labsrule

The b*stards need stringing up :laugh: Potential psychopaths in the making!! What was wrong with that bloody witness, how could they do nothing when this poor defenceless pup was being attacked by these mongrels :rofl: Poor poor baby hope it finds a loving forever home and gets to trust humans again. Makes me sick to the stomach and embarrassed being a Kiwi

And since WHEN were you appointed the DOL Police to monitor and comment on MY posts..? Yes, its a public forum. Glad you see that. Boring. You're doing the same thing.....go off look in the mirror for an hour or so and practice what you preach. :rofl: Ermm Bull Terrific - labsrule was actually posting in response to koalathebear's posts, not yours. She was actually posting in your favour. Well, that just makes me look like the tosser then doesnt it... Well, I could go back and delete and try and dig my way out of it or indeed I can let it stand and leave my dacks around my ankles for awhile longer. May as well...wont be the first time Sorry Labsrule...will read a bit more carefully in future ;) Hey tosser, I think you should leave your dacks around your ankles for a little while longer ;) ;) Apology accepted :D I'm off to have a look in the mirror Tks Huski for clarifying who I was responding to

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From what I can see, dobesrock has been polite and civilised in articulating her views and has not sought to demean and insult others. Others responding, regardless of whether they agree with her views would do well to emulate such conduct. It doesn't really matter how 'right' a person's convictions are if the message is distorted during the communication process or the person's inability to express himself/herself articulately makes others dismiss that person as an ill-mannered boor. :D Since when were you appointed the DOL Police to monitor and comment on other's posts just because you disagree with the way they communicated their opinion. For godsake this is a public forum and people have differing styles of communication so it's totally unrealistic to expect everyone to be "nice" and articulate themselves in the manner you expect. I really don't think we need a lesson in communication from you. Not being able to articulate their views to your liking does not make them ill-mannered boors I think its fair enough to want someone to be polite. They do have every right to want everyone to be polite. Same as you have every right to tell her to piss off I think some people need a reality check - this is a public forum where people from all walks of life with many differing views and communication styles will post. We don't need people lecturing us on how to communicate to a particular standard and to be labelled "ill-mannered boors" if that standard is not met by any poster. Pretty condescending methinks :p

From what I can see, dobesrock has been polite and civilised in articulating her views and has not sought to demean and insult others. Others responding, regardless of whether they agree with her views would do well to emulate such conduct. It doesn't really matter how 'right' a person's convictions are if the message is distorted during the communication process or the person's inability to express himself/herself articulately makes others dismiss that person as an ill-mannered boor. Since when were you appointed the DOL Police to monitor and comment on other's posts just because you disagree with the way they communicated their opinion. For godsake this is a public forum and people have differing styles of communication so it's totally unrealistic to expect everyone to be "nice" and articulate themselves in the manner you expect. I really don't think we need a lesson in communication from you. Not being able to articulate their views to your liking does not make them ill-mannered boors

do you know where the pup came from?

My thoughts are with you today mercedes as you remember your beautiful Cassie I know how hard these 12months have been in dealing with her tragic loss and this anniversary is a painful reminder of that terrible day Extra hugs today for your beautiful new little girl who reminds you of her Aunty Cassie

Just sprinkle it over the kibble as it has “no taste, no smell" which is one of the benefits :D so it shouldn't have to be mixed with anything. ETA - the link to their website about this product http://www.jointguard.com.au/dogs_why-is-it-unique.php

Here is a doc with some Kong Fillers Kong_Fillers.doc

Wow that is unbelievably cheap. Are you sure it is 750gms and not 400gms as I have just checked www.clipperworld.com.au website and the 750gms is $150.00 & 400gms is $73.00 - this pricing doesn't make sense as you would be better off buying 2 x 400gms for $146.00 rather than the 750gms at $150.00 if you were ordering this product online .

