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Sounds like a contact allergy rather than a diet related one... check your yard for Wandering Jew first... Does his allergy get worse after you have mowed the lawn? Sometimes the seasonal grasses can bring out allergies in dogs too - and I have had one dog who reacted to cut grass only - was allergic to the sap. Does he lick his paws when he doesn't have the redness? Some dogs lick their paws as a symptom of stress or anxiety, and that can inflame the area too. T.

I'm sure they are supposed to keep the name of the complainant private - to reduce the risk of reprisals... T.

It depends what he's allergic to as to what treatment plan you will need to take... I'd say the first step is to find out what is causing the allergy. T.

The parking is a little pricey at Bayview... the only drawback I found apart from the long drive there... T.

Well - I have a queen sized bed... Trouble at the top on the "passenger" side with her head on the edge of my pillow, and Pickles at the bottom. That's their preferred arrangement. Zeddy has her own room and comfy beddie, and Harper has her crate with her beddie and toys... as she's still likely to either eat the house, or bring some nice fresh stinky turd in and eat it on the bed... errr! T.

What if you just put some blankies down where she prefers to sleep... doesn't have to be a big trampoline bed or anything fancy... all she wants is to be near you. T.

Hey perse, can we have some shots of Ess & Don romping please? Puppy play photos are too cute for boots... *grin* T.

My heart breaks for you Monelite... Divani was special in more ways than she ever knew... Remember all of the good times with a smile - knowing that she will always be in your heart and never really that far away. Run free Divani... T.

Can she see you from her bed? If she has a good view of you, then she may settle better. T.

Ditto to this... between you and the van driver, you got him off the freeway by the sounds of things... and most likely out of the worst danger at least! T.

Another vote for a vet visit here... T.

Oh... and perfect focus is not always necessary if the photo tells a story... T.

... yeah check your shots... or you get photobombed by turtles! T.

The Ted's one is a pretty red! T.

See if she can get the camera with the 18-200mm lens so she doesn't have to keep swapping for near or far shots... T.

HW has some very salient points that really do bear looking into thoroughly... because not to will only end in tears all around. T.

It's not acceptable to overbreed and result in issues requiring regular culling - especially when you are doing so in the name of "conservation" of an endangered species... If you don't believe in contraception, then FFS separate the males and females until such time as you DO have room for them or their offspring. T.

If you don't have anywhere for them to go, and you don't have the room to keep the numbers you are breeding - wouldn't it make more sense to NOT bloody well breed them at all? (as opposed to "necessary" culling of unneeded "stock") T.

If the dog is otherwise in good health and you want her speyed, why not? Pyo is not pretty and can kill quickly if you aren't aware of what to look for in the way of symptoms... amongst other things... I like my girls all desexed... if only for the cleanliness factor of not having bleeding dogs every few months - not to mention the moodiness or tartiness some display when they are in season... *sigh* T.

But if she wants a DSLR - look at Canon or Nikon entry levels... T.

It's not the camera that takes the photos... it's the person behind the viewfinder... Take a look at the amazing photos here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/binjy/ - many of those are actually taken with an iPhone! T.

It's not exactly the aim of conservation to cull overpopulations in zoos due to the lack of use of contraception and/or selective breeding. It works just fine everywhere else in the world with no nasty side effects for the animals (apart from not breeding willy-nilly) - so why the complete disdain for contraception - or at the very least separation of males and females until you want to breed them (and have the space for them all)? The zoo that is sending Copenhagen the new male lion is also Danish... *sigh* Seriously - EAZA and Copenhagen Zoo need to BOTH drag their "policies" out of the dark ages... this sort of thing should NOT be happening in the name of "conservation" of the animals... it only works for conservation of the Zoo's bank balance by making cute baby animals to milk the public pocket to come see (before we kill them to make room for the next batch)... T.

Yep... the kit you may be sporting might take awesome photos if pointed in the right direction - but YOU need to have at least a vague idea of what/where that direction may be... T.

From National Geographic Daily News... A Denmark zoo that earned international condemnation for killing a healthy giraffe last month has euthanized four African lions. The Copenhagen Zoo put down a 16-year-old male lion, a 14-year-old lioness, and two young lions this week to make way for a new male lion from the Givskud Zoo, also in Denmark. "The change in the lion pride had to happen now because Copenhagen Zoo currently has two young females from the 2012 litter and it is ideal to keep these as part of the new pride and then find a suitable male," the zoo wrote in a Wednesday statement on its website. "If the Zoo had not made the change in the pride now then we would have risked that the old male would mate with these two females—his own offspring—and thereby give rise to inbreeding," the statement says. What's more, the 14-year-old lioness was too old to give birth and raise another litter without complications, the zoo said. (Read more about zoos and saving rare species in National Geographic magazine.) The news quickly reverberated across the globe, with 10,000 stories as of Wednesday and Twitter abuzz with people expressing shock and disgust. But the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) noted in a statement that the Copenhagen Zoo "has not broken any of its codes of conduct." Still, by Wednesday morning, 49,000 people had signed a petition on the environmental advocacy website Care2.org entitled "Tell Copenhagen Zoo to Stop Killing Healthy Animals!" EAZA said that the Copenhagen Zoo "has been consistent in its approach to animal population management, and high standards of animal welfare. "As a result, while EAZA regrets the death of the animals in question, we recognize the right of Copenhagen Zoo to humanely cull them in line with their policies," the statement continued. Giraffe Death Sparked Outrage The Copenhagen Zoo's killing and public dismemberment last month of a healthy giraffe that the facility had named Marius also sparked outrage on social media. The news even prompted death threats against zoo staff, and was seen by some animal lovers as a provocative response to a campaign to spare the giraffe's life in the days and hours leading up to his death. (See "Opinion: Killing of Marius the Giraffe Exposes Myths About Zoos.") An online petition asking the Copenhagen Zoo to hold off on killing its unwanted giraffe until another home could be found had received tens of thousands of signatures from around the world. Wildlife parks in Britain, Sweden, and the Netherlands had offered to take Marius off the zoo's hands. "When breeding success increases it is sometimes necessary to euthanize," Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo's scientific director, said in a February 9 statement on their giraffe's death. "We see this as a positive sign and as insurance that we in the future will have a healthy giraffe population in European zoos."

I'm wondering who they fed the carcasses to this time... Someone needs to educate Copenhagen on the benefits of contraception... and not only for the animals IMHO... T.