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Herbert... love it!!! Hahahaha! Zeddy - ZedZed, Zeddy Bubba, Bubba Trouble - ChubbaLubbaDubbaTrubbaBubba, Chubbalubs, Chubs, ChubbaLubbaWamBamBoom Pickles - Camp Dog, Hoppy, Wobbles, Ratbag, Pickie Poo, Puckles They respond to all of them... T.

I've had the distance issue a few times with the longer lens... Didn't get the pups out today - was mowing around the rescue property instead. Hopefully we will have reasonable weather tomorrow and I can get them out onto the nice short grass for a better photo shoot. I'm not a big fan of the shorter lens and don't use it all that often, but yesterday I was curled up in a 4 foot square playpen and really couldn't use the longer lens... *grin* T.

Aren't there enough homeless dogs in Victoria for the rescues there to take in? Why are they taking dogs/pups from Sydney pounds? T.

I am not offended by your post as I agree with some of it but I will say I HAVE been in this exact position with my beloved dog on the vets table getting put to sleep from biting my face so my answer comes from personal experience :) This dog was desexed, raised the same as my current three, taken to training, exercised daily and yet was an aggressive little dog who had bitten 2 family members previously on the hands when they were patting him. He was the family dog at the start, and towards the end became my dog as I was the only one willing to look after him. I am not telling the OP to say PTS, everyone makes their own decisions........but I do wonder how many that have responded saying "rehabilitate" have actually been bitten on the face by their dog and know that there is now no way that you will ever trust that dog again. ETA: I am actually shocked that people are suggesting giving the dog to a rescue group. Why? There are so many nice dogs that have never ever bitten anything that need homes and people want to save one that has bitten it's owner on the face? I usually agree with most posts on this forum but this is ridiculous. Rescue groups shouldn't be even touching dogs like this! Where's the LIKE button?? I agree fully with the bolded bit... it's another factor to consider... T.

I'll try the lens again today and see if it still plays up - it could have been a distance issue, but I've never had it happen before with the 18-55mm lens in similar conditions... I can't wait for these little guys to start looking like real dogs - I want to know how their snouts turn out... like mum's BT roman nose, or like the supposed Staffy dad's nose... I'm thinking we may have a few of each and some combos... lol! There are 7 boys and 1 girl in this litter - the girl is the mostly brindle headed one, with a tiny smudge of white on her nose. T.

So - how many healthy and more easily rehomable dogs were pts at HP last week MissMolly? And how many of those could possibly have been helped with the money and resources spent on the 2 not so healthy ones taken by rescue? I personally believe that rescue needs to be done with both head and heart - and resources allocated accordingly. Constant touting for donations to cover costs is a put off... and as Greytmate suggested, it can give people the false belief that many rescue dogs are "broken" in some way - which we all know isn't exactly true. Not all dogs in pounds can, or should, be "saved" - for some, it's possibly the best thing for them to be given their wings. Not all pounds pts in an uncaring manner either. T.

Here's another that shows all of them together... taken with the 55-250mm lens... T.

Newly charged battery Roova... *grin* It could have been the distance/subject - I was scrunched up in a puppy playpen taking photos of 3 week old pups... Here are a couple of photos that worked that worked just fine... Cute, huh? BT cross Staffy - don't ask - I volunteer with rescue... T.

OK - so I'm snapping away at some 3 week old puppies with my 18-55mm EF-S IS lens (came with the 450D), and suddenly it decides to stop doing the auto focus thing when I zoom in on a munchkin - and refused to take the photo. Still auto fosused fine and took the photo when not zoomed in though... Lighting wasn't perfect, but wasn't crap either - and it had been focusing and taking photos fine with or without zoom prior to that point. I had the camera on full Auto mode, but even when I changed modes, it still didn't want to auto focus or take the photo when zoomed in. If I turned off the AF and manually focused when zoomed in, it took the photo just fine. So - could it be the light/subject/close distance that was the issue - or could this be the start of me looking for a new lens? The 55-250mm lens worked just fine, so I don't think it is the actual camera at fault (and the AF is built into the lens, not the camera) Any ideas gratefully appreciated... T.

He's only tasting her HonBun... 'cos she's so sweet... *grin* T.

Before I bought my Canon 450D, I used my Powershot S5 - it took great photos - check some out here... http://woosie.net/photogallery/index.php ... and here... http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/tdierikx/S5%20Zoo%20photos/ Now check out a comparison to the S5 Zoo photos to the ones I took recently with the 450D... http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/tdierikx/Zoo%205-11-2011/ Funnily enough, I still have the S5, and can't take a decent photo with it nowadays... go figure? I tend to use it to do video instead now... T.

