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I had a search on the Toe Grip site and they can be bought at The Vet Store Online http://www.vetstoreonline.com.au/-dr-buzbys-toegrips-for-dogs-277/#tab3 They do list their Surgery Contact Details as 2394 Plenty Rd Whittlesea VIC 3757 I may get a set for Penny as she has had her ACL replaced recently and I want her to be confident on her feet. I have emailed them to ask how much the postage is.

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I have wooden floors and the dogs slip on them especially if we have has a heap of dry sunny days and the floor is very clean. I also found that trimming the hair right back between their pads so none of it touches the floor helps. So does having a grubby floor :D

I have always read it as being short-hand for Stressie's f#*@ing ex husband

A good story. Good Dog Molly http://www.abc.net.a...assroom/6543942 Assistance dog Molly trained to detect when twins' glucose levels become unstable during class By Ruby Cornish Updated Photo: Service dog Molly regularly attends Hannah and Olivia Weber's year two classes. (ABC News: Ruby Cornish) In a first for Canberra's public schools system, two girls living with type 1 diabetes and anxiety have been allowed to bring their assistance dog into the classroom. For seven-year-old twins Hannah and Olivia Weber, having silky terrier Molly by their side at Ainslie School could mean the difference between life and death. Molly has been specially trained to detect when either of the girls' glucose levels becomes unstable, and to calm them down when they become anxious. "We used to get a lot of 'Olivia and Hannah aren't coping very well at school' because of their anxiety," their mother, Adrienne Cottell, said. When she approached the school's principal, Kate Chapman, about allowing Molly to attend, Ms Chapman was navigating uncharted territory. "There wasn't a lot of advice to be had in the [education] directorate, though everyone was willing," she said. "We felt very positive about it, but we started slowly." Molly began attending the school a few hours each day, and immediately showed her value as a service dog. On the third day, she alerted Hannah's teacher to dangerously low blood sugar levels. "Hannah is hypo-unaware, which makes her condition dangerous," Ms Cottell said. Molly will soon become a full-time presence at Ainslie School. Demand for assistance dogs rising Molly manages Hannah and Olivia's anxiety with the help of Mind Dog, an organisation that specialises in training psychiatric help dogs. Photo: Molly has been specially trained to cope with busy school life and monitor the twins. (ABC News: Ruby Cornish) They provide the certification that allows Molly access to public areas. Board member Janelle Norton said since Mind Dog started in 2011, the demand for its services has steadily grown. "We have assistance dogs in every state and territory in Australia," she said. As the conditions assistance dogs can help with expands, and as awareness about them grows, more people have been seeking them out. "We are getting increasing numbers of people applying, and we have to close off applications quite often," Ms Norton said. Photo: Molly has been specially trained to cope with busy school life and monitor the twins.(ABC News: Ruby Cornish)