I am sure Labradors would probably be very good sledding dogs as they have great pulling power as they are bloody strong dogs and I sure there will be many of us Lab owners who have had/have issues with them pulling like stream trains on a lead can attest to their strength. ;)

It is more cost effective to get the 750g container and cheapest I have found for is is $119.75 from https://www.aussievetproducts.com.au/catego...scle-and-Joint/ plus $9.95 postage Next cheapest is from at $119.95 plus $10.00 postage http://www.greyhoundproductsdirect.com.au/....htm#JointGuard

I also recommend Joint Guard, Fish Oil Tablets and Cartrophen injections as I have my two older lab boys (12yrs & 14 yrs) on these 3 treatments for their arthritis. Is there anyway your vet or another vet can do home visits to give your boy the Cartrophen injections. A course of Cartrophen injections is done over a 4 week period, with one injection per week for four weeks and then after that the frequency of these injections can vary depending on the severity of the Arthritis, so can be say monthly, 3monthly, 6 monthly or even annually. My boys get 6 monthly injections and it has made a real difference, particularly to the worst affected boy, my 12 year old who I found abandoned in the pound at 10yrs of age with bad arthritis, very overweight and chronic ear infection. I may swap my boys over to 3monthly injections after their next 6monthly injections as they are getting older now.

Sounds like Laila may have been reported and had her DOL account terminated/blocked and then opened up another account and resurrected an old thread of hers to answer our questions about what happened to her Mini Schnauzer and allay our concerns about this pup, given her previous posts about locking this pup in a garden shed etc and starting the thread that has now been removed, enquirng about the schnoodle.

How tragic and what a shock it must have been so sorry for the loss of your beloved Bailey RIP Bailey and run free with all the other labbies

I was thinking it was Maisie ... as that face looks far too sweet and innocent ;) :D I am ready to kill both of mine... My beautiful yard is looking like a disaster zone with holes, temporary fencings etc just to protect what is left of my garden. I need to keep my dogs seperate during the day as they can fight from time to time - so they are only together while I can supervise them. For days I was coming home and finding the older dog in the same side of the yard as the younger one. I paid about $500 for a chain link fence between both side of the yard - he was either digging under it or actually pulled the chainlink fence until he ripped a hole in it. He has also destroyed the temporary chainlink fence (attempt to protect a hedge along the back fence ... and just when I thought I have finally managed to fix every hole and block every possible entry point - I come home tonight to him on the other side of the yard again. I think he is having a mid life crisis!!! Trying to be young again to show off to the younger boy... The pup is not innocent either ... he started digging a hole under a bush (I let him have it as a sleeping hole initially) ... it has now extended to under the pavers that sit under the gate area leading into his yard. It was so bad that you couldn't walk on the pavers on the left hand side because they were just sitting on a thin crust of dirt. They are now gone and the hole is over a metre deep - his trench is now heading under the garden edging towards what is left of my lawn. Filling it in previously has just been a waste of time. I am now going to have to buy about 2 or 3 cubic metres of dirt to fill this one hole (don't know where all the dirt has gone) and another load of large rocks to stop him from digging in that area again. :rofl: sorry nothing constructive to add, I just love the description of your older boy . Sounds like your older boy has been teaching your pup some bad habits and he is now burrowing his way to China :D , little buggers aren't they

