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I'm just wondering! My guys don't wear a collar but if they are wearing a buckle, I have it fairly snug - two fingers can still fit but they can't pull out of them and I have control. The house I nanny at has a boxer and her collar is very loose - as in why bother putting the collar on the...

Someone on facebook, on a pet group I'm on posted how they went out for crickets and came home with a rescue pup. With the runs, so were asking for suggestions on what to give. So fine, warned them about parvo etc... Well that was yesterday, today it's confirmed parvo. Not only that, talked...

So I'm not in the city, but outside of it. It's a 20 minute drive to the city, one way. I'm looking for a job and noticed one that has a high potential of being perfect for me. Issue is they have on the website to drop off a resume in person. Which, yes, I could make a trip to do, but at...

So if all goes well, Ticket will be going into the show ring this summer. He's going to be harder to groom than Kilt, he's got some curly hair for a border collie! Anyway can deal with the body, I have that figured, but right at the back of his skull he has curlies. Like someone smacked...

My daughter keeps asking for a poodle. :yikes: Just kidding. Well she is, but whatever. Not about to get her a dog at this point, but she also asks about a guinea pig or a rabbit, which I'm not opposed to. Really, you get to a point and just don't question more critters in the house, and...

If you could write a law or laws to prevent puppy mills and byb's as much as possible, what would it be? What would work? This came up as there is a bill going through and the dog show people (in Canada) are more or less against it. I like parts of it (it is for BC so doesn't affect me) but...

For girls that is.... Had that chat today again while helping with a litter. The tossup is do you title your girls then breed when older (5-6) or breed closer to 2 years of age when they're not as likely to have as many performance titles, but likely better at reproduction? Thoughts?

I am thinking long term work situations here.... One is doing stuff I love, but not much of a chance of ever advancing, and not a lot of job security (contract work, so more like 'if' there's work). Pay is ok but it gets frustrating with not having any say in things - it's a show up, do the...

Not that anything is wrong with that, really. But... Saw an ad for a Chi Shi Bichoo litter. Chihuahua, Shi tzu, Bichon and Poodle mix. Really, just say 'small non shedding mix' already. There comes a point you can't make up a cutesy name and still use every breed in the mix to name it.:rofl1:

Thought it'd be a good way to cheer up, stolen from another post.... I'll even start. I was working as a nursing attendant and it was a veteran's hospital. In case anyone doesn't know what the job is like, part of it is doing total care for residents who can't otherwise care for...

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo done next year of my heart dog. Looking for ideas - do not want a picture of him though. Thoughts on where and what would be helpful. Also looking at cremation jewelry and carrying a bit of both old guys with me. I have one I like but still looking for...

On one of the local pet pages on facebook a while ago someone asked if anyone knew who owned the border collie pup that was running in the dog park unattended. Boiled down to the dog is owned by someone who works nearby and the story is the dog is either in the park alone, or running around...

One of the people on my facebook is a big rescue person, right down to feeding vegan dog food and saving all creatures. He posted something about how DARE someone work at a KILL shelter and still go and buy a purebred cat. So there was lots of 'OMG breeders are horrible' posts... Along...

Found a site today that is a puppy mill north of us. Ok, either puppy mill or larger scale byb, your choice on that one. They even say they aren't a puppy mill because the dogs aren't in small cages. They have large outdoor pens (6 by 8) and a large play yard that they get to several times...

I don't suggest hitching two crazy dogs to a sled, telling your seven year old to sit on the sled and hang on, then having the dogs do a wait so you can do a speedy recall and give said kid a ride. When he doesn't pay attention and forgets to hold on, goes flying into the snow and the dogs...

Just to see what they send out, what clearances they do, and so on? I'm still working on a final webpage, but it annoys me sooo much that there are lots of breeders on many of the lists who do nothing or next to nothing for health testing and pump out the puppies. I know from looking before...

Ok I know it sounds silly but I did. I was reading a book at a friends house, to their kids. It was on cat care, but a well known book company (Usborne books) that everyone raves about. What bothered me was a LOT of the bad/wrong advice in the book. I know it's a children's book but still...

My OH turns 40 in a few weeks. We're on a tight budget, but I want to do something for him. Because it's his 40th, and because I want to make sure our kids realize that when you're an adult and your partner has a birthday, you get off your butt to do something nice for the person, being...

Okay Carseland people, the police are cruising around town this morning because the new people on Nelson Rd lost one of their pet bloodhounds last night. Some arsepick chained the poor pet to the railroad tracks and the inevitable happened. Somebody must have seen this person walking a dog near...

I have a big, solid chunk of liver thawed in the fridge. There's lots of liver juice too... I'm thinking of mixing the juice with some flour and making cookies, but need ideas for the big chunk. Really don't want to do a ton of blenderizing and I'm sure it's got lots of veins in it (it's...