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He's beautiful! and I love the bio... well done! Some dogs take a little while to find their perfect forever home, but it WILL happen... T.

Pickles gets attention because of her funny walking style - she walks kind of like a marionette puppet due to the scar in her brain sustained as a wee puppy - and when people ask what "breed" she is, I just tell then to pick one, as it's probably in the mix somewhere... lol! Pickles is a tart for pats, and we get to talk about rescue dogs - so I'm not too fazed at being stopped with her. I've had people ask what breed Trouble is, and then when told she's a Labrador, get the comment that she can't be because she's not fat... *sigh* T.

Extra treats for Wilma methinks... what a good little girl! T.

He's now past the really critical stage, so you can start to relax a little and just focus on getting his appetite back to normal. Remember he's had some pretty major abdominal surgery, so his tummy may still be a little tender when he eats solid foods. As long as he's drinking well, and everything that goes in the top end comes out the back end looking normal, you should be fine... T.

^^ this... *grin* T.

May I ask why you didn't want to put your head under the water? Just think of the great shots you'd get if you were submerged fully... T.

How could anyone resist that face? I'd be asking for cuddles too... T.

Awesome pics huga... look at Sid's spotty butt... lol! T.

LMFAO at that last pic... *giggle* Poor Juniper Bucket Head... lol! Please pass on a kiss from me, OK? T.

As with any training tool we use on our animals - if used correctly, there should be little to no damage possible... I like check chains for training myself. One of my dogs has a harness - but that's because she is mobility challenged and has a hyersensitive spot on her neck right where a collar would go - so regular collars are out for her... *grin*... the harness also allows me to give her assistance quickly if she stumbles. T.

I already have 4 dogs - 2 of whom are rescue "foster failures"... Surfing PetRescue would be dangerous for me... *grin* T.

The only photo that seems to be missing is the "money shot" photo... the front on full face head tilt shot... I'm sure you know the one... *grin* Can you mabe stick a pretty blue ribbon on the side of his head (top, near the ear for the jaunty look), and then get him to give you the head tilt while you photograph him? The above has worked wonders for a few of our bull breed crosses... lol! T.

Way to go Harry!!! Keep improving for you Mummy and Daddy big guy! T.

Harry - you need to stop scaring your Mummy like this... please stop being a princess and eat something to make her happier about the situation... FM - hang in there - he will come good in his own time. Sometimes they like to rub it in that they aren't feeling good and make you worry much more than you should. Is he drinking? If so, maybe try a little chicken broth with a small amount of soggy rice in it - feed a small amount a few times a day until his tummy feels like taking on more solid food. Try ice cream too - sometimes that has a soothing effect on a sore tummy - and he may have a bit of a sore throat from the tube during surgery, which could put him off more solid stuff... T.

I have a few of the orange Chuckit ultraballs here - those and the Cuz range are the only toys that my Lab and Camp Dog haven't killed yet - the Chuckit balls are nearly 8 years old now and still going strong. Been through all of my dogs and hundreds of foster pups too... The Chuckit balls are worth plenty times more than the fairly high asking price IMHO... if you buy them, you won't be sorry. T.

I'm not saying that it's "acceptable" - rather that the world we live in has become a rather litigious one, and that due to the fact that most pounds have a very limited holding time for the animals in their care, they have to be doubly sure that they dot all the i's and cross all the t's when they adopt out a dog to anyone really (not just people with kids). How the heck are they really going to say that dog X is going to be fine with kids after knowing it (in a stressful pound environment no less) for a limited period of time? Truth of the matter is that they can't guarantee anything - but Joe Public will be wanting some sort of guarantee that their kids will be safe around dog X... implied or otherwise. And you can bet that a huge public stink would be made about any pound that adopted out a dog that harmed a child - unwittingly or otherwise... and what would that sort of publicity generate for adoptions from pounds? In a perfect world... T.

Pounds and shelters have to cover their arses with regards to being sued if a dog they adopt out knocks over a little kid and hurts it - and that's why they blanket ban larger dogs for people with small kids. Simple as that... Rescues normally have more time to properly test their charges with various stimuli (like small kids skylarking about) in a more natural environment that pounds and shelters do, so our "rules" may differ a bit to theirs because of that fact. T.

My 14 year old girl was chipped at 5 weeks of age. Her chip is in the right spot still, and still working, but takes an age to register with all the scanners we've used to find it... it took me a full 5 minutes to find it the last time, and I know exactly where it is... errr! A pound would have no chance with one of their cursory quick swipes in the general area scans... We had a dog in rescue whose chip was found in the right rear flank... not many pounds would have found that one. Luckily the pound that had him knew to scan all over the dog - but even after they'd found it, it hadn't been registered by the pet shop that sold him some 2 years previously. (there are ways of tracking batches of chips... *grin*) Chips are useless if the person implanting them doesn't send in the paperwork - or the person tasked with entering same into the database(s) can't be arsed... and unfortunately this sort of thing happens a LOT! T.

Well done Vi! You have a very handsome "naked puppy" there... *grin* T.

We've had dogs into our rescue with chips in very strange places - they can move, but some pounds will only scan the shoulder area where the chip is supposed to be... Some pounds don't even have a chip scanner... which is even scarier... I agree with Anne - there should be ONE national register that ALL chip details are entered into. If you are holidaying interstate with your dog, and it goes missing, at least you may have some chance at having it returned. T.

There is definitely no personal bias when you think you have the most pretty puppy around Kirislin... it's actually very true... *grin* T.

Go Harry! The pooping is a good thing - hope you rang the vet and described it for them... they love that sort of thing... *grin* Easy on what you feed him for a few days while he's still healing, and in a couple of weeks time it will seem like a distant memory. T.

Even I'm not game to try to take on Tranter... *grin* T.

I voted No - but depending on circumstances, I could probably swing to a Yes... In this case, I would probably give the dog back to the original owner. They didn't even appear to know the dog was missing until they got back from holidays, and are quite distraught at the turn of events that occurred while they were away. The dog was obviously worth the save by the RSPCA (the home of the dreaded "temperament test") - many other dogs would have been long dead in the timeframes we are talking about here... I know that I'd be completely feral about getting my own dog back under these circumstances... but I also know as someone who has regularly been trusted to care for friends' pets while they are away, I'd have been frantically searching every pound, shelter, vet, clinic, street, alley, lane, park, bush, etc, to find a dog that went missing under my watch... just sayin'... Someone does need a sharp kick to the backside for this... and I'd be looking squarely at the "carer"... T.

Tragic accidents can happen too... what if Bella had a stumble somehow and smacked her jaw on the concrete? Just sayin'... T.