Maddy

Perhaps in those cases, you could watermark "Release to rescue only" in red over the middle of the images? Watermarking won't stop the deliberate misleaders but if it's just people who mean well but don't know better, that shouldn't be an issue.

It's PETA, their ultimate goal is that no one will own pets (or any other animals). They're also disgusting hypocrites when it comes to the rescue of companion animals- their "shelters" PTS roughly 97% of intakes so the ad should probably read "Always adopt, never buy. But don't try to adopt from us because we believe death is better than the suffering of the being pet."

In my own experience (a 10 year old and a 12 year old), nails do start to become an issue. I'm not sure whether it's because they're less active in general or if it's actual growth changes but I'd guess the former. My old guy has terrible nails- he sleeps for about 23 hours of the day (upside down in his bed) so there's literally no weight on them, which means besides getting no wear, they also grow wonky.

Inevitably, when enough people have been bitten and enough dogs attacked, the government will clamp down on rescue and start legislating. Unfortunately for rescue, this likely won't be carefully thought out standards of practice but instead reactionary, clunky laws that will fail to weed out the bad while making things harder for the good. This is the reality of rescues releasing dogs with high prey drive, dogs that are DA, dogs with histories of human aggression, fence jumping, and so on. This is what the "save at all costs" crowd will achieve. While the cowboys are busy stroking their own egos over how many dogs they've saved, their dogs are out there, creating a public mistrust of rescue and of rescue dogs in general. The sad and frustrating thing is that these rescues are often run by charismatic people who know how to suck in a crowd and maintain that control. What some of those people do (we won't name names but I can think of several in greyhound rescue) is to actually turn potential adopters or supporters against ethical rescue by implying ethical practice is less caring because it focuses on the bigger picture, rather than individual dogs. A dog with a f***ing prosthetic leg springs to mind (while 50+ other dogs in their care rot in their kennels).

A lot of greyhound "rescues" like to trot out that bit about unbranded dogs being exempt but it isn't correct. If it's a greyhound, it has to be muzzled unless that state has green collar legislation and the dog has been passed. Of course, then you get the rescues that encourage their adopters to register their dogs as "greyhound x whippet" so legislation or not, they'll find a way to skirt the rules. Meanwhile, the rest of us do the right thing but in the longterm, will suffer for the idiots who think they know better- "Oh, my greyhound would never hurt a small dog" (until they do).

Those are the only place I would trust. Do you understand what "opinion" means? I'll clarify it for you- in my opinion, those are the only two places to trust as far as getting cat safe rescue greys. And my opinion comes from rescuing the breed for several years (and cleaning up the tragic messes of greyhounds rehomed inappropriately with cats). It sh*ts me endlessly that people here aren't given the information they need to make informed and sensible decisions. A few fluffy stories about how lovely greyhounds are with cats is not the reality. Roughly 5% of racing bred greyhounds are cat safe. Those are not good odds to be playing with. If you think that's rubbish.. good for you :)

Personally, I wouldn't get a sighthound if I had cats, especially not a greyhound. Some greyhounds are great with cats but those dogs are the exception, rather than the rule. And even then, I'd be very careful about where you got the dog from. GAP Vic or GSN are the only two mainland groups I'd trust to test dogs properly.

I see you completely ignored my suggestion. Leopards don't really change their spots, hey?

Humble 3 tier cakes and I am sure I will be eating a very long time and I just hope they are not too fattening as I have been dieting. If you're serious about getting back into rescue and doing it properly, I'd suggest stepping back from it for the moment and taking the time to educate yourself. This includes relevant laws (fundraising, animal management, etc) and best management practices, etc. The offer to help you learn is still there. No one here wanted to see you fail to start with.

And put the people who initially defended you in a really crappy situation. I wanted to believe your heart was in the right place and put myself out there in your defense. And for that, you turned around and proved everyone else right If anyone wants to know why I'm so wary of new rescues and no longer waste my time trying to educate others to do better, there's one reason, right there. Edit- talking to Greylvr, not Powerlegs!

Photo 18 tells the truth. Look at the nails on those ferrets And even "cleaned up", it still all looks filthy to me. You can see from many of the animals that although their cages might have been cleaned, they've been living in filth for a while. Yet another issue in rescue- hoarders being able to justify having so many animals because they are "recuers". And on down the merry path to legislation we frolick.

This. I don't know anyone who uses ivermec to treat fleas and can't think of any spot on treats that contain it (Advocate does contain moxidectin but that is supposed to be reasonable safe for dogs with the mutated MDR1 gene).

She is the only victim in this story and it was not her fault. When an owner knows they can't control their dogs, they are the ones who should be taking these 'preventative measures' you speak of. Expecting people to run in wide circles around every dog they pass just in case they get bitten is ridiculous. Hazywal, I was wondering the same thing myself. And this. Greyhounds might be big dogs but they aren't actually all that strong when it comes to pulling on the lead. Stepping out of lunging range and giving the dogs a short lead would likely have prevented the bites. I've had a male grey who was almost 39kg in fit condition (the boy was a ball of muscle) and I could control him with one hand and minimal effort- and I'm definitely not strong. It's all just a matter of restricting ability to jump forward suddenly (which is something they are good at). If the owner didn't understand this about greyhounds, he shouldn't have been walking one, let alone two. Whatever the case, the owner of the dogs is at fault for his management and whoever he got the dogs from is equally at fault for rehoming greyhounds with such amazingly bad temperaments.

