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I'd happily be bookended by those two gorgeous furkids cricket! T.

I've met a couple through rescue... lovely little dogs, but a bugger on the recall... *grin* T.

Don't you just love the "teething ears" stage? The fact that sometimes her ears sit nicely is giving me some hope they will turn out pretty good eventually... *grin* Her latest "trick" is digging holes on the yard... and I know it's Pickles who has taught her... T.

Some people are just sadly misinformed about certain dog types... and some of those people also see themselves as guardians of public safety... Whatever this woman's motives, she just also happens to be somewhat wrong about Ziggy... and if it results in a ranger visit, I doubt anything will actually come of it. I probably would have asked her for her email address and offered to send her some much better pics of my dog for her to use... *grin* T.

NO MORE SLEEPS!!!! TODAY IS THE DAY!! Don't you dare forget pics sheenat... T.

How's this? She was a foster... a mini Foxie cross... It was a really nice look really... T.

Run free Oi... you will be sorely missed. T.

Here's a better one... for her fans... *grin* Ain't she purty? I never really liked brindle myself until I became involved with rescue and realised how many different brindles there are out there... now I'm a big fan! T.

Some from this afternoon once the cooler breeze kicked in... T.

But he's a happy and healthy Doofus... and deadly cute! T.

Love the Ruby poser shots... "oh, there's a camera... ready for my close-up Mr DeMille"... lol! Luka is such a doofus, isn't he? But an extremely handsome one... *grin* T.

Love the evil eye in the last shot... classic! T.

Oh my! Isn't she simply adorable? Good to hear that you have worked out what she prefers for toileting when she can't go outside... she'll be able to hold for longer as she gets older... T.

Thank you Horsegal98... I think she's beautiful too... and I have the added bonus that she's my new heart dog also! T.

Awesome pics FM! But a little bit of a worry about the size of that snake near to where you live... errr! T.

This is my fave colour at the moment... I do like a nice fawn brindle too... or pretty much any brindle will do... I also like black, blonde, and white with brindle patches... which funnily enough are the colours of my other 3 dogs... *grin* Any colour is great though... T.

Funny that... our pups were dosed with Troy syrup too... which apparently is only for roundworms... If the hookworms were small, you wouldn't have seen them in the poo with the naked eye - but it doesn't mean they aren't there - need to check under a microscope for more detail. A small suggestion would be to see if you can source the Canex puppy syrup for future wormings - it's gentler on the gut but still does an effective job. My instinct would definitely be that the worming on the 29th has brought about this issue - exactly why may always be a mystery too unfortunately. Crossing fingers for the other pups - and big hugs for you while you wait to see if they come along just fine. We only use Canex or Fenpral to worm all of our rescue pups now - had too many issues with Troy and Drontal... even with adult dogs. T.

Hmmm... I wouldn't be too fussed at having that in my yard either... not sure what it is, but it doesn't look to be of the non-venomous persuasion. If the dogs haven't been near it since 6:30pm last night, and they aren't showing any signs of illness by now, you may have gotten lucky. Some poisonous snakes can dry bite a few times before they get serious and hit with venom. Check your dogs all over for any tiny puncture wounds, and just keep a good eye on them for the next 12 or so hours... if they look out of sorts at all, go to the vet. Even if it's a false alarm, it's better to be safe than sorry. T.

Can you take a picture of the snake so we can work out whether you need to be worried? T.

Was this their first worming? Did the syrup cover hookworm also? We had a seemingly healthy litter of pups die after worming due to the syrup causing their hookworm infestation to go feral... there were enough of them to cause massive internal bleeding when the syrup dislodged them apparently. It's heartbreaking when things like this happen... you have my deepest condolences, and best wishes for the remaining pups. T.

Seeing as we were sitting in a front yard surrounded by Christmas lights, and calling out "Happy New Year" to every car driving by - we had a lovely policewoman stop and have a nice neighbourly chat with us. She said that they really couldn't do much about all the illegal fireworks going off, as they were usually all finished and over by the time they could respond to any complaints made. Must be frustrating being a police officer on New Year's Eve... T.

When is the Lab show? I reckon it would be a Labrador lover's wet dream to go to one of those... *grin* T.

I think you are going to have to let us know if/when Kura is showing in Sydney Tapua... we have a vested interest in cheering her on now... *grin* ... and I'd love the chance to meet her and your fine self also... T.

Happy New Year everyone! I'm making the wish that all of our services are needed LESS this year... *grin* T.

I'd only really be worried about tetanus if he's been near anything "horsey"... ie. horses or horse poop. I'd keep an eye on the wound for the next 24 hours, and if it starts looking at doing anything but healing, then off to the vet for a prophylactic course of antibiotics. T.