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I think it is too friendly in my opinion. I agree with ellz, go to the local community legal advice service and get help drafting it. If the letter is too friendly, they will not take it seriously at all.

I've fed roo from the beginning of having the two [its in the first post], and it seems to be working quite well! I do tend to apologise in advance if I do say something that may be misconstrued, as I really don't like being bitchy to people. They had a great run around today with lots of dogs at a DOL meet. And bad mummy fed them late tonight, and daddy bore the brunt of it when Lena launched herself at the chicken neck in his hand and got his finger!

I joined DOL only 15months ago...and I can say I am well and truly addicted *cough*5000+posts*cough* I found DOL researching the RAW diet for Peggie...I made the mistake of wandering into the rescue section and a few days later I had another dog

Thats awesome westiemum! Ben is still a little fussy with the veggies. When he ate breakfast this morning, I obviously hadn't mashed the carrots very well, and there was little bits of carrot left in in his bowl. ;) He also kindly reminded me it was dinner time

I washed them today, so I could see their bodies through the wet hair. They are starting to develop waists! Not so tubby now...I can start to feel their ribs again-although I do have feel quite hard. Their coats need clipping too. LOL Koemi, I don't think MIL would approve of me sending her dogs away!!

Hello everyone one! I will be there tomorrow rain or shine [maybe not if there is hail], with four dogs and an OH in tow.

First weigh in [dodgy scales] Lena: 9.3kg [500g loss] Ben: 8.9kg [300g loss] Ben is back to his irritating ways of turning his nose up at breakfast [roo and pumpkin] and then complaining that dinner is small. He'll learn soon enough. I've also cut their meal sizes down to 100g rather than 150g. Of course it isn't an ideal diet but the dogs aren't at an ideal weight, they need to lose the weight and the diet puggy puggy has suggested works very well to shed weight off dogs-I've seen it done before but as I have already made up portions I will be sticking to roo and pumpkin. They don't need a variety of meat really, and these to mcfatties are certainly not getting lamb or beef as it is too fatty-all they're getting is lean roo and necks for their teeth. Sorry if I seem a bit bitchy, but you are coming across like I [and puggy puggy] don't really know what we are talking about/doing, please just bear in mind how what you write can come across sounding like.

DAY THREE As per usual Lena ate with gusto...nothing left this morning. Ben turned his nose up again, but when he saw me about to pick up his food, he decided against going hungry until dinner again, and ate it. About to wrangle four dogs on leash and go to the post office. ETA. Back from approx 3k walk with the four dogs. They're all relaxing on the cool concrete now

I'm currently feeding my dogs [and MIL's dogs] 50% raw diced roo and 50% mashed pumpkin for breakfast then for dinner they get chicken necks [MIL's dogs] or turkey necks [my dogs]. They get about 2% of their body weight in meat/bones, although MIL's are getting about 1% because they need to lose weight and one of mine gets a bit extra as he burns food at an incredible rate.

I use a easy walk harness on Spot [thanks to the wonderful insight of Cosmolo and Underdog!!] and I have to say he walks much much better now. He used to walk on a taut lead or pulled like a steam train, but now he is content walking on loose lead [except when he 'needs' to sniff that tree/post/dog] 95% of the time.

I'd fill the gap with concrete to stop any more little paws or legs getting under the fence.

DAY TWO Lena ate her breakfast with gusto and left a bit over...which Spot quickly demolished. Ben on the other hand, was being fussy and wouldn't eat, so his food is back in the fridge. I had three dogs all in a line clamouring to eat his food! Will take them for a walk a bit later. ETA. No walk entailed as OH sprained his ankle and I didn't feel up to taking four dogs walking. Big lounge room play session ensued instead. Dinner was an easy matter, both wolfed down their chicken neck.

They wont touch just veggies, silly mutts. I want them to have full bellies so they don't try mauling my ankles off but at the same time not have too much fatty stuff hence the 50% lean roo and 50% pumpkin as a filler. They have lost weight since I saw them last which is good [both were over 10kgs last time!!] How much do your pugs weigh? Yes, plus they have our dogs to run with while down here. They are quite active anyway, it's just they are WAAAY overfed. She knows, and I have mentioned I am happy to bag up and freeze meals for them and send up to her. Honestly it's not too much trouble, my two are being fed the same. Whether she will accept it and follow my instructions is another question all together. They are getting at least, if not more than half what they normally would be fed. I calculated it on the 2% body weight amount of raw, for what I think they should weigh [which is around 7kgs]. I'll see how they go, and may drop the amount down further.

My MIL is going away and I have her two dogs for two weeks. Both are overweight and could do shedding a few kilos. I'm going to keep a record of them here. First is Ben: Breed: Papillion X Foxie[?] Age: 6 Weight: 9.2kg Second is Lena: Breed: Shih Tzu X Mini Poodle Age: 2.5 Weight: 9.8kg Daily Diet Each Previous: 1 can of tinned MyDog, 1/2 cup dry kibble plus continuous supply of dry kibble throughout the day, chicken neck. Daily Diet Each Now: 150g of diced raw roo and pumpkin, 1 large or 2 small chicken necks Any suggestions or anything? Does anyone know how the best way the weigh them on bathroom scales accurately is? Currently I am just holding them and subtracting my weight from it.

thanks heaps, I will look into and see if there are any courses in my area.

No, animals which perish from heat stroke usually do it quietly. And they were IN THE TRUNK!!!?? Boot = trunk, so no one would have seen them at all. I'd assume they mean the boot of a wagon. RIP police dogs

awww that is so sweet!!

Spotapotumus [aka Spot, Spot Monster]. Spot was 'too boring' and he eats so much and has such a wide yawn-like a hippo! So the name Spotapotumus was born. Peggie named when I got her, it's short for Peggie-Sue

I have a few pythons and they are usually good once they are out of their enclosure. When you feed them in their enclosure they get "cage defensive", in that they will be looking for a feed when the door opens. I always hook mine out before touching them with my hands and they now know the routine. Once out they are all sweethearts, water pythons included. They and olives are the smartest of the Australian pythons. I think it really depends on the python. I feed mine in her cage and she's not cage defensive...or at least not yet. I probably open the cage up at least once a day or two, to clean, refill water, etc, so she knows that when the door is open, doesn't always mean she's being fed. Same here! Mines pretty docile...even when she is aggro [i have yet to be bitten by her] Snake catcher, are there any courses you can do to become a snake catcher?

Its not in my garden...but here is a pretty coastal dunes flower.

Plus a few wildlife shots And of course, what every trip needs... a HEY COWS!! shot.

No...we weren't in the mood to wait an hour to see them. Stupid line!

Yeah, we went to a lot of the feeding times to get photos [like the lions, leopard and tree kangaroo] of them awake