anniek

Been away with Phoebe for a few days - stayed with a friend (and her grey boy Oscar) in Geelong. Great opportunity for photos. :) Week 28 - now we all know how much she likes to wear hats :laugh: Week 29 - using Oscar as a pilow!

Week 27 of Phoebe - an afternoon out and about!

Pretty sure week 28 starts today. Week 27 of Greyhounds Nina-Bean - missing her mum.

Week 26 of Greyhounds Nina (right) is here for a few days. Phoebe does not like to share 'her' couch (note the look :laugh: ) - but apparently it is ok if they are not touching - red blankie is keeping them apart!

Week 26 of Phoebe - here she is just chilling out on the couch. The black lump behind the red blankie is her friend Nina who is staying for a few days - Phoebe is not amused about sharing!

Week 25 of Phoebe - she's doing very well as an only dog - we are both feeling better each day. She has lots of grey-friends, so she gets plenty of outings with like company. Possum??????

Week 25 of Greyhounds Darling Katie - having a special 'moment' with her mum while celebrating her 16th birthday

really fantsatic shots

Week 24 of Phoebe mid morning trance in the ferns Been trying to nail the fern shadows on her for a while - happy with them, but not 100% on composition and focus - comments very welcome!

Week 23 of Phoebe little Miss Lonely

still getting behind Week 23 of Greyhounds this is Finn who we walked with on the weekend - he has funny earsies Week 24 of Greyhounds beautiful Dora (again) - she is having a rest on Phoebe's back

Thank you so much everyone - it really means a lot. And special thanks to those of you who commented that he looked so happy in those last photo's - taken the day he left us. It has tormented me that he may have been in pain that I didn't notice, but now I really do think it was just a freak break (bone cancer or not). He came "home" on Tuesday, and when I feel a bit better we will scatter his remains on the beach he loved so much - his special zoomie place - maybe on his birthday in August. Annie

some dry food makers do advise that adding other foods to their product can cause an imbalance. Can't name them off the top of my head but I have seen that advice previously. It is usually about 85% - ie if you add more than 15% other stuff to dry food, then it is unbalanced. Each manufacturer has a different level but I think 85% is about average. I would have thought it was more to do with adding trace elements like calcium & magnesium as supplements rather then actual food. Complete and Balanced means, it is complete and balance to feed on its own to supply the required nutrition to maintain a dogs life, the only ways these formulas can be thrown out of balance is by adding large amounts of products such as calcium, magnesiums etc, There is absolutely nothing wrong with adding meat or fish or vegies etc IF it is fed 100%, so if you only feed 60% dry and add 40% meat, then they are only getting 60% of "the required nutrition to maintain a dogs life" the other 40% is something else, with different amounts of "nutrients" - that's why the manufacturers refer to the % to keep the balance.

some dry food makers do advise that adding other foods to their product can cause an imbalance. Can't name them off the top of my head but I have seen that advice previously. It is usually about 85% - ie if you add more than 15% other stuff to dry food, then it is unbalanced. Each manufacturer has a different level but I think 85% is about average.

Week 21 of Greyhounds - this is dear old Maggie - she was feeling a bit chilly so had to borrow my scarf :) Week 22 of Greyhounds - Happy Birthday Preston & Gemma - nice to see them sharing!

Week 21 of Phoebe - enjoying some sunshine on the back deck Week 22 of Phoebe - a morning at the park Phoebe is missing her mate Cowboy and has been a bit sooky all week (like me) - will try and raz her up tomorrow for this weeks pic.

thank you everyone - I am so pleased I used him for the 52 weeks project last year as it forced me to make an extra effort to "capture moments". I have some wonderful photographic memories of him, I just can't look at them yet anyway, must get caught up with this years 52 weeks with Phoebe and the other greyhounds. Annie

It has taken me a week to post this as I am heartbroken. I hope it is ok to post in here as my fellow DOL photog friends knew him the best. As some of you know, Cowboy has been aging rapidly, and over a month ago he suddenly went down on a back leg which was suddenly paralysed. He was recovering really well - until last Thursday. Last Thursday started as a lovely day - sunny and warm - we all went to the local reserve around midday. Cowboy had a lovely time just pottering around in the sunshine - I took some happy pics. We got home, and as he was walking to his bed he fell to the ground and screamed. We picked him up and hubby carried him to his bed and I had a feel - his left elbow was loose. We took him to the vet and Dr. Al confirmed that his elbow had broken. He passed peacefully in his favouriote place - the back of the car, just after 3pm. These are the last pics I took of him - taken on his last day.

I don't know anything about it - other than it is widely used in the greyhoud racing industry.

lovely Kirislin here's one I took for a friend last year

my biggest strengths are my 7D and TWO fancy camera bags

Week 20 of Greyhounds Here's Dora enjoying a gallop

Week 20 of Phoebe Cowboy continues to improve - thanks for asking. He saw his muscle man on Friday - put his pelvis back in (crunch) and he has a torn pectineus muscle. Not sure if the muscle tear caused the panic, or whether the muscle has torn due to his stumbling/hobbling around. But day by day he seems to be walking better, hopefully he will have a full recovery but it will take some time I think. I will take a pic of him this week fr the other 52 w thread :)

I would think that proper tooth scalers would be made out of surgical steel??? ets - not sure there is a difference though... :)

Now that pic to me just looks like it has been sharpened and the contrast upped a little - not that I know anyfink.