Her Majesty Dogmad

can anyone help? Haywards Bay is between Shellharbour and Wollongong. Thanks!

I keep getting the pituitary tumours when mine get Cushings, if it's the adrenal form of Cushings you can have surgery. I've had 3 dogs that have def. had Cushings and one that was thought to have it. My old BOrder Terrier cross girl, Dixie, actually lived for 4 years after diagnosis on medication - it was pretty awful meds too - toxic to people so I had to wear gloves and be very careful feeding it to her. I had to let her go when she began hallucinating due to the tumour pressing on the wrong part of her brian. Now the medication is much improved, I've got my Westie cross in his 3rd year of medication and he's been very well for that time. He's had 3 lots of Cartrophen injections over the 3 yrs as he has cruciate issues. I lost another dog in 2010 when both his cruciates went - the vet suspected he'd got Cushings but it was undiagnosed and it can destroy the ligaments. He would have been over 12 yrs old, he didn't respond to the Cartrophen. This year my old Maltese was diagnosed with Cushings in March and he was about 14 so we didn't put him on medication and then he started to have fits. I lost him in May. Lifespan without meds is usually estimated to be up to a year, with meds up to 3 years. The medication for my Westie cross is $95 per month.

Thanks for your help, this is a homecheck for a very sweet little man who has waited a long time.

So much stuff is now made in China but I won't give any of it to my dogs. I won't have it so nor will they - scary how much there is on the shelves now. Hope she's feeling better soon.

I love the tenacity and personality of a terrier, their independence and intelligence. But I also love my Italian Greyhound for having weird habits but being the most loving dog on the planet, she's the best ...

Oh no, hope she is soon feeling better ...

I can recommend this lady in your area: http://www.beautifulcreatures.com.au/

Yes please, this is a great home for any dog and he would really love another BC!

You need to contact the pound and discuss, there is transport from Sydney to Brisbane with Dogmovers - probably going to cost around $130 for a small dog plus your adoption fee and then you may need a dental etc.

Absolutely. This is disgusting. I hope this lady can afford to sue, hope she has some insurance so that she doesn't end up losing all her wages for months, she'll have enough medical costs to worry about as well.

The owner is obviously clueless if their fence needs improving, can't believe they've left the dog there, it places everyone at risk.

There's also poor little old Maltese in Renbury, about 13.5 yrs old. School holidays are coming up ...

He decided to wait a month which I think is wise, he was looking too soon. We might be close to the end of the time now though so pls send me any info.

Someone's going to probably need a dog run or be home most of the time and then lock the dog inside or in a garage when they go out. This is a very difficult situation. We rescued a Bull Arab at Iggy rescue and he was able to clear 6ft fences easily - he was only looking for company though and he was rehomed with another dog.

A dog run is a great idea, that can be taken with you when you move. The electric fence may also be another option - my neighbour's dog got out several times a week for 2 years. Some of the time she ended up in my house - she broke my dog door once, but apart from that (she is a large dog), when she came in she terrorised my old littlies and turned the house upside down - jumping on the kitchen benches, knocking all the water bowls over and so on. He'd chopped down all the trees she would climb to get up on the fence which she'd walk along like a tightrope - it was amazing to see - but in the end, she could still climb the fence so then he put up an electric line and there's been no more escaping thank God. You run the risk of your dog being declared "dangerous" if he's getting out to get to other dogs. As for the paperwork, that's pretty poor of AAA - especially as you've contacted them several times. It would make me wonder if he is or isn't chipped as someone said or if they took a surrender from someone who wasn't the original owner. You can contact your council and discuss with them - do a Stat Dec perhaps, just check.

Wow, she looks so much better already. Thank goodness for the temp foster care and their vet, they are all doing a fantastic job. If the potential home falls through for any reason, Iggy Rescue has another wonderful home with 2 black male Whippets who would also like to adopt her. :)

What a beautiful boy, so very sad for you and your family. Joey was well loved and deserved many more years. It's always so hard to cope with when they leave early, it's just not fair.

I found this very moving and hope that it does make a difference. Best to click into the article as there are the portraits there, with explanations as to why the dog wasn't rehomed. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2411823/Artist-Mark-Barone-immortalizing-5-5k-doomed-shelter-dogs-memorial-portraits.html Faces of the doomed: Artist immortalizes 5,500 shelter dogs by painting each of their portraits before they are put down Mark Barone of Louisville, Kentucky hopes to spread awareness about the no-kill shelter alternative using the sad faces of euthanized dogs Barone was inspired to do the project after learning that 5,500 dogs are put to sleep in the U.S. every day He paints 10 portraits per day and is 3,500 paintings into the project he hopes to make into a museum By Joshua Gardner PUBLISHED: 20:52 GMT, 4 September 2013 | UPDATED: 03:22 GMT, 5 September 2013 1,117 shares 26 View comments A Kentucky artist is on a mission to paint 5,500 portraits of shelter dogs doomed to be put to sleep. That’s the number of dogs killed per day in U.S. shelters, a number that shocked Mark Barone enough to start doing something about it. By putting a face to the statistic, Barone hopes to spread awareness of the plight of homeless animals in the U.S. Inspired: Kentucky artist Mark Barone spends each day painting doomed shelter dogs as part of a project to create 5,500 canine portraits Inspired: Kentucky artist Mark Barone spends each day painting doomed shelter dogs as part of a project to create 5,500 canine portraits It began after Barone’s own dog of 21 years, Santina, died three years ago. His partner Marina Dervan thought it would be a good idea to adopt a new dog. ‘Mark was not interested,’ Dervan told Fast Company. ‘He just wasn't ready…But that didn't stop me. I was going online and looking at dogs. But instead of finding a dog, I found out all of the statistics about what was going on in terms of the amount of animals who were being killed in our shelter system.’ Dervan said she began sending the alarming information along to Mark who, at first, didn’t want to look at it. ‘Two days later, he said, “I have a really clear vision of what I want to do to solve the problem.”’ A videos of how the project came about can be found on Barone and Dervan's website.

Save Our Strays and JRT Rescue are your closest at Londonderry

That's terrible, poor dog and poor family. Somebody was trigger happy and there needs to be an investigation.

Finally found a suitable dog for a lady that's been bugging me about getting one for her for 3 weeks (I had taken down all the criteria), sent through the picture and she leaves me a message saying she's changed her mind, dogs shed hair and she's scared of Chihuahuas .... This little dog couldn't be sweeter.

I second that ... I have fosters coming and going, currently have 3 fosters and the dynamics can be challenging sometimes. The worst thing for me right now is the constant cleaning - none of the fosters were housetrained, as per usual but having 3 at once is not something I will do again.

The thing that most rescues are absolutely desperate for are good foster carers and they are so hard to come by. Recently a colleague was trying to find temp foster care for 7 days for some dogs - nigh impossible, people had 100 reasons why they couldn't do it.

Is he advertised on Petrescue? The other thing your ad doesn't mention is how much it costs to buy him and what is included in the price, ie vaccination, desexing etc.

They have his mum in care, so are sure on that account! NO idea what the rest is though His sister looks like a Labrador x! It's very difficult, even though his mum is a Rotti he isn't the right colouring so for the Rotti lover who likes that look, he may not appeal so much. He has a very interesting forehead, I like those interesting markings. What people want to know in an ad could be put in bullet point form - the training part will definitely appeal so you say xxx is trained to sit, stay, come when called. Is he housetrained? Good in the car? You've provided quite a bit of info but it is long - in my experience people don't read too much, sad to say. Maybe change his name slightly? I like Lupin but you could try changing to "Lupo". People don't realise they can change a name and Lupin is very unusual.