dog and he's nothing like that). Green pussy eyes and a stink like no other, it was one of the reasons why I took him from the guy as I was appalled at his condition. I thought a vet trip would fix the eyes, boy was I wrong! On the way home in the car I recognised the smell as something like sheep dip. I'm pretty sure he's not deaf. I don't think he's *deliberately* defiant. To be honest I think he might not be running on all cylinders up top. Most people who've spent any time with him tend to come around to that conclusion as well. Initially they coo and ahh over him (he IS cute!) and dismiss my suggestion...but they come around. I don't know, maybe inbred? I feed him commercial wet food. I mix it up so sometimes he'll get Natures Gift and other times it will be Pal. He also gets some of our leftovers occasionally. Mornings he gets a Wheatbix (Vet suggested it, to help with impacted anal glands). I've NO clue what impacted anal glands are, but they don't sound very fun. I'm glad I don't have a puppy farm dog (sounding more and more like what he is)!

Yeah it was the parvo for my rescues that I was looking at.

I was recently on vetshed buying my usual supply of flea and worm treatments and I noticed they had vaccinations that you can buy and do yourself now. Has anyone does this? They have the vaccs for parvovirus and Bordetella bronchisepta (says it vaccinates against a component of kennel cough. Has anyone had any experience with DIY vaccinations?

lol, he has dog food, weetbix is his breakfast.

My mistake lol...it's like when people say "my friend" yet it's really themselves. I got another PM from her. She has heard about Dr Cam Day. He's on the radio and TV up there apparently. She is going to try him, because she said nothing she is doing is working. Her daughter crawled through a wee he'd done today And now the cat has decided it looks like fun and is joining him! Oh and EB=Essential Baby.

Lol, it's not me Erny. I don't have a Lhasa Apso, or a 10 year old dog, nor am I in Brisbane! I have two resuce puppies (kelpie and kelpie X) and live in Adelaide. It's from a parenting forum - EB. They have a pet section. I'm not sure what she meant by but I PM'd her and said if she wants help, I'd ask here and message her back with what I was told. She did think a behavioural specialist wouldn't be able to help her. I did tell her that I thought there was a leadership problem and her dog thinks he is higher in the pack than she. She doesn't think he is deaf, because he reacts to sudden noises. His sight could very well be going though. I will mention that to her. I felt really sorry for her, because it's a horrible situation to find yourself in and she IS asking for help to rectify it, rather than dumping her cog, which many would think was appropriate.

Thanks SO much for that. She really doesn't want to get rid of him - she does love him, but she can't have him peeing and pooing inside - she has a crawling child as well. She was worried she was going to get flamed - thank you for not. The following is her second post. He's a lhasa apso btw. Ah thanks everyone for not tearing shreds off me, I sort of thought I'd be howled down for being a bad owner with the way things have been around here lately. He's now 10 years old, I don't know if there's much that can be done to change him at this age. He does get better, we get periods of relative calm (which means he only goes on the veranda) then something starts him off. Yes the rain does trigger it, but sometimes it's nothing I can discern. Once he's *triggered* we go through a period of about a month where we (there's 3 adults in the house) have to madly race him outside if we spot him moving about the house. After 3-4 weeks he'll settle and go back to only using the veranda. He has free access to outside via the cat door. HonkyDonkey I get what your saying but the truth is I don't think any one else would tolerate him. We've spoken about it before and decided Chester is lucky he came to us because I don't think he would have lasted long in some other homes. He is cared for, he gets his warmed Wheetbix every morning and in winter he has a heated bed to sleep on (waterproofed!). It's just that I've NEVER had a pet that's been anywhere near this much work. The other thing that makes it hard is that he's not a responsive dog, no tail wagging or cuddling, nothing. So it's all work and no reward for want of a better phrase. I have considered training but he doesn't even really respond to his name so I don't know how I'd get him to do training. He doesn’t really cope well with open areas either which also points to a puppy farm I guess. When it's dinner time I have to pick him up and take him to his food. Thanks again for letting me get it off my chest, I think I was just a little hormonal yesterday. xxx tania

Bump...anyone? She's desperate and willing to try anything.