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He's seven now :'( Still youngish for a Kelpie but yes, he's no longer my Baby Hoover although still very cute.

Thanks. She is ridiculously cute!!! "Bow before me, lowly human!" Heart-shaped spot Hoover and Willow "I kiss you, Hoover!"

She arrived yesterday and is mega cute. With a loveheart spot on her side Devil dog Cutie

Mesmerised dogs

Evie passed her trial adoption and was adopted in August We have a new foster dog arriving next week. She's only six weeks right now so is in quarantine right now. Meet Willow. With her sister Wilma. With her littermates Wilson and Wilma Going into care with other carers, this is Wilma. Wilson

Evie's had a couple of day visits with her potential new family. They adore her. She is a cutie after all Ruby the labrador visited us today Evie had a blast She's having a sleepover at her potential new family's house this weekend. Hopefully she behaves

Rationally I agree with you ... but it's hard. There are a lot of groups with a negative reputation and there are people out there who have had one negative experience that has scarred them for life and I find trying to represent things positively in rescue can be hard. So often I hear the words to explain a behavioural issue as being: "Oh he/she's a rescue dog" as if only rescue dogs have issues and purebred dogs never have any sort of behavioural issue ... And then I also get a lot of backlash about rehoming policies. I've had personal abuse levelled at me because: 1. I won't rehome if the dog sleeps outdoors 2. dog must be desexed before rehoming I got the point when I had to take my phone # off petrescue and just vet people by email first to see if they are normal :D In happier news, Evie had a great day. She did great at puppy class and her potential new owners came to watch her and even do some handling. She got visited by former chequeredblackdog and her gang (including former foster Smudge Former foster Smudge, Elbie and Evie Former foster Smudge and Evie Evie starts doing a few day visits and sleepovers soon with a view to trial adoption in August.

I totally agree with you there! That's why I still try to keep it in my head to fit the dog for the home ... but there is occasionally a bit of an implications from some that the easier dogs should always be rehomed to a newbie or a family with little kids etc ... I find picking the homes to be so difficult ...Also because I'm conscious of how much backlash there is out there against rescue groups who are too picky or rude to their applicants.

Thanks so much all for your kind words. I'm glad to say that the beautiful Evie is totally worm free now (thank goodness!) She's doing so well in foster care. She's so clever and trainable: Has a toilet paper core addiction Although she didn't really know how to cope when given this giant one ... She's big dog and small kid friendly She's a mini Elbie. A bit of a poser She's had a lot of applications but I've narrowed it down to two really good applications. They're both about equal and I'd happily adopt Evie out to either but I have to choose, so I find myself grasping at straws to distinguish. One pickle I often have is: Not all dogs are suitable for families with small kids, so if I get a toddler friendly dog, do I almost have a moral obligation to rehome her to a family with kids? For more challenging/high energy dogs that are difficult to manage, I always rehome to people who are either very experienced, or very committed to learning and getting guidance. If I have a dog that has no issues and is "easy", do I have some sort of obligation to rehome to a newbie family/a less experienced family? Is it a "waste" of sorts to rehome an "easy" dog to an experienced person who can handle more? I always try to rehome to the best home possible and the most compatible but I'm talking about a situation where the applications are all good and there's very little to distinguish between them.

Evie and Dodge Evie and Elbie Beautiful Sentinel puppy

Hmm, my post got cut in half ... tdierikx .. I don't think I would have able to cope with that!!! Fortunately she's doing well. * Evie at dog park with Elbie Evie and turtle Boozer puppy So cute

Thanks guys. Dogs are gross ... I know that ... and I've dealt with ringworm, parvo, kennel cough, fleas, ticks before ... but I've never seen live wriggling worms before. I cope badly with wrigglers like maggots/slugs etc - I think Dr Who and the Green Death totally traumatised me as a kid.

Some more photos of Evie, she's so cute. On a more sober note though, today Evie threw up kibble and there were roundworms in it!!! It was so totally disgusting and gross. I won't put the photos here but you can see them here and here. 1. I've seen worms in the stool of fosters before, but I've never had one vomit up worms. 2. She was wormed every month by her first/temp foster carer so I don't understand how she can still be so wormy!? Anyway our dogs were all wormed yesterday thankfully and she was taken to the vet today to double check that she was ok and wormed again today. Fostering can really be so gross...

Phew glad it worked. Evie is gorgeous.

Oh dear I've tried updating all the URLs. Hopefully the photos can be seen now.

Current foster dog is 4 month old Kelpie cross puppy Evie. Playing with former foster Dyson

Cricket from Broken Hill pound is still in Washington DC and doing great Here he is watching the baseball Juniper from Gundagai Pound is still doing well at Flyball Smudge the little black Kelpie cross from Walgett Pound had to retire from flyball because of her health but she's still active and doing well Maggie from Narrandra is doing great at flyball. Here she is on the far left with her flyball family Far left

Gosh it's been ages since I updated. Dyson has been having a wonderful time with his family who take him everywhere. Including the beach And his dad made him a bed You can see more photos of Dyson at the blog.

Thanks guys, glad you liked the photos! poochmad, the foster dog thread is here with the photos of foster dogs and cats

Some photos from our recent trip to South Durras. 4

For Christmas, as a surprise my husband took the dogs to a professional photoshoot We're very pleased with the results and are having a few prints made. Here are just a few of the photos.

I'm in the minority I know. Our 3 Kelpies have all been on the annual Proheart for the last 6 years and are fine and healthy. Our foster dogs mostly tend to be on it, too post adoption with a few variances. We do prefer it for convenience factors but did talk about it with our vet who we trust and has looked after all our dogs and foster dogs through the years. We're comfortable it's the right choice for our dogs, although appreciate that other people choose other options.

I am so sorry for your loss. Our 3 resident Kelpies have all been on the proheart annual injection for the last 6 years and been fine but things like this certainly happen :'( So sorry to hear about this.

Collage of our previous foster dogs (since 2012) in their new lives :) As you know from this thread, we're still in touch with all of the adopters although some are more prolific than others :laugh:

Collage of our previous foster dogs in their new lives :)