A friend of mine emailed me this link from Snopes http://m.snopes.com/...d-tick-warning/ Here is the Snopes article: BRAVECTO Flea and Tick Warning FACT CHECK: Does BRAVECTO chewable flea and tick remedy kill dogs? Claim: Bravecto brand Flea and tick remedy is dangerous to dogs. UNPROVEN Example: [Collected via Facebook, June 2015] Pet Helpers is incredibly saddened to learn of the recent death of one of our adopted dogs. This post is in loving memory of Duncan who was taken to his heavenly home last Thursday. This is from his family……… It has been too painful for us to post on his passing. We are still grieving deeply and miss him terribly. He was only 4 years old and died after a visit to the vet. He was put on a new flea chewable that took his life less than 24 hours after taking it. Our other dog who went to the vet at the same time and was prescribed the same flea chewable almost died on Friday from the same medicine. At this time we are not sure he will still make it as there is no antidote for it and our research has shown that several dogs have died within 30 days due to liver and kidney failure after taking this medication. Wish we had known this beforehand! Would have never allowed this to be prescribed, let alone given it to our dogs. Never again will we use a chewable flea & tick med! Please Keep Patti Winter and Todd Michael in your prayers. I fostered Duncan 3 yrs ago and he was such a joy. Please avoid this drug called Bravecto. I know many vets are pushing it and it just isn't safe and there isn't enough info out there yet. Origins: On 11 June 2015, the Facebook page Pet Helpers published the status update above, warning dog owners about the purported dangers of BRAVECTO chewable flea and tick remedy. According to that update, the family of the depicted dog asserted that one of their pets had died within a day of being given BRAVECTO chewables, and that another of their dogs had nearly died after being given the same treatment at the same time. The update also asserted that BRAVECTO chewables were responsible for the dog's death and that several other dogs had died of liver and kidney failure shortly after taking the same medication. (No information was provided showing or explaining a causal link between the dead dog and BRAVECTO chewables, other than a post hoc ergo propter hoc assumption.) Bravecto (fluralaner) is a systemic antiparasitic drug introduced to the veterinary market by Merck in 2014. A 7 March 2014 study published in the journal Parasites & Vectors (based upon a study of 32 beagles treated with fluralaner) observed no serious adverse side effects attributed to the medication: Oral administration of fluralaner, formulated as a chewable tablet, to healthy dogs at dose rates of up to 281.3 mg/kg on three occasions at 8-week intervals did not lead to any treatment-related findings that could be detected through careful clinical observation, clinical pathological evaluation or on gross or microscopic post mortem examination. Oral administration of fluralaner at the highest recommended treatment dose (56 mg/kg) is well tolerated by dogs and has a safety margin of more than five in healthy dogs eight weeks of age or older and weighing at least 2 kg. A "Freedom of Information Summary" [PDF] dated 15 May 2014 available on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) web site reiterates the results of that study: There were no clinically-relevant, treatment-related effects on physical examinations, body weights, food consumption, clinical pathology (hematology, clinical chemistries, coagulation profiles and urinalysis), gross pathology, histopathology, or organ weights. Diarrhea, mucoid and bloody feces were the most common observations in this study, occurring at a similar incidence in the treated and control groups. Five of the twelve treated dogs that experienced one or more of these signs did so within 6 hours of the first dosing. One dog in the 3X group was observed to be dull, inappetent, with evidence of bloody diarrhea, vomiting and weight loss beginning five days following the first dose. One dog in the 1X group vomited food four hours following the first dose. As the BRAVECTO social media warning spread among dog owners, the Wilson Street Veterinary Facebook page published a status update addressing rumors about the drug's safety. In that update, Dr. Michael Mogavero stated that the drug had been extensively tested prior to its release and had proved safe for dogs: We have been hearing some alarming statements made about the flea and tick medication, Bravecto. Dr. Michael Mogavero states the following: "After having read some of the posts on facebook regarding the safety of Bravecto, I felt it reasonable to make those of you who are concerned, aware of some information that you should know about this product. Let me first say that veterinary pharmaceutical companies take the reporting of adverse reactions very seriously and are obligated by law to document all. Should you feel that your pet has had one please report it to your veterinarian as soon as possible. Bravecto has been available worldwide for almost 18 months, in the United States for 1 year and here in Canada for about 8 months. To date, virtually all adverse reactions that have been seen or reported pertain to the gastrointestinal system, ie vomiting, decreased appetite, diarrhea, lethargy, excessive drinking and gas. The active ingredient fluralaner, works by inhibiting the nervous system of insects. It does not have any effect on the nervous system of animals. Fluralaner will in fact pass through both the liver and kidneys but is not metabolized by either and is excreted in feces, in the same form as it was ingested unaltered. The literature and clinical use supports that Bravecto is safe, and consider for a moment all the animals that will not be infected by and succumb to the growing number of tick borne disease that we are seeing worldwide. As a practicing veterinarian I have prescribed this product within confidence in both its safety and efficacy. I am 100% confident that should there be any real concern with respect to this product the manufacturer will advise us without hesitation. Your pets health remain both mine and the health care team at Merck Animal Healths primary concern." Michael Mogavero DVM BRAVECTO's FAQ (which includes information about the product's safety) can be found here. Last updated: 12 June 2015

