sandgrubber

Winston Peters is a nutter. Rehoming 2900 racing greyhounds in 20 momths is going to be a fiasco. I'm mildly against greyhound racing, but can't see that this has been thought through. The racing association and dog rescue organizations aren't on the same page. Shelters are overloaded, especially for large dogs.

https://skeptvet.com/2024/12/nuq-cancer-screening-test-yes-of-no/ Some useful background on cancer screening. It may not be as helpful as it seems.

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Blood Meta. Here in NZ they don't even permit sale of eggs, but have no problem with whitebait (fish fry, netted indiscriminately during spawning season, traditional here, but horrible for fish stocks). So far the rehoming sites I follow haven't been hit.

Ich sproke nich Deutsch.

I'm in Marlborough NZ. I regularly walk my two Springers off leash in river reserves (two different ones). These allow kilometers of walking/running/cycling in an area unsuitable for development due to occasional flooding. Have never had a problem. A few people keep dogs on leash because they are not social. Parks may not work, but tracks can be good, at least in smaller cities.

I can't see banning large guardian dogs. I might get behind requiring a license or some such to keep them in urban or suburban environments.

Tragic, but story lacks information. Like...air conditioned van...was aircon turned on? When we're dogs checked on?

Should be cheaper. In the US (Florida and California, anyway), you can buy it at the feed store. 10 years ago it was $5 per dose, and a lot cheaper if you bought in bulk.

Wrong headline. The important thing is that a declared dangerous dog got out and killed neighbor's cat. I'd like to see, owner faces $10k (or more) fine, but doubt that happened. My dogs get praised for killing farel cats.

Goofy is an oversized, extremely friendly 3 yr old ESS who has learned not to jump up. In general, he's a good boy who wants to please. He's also sensitive. Unfortunately, he has replaced jumping up with pawing. This hurts, especially if you're wearing short pants, and tends to add dirt streaks to clothes. Lots of feedback in various forms (kids yelling, screaming and avoiding; adults giving calm reprimands or holding at neck) hasn't gotten the message through. It's as though he doesn't connect what his paw is doing to the feedback he's getting. I can't imagine he's getting any reinforcement. No one appreciates it and he constantly gets mild negative responses to the behavior. How do you stop friendly pawing? Note. Training the kids may be harder than training Goofy.

Sounds great, especially if the vet is a good one.

It's about time councils get sued for such like!

Most rescues don't have an ultrasound. Many vets tack on a charge for doing an ultrasound. The practice of inserting some dye into the surgery wound works well where it's used. If not visible initially, it will be after shaving for surgery prep.

One more reason to choose NZ over Oz. Laws are national here. But I wish cats were required to be microchipped, so farels could be humanely killed without worrying about killing someone's beloved pet. Would also be good if a tattoo or some other permanent mark were used to identify neutered girls (in the US, it's simply dye inserted in the spey incision at trivial cost), so rescues wouldn't find they were doing an unnecessary spey. Btw. I don't trust microchips. When I lived in WA, I had a chipped pup go missing and nearly lost him because the chip had migrated and Animal Control didn't find it