it's a terrible feeling when they go on a destructive rampage In the first 6months of adopting my oldest lab boy, Thomas, when he was 10 years old (he is now 14) I came home on 3 occasions to the following acts of destruction: I came home and opened up the auto garage door to drive into the garage and here was Thomas sitting in amongst all these chewed up cardboard boxes and paper in the garage ;) These were large packing boxes, that I had kept after moving in and stored in the garage, so they were not flimsy carboard boxes, but he managed to topple them all over as they were all stacked 2 or 3 deep and had chewed up/destroyed them along with the packing paper stored in them by the time I got home. There were about 12 of these boxes and not one survived. Thank god I had no belongings stored in them, otherwise they would have been history. He had opened the sliding door from the laundy to garage as the door between the kitchen and laundry had blown open as didn't take much to open this door. I came home and thought an intruder had broken in as my office was trashed :D all the paper/documents and other items on my desk were strewn on the floor and half chewed up and all the books, photos etc on my bookcase were on the floor and my office was in complete disarray with other items strewn around/destroyed/moved. I found a computer cable chewed in half, chair tipped up and a large plastic box containing documents had half of the lid and side chewed off and black dog hair in amongst the docs so I realised it must have been Thomas who was sitting calmly with my other lab boy on the couch by the time I got home. I came home and about an hour later went into my bedroom and couldn't believe my eyes My kingsize bed had been dragged away from the wall to the other end of the room and was sitting against the wardrobe doors. The righthand side of the base facing the door of the bedroom was ripped off with material and foam strewn all around the room exposing the timber of the base. A large chunk of the base of the lefthand side at headboard end had been chewed off and half of the material and foam of the headboard had also been chewed off. All the blankets and sheets had been ripped off the bed and a small bookcase tipped over with breakages of items from this bookcase. Thomas was very insecure when I adopted him, so he came with some issues including storm/loud noise phobia and his previous home he was actually harming himself to get away from the loud noise (gun fire from Holesworthy Army Base) or any stormy conditions. I am not sure what triggered these 3 random acts of destruction as from what I can gather there was no adverse weather conditions on any of those 3 days, so whether something spooked him when I wasn't home on these 3 occasions, I have no idea as he always seemed so calm and he seemed to settle very quickly after I adopted him. He is actually an ex police sniffer dog who when he was retired, lived in two homes and was mainly an outside dog. He seemed to adapt very quickly to his new life of an inside pampered pooch with me and my other black lab boy at the time. He has now been with me for just over 4 years, so haven't had any more destructive rampages for 3.5 years, thank god The funny thing is, he is and has always been such a gentle, soft natured soul that has that "butter wouldn't melt in my mouth look" Despite these 3 rampages , he truly is a wonderful and lovely boy and I love him dearly. Lucky he came to live with me Hope things get better for you and hope your lovely boy is OK :D

Jed so great to have you back and so pleased that your physical recovery is going well the mental recovery will take a lot longer as you have so much grieving to do for the loss of your beloved babies and start rebuilding your life. Thinking of you I am flabbergasted "that some people didn't wish you well" what horrible people they must be, poor excuses for humans if you ask me

Hmmm I am surprised at this. Did the cards contain any personal message from the treating Vet(s)? I can't actually see how sending out a condolence card for a loss of a pet "loses its meaning"

When I lost my beautiful 10yr old black lab boy Fitzy in Sep last year, I received a lovely card and one of those gorgeous My Angel Pet Pins which is a pewter dog with a gold halo and wings from the holistic vet who was holistically treating him for his Cancer in conjunction with the chemo treatment he was receiving at the Specialist Vet Clinic. She was so wonderfully supportive throughout this devastating time, that I actually asked her to PTS my beautiful boy ;) when the time came rather than use my normal vet as I was pretty pissed with them. The card has a very touching message from her and was signed by all staff at her clinic. My normal vet who I had been using for over 20 years and had been treating Fitzy since he was a puppy never sent me anything :D and they also never sent me anything when I lost my darling black lab girl Cassie, prior to getting Fitzy. ;) I think the least a Vet Clinic can do when one of their clients pet's pass away is to send them a card. Lynda I am so sorry for your loss of your GR :D

Fantastic news I am so happy :D to read this update that this beautiful senior boy has found a wonderful forever home where he will get to live out his remaining time with someone who will love him and show him the respect and dignity he so deserves at his age ;) Gorgeous photo by the way :D

OK here is a thread I started about my experience with this company http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=195249 and here is another thread started by Laneka 4 days ago about her/his experience and I responded in this thread linking her/him to my thread http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=199689

So sorry for your loss of your baby it must have been a very traumatic and devastating experience for your family RIP baby

:mad Bubfather I love your Bubby

Thanks guys Yes I haven't been game to walk Tana with any of my other two boys, as I think there will be a competition happening as to who can walk the fastest/pull the hardest, instigated by Master Tana of course I actually walk them all separately as it gives them all one on one time with mum and I can concentrate on Tana's training sessions during his walk and the older boys get to walk in peace Goodluck with Bonnie and hope you "crack it" with her as well. Let us know how you go