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It's put up as part of a petition to have the staff members removed, not as a gloating thing. I didn't look too far butr I would presume that it is a welfare or animal rights group that have posted it. Hopefully it has some impact, if nothing else.

Unfortunately there are bad eggs just about everywhere.

When I read your first post I thought Whippet. Seems to tick all the boxes. And they're so lovely.

Give him one upside the head from me ABC! Tool. Glad she'll be fine though.

I hope they go viral online and all lose their jobs.

Should be fine. But the spray is a bit yuck too! Good on your housemate!!

And, it's never too late to put an animal's welfare before your own wants and emotional needs. We once had a foster kitten who had physical deformities. And they were human induced. At just 9 weeks old he already had healed fractures to his pelvis, tail and back legs. He also had spinal damage - a stretch type injury that left abnormally large gaps between several vertebrae. We loved him to absolute bits. What he had gone through in his little life we couldn't imagine. But he was destined for more. As he got older and heavier, that quirky, wobbly walk and run that earned him the name Zigzag wsa turning into a limp. Sometimes his back legs would pause as nerve function started to fail. It was inevitable that he would make a wrong move one day and sever his spinal cord. We couldn't do it to him. He had a few months of love an joy with us and then we let him go. I agonised over it, I wanted him to stay. But that was just me, it wasn't fair to him - to gradually increase his discomfort and risk of more serious injuries. So I made the decision for him, not for me, or any other person.

I was wondering the same Rebanne...??

There is so little information here, that conclusions really can't be drawn. You can presume any and all manner of circumstances, but that won't help at all. See how easy it is to assume (example): The dogs could have got out of their yard, attacked a person or dog etc and been followed by a victim/witness back to their home property. Council called, dogs directly identified to council officers (authorised officers). Dogs seized, notice left for owner. Matter under investigation, owner to be spoken to once victim/witness evidence has been obtained. So owner has to wait for investigation. See, no unlawful behaviour, no outlandish behaviour. Yet we can assume the other way around and expect that something siniater is going on in the first place. If it was one of us, or one of our dogs that had been bitten we would be howling for appropriate action. So don't criticise action when you don't know the basis of it.

See Meg, I've had people tell me dogs are being dominant when they rest their heads on each other, but I've known plenty of sighthounds, and have never seen it that way at all. I've seen it as something they do out of familiarity, pack bonding, like leaning against people or each other. They all do it, regardless of their pack position. Dominant at our place, is our adult male who can lie with his food bowl, and eat at his leisure. If the others finish first (which they often do, he's a very relaxed eater) they won't come within a certain radius of him, they will lie down quietly. You can see they want his food, but there is an invisible boundary. If he gets up from his bowl, they will watch until he walks away - and only approach his foodbowl after he has cocked his leg - which seems to be a sure sign he has no further interest in his food. Only then will they eat what he has left. He has quiet and unquestioned authority over the other dogs, just as I do over him. He will lie next to me while I eat and very deliberately look away from my food, and not make physical contact with me until I have finished eating and initiated it. He just does that, without being trained to it. That to me is true dominance. Behaviours labelled as dominance, such as challenging of authority behaviours, I see as either juvenile/adolescent learning behaviours, or in adults, insecurities. edit - crap spelling!!

They're great pics though!! Ours look different, I'll try for some pics tonight, they're much (MUCH!) shyer than yours Greytmate!!

Molasseslass if they're pink with pointy faces they're Asian ones. We are a much cooler climate and have the native Marbled ones, with rounder faces, and yep, colour changing. I'd agree with the others - get the bugs sprayed and the geckos should depart. Our ones love spiders Greytmate! I love sitting out watching ours, and they clean up the corners of the window frames beatifully! Even the lovely Orbs have departed our front verandah! But they're still in the garden and will pop back around when the geckos go into hibernation shortly.

You find it traumatising to see a couple get squished by the door so you want to kill all of them?!? If they're native ones they're protected and it's illegal to kill them deliberately. That's why pest control people can't deal with them. They like eating spiders you know... I love my geckos, I don't have to deal with redbacks, housespiders or whitetails since they've been here, and I never have to brush down cobwebs from the outside of the house.

