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Not too bad a hike juice - we are really close to the Belmore Rd exit from the M5... less than 2 minutes once you exit. The funniest thing I noticed was that ALL of the black dogs thoroughly enjoyed getting wet in the puppy pool, but the 2 non-black dogs refused to climb in... lol! Although Harper eventually managed to get her two front feet in before deciding to try to "save" Sammy by grabbing his collar and trying to pull him out of the wet stuff... *giggle* I'm just going to go through my photos now, then will post a nice selection... there will be quite a few methinks, as all of the dogs had such a great time and looked to be thoroughly enjoying each other's company immensely. T.

The rangers can call the police to get an address for a number plate. T.

Love and patience... easy to give, and well appreciated by the oldies. My Rotti/Pittie cross girl is now 13, and only recently started to look her age. She is slowing down more nowadays and expects help to get into the car or sometimes to get onto the couch - but otherwise she appears to be in great health. I'm sure her eyesight isn't as good as it used to be because I can see a slight clouding there in the right light. For the last 5 years she has helped me with the foster pups that have come through our home, and she still enjoys doing that... she can sometimes play the grumpy granny with them, or lets them spoon up to her for comfort. Gotta love the oldies, they age gracefully, don't they? T.

Good thinking re the growth spurts dancibcs - I've had fosters that would eat like horses one week, then eat hardly anything the next... usually coinciding with their puppy growth spurts. T.

The sun did get pretty warm this afternoon DD - a car would have heated up pretty quick if not in the shade... T.

The very best thing was being at a BBQ where one DIDN'T have to tell others not to feed the dogs... lol! And no-one was fussed if there were any dog hairs or slobber on them... *grin*... or in Katdogs' Dad's case a very wet pug sitting on him (and I have photos!) T.

I kinda thought that the reason for delay in desexing would have been age/weight... if the pups are under 8 weeks old and also under 1 kg, the risks are so much higher with any anaesthetic. I wouldn't have drawn the conclusion that the pups were in any way ill... their pics show some very cute and healthy looking little tykes... *grin* A for calling these pups "rescues", the point is moot really - brutus was presented with a litter of pups the original owner wanted destroyed, convinced same that they should be given a chance, and has tried her very best to rehome them responsibly... well on her way to doing most of what other rescuers do IMHO. You're doing a good thing brutus, OK? T.

It looks like a wonderful spot... well done Cowra council! T.

No tennis - it rained just before we kicked off, and we didn't want to damage the court. No one got drunk - it was very civilised... well, as civilised as it can get with half a dozen dogs playing mad zoomies... lol! Everyone got lots of doggy kisses from every doggy there - it was dog lover's heaven! I think the naughtiest goes to Harper who decided to get snappy with Sammy when something was dropped on the floor and they both went for it... *sigh* We had minimax and her partner with Max and Boston the pugs (lovely black pugs!), Madwoofter with Fleming and Tess (I'm in luurve with both of them), me with Harper, Katdogs' 3 stunners, Stevie, Jodie, and Sammy, k9angel with little man Jack and Jasmine, and Cazstaff and Leah. Good food cooked to perfection by Katdogs' OH the BBQ king (and awesome salads and sweets brought by the partygoers), great company, and lots of dogs having a great time with each other... it was brilliant! I took over 500 photos and have pruned out all of the ones that showed only dog butts or were blurred - still have 360-odd to sort through before I will post some though - maybe tomorrow morning, because I'm totally shattered right now... *grin*... every dog has a few photos I reckon the highlight of the day was Max the pug leading the way for a zoomie conga line in and out of the doggy pool... pug zoomies are heaps of fun... T.

It just showered for about 5 mins and now has moved on... yay! Time to PARTAY!! T.

I didn't jump to any conclusions - I offered help when you were asking for it in the rescue forums... and gave examples of vets who can do early age desexing with no issues. It's a bit late after the fact to ask how you can enforce a desexing "contract" IMHO... the only way that you can guarantee desexing of these pups is to have it done before rehoming them. T.

Pickles did the below damage when she was only 5 months old... managed to actually get out through the spaces she made... errr! Who'd think something this cute could do that much damage, huh? She just doesn't like crates... *grin* Luckily all of my other dogs are just fine with theirs - she's the smallest dog I have... lol! T.

Radar is showing a small patch of rain heading our way, but nothing behind it, so it might rain for a short while, then fine up again quickly... doesn't look anything to be especially worried about. T.

Way to go Roo and Jelly... doing great! T.

Justice is a complete camera tart... which is great because he's stunning! *grin* T.

She is such a gorgeous looking girl... and you can see in the photos that she absolutely adores Jelly... I wish my Harper would sit still long enough to get nice pics of her like that... but she just wants to lick the lens... *sigh* T.

Damn! Zeddy and Pickles put on their usual display at my door and they didn't go away... I have some "reading material" now... *sigh* Does Sammy want to pick himself another collar from my stash? T.

The pups had the offer of rescue in the other thread about them in the rescue forums... T.

Hahahaha!!! Too true! T.

Shuddup you *grin* I've been up since 6:30... and I had a sleep in! T.

Well - look who's up early today... lol! T.

Dogs are so resilient, aren't they? Not much stops them from enjoying life to the fullest... Fingers crossed that Charlie has many more happy birthdays. T.

I have one dog who will actually destroy a cage crate if she's confined - I have photos to prove it too! My other 3 dogs are quite content in a crate, in fact the horse puppy jumps into hers and won't come out if I open the door... crazy dog! I have 4 dogs, and they are paired up for company when I'm not at home. 2 of my dogs can't be together at all, but are fine with the other 2, so pairing works for us well. They have company at all times with our routine, so I'm lucky that none have manifested any form of separation anxiety. Nekh - how does Roo react if she has doggy company when Jelly is out of sight? Do you think that maybe sometime down the track she might do reasonably well with a companion doggy friend? T.

Yes!!! We do!!! *grin* T.

Our rescue vet will desex rescue pups that are over 8 weeks and over 1 kg in weight... and they haven't lost one or had any complications from any of the surgeries they've done to date. They do the neatest and most pain free job every time... in fact, it's impossible to keep the pups quiet and inactive once they come out of the anaesthetic - even the girls! And pups heal so fast after surgery too! If the boys' testicles haven't dropped, we hold them in care until they have, then they are desexed before advertising. It's not completely uncommon to have the smaller breed pups in care a bit longer than the larger breed ones, as they sometimes drop later (around 10 to 12 weeks old). We've only had one boy pup who hadn't dropped by 12 weeks old, and they didn't look like they were going to anyways - his surgery was a bit more complicated, but he came through it with the same resilience as every other pup we've had done, so it all worked out in the end, and he went on to the very best forever home soon after... We also had one small breed pup that had a nasty hernia that decided to start strangling when he was 5 weeks old - he was only 800 grams, but sailed through his surgery like a true little pro - he had already dropped, so he was desexed at the same time. It was a risk that we absolutely had to take because he would have died from the hernia strangulation if he didn't have the surgery. The vet called us once the hernia was repaired and told us he was coping with the anaesthetic well, and did we want him desexed at the same time - and that's awesome service I reckon! T.