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The first family dog we had was a Lab cross named Nuppy... she was the most awesome family dog ever! She reinforced my desire to ALWAYS have at least one dog in my life - no matter what... My first "only mine" dog I got as an adult was a crossbreed girl I named Rebel. Her mum was a pure Golden Retriever, but I think Rebel took after her dad in looks - she looked like a BC cross some sort of terrier. She was BC size and colour, but had wiry fur and a square face. She was named Rebel because she was a turd to toilet train... she'd pee inside, and I'd take her outside and wait for ages and she would have a tiny tinkle so she could be let back in again, where she would promptly stare at me while laying a huge turd on the carpet... *sigh*... she eventually got the idea and was exceptionally well toilet trained thereafter... lol! T.

Yep - looks the spit of the Lace Monitors I've taken loads of pictures of at Symbio... otherwise known as Goannas... lol! T.

She's a stunning girl grizabella... T.

I would expect my dogs to alert bark at an intrusion over my fence - but not to bite without fair warning. You sound like you are wanting to do the right thing by getting in a behaviourist for some professional help... good on you for that... T.

If it was one of my whippets I'd offer to help remove it but I'd pass with him. He looks like he's just eaten my Blondie chicken!! She wouldn't last long around him. If it were Woody (the other Tassie Devil) with something stuck, I'd help him... but Smithy WILL bite, so he was on his own and I just took a lot of photos and laughed at him instead... *grin* T.

Way to go Panto! Hang in there for a good while now and stop scaring your mummy like that... T.

26/2 - Ralph the Wedge Tailed Eagle at Symbio giving me the hairy eyeball... 14-02-2014-symbio 353 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

I'd still love to visit you one day perse... T.

Tempting... but I don't have the money or the days off from work to spend... *waaahhhh* Note to self: Start buying lottery tickets... T.

Ooooohhhh!!!! Me likes lots! T.

Awesome effort guys!! Well done! Fingers crossed that Ruby will soon be back home where she belongs. T.

Too cute! Love the white whisker... T.

8/52 - Smithy has something caught in his teeth... 14-02-2014-symbio 802 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

25/2 - Kelly the Koala at Symbio looking for a higher spot... 14-02-2014-symbio 692 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

Renbury are really good... they are in Austral too... www.renbury.com.au T.

My awesome DOLer neighbour bought me the book for Christmas... it's awesome! Loved the video! T.

Hugs to you Kirislin... T.

hahaha! T.

24/2 - cheeky baby Common Marmoset at Symbio 14-02-2014-symbio 134 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

Thanks all! T.

A bit of a shameless plug, but Symbio need 10,000 Facebook Likes by March 1st... and you go into a draw to meet their Tigers up close and personal... how cool is that? Here's the offer post on Facebook... (and if you comment that Tracey Dierikx recommended the like from you, I get in the draw too... and touching a Tiger is on my bucket list... *hint hint*) I'll be your BFF if you click below and then Like the page... pretty please... with a big fat cherry on top! https://www.facebook.com/symbiozoo They don't spam with continuous updates either, so don't think your feed is going to be filled up with Symbio postings... T.

Nice experimenting! Love your work Canetoad! T.

I hand fed and cuddled the Emu doing the chasing in that shot today... he's a bit of a softie with people... but he certainly doesn't want to share with the poor other Emu, who was hiding in a corner trying not to be noticed... poor bugger! I can now identify male and female adult Emus by the noises they make - you can't tell by physical looks at all. The males make a sort of a burping grunty noise, and the females "drum" - sounds like "book book book" to me. I call females "book-book chooks"... lol! Bought a season pass to Featherdale yesterday also... the Emus there are really tame and they are so soft to stroke on the neck and head... *grin*... oh - and I have identified the one narky kangaroo that likes to bite. Seriously - yesterday at Featherdale, and today at Symbio, I had people lining up to take photos of me cuddling the Emus... and I even convinced a few to have a go at feeding and petting them too. I think I'm developing a bit of a fetish for patting Emus... is that a bad thing? After spending all day at Featherdale yesterday patting Emus, I went to a friend's place for dinner, and got bitten by her BUDGIE! T.

Firstly... I hope your little one recovers well from this incident toy_poodle_crazy. Lots of get well woo-woos and puppy kisses are being sent to her from my pack... However, if you are in Victoria and are absolutely sure that this man's dogs could be pitbulls, then your local council will be very interested in tracking him down... recent legislation in Victoria has pitbulls and their crosses effectively banned. Report the incident, tell them which park you were in, describe the man and his dogs, and let them know what time of day they were at the park - this will give them a good idea of when this fellow may revisit that park with his dogs, and they will be waiting to talk to him about the incident. You could tell the council that you were so anxious to get your little one to the vet to treat her injuries that you didn't get any details from the owner of the attacking dog - and you'd like same in order to present him with the vet bill... T.

Dear fur-Panto, Zeddy, Trouble, Pickles, and Harper are sending you their very best get well woo-woos and licks... please get well for Mummy Panto soon... From Zeddy, Trouble, Pickles, and Harper Dear Panto (and Mr Panto), Hugs to you... From, Me