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Either way - Rhonda or Marshall could get it to either DOLer... T.

You really don't see enough of these around I could get out of those by the time I was 2... *grin* T.

DD - can you get the crate to one of the regular transport runs Rhonda and Marshall do up from MUP's area? Their usual meeting point is at the McDonalds at Prestons on Camden Valley Way - you could shoot down the M2/M7 and pop up right next to it. ninahartland will know when Rhonda or Marshall will be there next... T.

Well done luckypup! Thank you for being an awesome groomer who puts the wellbeing of their charges first and foremost... you be da bomb!! Thank you also to Groomquest for taking such a tragic event and turnng it into something really positive... huge kudos there! I'm sure Buddy would be proud of everyone involved. T.

Harper turned 1 on 2nd September - what's Luka's birthday? Luka is such a pretty boy... please give him an extra cuddle and kiss from me... T.

Posted on Groomquest's FB page... BUDDY AWARD Dani Segal T.

I know someone who is allergic to Rotti saliva - and only Rotti saliva... If we ever get in a dog we think may have Rotti in it, we let it lick her - if she breaks out, then we give her a Telfast (the ones with psuedoephedrine in them) to negate the response... *grin* T.

You are going to have your hands full with that little girl Kirislin... she has that cheeky look... lol! The boys are stunning too in their own right... beautiful little munchkins all of them! T.

Since getting the 100-400mm lens, I've developed biceps!! Considering that it + the camera weigh close to 2kgs, and I shoot handheld... it's not completely surprising though... lol! The Tamron 18-270mm lens is a pretty light beastie - but it does take nice pics too... You'd get some very nice photos with the 70-200 f2.8 at Symbio methinks. Might be my next big spend... if I can be good and save up for it... T.

Well done yet again koalathebear! T.

NSW Animal Rescue is in Bringelly... Save Our Strays is at Londonderry... Hawkesbury Pound is at Mulgrave... T.

Good thing I couldn't fit her in here with the crazy Horse Puppy... or you would have been getting a run for your money in the adoption stakes for this little poppet! T.

I get this with my old boy, people thinking he's a pitbull....He looks nothing like a pitbull!! Yep! I think Pitbulls are a bit of mystery to many people (in terms of what they actually look like) and they just think anything that's not fluffy, is brindle or is muscled might be a Pitbull. My guy is quite muscled at the moment so I think that's what did it in this instance. I don't expect people to recognise what different breeds, but I reserve the right to have a chuckle at it some of their suggestions! here's a photo of mr Digby Mr Digby looks a little bit like a larger and jowlier version of my Zeddy - and Zeddy IS half Pittie... err! Zeddy is now 14 and that nasty Trouble (Lab) beats her up... so don't believe all you hear about Pitties being killing machines - Zeddy literally won't hurt a fly - and plays nicely with others in public places. T.

Congrats Kirislin! Now we get to see lots of pics of this little treasure growing up... yay! Love the name Fame... although I would have called her either Gidget, or Midget Widget... lol! T.

4 large dogs... oh they must cost a fortune to feed, etc... Not really... the 4 of them cost less to feed than 1 of me per week... T.

That's the one... T.

How? I mean, many well run rescues will have teams of fundraisers and coordinators. How does more fundraising equal less time spent with animals? The majority of rescues aren't all that well run though, are they? How many of your charges are kenneled until you can find a carer for them - however long that may take? Are you constantly using "this animal will DIE if you don't donate now" tactics? I don't think so... but there are MANY who are... T.

It's hard to tell as far as I have experienced... some abused dogs (from known abusive backgrounds where the owner was prosecuted) are the happiest and most trusting souls I've ever met - and some from non-abusive backgrounds are reactive to their own shadow... I think a lot of people would like to believe that they have rescued or adopted a dog to "save" it from some perceived abuse. It makes them feel good about themselves, and also allows them to explain away behaviours that need a fair bit of work to correct. I'd say the starved pair from Gundagai pound you recently helped into rescue were definitely abuse cases... but others we have no background on... VERY hard to say with any accuracy. T.

Those two dogs don't run together any more for precisely that reason - if they have a fight, it's on to the death. However, I can take them (separately) to a crowded dog park and have other dogs rush or try to dominate them, and they don't react... go figure? I know exactly what they are capable of in a fight, yet they don't do it with other dogs... neither of them have issues with my other 2 dogs either - just each other. T.

Sorry about yesterday - big day at work and I couldn't be bothered doing stuff on the computer that required any thinking... Newest Taronga pics are up now, and here's a taste... 01-09-2013-zoo 986 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-09-2013-zoo 604 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-09-2013-zoo 479 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-09-2013-zoo 430 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-09-2013-zoo 351 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-09-2013-zoo 188 by tdierikx, on Flickr See the rest here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdierikx/ T.

Believe it or not, in most cases, it's the smaller and heartfelt donations of goods or services that really do mean the most to many rescues... they know that the person has really thought about what the animals may need and tried to provide what they can... and in many cases those people who make the smaller donations probably had to do without something themselves to provide that little extra for the animals. Never underestimate how helpful and appreciated even the smallest thing can be to a rescue... As for those constantly harping for more and more donations and using every trick in the book to make people donate... sometimes I think some of them have really lost sight of what exactly rescue is about... too much time spent constantly fundraising means less time spent actually with the animals they are purportedly fundraising for. T.

I had a friend that used to be a lab tech at Sydney Uni, and they were breeding their own test animals for better controls for their testing/experiments - rats, rabbits, dogs, and cats were the animals she had to deal with... As far as I know they stopped using ex-poundies due to the above - and the fact that the AR types got really vocal (and in some cases, physical) about it. T.

Wow, that is scary. I would have thought that the spray would mess with the vision and smell to the point that the dog wouldn't be able to continue an attack, assuming it didn't already have hold of the person or dog? Now a taser might do the job nicely :D But seriously, a walking type stick that could emit a suitable electric shock would be great for the elderly. A taser would possibly work - but not one of those piddly personal use ones you can buy over the internet... you need the higher end professional ones like the police carry. I know that capsicum spray doesn't work because a policeman tried 2.5 cans of the stuff on one of MY dogs - 2 of my dogs were having a full on barney in my own back yard, the police were "visiting" a neighbour and heard me yelling and trying to pull one of them off the other, and came over to "help"... boots, batons, capsicum spray - nothing worked because both dogs were way too far gone in the heat of the fight to detract them from their purpose. The 2 dogs finally succumbed to exhaustion after the longest 6 minutes of my life... Now - if the policeman had done what I asked/instructed - grab the back legs of one of the dogs and pull - there would have been no need for the amount of paperwork he ended up having to do for discharging all that capsicum spary, the dogs would have had less injuries, and all would have turned out much better than it did... *sigh* T.

I can tell you right now that even capsicum spray directly into the face/eyes (used by police) won't work on a dog that has passed the point of "intent"... T.

I bought the Spray Shield from Animalcare Australia, I didn't make it myself. It's the only spray dog deterrent that's legal in NSW, its totally harmless, I've tried it on my own dog with no after affects. It only has shock value on a dog as they don't care for the smell or the spraying sound, it says on the can it won't stop a high level aggressive dog but as it's the only defense that's allowed in NSW I'm using it because Gods knows we aren't allowed to defend ourselves against other people's aggressive dogs with anything else. The white vinegar was a suggestion from an animal trainer on another thread, it's stings apparently but does not cause any damage. It does if you don't have the dilution right... I've seen the effects of it being sprayed at a dog's face - by a "trainer" no less... the dog required some intensive vet treatment for her eyes. T.