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And I'm pretty sure that this litter has a few future champions in there too... they are completely stunning! T.

Hahaha at the 3rd pic! Did they eat much of the seaweed? T.

Goat milk yoghurt should be low lactose... T.

I figure that if my Lab can survive the summer we had over a week of near or over 40 degree heat with all her fur on, then I'm not about to clip her - no air-con here either. I must admit that she was inside with the shades drawn and the ceiling fans on high during the worst of the days' heat, and I supplied a clam shell pool for her bathing pleasure when I got home from work... T.

Just because you may have X number of kennels - doesn't mean you HAVE to fill them with X number of animals... If you can't adequately exercise and stimulate X animals, simply don't store X animals in your kennels. The rescue I volunteered for had 80 kennels - and we worked out that 25 animals at any given time was the best number for us - just in case vollies didn't turn up and only 1 person would be left to do all the work on any given day. You can't bank on vollies always showing up... T.

Anyone trying to come into my backyard needs to go through 2 sets of gates... and after the first set, the dogs WILL be letting you know that you might not want to come through the second set... T.

Are you superstitous too? :) Yep - I'm a bit of a fan of number 2 pups... and tend to try to avoid number 3's... Sweet! But still very enamoured with Red - even though she's a girl... *grin* T.

What number was she (yellow) born Allerzeit? T.

Back at ya!!! Blue looks to be the one to watch out for... look at the glint in his eyes... I'm seriously in love with Red and Yellow... if only I had less dogs right now... I'd be clamouring for one of them! P.S... is everyone sure they don't want any of my current 4 mutts? Not even for free? T.

Who would it be being done for if it was a permanent only option? The terms "quality" and "quantity" come to mind... However - if he wasn't overly stressed at having this option happening, then it would be worth considering for a short while to give you more time to come to terms with maybe having to give him his wings sooner rather than later. My thoughts go out to you and the little man... please give him a soft cuddle and kiss from me... T.

From Google... https://www.facebook.com/Koolierescue/info?ref=page_internal T.

I'd say Steve would be referring to those who share their 16D indiscriminately... T.

PUPPIEEEEEEES! Me wants so bad!!! T.

The whippet "it was the small dog" face... lol! T.

I can still remember the number of phonecalls our rescue got once Andrea stopped everyone and their dog using the DABS 16D... so many demanding that we let them use ours because they couldn't be arsed getting their own (and dealing with the annual reporting that goes with it). I've had the pleasure of filling out the DLG paperwork once or twice - and it's really non-specific... only asks for numbers in/out and the like - you could fudge it so easily. I must say that ours was spot on, because we didn't share the clause, and we used a database for our turnover - easy to get the numbers out of, and easy to prove same if we got spot audited... *grin* It's a pain of a process getting a 16D, but well worth it for anyone running a rescue properly - it can reduce pound costs significantly from those pounds that have a desexing policy for all animals released. But there are still pounds out there that really don't have any such policy, and a 16D isn't needed to get animals out... What is also worth noting is that a 16D from one council area will not automagically mean you can get animals from pounds from ALL areas... but many pounds will let that little catch slide... T.

So how do those sharing their 16D's so willy-nilly actually complete their audit info each year for the DLG? Do they just fluff it and hope that they won't be called to account properly? Seriously though, the reporting process for the DLG isn't much chop - it could fairly easily be fudged with no-one any the wiser... *sigh* T.

Fingers crossed that you can get to the bottom of what's making him so unwell, and get a treatment plan that makes him much more comfortable. I know how much you and Danny mean to each other DDD... here's hoping that you have some good answers today. T.

Vale Gough... you were a man among men... rest now mate, you've earned it. T.

Such good buddies Tag and Puck are... T.

My Zeddy trims her own nails... bless her old heart. She hates having her nails cut, so I'm sure she does it herself to avoid having me do it... even her dew claws. T.

Maybe instinct plays a bigger part in dog behaviour than we think... maybe we need to remember that they are dogs, and not pseudo-humans like some of the do-gooders want us to believe (or try to make them be)... T.

In the wild, sticking with your own is also necessary for survival... *grin* My Lab, Trouble, will happily play with others because she's a tart of the enth degree - but she gets really excited if she comes across another Lab to play with. Harper the Horse Puppy seems to prefer the teeny tinies to play with, but because she's huge, their owners aren't too sure about the idea. She is SO gentle with the littlies though! Her bestie when she was younger was all of 3kgs, and they could play for hours, then curl up together for a power nap, then play for ages more. T.

Looks like he's been learning how to snuffle in the dirt from the critter... lol! T.

OMG! Cuteness overload! Are these the 3 siblings? Looks like they are really thrilled at being together again... *grin* T.

I've worked in a kennel environment - and I can tell you that only one person to attend to 25 dogs (fertile or not) adequately is a stretch... and that doesn't include litters of pups with mums - that raises the stakes to a whole extra level. I've also been a foster carer taking on entire litters of pups - and let me tell you, when I had 14 of them here (2 litters), plus my own 4 dogs, it was a hell of a lot of hard work making sure that ALL dogs in my care got the time and attention from me that they required. And that was on top of making sure they were all clean and fed properly. Probably why I now no longer do foster care... T.