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Sometimes I wish there was a "like" button on this forum, all of the above had me laughing and relating to them Cheers

I like both human names and different names and different human names here are some of mine two new pups are named, Jaffa and Brynne, also currently have Zane, Sienna and Hope (dogs) Horatio (cat) Hercules (cat) Hadme (cat) CC (cat) Cyrano (cat) Kaysha (cat) Willow (cat) Zelda (cat) Jewel (cat) all British Shorthairs Past dog names inc: Monet Sisley Manet Gainsborough (Gaina for short) (yes I went to art school) Buzz Flynn Fern Rune Peggy Ethel Mabel Mercy Ruby April Percy Luci (male short for Lucifer) Favourite unusual name though is "Chapter" my first Sheltie, he started a whole new chapter in my life For a whippet what about Usain as in Usain Bolt or Phelps as in Michael

wish I had read this before I listened to it. I always have my headphones so not to disturb my OH as the computers are next to each other. It made all the hair on my arms stand up and I hit the mute button before it finished Damn scary noise whatever it is, you could sell it as a sound effect in a horror movie.

Yes me too seeing as I've forgotten to watch every single show except one. How does one find out? you can watch the previous two episodes on abc iview, I've watched them all that way, I always seem to be on the phone on Wednesday nights and just watched the SAfrican episode this morning. Interesting program. but on facebook there is a huge back last re the first episode at the Lost Dogs Home about how inappropriate it was to make the girl see a dog put down. Does anyone feel that there seems to be more badly behaved dogs because there are more badly behaved kids today, spoilt with no discipline and expected everything on a plate. Ok putting fire suit on.

What a stupid woman. If the dogs had not been with him anything could have happened. They were the best protection he could have had. I would be so grateful to those dogs for staying with my boy if I was dumb enough to lose them all in the first place. Unreal ,callous & uncalled for. Why even think it let alone say it. Agree. I get the feeling the woman is actually blaming the dogs for the child going off??? ....so glad the kid is okay. She said (I think) on today this morning that the dogs ran out of the open gate and the little boy followed. I personally found the whole thing odd watching it this morning. The way she was acting and things she was saying were just interesting for someone who's disabled son had wandered off :/ I also saw her on the Today show this morning, and at first was just happy seeing her reunited. Then I too thought she made some very strange comment, one minute blaming the dogs, the next saying her son is a known "Runner", I think the dogs followed him rather than the other way around and thank goodness they did, but I also wouldn't judge someone for stupid things they say under emotional circumstances and with cameras pointed at them, she may have been just rattling off anything without thinking or meaning what she said.

Tintin Jac, can you please pass on details in a pm of your house sitters. Mostly my other half and I have to take separate holidays, because one of us has to stay for the animals as we have both dogs and cats. Quite a few of the kennels wont take NON desexed cats, I breed and show my cats as well as dogs, so of course they are not desexed and the males cannot ever be housed together. When I was quite a bit younger I used to do house sitting myself, only ever in houses with animals to be looked after, mostly other show dog owners. I would never have gone against the rules laid down, and did used to prefer that as much was written down as possible, I could tell some stories from the other side too. But I do believe that most of the dogs were really quite content, getting the same food as they were used to and in their home environment. Some barely acknowledged their owners return. Personally I think if you get good pet sitters it is better for the dogs and most definitely for cats, but the emphasis on the good. To the OP, I would speak to the sitters you had and explain you are not happy with what you have been told and the reasons why. I will make you feel better and perhaps make them safer house sitters for the next person with pets.

I love the dachie pic, thanks heaps for the info on the settings. I will try playing around with mine a bit more now too.

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Long time ago we had a Goat plus Shelties living on a suburban block in Maribyrnong and used to walk along the river with the goat on lead and 2 Shelties. Best comment ever was "Ahhh look at the baby Lassies and the ba lamb" and "what sort of dog is that"

The club will be marking out spaces to ensure exhibitors don't hog huge areas in the front row and was informed by the VCA that for National Shows that it is ok to do so. We wont be charging a fee, As areas will be marked out for, a "seating only" at ringside and for a very large assembly area and official area, the areas for exhibitors to set up will be clear, it will be a first come first served basis but they wont be able to to have more than a 3 x 3 space, There will be a walkway between every two 3 x 3. So that anyone behind will still have decent access to get around the ring. Anyone wanting more than a 3 x 3 will be advised that it will be behind the front row. At least we are trying to make it fair. Personally there are heaps of champ shows where i would be lucky to be squeezed into a metre and a half square,as so many mats and chairs and grooming items were reserving big spaces and the last time that happened I arrived at 6.45am.

I will never own a straight pole only trolley after being there when a dog I bred, owned by another exhibitor was being pushed out of the Adelaide Royal just ahead of me, the dogs tail became wrapped around the wheel, He was screaming in pain and wrenching his body in an attempt to free himself. I tried to cut all the hair to free him, long Sheltie hair, while his owner held him against the side to stop him pulling away. When it wasnt working we got help to actually break the wheel off, but he was still trapped with the hair around the wheel, eventually I cut all the hair that was caught and could see that the tail tip was torn off with only a small piece of skin still connected him to the wheel, I had to cut it off, so we could free him, there was just no other way. it actually caused major lifelong damage to his spine and his renal function as well as giving him a short tail. I would love to be able to buy a lighter trolley especially now Im getting older but will never risk those straight pole trolleys. It was one of the wooden trolleys (thats what most of us had 16 years ago) and yes it had wheel protector bits.