Same. Sadly, it was inevitable when some of the greyhound "rescue" groups will rehome anything with a pulse. I've never heard any verifiable instance of greyhounds being human aggressive. I have heard of people being accidentally bitten when a greyhound has gone for a small dog but accidental is accidental. To bite at a person's face is definitely unusual and the sort of thing that should have been picked up on a temperament test. Assuming one was done. And done properly. I had a whole bunch of I-told-you-so's lined up for when this finally happened but.. there's no satisfaction in seeing the breed I love set up for major and very public vilification. Regarding coat, heavy kennel coat would be my guess. I had vet nurses try to list some of my fosters as brown so it's an easy mistake to make for anyone who doesn't know the breed.

Mine house greyhounds (notorious whingers if they aren't entirely comfortable) and we have no complaints here. Once the mat is in, it's surprisingly toasty inside. I don't generally put blankets in mine (because my dogs like to drag blankets onto the lawn for sunbaking in style) but that would make it even more soft and comfortable. I spent a lot of time looking into what to get my guys and plastic kennels just didn't seem worth it. The Houndhouse has a raised floor (which I think is better) and you can also buy the weather flap to go over the door to keep it dry in wet weather. Aesthetics is another consideration. Every plastic kennel I've seen has looked awful once put outside in the weather. My Houndhouses have faded very slightly but they still look nice.

I'm in a similar situation to you so this is something I actually have experience with. While I can absolutely understand you wanting to help (my heart breaks when I hear the miserable crying from next door), I suspect you will be in for a whole lot of heartbreak if you continue to involve yourself. If I had offered to buy every dog our neighbours got bored with, I'd currently have at least seven entire, unsocialised bull breeds running around my yard. Enabling them to be bad owners really isn't the answer. If I were you, I'd fix the fence, step back and leave it alone. If they get sick of the dog, they may offer it to you. If that happens, great. But in the mean time, maintaining an emotional distance will likely save you a lot of pain.

We have a few of these too and they're excellent. Very sturdy, easy to clean and all the parts are replaceable. I'd suggest shopping around though, The XL size (which fits greyhounds so should comfortably fit a GSD) vary in price a lot between retailers. I paid $189 (including postage) for my last one, some places sell for over $220. I've noticed there are some knockoff varities (like the Mutt Hut) but they seem to be held together with velcro so I'd avoid those.

Unlikely but certainly not impossible. Not that it matters much either way. A pet shop near us sells moggie kittens for $600. A fool and his money are soon parted and all that.

Manx can have long tails. The gene is dominant but that doesn't guarantee inheritance. Let's say you had two manx cats, each carries the recessive and the dominant (we'll call them T for no tail and t for tail). You can work out the litter this way: T t T t = TT Tt Tt tt So, 25% of your litter could be carrying the t, meaning they'd have normal tails. The remaining 75% carry the dominant so should have shorter tails.

Slightly off topic but he also said.. It's a pity he didn't consider the treatment of other humans to be something worth judging. Back on topic.. I have to agree with Cody. What happens to your dog is your responsibility. If you dog gets out, you have a responsibility to that animal to prevent it from happening again. I don't have much sympathy for people who do the wrong thing and then play victims when the consequences finally roll in (and sadly, the one that actually suffers is usually the dog). This is not to say I agree with PTS for dogs who are found wandering on more than one occasion. There, I think a more sensible approach would be to seize the dog and rehome to someone who gives a sh*t about its safety. For wandering dogs, being picked up by council is really the least of the risks.

I have to agree. You get some people who want to take on a special needs dog, thinking it's going to be all sunshine and rainbows and happy feelings (and, let's face it, the admiration of others). The reality, speaking as someone with a half-blind, epileptic dog, is that such dogs require huge amounts of patience and often more time than a healthy dog. Some people are willing to accept that extra work, many get sick of it.

In my experience, the noisy, snappy, drooly fights are usually the least serious and end very quickly with minimal injuries (if any). It's the almost silent fights that scare me- those are the ones where you do have to wade in.

Glad to hear her health has picked up again, MW. I'm in a similar situation at the moment (my big old boy turns 12 next week) and it's just watching and waiting for him to tell me when he's had enough. For us, it's his spine and he has good days and then some that make me think his time has come (like last weekend, where he spent most of it in bed, panting and not looking comfortable). I think those swings between the two make it even harder. What I did find helpful (in the mean time) was making some decisions for after. What we're going to do with his body (cremate), what we're going to do with the ashes (sew them into a greyhound shaped cushion to keep) and how we are going to remember him (with a little engraved plaque for the front garden). For me, thinking about it in practical terms makes it easier and there's no unknown because everything is planned for.

If nothing else, at least the woman was sensible enough to recognise that what the snake did was normal snake behaviour and didn't kill it out of anger.

Prey drive can be predicted if tested for appropriately.The group saying that the dog was tested properly doesn't mean a whole lot. Remember the greyhound who killed one dog and injured another in QLD?? Yeah, the dog was apparently fine with small dogs and cats in the foster carer's home. Taking a dog out for a walk in public is not proper testing. Putting the dog in foster care with small dogs is not proper testing. Proper testing involves running through a series of exercises designed to cover as many possible scenarios as possible strictly for the purpose of assessing prey drive. Until people understand this, these sorts of things will continue to happen and if rescues aren't careful, they're going to find themselves outlawed. Making excuses for what happened is not the answer.