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I uses to buy my stuff from Ebay but now I find it cheaper to buy from Omars (OVEDS Horse and Pet Store) their service and postage costs are good and the prices were the same or a little cheaper than Ebay Maybe worth while checking it out :-)

Hang in there Earl, you can do it. Sending healing vibes your way

Donatella...was your mother at the Redland Bay markets this morning?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-08/stem-cells-rejuvenating-arthritic-dogs/3382158 Australian vets say they are having great success treating arthritic dogs with stem cells and researchers developing arthritis treatments for humans are taking a keen interest in the technique. The trouble is that some dog owners feel their four-legged friends are getting better treatment than they are. Melbourne vet Ray Ferguson has had a particular interest in treating arthritic dogs for about 30 years. At first he was sceptical of the benefits of canine stem cell treatment, but he has now treated about 40 dogs. "For individual joints where a dog has one bad knee or one bad elbow, the treatments are very simple," he said. "A very, very light anaesthetic and we pop an injection of the stem cells straight into the joint and it's all over in about five minutes." Dr Ferguson says the stem cells come from donor dogs. "These largely come from dogs that are being de-sexed, they're all young dogs so we've got young, vibrant cells," he said. Dr Ferguson says preliminary trials involved dogs with skin disease and joint disease being injected with stem cells as well, but the arthritic dogs responded best of all. "Particularly in the early trials I did five dogs, one of which was my own that had I would say incurable lameness, persistent lameness," he said. "They all responded and those five dogs are all sound today. That's amazing." The stem cell treatment costs between $1,500 and $3,000. Audio: Stem cells rejuvenating arthritic dogs (AM) Dr Ferguson says he tells dog owners the stem cell treatment works best on younger dogs but dogs up to about 10 years of age are also responding well. "I have to point out to them, look I'm not offering a fountain of youth. This isn't going to turn an old dog into young dog," he said. "But it's just a wonderful, adjunctive therapy to have to everything else that we've got." Humans 'getting jealous' Professor Richard Boyd is the director of Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories at Monash University. He says the stem cell treatment of dogs is helping researchers understand the effect similar treatment would have on humans. "Their lives are constrained into 10 or 15 years and that reflects a human going from up to 70 or 80 years," he said. "So the conditions which are generative which a dog gets in 10 years like arthritic hips and joints is very similar to what ageing humans get. "So we can treat these dogs and improve their health using these stem cells. But it has a double-edged advantage of being able to say to our clinicians, look we've done now 8,000 animals. "This is a basic very good basis to being able to treat humans." Professor Boyd says the dogs may actually be getting the better and more innovative treatment than a lot of Australians. "The retired senior who's taking the rejuvenated dog for a walk is now getting jealous," he said. "But I think that what we will see certainly soon is that this is sort of like the winter of stem cell research, it's now becoming the spring of stem cell therapy. "So hopefully we'll get a retired senior and a retired dog both walking briskly along the beach."

I just Googled for some Kerry Blue Terrier piccies and saw he ones on this link, I reckon after seeing the last picture that there would be large puddles all over the floor after they have had a drink http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/kerryblueterrierphotos.htm

Yep, Mainly chicken frames and Turkey necks. Even the little one has small Turkey necks. As I have said it was mainly purchased for the IG that had problems with the front teeth with plaque. All this has disapeared and now I just give the front teeth a brush when I think of it now. I was brushing once a week with nothing but the brush and they came clean.Whats more it appeas as though she is in whelp so no problems with the product there. and it appears the product can get them in whelp as well

I saw a Lakeland pup at the Redland Bay markets a couple of months back, she was one of the few dogs I wanted to steal! Ron who has Westies also has Lakelands....lucky Ron

You may also find these two topics interesting http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/226622-petzlife/ http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/224556-plaque-remover/

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/homeless-pets-to-get-helping-paw/story-e6freonf-1226158560546 Homeless pets to get helping paw From: AAP October 04, 2011 11:08PM HOMELESS people's pets are set to get a leg up with soup kitchens across Sydney distributing pet food. The RSPCA Living Ruff program, which kicked off yesterday, will see the pets of homeless people fed at various Exodus Foundation shelters across the city. "Homeless people will often go without food themselves in order to ensure their pet is fed," RSPCA spokeswoman Fiona Millhouse said in a release yesterday. "We believe both pets and people should have easy access to food ... hopefully (this program) will ensure that neither pet nor owner goes hungry." Exodus Foundation founder Reverend Bill Crews said pets are often the only stable attachments homeless people have. "The more homeless people know there are services available designed to look after their pets, the more secure they'll feel in what is, for them, an insecure, scary world," he said. The RSPCA is seeking to expand the program to include emergency boarding, foster care and access to vets among other services. Edited to remove my sarcastic remark about Pal

though this one bears thinking about

Ask Poodlefan, she reckoned all these hunks ;) are my husbands

I seen an ad in our local paper in the classies section that one of your rivals is selling these for $4763.00, can youse supply one at a cheaper cost as it would cost three times as much to feed

I saw you were selling these, I would like a girl-one for one of my husbands so he can use it for breeding. Do they come with pink spots?

Hahahahaha...just look at the eyes of the second-in-the-row dog in the last picture

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O No! Deshonko is stffin' the dogs she couldn't find homes for. Bad on yer Deshonko.

Many years ago when I worked in a vet surgery in Sydney the vet used to cut out two pieces of plastic (perhaps a little lighter than an icecream carton) the same shape as the dog's ear and tack it on with 1/2 dozen big stitches. This was left on for a couple of weeks. It worked really well. Do the vets still use this method?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-25/puppies-rescued-from-house-fire/2941488 Puppies rescued from house fire A number of show dogs due to compete at the Royal Melbourne Show today have been saved by their owners from a house fire overnight in the suburb of Launching Place, Victoria.

The same happened to me Miss B, it was pouring with rain and the Border collie X was in the middle of an intersection looking confused and miserable, I stopped, ran around to the back and dropped the tailgate and yelled "hop in" and in she hopped!

Here is one, it is in Cheltenham, there is a Cheltenham in NSW as well as in Victoria http://www.dogzonline.com.au/classifieds/forsale.asp?cat=2 and this one in NSW on ebay--> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HYDROBATH-3-DOGWASH-excellent-condition-/130578886743?pt=AU_Pet_Supplies&hash=item1e671bb057

Ths Brisbane Westie Walkers walk is on this Sunday...for Westies and Westie-wannabees http://www.westiewalkers.com/

perhaps get your friend to check the Yorkie pups here---> http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/puppies/yorkshire-terrier.asp My friend has two of them, they seem robust little fellas.

I will look out for that mackerel RuralPug, buying it will clear my conscience :D

Hi Thelms, what suburb are you in? if you are near Victoria Point the Koala Park surgery charge around $200 (that was 18 months ago though)... and...do you know there is a Westie forum--> http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/106191-westies/ so you had better pop in ...and...there is a Westie Walkers walk on at Newstead this Sunday---> http://www.westiewalkers.com/ ...and that'll do for now! :D

Yep, Brunswick sardies in spring water here as well. I sometimes buy the IGA Home brand Black and Gold tuna as it is cheap, but I get a case of the guilts as the wild tuna stocks are so low now that they may become a threatened species in a few years.