Her Majesty Dogmad

Perry's Mum - am sending you a PM as Tyson is of interest to them. good luck!

sorry to be off topic, but how utterly ridiculous and short sighted. So basically you need to be retired or a billionaire to own a Pug?

Lovely to see!

PAWS (Denise) does rescue a lot of Pugs these days. I know where there is one in need of a home as well so will pm you.

This. Even if you are declared %100 innocent and even if there was an ombudsman and ways to appeal and all the rest, once your face and name are out there, that's it. The social media court does not need a legitimate conviction and any nutter, psychopath and loony can become a part of it. People get harassment and death threats for the rest of their lives as you have described above. I realize puppy farming is bad, but destroying people's lives for unproven allegations is completely unforgivable. I still feel bad for the breeder whose place was featured on Today Tonight. That whole thing really made me aware of the powers that can be brought against you without any actual legal action needing to be taken. Personally, I think people who break and enter and trespass in pursuit of damning video and photographic evidence should be exposed to the same harassment as the people they are supposedly exposing. Maybe they will learn some compassion that way. Puppy farming is worse than bad and those that profit from the misery they inflict on dogs until they are no use anymore, are the lowest of the low. They are ONLY interested in profiting from the animals, they are not interested in the welfare of the animals they own nor the ones they ship off to petshops.

Ultimately the blame for all of this must lie with bad owners. If it wasn't for them, none of these situations would exist. The RSPCA was a great idea but is truly overrun with unwanted pets or situations of cruelty so have had to make some hard and fast rules. They do seem to help some owners and indeed, give their dogs back to them when they've left them ungroomed for years on end - how much work would there be in monitoring all those cases. What I really get angry about is their treatment of the whistleblower who ended up committing suicide. She told the truth and they denied it and had all the resources to fight for their side of the story and to discredit her. Appalling.

Alright, I will send the info through and see what they say. The only reason I thought he'd be too energetic was that their last dog was a Short-haired Collie and they spent years doing obedience etc with him and didn't want another working breed/high energy type. The other thing is that they work and the dog will be on its own for 8 or so hours each day. Wouldn't Tyson need a companion?

Tyson is gorgeous but I think he will be too energetic for them

Great work WP!! Bob's a great idea for a name. :)

I'm sure he'll settle, it'll be so new for him but that's great news!

Something's not right but whatever, the owner should never have left a sick dog and gone on holiday. This doesn't send a good message to people who are cruel to animals through neglect, ignorance or sadism. I've left a sick dog before - in the vet - they charged me more for his board per night (as it involved medication) than my own accomm cost me at the time (it was a cheapie weekend away), it was quite a shock but I wouldn't have been able to leave him anywhere else. After that I didn't take a weekend or holiday away for 6 years because of his health issues.

I'm waiting to see how WP went, it might well be worth putting him on Iggy Rescue's Facebook page as a lot of our people love and own the Greys as well.

I'd like to get him a coat, wherever he's going. I will order, he's so thin - hope they've got a coat on him tonight?

is he any good with cats or small dogs?

oh he's beautiful ...

I'll let them know about the form - that's great!

Thanks Maree, they had looked at Petrescue for the ACT, they don't want to drive for hours to find a dog as they want to spend some time with the dog so I'm not necessarily going to put Sydney dogs forward atm. T - they want a dog, they were open on the age (not old though).

I had an enquiry from a home in Canberra this week (I haven't homechecked as it wasn't right for one of my dogs). They have had a purebred dog before who they took to obedience and agility for years, a Smooth Collie. They are looking for a different kind of dog now, here's the criteria: 1. dog will be outside during the working day 2. dog can sleep inside at night (not in bedroom) but there is no dog door 3. don't want a clingy dog 4. no issue with hair shedding 5. would like a dog that chases balls etc 6. need an independent dog that is OK being only dog but MUST be good with other dogs so they can go to dog parks etc. 7. no Staffy types please 8. quiet dog wanted, not a barker Unless a pound dog's history is well known, please don't send me any pics of pound dogs. They have been to the RSPCA in Canberra but didn't find a dog. Usually it's a good idea to find a dog from foster care when you have specific requirements. They are not the right home for a Sighthound. They are open to breeds so let me know if you know of a suitable dog.

