Rebanne

send me your snail mail address and I'll pop my ticket into the mail for you. I am no longer going.

There are dapples, to me they are mottled like a merle, not so much piebald.

umm, no need to feed vegies or rice or cooked meat. Raw and/or dry is fine but go with the breeders guidelines to start with.

See Rebanne, this is always the argument about shutting down the industry and I accept there will be casualties, even if the industry is phased out, rather than shutdown immediately, but what about the thousands of greyhounds that will continue to be bred, mass killed and thousands more suffering year in year out, if the industry is allowed to continue? Also we keep hearing that greyhound racing people "love their dogs and treat them like family", so why would they all of sudden have no compunction in abandoning their dogs en-masse if the industry were to be shutdown/phased out? most of the owner/trainers will do the right thing, the big guys aren't going to hang onto 100's of dogs, they'll be the first to dump and run. I'm just pointing out that I don't think it will make any difference if the industry is shut down straight away or phased in. Casualties will be very, very high. And the public need to be prepared for that. These are, after all, working dogs and lots of people can't afford to keep and feed working dogs who don't work, what ever sort of work they should do. Government will have to chip in with big bucks somewhere along the line.

Labadore, even if greyhound racing was phased out, there will be massive dumping of dogs. People won't wait until it's their turn. As soon as any restrictions are imposed people will be out and so too their dogs So if racing ends, quickly or slowly, there had better be very good plans put in place to help the dogs. Very,very good plans.

Jan Cameron one would think, she's got more money than the Catholic church and it's all her brilliant idea. What I would like to know is how many foster carers have they got lined up? How are they going to assess all these greys for suitability to homes? You know, basic things like toilet training? If Emma Haswell, Jan Cameron's right hand man it seems, is the head tester for cat/pocket pets god help us all. I'm still gobsmacked over her public claim to be able to make any greyhound cat friendly O.o I thought I read they were going to try and get funding from the Government or the Racing bodies. Jen Cameron was going to donate the land and Animals Australia was going to run it

Be careful, Phoebe showed like a champ in baby puppy, got into minor and lost her head!

bit slow catching up but we have since had another show and Phoebe was much more settled. it helped there were no other greyhounds for her to chase :laugh:

bothers me a bit about wanting 100% rehomed. Not every dog, of any breed, is suitable to be rehomed.

I believe there were more. One other dog died, two were saved is what I have read

I believe there are already rules in place to cover the disposal of dogs not wanted and also breeding restrictions. Yes but they were pretty lax which is why the policing needs to be done, well that has been my experience with rescuing and rehoming dogs from the kennels. It did make it easy for me as I hate paperwork but any owners can just as easily dispose of their dog in other ways, no questions asked. As far as I'm aware it is quite ok to mate two dogs together so long as they are registered. Many dogs that are registered haven't raced they may waiting see if some relative is going to do ok in a race and then they will be bred from and the pups advertised as their dam being full litter sister to wiz bang greyhound. I know this as I have received girls to rehome whose sister didn't quite do what was hoped for. Yes you can breed any two greyhounds together, as sometimes some don't make it to the race track, but there are restrictions. they have to have a % of winners to have more then 2 litters I think it is. There are other restrictions but that's the one I remember. In Vic I am pretty sure they have to sign forms saying what they have done with the dogs, PTS, rehomed etc but yes most likely not followed up on.

I believe there are already rules in place to cover the disposal of dogs not wanted and also breeding restrictions.

But they didn't put the feral pig down, they allowed them to be ripped to pieces whilst still alive suffering immensely

Happy Birthday Leo, what a special little dog you are

Happy Birthday Benny and here's to a few more!

love my OKS trolley. Martin made several modifications for me at no extra cost.

Our very own Rebanne in there with Warrior and my hounds are also in the life cycle bit :)

^ This! If greyhound racing is banned it will be the end of the breed. How many show pups are bred each year? Very few, I suspect, though Rebanne would know for sure . The dogs love to chase, it is what they have been bred for over centuries. Some years there are no litters. People don't want greyhound pups anyway. They are very hard to find homes for.

yes but they have ivermectin in them

https://budgetpetproducts.com.au/new/index.php?categoryID=176# there are other sizes and quantities available. I just got a single 6 pack for $10 and free postage

They left me a corner they they spread out

And this. Put some liver treats in the basket of a UK yard muzzle and you can teach them to put their head in the muzzle themselves. Most of mine have loved their muzzles because muzzles mean either walks or trips somewhere. Totally agree

What are you on?

I love greyhounds too :)

No surprises there. For most of those sorts of groups, it's not at all about helping actual animals, it's about getting certain things abolished. Interestingly, I saw this today and although it sounds all really great in theory, the idea of a group like AA managing the actual welfare of actual animals concerns me greatly. Oh God me too. I was nearly sick when I read that