Decadence

It is a terrible situation, however, in regards to nose replacement, it is actually quite promising. Nose replacements have been happening for well over a century. Plastic surgeons use a flap of skin, usually taken from the forehead and reconstruct the nose on a prosthetic base. Adelaide has a fantastic cranio-facial surgical unit, so hopefully the boy will be able to have a new nose reconstructed (although of course he will lose his sense of smell) and if all goes well he should be able to live a relatively normal life. Ya joking right? The nose is probably one of the hardest things to get right cosmetically, especially if the whole thing was removed. Yes it can be repaired with a flap, but it won't be a 'new nose', he will most likely have severe psychological scarring from this not to mention body image issues. It's not like having a mole removed and skin to cover the divet, its your nose and no amount of expertise is going to give you a new nose, its still going to be obvious. Actually I am serious and know exactly what I am talking about. It would be far more scarring for the boy to have no nose than have a prosthetic one. Look at these images and tell me they aren't convincing: http://www.medicalar...s&gallery=nasal

It is a terrible situation, however, in regards to nose replacement, it is actually quite promising. Nose replacements have been happening for well over a century. Plastic surgeons use a flap of skin, usually taken from the forehead and reconstruct the nose on a prosthetic base. Adelaide has a fantastic cranio-facial surgical unit, so hopefully the boy will be able to have a new nose reconstructed (although of course he will lose his sense of smell) and if all goes well he should be able to live a relatively normal life.

So touching. What a wonderful dog, sacrificing his life for the baby.

If you fear for her current dog please, please help him. Can you possibly offer to re-home her pets in the future, or offer to train her dog for her? Can you (just) threaten her to tell her children the truth (maybe citing something along the lines of at least they will stop her from doing it in the future, or teach her of consequences to actions? Can you involve your mum in any way? Talk to her vet and convince them to keep animals she brings in to pts aside for you to re-home? There must be something that can be done, please don't give up. It's obvious you care and I am not questioning you in any way, I am just begging you to please not give up, sometimes hopelessness can demolish us far too early in the game and make everything seem futile. But you just have to be creative and or daring and find the right way, if not to get through to her then to take matters into your own hands, to help those animals who have a chance to stay alive only through you. That is really a terrible situation for the animals in your sister's "care". I was talking to a vet nurse last night at puppy pre-school. They had just put had to pts a purebred blue heeler. The neighbours had complained about its barking. The owners left it in the backyard all day, every day. They never once took it for a walk or played with it, so it was bored out of its brain. They couldn't surrender it to the pound because it was dog aggressive and had never been socialised with other dogs. So sad that the only solution for the poor dog was euthanasia. If the owners only put the time and energy into training and socialising their dog and giving it plenty of exercise and attention, there wouldn't be a problem. So many people buy a cute puppy and when it is not cute anymore, want to destroy it and buy a new puppy.

Sorry, better ask... How is our personal information going to used? How will it be stored? Will it be shared with any other persons/companies? Will it be destroyed after your research is complete? I work in a government department where we collect personal information and these are some necessary questions that we ask clients before sharing information. Thanks!

There were 128 days left before the Games. Yep, you're right - it was April 1. Here's the April Fool in full: 128 days to go . . . 128: The number of competitors who participated in the poodle-clipping event at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. The event was held in the leafy environs of the Bois de Boulogne and it was the only occasion that it featured as an Olympic discipline. This, no doubt, came as a relief to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the French founding father of the modern Olympic movement, who had opposed its inclusion, but was outvoted by his International Olympic Committee colleagues. The gold medal was won by Avril Lafoule, a 37-year-old farmer's wife from the Auvergne region of France, who successfully clipped 17 poodles in the allotted two-hour time frame. The poodle-clipping competition, held on April 1, was watched by 6,000 spectators, one of the larger audiences at the most chaotic Olympic Games of all. The curious case of Olympic poodle-clipping is a classic web tale. Cut from the original Telegraph countdown and pasted into the blogosphere, it took on a life of its own, losing all its original context and eventually becoming a "fact" in Beijing.

LOL, spent so much time reading this at work this morning. Luckily our server had gone down, so I couldn't do work anyway!

April Fools!

Doggy diving - create the biggest splash, extra points for wetting the humans close by.

"Hi, I have a little Maltese cross Jack Russell called Oli. He has an amazing temperament and is always well behaved and loving. I am blessed to have such a beautiful dog. Recently I have been looking to get a new puppy to add to our family and I want to breed him with any other small dog breed so I can take advantage of his good genes. All I want is two puppies from the litter and you would be able to keep the rest for yourself or to sell! I would prefer a Yorkie or a mini foxy but I am happy to compromise. Preferably no Maltese's though. Looking forward to hearing from you!" I quite often email these types of people and try to explain that this is not really the smartest thing to do, considering all the implications bybreeding has, especially in regards to health, ethics, etc. What are your opinions on this?

Although the practice is now meant to be regulated, I am still not happy that these mills are operating at all. I would much prefer that they be shut down completely. Leave dog breeding to the registered breeders. It is a shame that there is an industry designed for profit only to produce cute fluffy pups. The poor mothers of these pups are bred and bred and there is nothing to stop that

I use Frontline as it kills fleas and ticks. Worth every cent in my opinion.

Renae is so beautiful. I love the bows. Boy she looked like she had a great day. Way to go!

Our vet recommended that our puppies both be desexed at 6 months. When she saw the look on my face she asked if I was going to breed them. I said 'no, but I may want to show the girl'. I really think 6 months is too young for bcs and I really want my boy, Shadow, to mature fully before he gets the snip.

I'm always surprised at the huge amount of ragdoll kittens (often teenagers) at the Belconnen Mall Pets Paradise. They charge around $1000 for those kittens and sell them too. A puppy was actually stolen from the Woden Pets Paradise and it was not until midday that anyone actually noticed. Sorry a bit off topic, but seeing all those wee puppy farm pups and kittens really makes me mad.