Ok, so they could have saved the dog by telling the hospital that the offending dog was unknown to them? The women does two stupid things in that case, lets a dog she probably isn't fully aware of the dogs character into a room with a toddler then serves the dog up on a plate to get PTS So you don't think a dog that savaged a child's head should be put to sleep? I do. I'm someone who loves dogs more than most, who spends a lot of money saving the unwanted from pounds, getting them back to good health and rehoming at a loss but if any of them did anything like that, I would euthanase them. That is vicious and unacceptable behaviour. And the owners should never get dogs or have dogs in their general vicinity again, they are obviously completely dumb and therefore a danger to themselves.

Dogs do kill each other so it's something to be aware of. Is there any reason why you have one dog undesexed? Best to get her done if there's no reason. females are worse than males - if they have a fight they don't usually get over it. As a rescuer, I prefer to take on males usually as I find the females are generally more troublesome. That said, I have 3 here currently who live in great harmony. My preference is to only have 1 or 2 and the rest are males, makes for better harmony. Many people only want females because they are "cleaner" or "more loving" - my experience blows all that out of the water and I recommend a male and a female generally but allow your dogs to pick their friends. In your situation it sounds like you need to manage it properly - put one away if you want to play with the other and it starts a scrap but you may also have a scrap when you reunite them - it depends on the dogs. A behaviouralist would be a very good idea as it doesn't sound like you have enough experience to manage it all safely.

I'm always happy to share my knowledge and skills and expertise too but it is a fact that some people mean well but are simply not suited to running a rescue operation, others have the wrong motives or ideas. I recently spoke to a lady who enquired about one of my little rescued dogs. She said I was the only rescuer out of the 5 that she had contacted that had asked her any questions about her life/home and had not pushed her to adopt the dog I had advertised. Instead I had given her plenty of advice and also said that my dog would not suit - she said it was a refreshing change from the other conversations she'd had.

That is absolutely disgusting and this is half the problem. The councils can't or won't act upon complaints, they "speak" to the owners and the situation continues. That's what it's like here, I complained about an Amstaff being loose, no owners in sight. They don't have any fencing around their yard. It may not be aggressive towards other dogs but it could well be - the last time the owner saw me coming with my little dogs (on lead of course) she rushed to put the dog on a leash as it was loose in her yard at the time. Nothing can be done to fix this problem it seems so I have to sit and hope that eventually this owner and dog will move out and go and inflict themselves on another street/suburb. It shouldn't be so easy. Even if they do move, I've still got the other loose bull breeds to worry about so do I have to stay home for the rest of my life or drive suburbs away to try and walk my dogs? It is not good enough that I pay the price for irresponsible people, that the quality of my life is degraded.

I don't believe in going out during the week - I've been at work all day and don't feel it's fair to leave the dogs again. You could call it a sacrifice but they are the greatest joy in my life so it's a pleasure. Holidays are difficult because I choose to own several dogs and foster as well. My dogs are old, on expensive meds and because of their ailments, it's almost impossible to leave them. The way I look at it is that a holiday's only for a week or two. Would I rather be on my own for 50 weeks a year or have the dogs and miss out on the holiday. Having lived without dogs for far too many years as I was in rented places, I know what the answer is!

What I am interested in knowing - after Lillypilly's conversation with her - is Rachelle doing the right thing and desexing the animals before rehoming?

I try too but this year I saw a tiny dog in a horrific state in the pound, nursed him back to good health and ended up keeping him. I just adore him so much that it brings tears to my eyes. One thing is that he is quite old and I may not have him for long, he is all the more precious and I grieve for the terrible life he obviously had for so many years. His name is Gulliver and he's stolen my heart.