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most of my dogs sleep on my bed, and over the years I've found all sorts of revolting things under the blankets or pillows... My current pup has a lovely habit of going outside and selcting herself a nice sized poop, and coming back onto my bed to eat it... ewww! T.

I second that!!! Frodo is a charmer though... but he's getting some grey hairs on his muzzle. How old is he now FM? T.

OMG!!! Me wants the pretty coloured one!!! He is almost as adorable as "my" fawn Frenchie baby... T.

The bolded part is most telling... you aren't overly enamoured of your hubby's choice of pet, yes? Thusly, when he leaves you at home to cope with his pup, you maybe aren't all that interested in entertaining his whinging pup... T.

You can get collars that will release when pulled on hard - that way if you are leaving him unsupervised at home, at least if he gets caught on anything, the collar will come off and he won't be at risk of choking to death. I'm another person who doesn't leave a collar on their dog when they are at home alone - but each to their own. T.

lillypilly likes Lolly... will suit one of these pups to a tee... *grin* We got really busy today with a few adoptions (YAY!), and didn't get to photographing the pups... lilly pilly will try to get some pics of her ones during the week and send them to me for posting, and I'll try to get pics of my ones also... How's this for funny... one of the adopters that turned up today is a local doctor I see every now and then... lovely man, and his wife was also sweet. Bella the Lab is going to be one very spoiled girl methinks! Tyson the Stafford also picked himself a lovely family - he totally clicked with their young son and played so well with him, they fell in love completely. T.

I don't frequent Gumtree... too many ads that make me feel ashamed of being human... T.

Definitely not too much to ask.... Tempeh... I see a very cute tutu in your future... *grin* T.

^^^ this ^^ If you have no syrup or powder, get some ice cream into her - she will love you for it... T.

I've found that female puppies are faster to toilet train than the boy puppies... both tend to work out that pooping outside is preferred, but peeing outside comes earlier for the girl puppies. Maybe like in humans, the boys have smaller bladder sizes? Maybe it's different for adult dogs... ?? When people ask us about which sex is "better" (when looking at puppies), we tend to advise that with pups, either is fine, as it's more about how their owner brings them up... *grin* T.

I'd say it was pretty even in my experience too... T.

I get a 15kg bag of Nutro roughly once a fortnight - to feed 3 large dogs and one medium dog. Full price of the kibble at PetBarn is about $115 - but they often have 18kg bonus bags for that price, or a promo price that can be up to $30 off. sometimes I can get a bag at a wholesale price of $75. My foster pups get Royal Canin Junior, and the rescue buys that - but if I run out before I go out to the rescue on the weekend, I'm happy to ante up for a bag myself. T.

Well... that explains the ears... lol! But they still do look rather boxer-ish... He's gorgeous... but I hope the owner has made arrangements so that he and his girlfriend don't make any more babies... Pups are doing great and getting taller by the day - they aren't too destructive - just normal healthy puppies that need to test everything with their mouths... lol! I think they may be getting desexed this week... T.

OK - the 4th BT pup isn't actually a boy - so we have decided that she will be called Kismet... *grin* The Rotti boy is named Bruce The 2 Pei cross boys are Percy and Pluto The GSD cross girl is Gemma The Kelpie/whippet girl is Tarni The 3 heeler pups are Ned Kelly, Felony, and Charm The 2 ACD pups are Bonnie and Clyde The 4 BT pups are Mojo, Gaia, Nyx, and Kismet Boy boxer cross is Lionel - need 4 nice girl names please... we are running out of steam here! Got rather busy today, so no pics taken - will try to get pics of everyone tomorrow, OK? T.

I am so in love with Maybe's name... it's the coolest name ever! T.

I hope you've had the most awesome Birthday today Stan... big smoochies from me to you, you handsome boy! T.

Awesome news!! T.

Most of the pounds I frequent will charge per day of stay... T.

Seriously - is there anything cuter than a 4 week old Rotti pup? Stunning! T.

Investing in a scanner is worthwhile - otherwise you mark on the chip forms any identifying features of each pup - or use coloured collars for differentiation of each pup... T.

I'd love to know what her previous work history has to do with how she cares for her horses... So what if she used to be a prostitute or a trainee cop? The case is about how the RSPCA think she was treating her horses, yes? T.

I can't even grow a particular type of weed... and i hear they really don't need much help to grow... errr! That is a stunning rose! T.

If we have fine weather on the weekend, I'll get more photos of all the pups, OK? T.

I don't think that dogs understand the concept of death and the finality of it - but they can and do respond in what can only be described as an emotional way when a close "mate" of theirs is no longer around. What makes me think this is because of the reaction by one of my dogs once when his close mate (a bitch) died due to a neighbour poisoning her. We don't know exactly when she died before we got home, but it was long enough (in Summer) for her to have started to swell - so her mate had been with her body for at least some time period before we got home that day. We buried her in a corner of the yard, and that is where he chose to lie for the next 3 weeks - wind, rain, or shine. I had to bring him his food and water to that spot for the duration of his "mourning" (I can only describe his actions as such). After 3 weeks, he got up one day and rejoined the rest of the goings on as if nothing had ever happened. I do know that dogs will definitely react to a sudden change of routine when something big changes like another dog passing - some more extreme in their responses than others, but I don't necessarily think it is a true "mourning" of their departed friend, like in the example above, but more of a knowledge that a big change to their normal routine is occurring. It's going to be "interesting" when my current oldie goes to the Bridge, as she has been here for the entire lives of all of my other dogs... I hope they handle it with the same aplomb they do when the fosters get adopted. I do think that Pickles may act out though, as she is closest to Zeddy emotionally. T.

Pulling things out of Pickles' bum is a weekly occurrence here... I'm so blaze about it now that I don't even bother trying to find a glove... but I wash my hands thoroughly straight after! It doesn't stop her ingesting all manner of things she shouldn't - but at least she chews everything up into passable sizes before swallowing... I once was at a dog park and someone else's dog had something stuck and the poor dog was getting really distressed about not being able to pass it. The silly owner was laughing at his dog straining and getting distressed, so I walked up with a poo bag over my hand and helped the poor dog out... he was a large bull breed dog, and I swear the look he gave me afterwards was one of pure gratitude... then I told the owner that he might want to help his own dog next time something like that happens, it's not really all that hard... *sigh*... I then handed him the poo bag and let him take it to the bin... lol! Only truly crazy dog people (of which I'm proud to be called) think that pulling things out of their dogs' bums isn't any big deal... *grin* T.