

Mairead
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This has already been covered a bit further down. Title includes Trigger Warning and Gumtree warning
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He was taking his time with the dating app
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Melbourne Dog Left to Die Now Ready to Find a Loving Home. ABC News 5/8/24
Mairead replied to Deeds's topic in In The News
Can't imagine her getting to roll in, or sneakily eat, any herbivore or cat poo. -
Melbourne Dog Left to Die Now Ready to Find a Loving Home. ABC News 5/8/24
Mairead replied to Deeds's topic in In The News
The story seems to have disappeared but there was also one on the ABC website about a cavoodle? Miss Mina? that was described as a social influencer that owned dozens of tutus. You can only hope it was taken down because people complained. Treating any animal like a toy, a plaything is also abuse. Shows a lack of respect. A living being is not a Disney cartoon character. -
US textbook The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult lists "sensitive breeds include collies, Australian shepherds, shelties and Old English sheepdogs." Later breeds include longhaired whippets. Makes sense, I always thought they'd been produced using shelties. MDR1 test, found a price of $119 AUD If searching ivermectin, add "dogs" to your search terms or you will get COVID research
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Pro heart heartworm Injection side effects
Mairead replied to Kazm's topic in Health / Nutrition / Grooming
It may not have had anything to do with the injection, just happened around the same time. Did anyone mention haemorrhagic gastroenteritis? 5 -Minute Veterinary Consult: Breed Predilection "incidence is greater in small breed dogs. Breeds most represented include miniature Schnauzers, dachshunds, Yorkshire terriers and miniature poodles." -
Dying for sport: Abuse claims rock Australian greyhound racing
Mairead replied to DogsAndTheMob's topic in In The News
I took my sighthounds to a greyhound vet because regular vets tended not to know much about them. In the greyhound waiting room were well kept, well adjusted dogs. In the pet waiting room were usually overweight, poorly socialised and poorly controlled dogs. At a Million Paws walk one year (I stopped going - too many long flexileads and being run into by strollers) the vet students doing free checkups said the show dogs are in good condition and the pets look like coffee tables. In the Baird greyhound enquiry, didn't the RSPCA say they didn't get many greyhound cruelty cases? -
Addison's disease with end stage CHF, when to say goodbye
Mairead replied to Lil Lynn's topic in Palliative Care Forum
The thing to ask is, am I keeping him alive for his benefit or for my benefit? Since having a dog in her teens with spinal arthritis put down, seeing how tension-free her face was after death, and realising I had left the decision too long, I have preferred to send them off early rather than late. You could try the poem The Last Battle. This poem was published in a commemorative dog show catalogue many years ago and I kept it because I thought I might need it one day. -
Great Dane Australian registrations steady around 500 last few years then dipped a little for 2023, but many breed numbers have dipped due to homes being taken by ...(fill in your answer here).
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It is from a .com
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Appalling but not surprising. Goes with the ad hoc nature of ranger training mentioned by tdierikx in the Coroner thread. With council elections approaching the episode on lobbying "Fighting for the Horses |D.C. Trips" (32 min) by Horse Plus Humane Society www.horseplushumanesociety.org a private operation based in Tennessee could be useful. They went in person to Washington D.C. to meet with as many people as they could. I found it very educational, though different in some areas than here. For example, here personal letters/emails carry more weight than petitions, whereas another group they were working with was presenting 'signature boards' with just signatures not even addresses of the people. They had booklets and posters to hand out, film clips and examples of the weights and chains used in the 'Big Lick' competitions for Tennessee Walking horses that they are trying to ban.
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Are they both entire males, both neutered or some other variation of this? What is the main concern you have?
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Restricted Breeds in Ireland After Fatal Attack by XL Bully Dogs
Mairead replied to Deeds's topic in In The News
Or another person spruiking their blog. -
I knew a boarding kennel owner who gave up trying to explain that the dog was now in better condition (having not been overfed and having a friend to play with) than when it arrived, because the owner's response was "she's a bag of bones". For overweight dogs of people I don't know well: "he's been living the good life". For people I know a bit more: "prepares his own meals does he?".
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Hence the expression "as full as a Labrador's lunchbox".
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Restricted Breeds in Ireland After Fatal Attack by XL Bully Dogs
Mairead replied to Deeds's topic in In The News
"American XL Bullies" restricted breed in England and Wales since December 2023, and "believed responsible" for about half the serious attacks in '21 and '23. (Wikipedia "fatal dog attacks - UK") And the police are asking people not to share footage of the attack! Arrgh! Finnish band Nightwish has a song/video "Noise" about the addiction to the online world "... your mirror is black, only a copy stares back, to a slave of Brave New World ..." -
Painted Dog pups raised by Golden Retriever.
Mairead replied to persephone's topic in General Dog Discussion
Humans interfere with nature every time they have medical treatment for themselves. -
Should Dogs Watch Their Canine Companions be PTS. ABC News 16/12/23.
Mairead replied to Deeds's topic in In The News
I don't think it is necessary for the other dogs to see the dog die. That seems an odd and mostly human idea, like having a grave to visit. But in my experience it is better for the other dogs to be able to sniff the body so that they know the other dog hasn't just gone missing. And it is better done at home rather than making the clinic a place where distressing things have happened to all of you. -
Can we get real about RESCUE?
Mairead replied to Adrienne's topic in Dog Rescue (General Rescue Discussion)
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Can we get real about RESCUE?
Mairead replied to Adrienne's topic in Dog Rescue (General Rescue Discussion)
@PowerlegsPerhaps it wasn't clear that the surrendered dogs no longer had issues once in the right home. Gwen kept Beau herself. Except for the last dog mentioned who lived the remainder of his life on a chain until he developed cancer. I was only told he was a dangerous dog after he bit me, after being OK with me for years. There are people who need to be needed and seem oblivious or not bothered that their dog has issues and is not living a happy life. The more broken it is the better. It happens with children too. I wonder what consumer law would make of the not fit for purpose dogs?