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I have lost count of how many times I've felt like slapping a clueless dog owner upside the head when out in public with my dogs - but one normally stops short of doing it, yes? T.

Just playing catch-up here... Does the Riverland district have no animal management facility they pay for impounding services? If true, why not? Does SA not have similar laws about strays, etc, as the rest of the country? You'd have to admit that if they don't have any council sponsored facility, and have been happily dumping animals on Lola's doorstep for however long and not giving her any remuneration for same, then they've had it pretty bloody good, yes? If they do have a facility, then why have they been dumping animals on Lola's doorstep? Obviously the facility at Moorook is a dump, and animals appear to stay there for way too long - but if council had been doing the right thing and remunerated Lola for the service she's been providing out of her own pocket, then maybe the place would have been able to do and be better, yes? T.

I'm of the firm opinion that there are far many "good" pet dog owners out there than "bad" ones... most people I know simply adore their pets and provide for them more than adequately. The problem is that it doesn't make great newsworthy blurb to note that the majority of pet owners are NOT scum who just want to tie their dog up in the back yard and breed it to death - much more juicy stories about the few who do... Owning a well bred pedigreed dog that you don't want to show or breed shouldn't be something so difficult to attain that you look at the other options to source your next best friend from. Simply put, the more great pet dogs the responsible breeders put out there, the more likely Joe Public is going to notice them and want one too. The "worth" of a great pedigreed dog should not only be dependent upon how many show ribbons or titles it can score. T.

DAP diffuser/collar or a thundershirt may help - worth trying... T.

Damn! Elsie is gorgeously photogenic, isn't she? Loving this one heaps... T.

Seriously, it is NOT OK to assault someone, regardless the provovation... T.

Me too! I have cuddles enough for you, Tess, and Fleming... T.

+3 T.

MW - talk to Katdogs about the vet that removed a scary lump from Stevie's foot/hock. They did an awesome job with a very difficult area to operate on... T.

She catches as well as my Harper... lol! Seriously, some dogs just missed out on the catching flying things gene, didn't they? Awesome photos of a gorgeous girl doing her best... you can't say she's not giving it her best shot, right? T.

Hello gorgeous!! She certainly is a complete stunner FM - do you show her at all? T.

Opps - I think we may have an answer... http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/?quid=597 T.

I reckon a study should be done into this topic. My belief is that dogs that see the full spectrum of colours will shine red, and those with colour-blindness (like red/green issues in people) will shine the more regular greeny-blue. Could be tested on humans with colour blindness too... T.

I'd love to be able to take one of my dogs to work - even just for a day... but we have a couple of people in the office who have a deathly fear of dogs, so I think it would be a no-go... *sigh* Zeddy would be perfect for work though - she just lies around like an ornament all the time anyways... T.

Thanks dandybrush and ozsomerset... it's bad enough that the little tackers had to get their wings, but the biggest kick in the guts is the fact that I can't foster any more pups for a minimum 12 months. They were due to get their first vaccinations on Saturday... *sigh* Oh - and a word of warning... this Parvo they contracted is one of the new strains - they don't get any vomiting until it's too late, and the stool doesn't have that distinctive smell of "regular" Parvo. It seriously looked just like coccidosis until the Parvo test came back positive. T.

All of mine would rather be on the couch than doing anything strenuous... and they aren't Geryhounds either... ... but Stan definitely sounds like my kind of lazybones dog for when I retire or get too old and decrepit to have something active... lol! T.

It's also funny how many Rotti, Dobe, or Huntaway crosses there are in country pounds... most of them are actually Kelpie crosses people! Some pounds classify anything brindle as being "staffy" cross. I think that maybe anyone tasked with the job of attempting to identify breeds or breed mixes of impounded dogs really needs to do a course in same... T.

Anything tan or fawn with a dark muzzle HAS to be a Mastiff, right? Seriously though - my horse puppy wasn't all that big when she was 6-8 weeks old either - absolutely no idea she was a Dane cross until about 12 weeks when she really "blossomed"... she's well over 30kgs now at 9 months, and still growing (slower now thank dog). T.

Kismet has a new home in Canberra, and Gaia is going to Adelaide... yay for the babies!!! T.

No more fostering puppies because of the parvo LG... I could keep the babies separate from my girls, but the granny flat has rough wooden floors, and the puppy yard pen has a grassed area - both impossible to completely eradicate parvo from in any quick amount of time. On the upside, Harper and I went down to watch Katdogs and Stevie at obedience training today, and Harper behaved herself well for a 35 kilo going through her 9 month fear stage puppy. She even sat like a pro for the head trainer... wish she'd do that for me! T.

Thank you mita... T.

I've seen the poo, and I reckon it's the pen ink rather than the playdoh... it seems to have run it's course now, and poos are back to normal - as Sammy so admirably demonstrated while I was there... *grin* T.

Thanks LG... I'm having a "me" day today... steeling myself for the cleanup of granny flat and puppy yard pen... *sigh* No more puppy fosters for me for at least 12 months... I think I'll take Harper down to dog training this afternoon and see how she handles herself... errr! T.

Classic!! T.

Thanks all... I know they won't be suffering, and have such wonderful company at the Bridge... we will meet again when it's my turn, I'm sure. T.