I'm sorry, but these are very short videos. This is a dog with a massive spinal problem being encouraged to pull a contraption around at speed, putting considerable additional pressure on that spine. He may be happy. But is he happy that evening? Or is he hurting? He may love running when there's other dogs there, but when his adrenaline surge goes down how is he really feeling? These sort of injuries and disabilities are linked to chronic pain and suffering, and further deformities in many humans who live with them. I hope this poor dog isn't feeling or going through that, and if he is, I hope it's not being overlooked for the sake of a happy 10 minute run around the park and a warm fuzzy feeling for a couple of people.

I don't know about it in dogs, but know it can be genetic in other mammals. We used to breed dairy goats, and intersex in goats is linked with the gene that produces a naturally hornless (polled) individual. So poll to poll should never be bred. Intersex goats can have either or both genitals, or female ones - but an excessively "male" way of behaving. I would think it's possible that dogs could carry a defect for intersex and not show it, but when bred with another "carrier" of a similar gene it could appear. But unless it was linked to a physical charateristic (like in goats) it would be hard to predict until it occurred. It does sound in this case like it may have been hard to diagnose. I'm glad she's a happy individual though - hopefully her surgery works out and she can avoid infections and too many restrictions.

Racumin should be used with the same precautions as Ratsak. Racumin's active ingredient is COUMATETRALYL, which is similar to Warfarin and acts in the same way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coumatetralyl Certainly not safe for pets, and exposure - whether to the bait or the dead rodents - should be treated very seriously, vet services sought and a course of Vitamin K undertaken.

That is awful. Plus this one, which demonstrates what has to be done to him every day to express his bladder and bowels: Human ego overiding animal welfare at it's worst.

Oh HI Goldenwei!! That was indeed me. Well done with your baby! The little Whippy girl was indeed lovely. Well done 3Woofs - I saw some lovely Amstaffs there, congratulations!! Ummm. I actually did originally list the Brittany as RUIS... and then thought I got it wrong. But maybe it was? Sorry if I've misled anyone, it was a little chaotic at the end of the day!

Nope, it didn't. It started raining during best in show... and by the puppy in show classes the rings were submerging and it was a vertical wall of water. Plus thunder & lightning. Sigh. The rest of the day was ok though. I have a few results but no names sorry. Between chasing kids and handling dogs I don't get many details!! :D BIS - Sheltie RUIS - Whippet Baby - Whippet Minor Puppy - Sheltie Puppy - Akita Then I made a run for the car... Utility: BIG - Siberian RUIG - Akita Hounds: BIG: Whippet RUIG: Mini Smooth Dachie Baby: Whippet Minor: (I forget sorry :D !!) Puppy - Borzoi - My boy - YAY!!! Junior - missed that - celebrating... Intermediate: Elkhound - Elkie1's Bond Gundogs: BIG: Brittany RU: Gordon Setter Baby: Golden retriever Terriers: BIG: Sealyham Just gorgeous, I wanted a chance to congratulate the owner after GS but it was pretty horrible weather by then!! RU: Skye

And for Shortstep - live coursing is illegal in Australia. This is where a prey animal is released for coursing by dogs. Obviously native animals are protected and can't be hunted. But rabbit hunting, as with foxes, hares etc, plus pigs, feral deer etc, is not illegal. It is a different thing to coursing - where the prey animal is considered to be a a big disadvantage, and it is inhumane as that animal is already captured, so should be dispatched as humanely as possible. Lure coursing is common in several states, awards and titles can be a part of it, and you can contact your State controlling body to find events etc. My dogs hunt rabbits, hare and foxes if they flush one on country walks. But often lack the space they need to really get near them - they need Russian tundra or steppes! Salukis or Afghans have better luck in smaller spaces, as do Whippets.

Pet Network have some http://www.petnetwork.com.au/cgi-bin/shopp...;cart_id=471832, otherwise hardware stores, ar even stalls at dog shows sometimes have then.

As far as I know the site and buildings are well past a "do up" and staff and animals are put at risk by the current accommodation. So the amount quoted would be for a complete redevelopment.

I like this one But am having trouble reconciling it to the mass of legs and hair that launched on top of me this afternoon when I got home!! So four overy excited Borzoi jumping at head height has got to be a "tempest". But yes, normally a Grace.

Mine can't stand being dirty, dusty yes, and running around in mud a bit yes, but not toilety-dirty. They look with great disdain on dogs that make a mess near their bed or food. Mine have their favourite toilet spots in the yard - mostly behind trees etc. They have somewhat magical coats - they can look like this one minute - this is ungroomed on a rainy, muddy day: And this when they dry out - this is ungroomed on a dry day (but a bit older so longer coat!): Dirt falls off them beautifully!