My lot would snaffle up the food regardless who was feeding them http://www.theguardi...scientists-find Your enemy's enemy is your dog, scientists find Research appears to show dogs will snub people who are mean to their owners Um – good boy? Japanese researchers have discovered dogs do not like those who are mean to their owners. Photograph: Alamy Agence-France Presse Friday 12 June 2015 15.46 AEST Last modified on Friday 12 June 2015 19.24 AEST Dogs do not like people who are mean to their owners and will refuse food offered by people who have snubbed their master, Japanese researchers have said. The findings reveal that canines have the capacity to cooperate socially – a characteristic found in a relatively small number of species, including humans and some other primates. Researchers led by Kazuo Fujita, a professor of comparative cognition at Kyoto University, tested three groups of 18 dogs using role plays in which their owners needed to open a box. In all three groups, the owner was accompanied by two people whom the dog did not know. In the first group, the owner sought assistance from one of the other people, who actively refused to help. In the second group, the owner asked for, and received, help from one person. In both groups, the third person was neutral and not involved in either helping or refusing to help. Neither person interacted with the dog's owner in the control – third – group. After watching the box-opening scene, the dog was offered food by the two unfamiliar people in the room. Dogs that saw their owner being rebuffed were far more likely to choose food from the neutral observer, and to ignore the offer from the person who had refused to help, Fujita said on Friday. Dogs whose owners were helped and dogs whose owners did not interact with either person showed no marked preference for accepting snacks from the strangers. "We discovered for the first time that dogs make social and emotional evaluations of people regardless of their direct interest," Fujita said. If the dogs were acting solely out of self-interest, there would be no differences among the groups, and a roughly equal number of animals would have accepted food from each person. "This ability is one of the key factors in building a highly collaborative society, and this study shows that dogs share that ability with humans," he said. The trait is present in children from the age of about three, the research papers said. Interestingly, noted Fujita, not all primates demonstrate this behaviour. "There is a similar study that showed tufted capuchins [a monkey native to South America] have this ability, but there is no evidence that chimpanzees demonstrate a preference unless there is a direct benefit to them," he said. The study will appear in the science journal Animal Behaviour to be published later this month, he said. eta...what would Stan do?

hehehehe she has all of you worked out! look at those all-seeing eyes when she gets older she will be a wee cunning manipulative besom. And yay for Mac-who-is-feeling-really-good and for those who need to know what a besom is--> http://www.urbandict....php?term=Besom

It would be great if this group can succeed where others have not. My biggest concern is that the attitude behind the pound's operation is anything but pro-rescue and pro-welfare. When even the RSPCA has "investigated" and found nothing to complain about in terms of welfare, there's a problem. I and others have been asking for true and genuine transparency in the pound's operations. I don't live in Cowra shire, so my voice is pretty muted based on that - yet Cowra is my closest town and where I spend most of my time and money. Since I moved here, I've seen atrocious "management" of particular cases and inadequate responses from people claiming to be "rescuers". I did confuse Kylie with someone else and for that I can only offer an apology. There are lots of pretenders in the rescue community (as with most sectors of the community I guess), and sometimes they blur into each other. I am not a pretender and the people who actually know me, know that. If comments on social media and forums stop good people from continuing to rescue, I don't see how that helps. I can only imagine how empty some people's lives must be if trying to damage or destroy others is something to do for fun. I'm not having a dig at anyone specific here. If that were the case I would do so privately - and then I'd probably be condemned for not doing so in public. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. I'm in rescue for the dogs. That's my agenda.

Love this photo...flying dog!

