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Was that Taronga Zoo? I have some nice ones of the seal that plays to the people walking in and out at the bottom entrance... I've not managed to get any decent ones of the penguins like your one there though... lovely shot! T.

Careful... fostering puppies is highly addictive! I'm sure I'm hitting triple digits in the numbers I've had through here now... I'm addicted to puppy breath, so fostering feeds my addiction, and I'm doing something good in the process... *grin* The most pups I've had at one time was 9 - had them from 4 weeks old to 9 weeks old... a lot of work, but well worth it for the cuddles and cute antics they get up to. Some of my fave photos are the ones of a 7 month old Dane/Ridgeback (35kgs) and his 3 Terrier cross girlfriends (2kgs each) - he was truly a gentle giant, and they loved getting him to "chase" them - they'd tear around the yard and he'd lollop along behind them... so sweet... T.

Naughty puppies kept emptying their water bowl to make more mud today... then had great fun sloshing around and digging in it! Fern had to have a bath so that she's presentable for her playdate at Katdogs' place this evening. She's currently fat from dinner and having a power nap on the floor behind me. She's grown heaps too! 2 weeks ago she was 5.2kgs - this morning she was 7.0kgs!! And she's the smaller leaner one of the two!!! T.

Can't feel any of my dogs' chips - all are where they should be - although Zeddy's appears to be pretty deep as you have to make a few passes with the scanner to find hers... T.

I'll talk to Cassie today and see if we can't expedite things to get Bones to you asap... T.

Thanks... The Lizard was most obliging when I saw him and was snapping away - must have about 35 photos of him posing away... ... and the Tiger was shot through glass - lucky lighting there... None of the photos have had any correction either - that's how they all came out... all luck methinks... *grin* Only 3 of the above photos were taken with my Canon 450D - the other 5 were taken with my Canon S5 point and shoot. Can you pick the SLR ones? T.

It was really funny to watch them - when they were getting ready to move forward, they would rear up like that last photo, then start tapping their tails, and then go forward... T.

Bones' stitch comes out on Thursday - ready to travel any day after that... *grin* T.

I've decided to enter some of my photos in a local country show. This will be the first time I've ever done anything like this, and it's not easy trying to pick photos to enter... I selected the following 8 photos to enter in 4 sections (2 per section max limit) - and they have been printed at 6x8 (the point and shoot camera shots) and 6x9 (the DSLR shots), then mounted on stiff black cardboard. They look pretty good in the flesh IMHO... *grin* Study of an Historical Building in colour Study of animal/s - not domestic - in colour Study of animal/s - domestic pets or farm animals in colour Any other subject in colour Entries to be delivered to the show on March 20 for judging on 22 March - and the show is on 23/24 March. Wish me luck... T.

Thanks muchly PS... here are some more - taken yesterday... T.

Photos from yesterday... Fern... Willow... Group shots with Timmy and each other... T.

It's a date Katdogs! Fern definitely thought your hubby was the bee's knees, didn't she? Especially after he gave her a couple of tennis balls to take home... Fern was such a good girl last night when I popped her in Trouble's crate. Settled down just fine after a couple of little whimpers, and stayed quiet all night. Got up and had her breakfast, then went outside and did potty. She's giving Pickles a good workout right now mita... you may be right about the puppy physiotherapist thing - Pickles' mobility certainly wouldn't have gotten as good as it is without the help of all the foster pups along the way that she's had to keep up with... *grin* If I wasn't so allergic to cats, I'd have stopped and picked up a free kitten that I saw a sign for on my way home last night... it would be nice to be able to cat proof my fosters. Could be do-able if it wasn't so hard to buy antihistamine tablets that actually work... my girls wouldn't hurt one, and Pickles knows to be gentle when I say "ickle bickle". I wonder if I could set up a cat enclosure in my granny flat? Hmmm... food for thought... T.

Fern is being a cheeky bugger and playing zoomies with Pickles right now... all I can hear is the galloping sound of Fern's huge feet and the thump-drag of Pickles' up and down the hallway... crazy dogs! Occasionally Fern will stop and have a bark and a play bow at Zeddy - who is steadfastly ignoring the puppy antics - to try and make her join in the game... Zeddy just ignores her and so Fern races off to Pickles again... T.

I'll second that one Staffyluv... I think I'm almost into triple digits now... errr! T.

I was thinking of sending some of the photos to the various info websites out there - all their photos are boring... lol! We actually had 2 clusters of them... that was the smaller cluster but the easiest to photograph. I eventually scooped up the other cluster with a shovel and merged the 2 groups... it was a mega swarm then, and they all moved in unison... truly bizarre! T.

