Her Majesty Dogmad

Out and about on Saturday, I met a lady who adopted an elderly dog from me in 2009, I visited them earlier this year as this little old dog is still going! She's a Papillon cross and is now very elderly and arthritic - due to the awful life she'd obviously had when I rescued her quite possibly, she was in a shocking state in Renbury Pound. The owner and I go to the same vet and she told me that recently Laser treatment has been started there. She's been taking Poppy there for treatments on her legs. I'd never heard of this treatment and wondered if anyone has had tried it? I have a very elderly Maltese who is wobbly on his legs, we've just done the month of Cartrophen injections and it's a few weeks on, he isn't that different and I'd be keen to try something else.

I contacted the English Pointer rescue people and they said that GSP Rescue is aware of this dog, the owner is rehoming carefully.

I just rehomed a dog to Byron Bay and I used Dog Movers - they do road transport from Sydney to QLD and have transported dogs for me over the years with no problem.

A small dog with Save Our Strays has a potential home in Woy Woy, if you are available to do a homecheck can you please pm me? Thanks!

PAWS have a foxy boy in foster care in South Penrith. Unfortunately the foster carer isn't handy with a camera and he's been waiting for a home for a while now. If you are good with a camera and happy to go to South Penrith, PAWS would love some help. Please pm me if you can help = thanks!

PAWS have got a foster dog who has waited a long time for a new home and there's a prospective home in Vaucluse in the eastern suburbs. Please pm me if you can help - thanks!

A dear little terrier cross girl has a prospective home in the Cranebrook area. If you can help, pls pm me - thank you!

No safeguards here. Now people like this evil piece of crap can call themselves "registered breeders" because they register with their local council and the ignorant have no idea how this differs from a proper registered breeder. This is so abhorrent, the whole story is very distressing. I wish people would be forced to look at it - the people who buy in petshops, online and through newspaper ads. Even then some wouldn't give a crap.

I'm not sure about the chasing aspect but many live happily with cats. We at Iggy Rescue have rescued a number of Cresties with no other options (3 in the last 4 months) and they have all been beautiful with other dogs. They are quite like Italians and can be strange little souls. Recently I was told that if they get some sort of fright as a puppy, this can affect them permanently. They can climb and require daily care for their skin so a busy household that is likely to forget is not a good option for them as it doesn't take long for the skin to have problems. They can only wear cotton next to their skins and then you can put other coats over that. I love them and last year I adopted one from another rescue group - he was old and more the traditional style (no hair at all), he was 9 yrs old and about 10 kilos - I find they vary enormously in looks and size. Unfortunately he was not good with my other dogs (they are extremely good natured with all other dogs as I foster regularly) and I had to return him within the trial period. He was rehomed as an only dog. I'd consider another Crestie in the future but not right now as my life is very busy. They also tend to need a lot of dental care - just like Italians.

Really fed up with morons and off lead dogs. I just rehomed the sweetest little old Pomeranian aged 13 yrs to a friend of mine in Byron Bay. She also owns an old staffy and was walking down a road with them both on the lead in B.Bay when a female staffy (no owner in sight) attacked the Pom girl's neck and left puncture wounds. My friend didn't know what to do but the dog was kicked off by some passers by. I insisted she report it to the council as it could kill next time. She's only had the Pom for a week. Turns out the staffy is owned by a homeless person. Personally I don't give a damn who owns the dog - it should be kept on the lead at all times. I've told my friend to keep on at the council to ensure they enforce the law.

This vile creature shouldn't even own a pot plant in the future, there is no excuse for what she did.

One of my dogs has been itching for a few days but I suspect it's the Wandering Jew I can see in a garden bed she's been in - planned to get it out at the weekend.

Kamuzz - please send me a PM with contact details and I will forward to PAWS for you.

Why is it so hard for these owners to comply, they simply shouldn't have a dog. They really do not deserve to have one.

Gorgeous!

Thank you both very much. Her trial period ends tomorrow and the new owner has written to say that she has passed with flying colours and isn't coming back! Unfortunately I can't upload the lovely picture of her playing with her doggie friend but she is very happy.

Happy birthday Tibor - that's amazing!

Thank God there's some good news in the papers every now and then.

