GregW

Hi, sorry for late reply, honestly she has had it for so long I can't remember. I couldn't see any brand name on it. I usually pick up a toy from woolies every now and than for variety and this may have been one of them. It has certainly out lasted every one of them.

Zoe 5/52 - Favourite Toy Week 5 by Off Leash, on Flickr

Zoe 4/52 - Eye on the prize Week 4 by Off Leash, on Flickr

3/52 Zoe - I don't pose unless I get a treat. Week 3 by Off Leash, on Flickr

Zoe 2/52 - Mug Shot Week_2 by Off Leash, on Flickr

Gorgeous photo GregW! Who is the pooch? Thanks, this is Zoe our 6yr old lab who keeps us busy. She absolutely loved the week with the family on the river.

I have always wanted to do this, Week 1 by Off Leash, on Flickr This was taken during the week whilst on holidays at Riverwood Downs located at the foothills on Barrington Tops, World Heritage National Park, just a couple hours north of Sydney.

Is this it? http://www.offleash.com.au/content/beach-street-reserve?backurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.offleash.com.au%2Fsearch%2Fresults%3Faddress%3DTuncurry%26radius%3D5 Cheers Greg

This area of south coast nsw extremely dog friendly. My brother lives on just a street up from Broulee Beach. See here for more details on dog friendly beaches in the area - http://www.offleash.com.au/browse/nsw/eurobodalla-shire Cheers Greg

Delivery is same no matter as all books sent fom Uk warehouse, prices seem to be nearly the same as well And another thumbs down here for fishpond,awful delivery time and had to keep following up

Have kept quite an assortment of animals over the years including reptiles and tropical marine fish, but you can't beat a dog for mateship!

Poor thing, hope she regains a full recovery.

Using opti clean to regularly can also cause yeast infections by putting the natural environment of the ear out of balance. It is fine if it recommended by a vet but there are more gentle . Agree, recommendation was to only check regularly, opti clean was to be only used if there were signs of build up.

I think the joy that your dog gives u is priceless.

Good that your getting a second opinion, Zoe recently had a nasty ear infection, lots of head shaking, two week course of drops and antibiotics cleared it up. In regards to what could have caused it? It was probably environmental, we had loads of work done on the backyard, lots of mud, dust and then a long period of rain meaning all those nasties had a warm cozy place to thrive in her floppy ears. Flushing with opti clean? Was recommended as a pre caution if signs of redness or dirt appeared in future. Greg

our Lab tipped the scales at about 29 kgs at one stage, dinner scraps here and there, it is amazing how it can creep up on you and make you realize what you are doing to your dog. My vet told me to only feed three quarters of recommended daily amount of dry food only and mix it with heaps of veggies. It took some time and hard work to avoid those constant looks of please feed me!!!! But the result was well worth it, she is now a trim 24 kgs

Keeping still, major frustration with a lab!

Lightroom for me! I bought Photoshop as well but find I use it more for creating web graphics and banners.

Shelving in the garage for stuff easily to get to and a plastic tub for toys on rotation.

Yeh, pretty much thought that DNG is the way to go, software changes so much these day.

50mm 1.8 Lens is a cheap good fixed lens for your still shots. I got one recently in city new for $129, normally $149 so just need to hunt around a bit.

After reading Scott Kelbys book on Lightroom 3 ( highly reccommend ) he insists that photos are better off being converted to Adobe DNG ( digital negative ) rather than native RAW as each camera is slightly different. I want to start converting to some form of RAW now, how are others doing, anyone agree that should be Adobe DNG as it is pretty much RAW but more conventional? Cheers Greg

After reading this i think i need to get one. Question, those that do have, are you leaving it on all the time to avoid accidental hits even when you are shooting indoors or out of direct light? and how about for your pro shots? Greg

Congratulations, well done!

Will be sending out a few tweets for you, hope it goes well Greg