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Why does everything have to be spelled out? It's a dog forum full of dog lovers so it's safe to assume people DO feel bad about the dog without it having to be spoon fed to you. I also feel bad for Guide Dogs Australia but didnt feel it was necessary to spell that out either.

I feel sorry for him because I just cant comprehend how I would feel if I accidentally left a dog in my car and it died. That's not making excuses. It's called...what's that word? Empathy! As for whether he should be sacked, well no one here knows the full story. As for your accusation against Willow, oh c'mon!!! She posted on here just like you, myself and everyone else did.

Not much! :rofl:

Not much!

Youre right, maeby. Pants wasnt being critical. Donatella seems to be the one behaving like forum police lately. Back to your op. Pancake does the stare off. She just stares at me until my mind is drawn by the jedi mind trick.

Not necessarily Miss. We knew our dogs had been bitten and they were showing signs of envenomation anyway so we didnt stuff around with testing - they went straight onto AV. The CKL tests were done daily while they were in hospital to show when it spiked.

Yep. My two that were bitten are rough coat JRTs. One was bitten on the snout twice, the other was bitten on the neck twice. The bleeding was pretty obvious but we saw the strikes happen, and very quickly, so we didnt muck around. Just took them straight to the emergency vet and it wasnt until we were halfway there that I noticed the blood. It just all happened so fast. And yours were suburbia, weren't they Raz? yep. The clinic had 20 cases in prior to mine in just a month, and the areas in sydney they came in from were mind boggling. Theyre not just in rural areas.

Yep. My two that were bitten are rough coat JRTs. One was bitten on the snout twice, the other was bitten on the neck twice. The bleeding was pretty obvious but we saw the strikes happen, and very quickly, so we didnt muck around. Just took them straight to the emergency vet and it wasnt until we were halfway there that I noticed the blood. It just all happened so fast.

That's not true. Your vet could do a simple creatine kinase level test to see how quickly spud's protein is breaking down and that will indicate pretty clearly if he was envenomated or not. If he's depressed then I'd assume he was. Two of mine were envenomated playing tug of war with a RBB and it took them a good 9 months to fully recover. eta good news that he;s home. Just keep him quiet for a few days.

Pancake does it. I run out to see what has upset her just to find that she is asleep and having a great time being a mini mastiff protecting the house.

no its not protocol as far as Im aware. If the dog has been envenomated he could be dead before the test results come back. The best thing you could have done is what you did ie get the little fellow straight onto AV. All the best with Spud.

omg!!! that poor dog.

As others have said, this is something you have to discuss with your partner. It's all well and good using the forum as a sounding board but you will get responses you dont agree with. Also, if your partner knows you are a member here I would suggest you have the thread removed. What would be really unfair is if he sees this thread and knows it's you. Goodluck with it. Tough times ahead for you both. I hope for the dogs' sakes that you can both sort it out amicably.

Cute dog but what a waste of police resources if they were dragged away from real emergencies to deal with it.

That's just outrageous. I could eventually get over an accident but that's just damn criminal. Take care of yourself Caz.

This is so distressing. I'm so sorry for your loss of such a beautiful boy, Caz.

Awesome, spotted. I was wondering where you were.

I was just thinking that. Peanut butt.

Sorry, I got a mental image of you scratching a large muscly tattooed guy behind the ears and him flopping down on the ground like dogs do... :laugh: Me too . :rofl: Same here! Yes I always ask for a pat. I live in a highly populated doggy suburb so just nicking down the shops to buy some milk can take an hour or two, especially on Saturday mornings when everyone is out and about.

Buy off the plan, but as pointed out above its no guarantee about what happens down the track.

Lol. I wondered the same thing. And why cant they hear people? Oh thats right...because snakes dont have ears.

I hate needles as well, infact I'm totally phobic, but last time I had the tetanus jab the doctor explained that the serum now is a lot less viscous and it's just a tiny gauge. I didnt feel a thing. As HW said - better safe than sorry.

i totally agree. Very strange. Looks like the person who wrote that has the attention span of a goldfish. I was disappointed not to see Oh look, a butterfly.

Red Dog. A great aussie film. Are the kids too young for a romcom? Very cute romance with a dog at the centre of it. Lost and Found.

what law is that? Goodluck SL. She sounds like a nosey old bitch who just thought she was young and hip to take a photo with her phone. Hopefully it wont come to anything.