Well... not so built for cuddling today... errr! Come play with me!!! What do you mean MUD??? I wasn't in the mud... uh uh... I wasn't! C'mon girls - another dash to the mud puddle... 1... 2... 3... GO!! T.

The crux of the matter in the OP appears to be that a volunteer was given insufficient info on the dog they were to collect. Until the giver of that info learns to suck it up and take some responsibility themselves, this sort of thing will continue to happen. I can't believe that in this day and age, it was so impossible to include a photo of the dog with the other info - or at the very least, a decent description of said dog - like the one they were supposed to pick up was a YOUNG adult as opposed to a geriatric one. At any given time in HP there could be more than one Kelpie cross for dog's sake! The other stuff BL and others are going on with has been done to death many times with the only real result of threads being deleted. For the sake of our sanity, could we stick to the general topic raised please? T.

Well done!! Awesome job Leema! T.

Oh Leanne... looky who says "Hi Mummy Leanne!" ... and for the Charlie fans... ... and one of William too... That's all I managed to get today... Oh - and Mikey went to his new home today... yay!!! T.

Look what greeted us this morning at the rescue I volunteer at... WARNING!! If you are squeamish, please don't look... ... and if that wasn't scary enough... I took pics too! Apparently they are Steel Blue Sawfly larvae looking for somewhere to burrow and pupate... truly bizarre critters... about 10cm long each! T.

Only one of my Rotti's had cancer... not a bad strike rate out of the 7 I've shared my life with... and he was 7 years old before it manifested. As for letting the pup select me... I'm not the type that goes for the first pup that sits on my lap or wants to play... I'm the type that will sit there for a good couple of hours (or more if allowed) and let all of the pups interact with me in their own ways, and it's the one that I have a mutual "comfortableness" with that may be selected. If none of the pups give me that feeling, then I'm probably the world's worst tyre kicker for the breeder... *grin* All of my Rottis bar 2 were direct from BYB's - one that wasn't was from a pet shop, so by default he was BYB too, and the other was a stray that had not been reclaimed. Regardless of their ignoble births, all were extremely healthy for a good many years, and each of them was totally well adjusted and well socialised. When one has a dog of a breed looked at with fear by Joe Public, one needs to make sure that the dogs are good mascots for their breed, yes? What I don't understand is people who want a big scary looking dog to be a "guard dog" and then just have it chained up or confined to a yard, and not properly socialised - in many cases even the owners end up scared of their dogs. Don't get a Rotti if you want a guard dog... get a Jack Russell or the like instead - much more likely to be effective at the job... Rotti's are sooks! T.

I'm loving reading all the stories... it does read like an honour roll... all these lovely dogs waiting for us at the Bridge... My Woosie died in 2004 - and I still choke up when I think about her or try to talk about her. It's going to be a great day when we are finally together again and cross the Bridge - that will be my heaven... T.

The one time I went to pick up a dog for someone else, I knew well beforehand what that particular dog looked like, his age, etc... then checked and double checked with the very helpful HP staff member that he was indeed the correct dog for me to take... I agree with those who said that the person picking up the dog should have known what they were there to collect... and when the wrong dog was brought out, they should have asked questions. It's no excuse to blame the hard working volunteers that contribute to the urgent list pound pages here on DOL. The mistake was ultimately made by the person YOU sent to pick up the dog... or YOU for not letting them know EXACTLY what they were supposed to be picking up. If you just gave them an impound number based on what was posted here, then YOU ultimately can carry the "blame" for all the expense and heartache you've had in this case. T.

My first Rotti was named Woosie - because she was a big sooky lala - she was the perfect dog in every way. Her sister Blossom was pushy and dominant. Her half brother Rastus was another sooky lala, but would occasionally try to push the boundaries. Shadow was found as a stray at around 4 yrs old - she was almost as perfect as Woosie. Connor - the biggest sooky lala ever - another near perfect dog IMHO. All of them required different approaches in training and discipline - mostly I just loved them unconditionally and they returned it a thousandfold. Best advice I would give is for you to let the dog/pup select you as their new best friend - not the other way around. T.

Blossom - 6 yrs Rottweiler - poisoned by neighbour Woosie - 11 yrs Rottweiler - arthritis threw a clot to her spine... my heart dog - I still cry whenever I think of her Connor - 7 yrs Rottweiler - bone cancer blew a neck vertebrae Shadow - 5 yrs Rottweiler - hemangiosarcoma Punkin - 3 mths Rottweiler - parvo Dexter - 4 mths Rottweiler - parvo My current oldest girl is Zeddy, who will be 13 this year - Rotti/Pittie mix - going strong with no major medical issues apart from a little bit of arthritis that gets a little stiff in Winter. She still looks and acts a heck of a lot younger than her age. Only just starting to go grey now. T.