Gorgeous!! T.

Damn! Where's the LIKE button?? T.

A recent litter of 9 large breed pups we got from the local pound (dumped at 4 weeks of age) - just feeding alone started with 1 20kg bag of kibble each week for 2 weeks - then I had to buy 2 20kg bags of kibble per week after that as the munchkins were eating 5kg of kibble per day! Luckily they did well on Bonnie Puppy - only $40 per bag... Then there were 3 lots of worming, chipping, vaccinating, and desexing - multiplied by 9... Oh - and changing and washing their bedding daily during particularly wet weather, so needing to use the dryer to get it all dry... I think we nearly broke even on costs over the 4-5 weeks we had them... selling them at $300 each. Now factor in bitch in whelp and needing to feed her properly to ensure healthy pups, possible complications requiring vet care (like a caesarian), making sure mum is fed well enough after the birth so she can in turn feed the pups - then factor in the bitch getting eclampsia or cracked nipples and having to hand rear most if not all of the litter, etc... License to print money, ain't it? NOT!!! T.

Any Canon or Nikon DSLR should be easy enough to use straight out of the box - they have some very nice preset modes that give great pics... all you need to do is point it in the right direction and push the button. I love my Canon 450D - and have never yet tried to use it in manual mode. T.

I think what is being asked is more along the lines of why are some people regularly taking in dogs that they don't have the funds to cover the needs of to get them to a rehomable state - then publicly asking for money from others to cover those costs... As for taking in special needs dogs - well - I adopted one of my special needs fosters. I seriously was worried about what type of person would apply to adopt a pup with serious mobility issues, and what would happen when the novelty factor wore off... oh - and I had completely fallen in love with her... *grin* But... I have the support of some great vets who also love my "special" girl - and give me pretty good rates for anything she may need in that respect. T.

I had 2 Canon's at one point, and the Canon software got very confused about it. I uninstalled the software and edited the registry to remove all trace of Canon, but my PC will still not read either card while in the camera. I purchased a card reader, and now just pull the card from the camera and stick it in the reader to transfer the photos instead... T.

I think a caption contest is in order... lol! T.

I've seen dogs with Parvo, and I've seen dogs with vaccinosis after their needles... 2 days on a drip for Parvo is a very quick turnaround time IMHO... Do you have any other vets near you that you could take your boy to and get a second opinion? The fact that the original vet jumped very quickly to the pts/euth option when all your boy needed was a couple of days on fluids to help him get better is a bit of a concern. T.

I'd be steering well clear of Pound Rounds Carlo11... no ethical rescue would hound someone to take animals like that. T.

I'd be contacting the Pound in question and having a serious chat with the manager about his staff breaching the Privacy Act. It's actually a criminal offence to give out a person's details to a 3rd party without express permission to do so. T.

Just a heads up on the Parvo diagnosis 2 days after being vaccinated... the vaccine could cause a false positive for Parvo as it raises the antibodies in the dog's system to fight the very mild actual dose given in the vaccine. $600 sounds like the vet had your boy on a drip for a couple of days - am I correct? If so, he probably had a case of vaccinosis rather than Parvo. Glad to hear he's doing just great now... and will have a long and happy life with someone who obviously cares for him very much. T.

*sigh* He just gets cuter and cuter every day, doesn't he? T.

Banjo is definitely one really lucky boy - his new daddy is a lovely man and Persia adores him... he literally had Mr Shy Boy Banjo eating out of his hand. Both dogs got on just fine sitting and getting treats from him too. I think Banjo has definitely found the best forever home he could ever want. Plan B - I reckon Pickles is stunning too - especially her attitude to life. It definitely shows in her expressions doesn't it? Seeing Persia yesterday was so nice though - she is just as lovely in temperament as she is in looks - and I got to see how Pickles would have been able to move if she didn't have her "problem". Persia has a lovely fluid gait. I still wouldn't swap Pickles for anything though... T.

Pickles and Persia were saved by the same wonderful community worker from the same aboriginal community at the same time - Banjo was saved by her in the same area some 6 months later... she also has her own foster failure from the same area who is another cousin... the ears seem to run in the family... *grin* Pickles is the only one with a disability - and she's now my forever girl. It was so exciting meeting Pickles' litter sister Persia - they are so much alike in so many ways... and they are both stunning looking girls IMHO. T.