I started this topic to find out if the petition that landed in my inbox was true. it appears it was. It also seems that there is going to be positive solutions (Sas's Rescue) so dogs in the Cowra area will have more chance to be re-homed and that Cowra residents may be able to instigate better pound solutions with the Council (not holding my breath here but it'll happen one day) My topic question was not a venue for a disgruntled DOLer to start finger-pointing, I know that DOLers will believe the long-term members here rather than someone who has specifically posted to stir up trouble. Perhaps we can get back to the topic and keep working for a good outcome for the pound dogs, they are the ones we are concerned about, So, unless the newbie member pulls their head in I reckon that Troy will delete this topic and the Cowra pound dogs will be the ones to suffer. Thank you

My friend's Scottish Terrier pup threw hissy fits when on his lead so she put on a light harness, let him wear it it for a few hours each day and clipped the lead to that so he dragged it around, this worked better than just the collar and leash

The mulch may have itchy bits in it but the Purple and Green Variegated Wandering Jew (Tradescantia zebrina) is probably the problem. here is a link that may help http://www.karingalv...ergy-Plants.asp here is also an images link to contact allergy plants https://www.google.c...lants+australia

O My! Sheridan, what sort of pup? maybe some photies.... NOW

There are a couple on Gumtree K don't know if truely legitimate so I'd do my checks first and maybe drive up to see the pup http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ipswich/dogs-puppies/90-6-stockton-park-foundation-lines-australian-bulldog-puppies/1080108368 This girl is lovely..... http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/tweed-heads-2485/dogs-puppies/female-british-bulldog-2-5-years-old/1080589123

It seemed (from some of the symptoms only) that Daisy may have had reverse sneezing, it was much worse on hot days or after exercise. my canny vet reckoned it was not and treated her for nasal mites...that is what it was! So make sure it is reverse sneezing rather than nasal mites (Google nasal mites 'images' )

here is a link that asks the same question...it is then answered so you should be able to find it now http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?645627-Tumeric-users-Facebook-group I saw this as well--> http://pawsandpedals.com.au/turmeric-dogs-why-you-should-feed-your-dog-turmeric/

Maybe some DOLers will be able to enlighten me on whether this is true. This arrived in my inbox via a petition site. I have deleted any links to the petition as well as the photo so I suggest you do your own searching if you want to explore it further. The body of the email is: In recent years a spotlight has been shone on the unethical and inhumane treatment of small animals in Australian breeding and impoundment facilities, and several groups have lobbied Government to implement successful change, including the continued fight to eradicate puppy mills, and the reduction of inhumane treatment and euthanasia in council holding facilities. We are heading in the right direction, but unfortunately there are still facilities whom "drag the chain" so to speak. One such facility that has borne witness to a horrific sight this week is the Cowra Council Pound adjacent to the refuse and recycle centre at Cowra. On Wednesday 27th May 2015, two people attended the Cowra Council Holding facility and witnessed a dead Kelpie Dog laying within a pool of its own blood and soaking wet, held within the same holding pen as an underweight fawn dog. Other dogs were held within their own confines and had no bedding, excrement adjacent to empty food bowls, and small bowls with little water held. There were also empty dog food cans contained within the cages, indicating the food was served directly out of the cans. I have started this petition to make Cowra Council accountable for the treatment of the animals impounded within, past present and future, and my hope is to secure support for positive change. I want the supply of adequate off concrete bedding, regular cleaning, appropriate watering and feeding facilities and the abolition of in can feeding, the review of employee animals on site, as well as the security of pens at the facility. A huge thank you to Mandy Hartles whom has uncovered these findings,

messaged her...thanks RP and ETA...they are on their way to keep Powerlegs' Seniors and Silkies toes warm

I bought these at a garage sale for 50c, so if they are useful to any rescue you are welcome to them. They will probably fit a Chihuahua or Yorkie, some dog that is teeny-tiny. The paw-print bottom is a raised grippy substance. Postage is also free

It's good news that the li'l fella is doing well WM. Imagine having a granny to take over the TLC when his mum takes a break...granny's are useful for Westie-wellbeing... and blue cheese of course

O Dear, I am so sorry Sheridan. Mini; now you can go find Grumpy, good girl.

dust in my eyes If this doesn't embed perhaps some could embed it please http://www.theguardi...-colombia-video Police officer gives dog mouth-to-mouth after rescuing it from river in Colombia

thanks trifecta, I have emailed them that link