It's because of stupid and selfish people that there are so many dog attacks. The rules are the rules and I don't care what size the dog is, hope this idiot has learned a lesson but it makes me sick that it's made the paper - trying to get a sympathy vote.

My friend got a standard dachshund from a breeder and 2 yrs on, has had a baby, he's a great dog and she has no concerns about having him with children. .

Don't be fooled - doubtless some of these dogs are in pain with bad teeth. Every older dog I rescue needs a dental, badly. I'd rather have a dog for 10 years in great health than a dog I managed to keep alive for 13 years but neglected. I rescued a little 14 year old dog from people and she'd had a bloody rotten life - only ever kept outside, on her own. No company, not much shelter. She'd lived on No Frills tinned petfood all those years. When I arrived, she was out in the street eating dog poo - this was all near a major road in Sydney. I took her home, got her to the vets (she hadn't seen one since she was desexed as a puppy) and she had most of her rotten teeth out. I was too late though, her heart was bad and I only had her for 8 months before that killed her (in spite of meds and regular vet check ups). At least her last 8 months she had love with me, she became an inside dog and loved her doggie friends, her walks and everything else her. Many people who want to rehome their dogs tell me they have no idea about their pets' teeth, they've never looked. I've just rehomed a 13 yr old for a person who took a lot of convincing that the dog needed a dental before she went. Sure enough, the vet took 4 teeth out ....

I think there are issues in country pounds in other states too. Last night I was on a Facebook page for a country pound and people were very upset that someone had proposed the pound desex animals. They said that it cost too much to buy them if they'd had vet work done. This particular pound doesn't work with rescue. There is little funding for country pounds sadly which doesn't help at all. It's great that some are on the Urgent part of DOL and it really helps the dogs get rescued which ensures they'll have their vet work done and hopefully be rehomed responsibly. I still mourn the 1 yr old dog euthanased at a country pound last year because it had an ear infection and the council doesn't pay for medication.

Wow I thought it was compulsory everywhere! Not at all and two of Sydney's large pounds have only made it a requirement in the last 2 or 3 years. The former BYB shoppers have all disappeared from those pounds, strangely enough. Some country pounds don't even have a website or any means of advertising what dogs/cats are there and there's 100% euthanasia pretty much.

When I lived in the apartment I had an Italian Greyhound - as I mentioned, I walked him 3 times a day and took him downstairs for a bedtime pee. Problem was he was a weird dog (some Iggies are, they have a lot of quirks and he was no exception). I'd struggle to get him to pee at bedtime - he'd refuse to go in the gardens of the unit so I'd have to walk him up and down the road. EVERY NIGHT and I mean every night, he'd get me up in the night at least once and want to go - we'd go up and down the road, he wouldn't rest until he'd been but getting him to go was very difficult. One night, at 3am, we came across a group of guys coming toward us, I picked him up and ran. The area I lived in wasn't particularly nice and it was after that I decided I couldn't go on. It was then I sold up and moved away from all my friends (I couldn't afford a house in that part of Sydney) and it did change my life - not for the better for many years! I also think that you need to consider times when you may be unwell with flu, stomach virus etc and getting up and going out then becomes a real killer, almost impossible at times. Thank God I didn't have that happen whilst in the unit but it has certainly happened here however the dogs can thankfully put themselves out the dog door.

Having lived in a unit with a dog, I wouldn't do it again. It was a huge commitment timewise with 3 walks a day (I worked near home and went each lunchtime as the dog couldn't hold on). I'd tried a cat but got the wrong one, it did put me off having another cat even though I grew up with them. This one kept escaping from the unit - he really wasn't happy and didn't adjust so for his own safety, I returned him to the shelter and he found another home with a family in a house. I should just say that I volunteered at the shelter and hadn't even been looking for a cat, they wanted me to give it a try. Back to the dog, he never seemed very happy in the unit either, he had separation anxiety and toileted everywhere, the minute I left his sight. If I was to move back into a unit and want to have a dog, I'd need a huge balcony that was safe and with space for a doggie toilet so that if I had to work late or got caught up somehow, I wouldn't be stressing. Going home every lunchtime isn't an option these days. I have rehomed dogs to units but it's easier if there is more than one owner and in other cases, the owners have paid for a dog walker to come in.