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Goodnight God Bless Spike

Oh Alex. Thinking of you all.

Not a regular poster, but just wanted to tell Chickentikka Marion that I copied the nut roast recipe she posted a while ago,and tonight finally made it. Just added a bit of rosemary as well, and baked in 2 1lb loaf tins instead of one dish, and it was absolutely delicious One for the freezer as well. Oh has swine flu but he enjoyed a slice or 2, and I am hopefully keeping the flu at bay with copious amounts of echinacea and goldenseal tincture! Ok back to normal lurking now.......

The 'problem' is the RSPCA have no right of entry, unless they can convince the police to force entry. There are several websites giving advice on how to avoid cooperating with an RSPCA investigation. One 'tactic' is to insist they make an appointment and come back later- which gives time for a clean up etc. And if vets are giving these places a clean bill of health, then how do you persuade the police you need to force entry?

Not far then! I'm in Loughton.

Hello! I'm in SW Essex so maybe not too far from you

I have a 4 door Toyota Aygo and love it. Very cheap to tax and run!

I agree but doubt it, esp as a serial dog fighter just gets a couple of months in prison. Does anyone know where any fines go to? The costs of prosecuting in cases like these and any animal cruelty are borne by a charity (why not by the taxpayer as with every other breach of law?), so was wondering if any fines made go back to the RSPCA to mitigate prosecution costs? I know costs can be awarded to them, but don't know what happens with fines.

I'm quite near Chingford and when I needed a behaviourist the vet referred us to Hazel Palmer (in Forest Gate), who I believe is a member of both the APBC and APDT. Found her very useful, but it was about 5 years ago now. Steve Mann might also be near , but don't have any direct experience of him or know of he's a member of those orgs either. Hope this helps.

I can assure you she won't be pts She will have been taken to the kennels that act as 'pound' for our area, and if not claimed after 7 days, will automatically be signed over to the RSPCA (who I volunteer for), who operate out of the same kennels, for rehoming. My OH came home to tonight from walking our dogs in the forest (Loughton?) and was told about this by others he met up with. I'd like to thank you so much for helping this poor girl. So many dogs are dumped in the forest, and until last year they could be taken to Loughton Police station and picked up from there. If she is not claimed and is rehomed locally, then I'll probably be the one doing the home visit to ensure she gets a good home. Thank you again for helping her

My heels get very hard and can crack this time of year, so I use either Compeed or Flexitol to soften the skin. Last week I also bought some of these http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ser...catalogId=11051 Have found them really good and wear them overnight . I think you can get similar for the whole foot.

My scarf arrived today and is even more lovely than the picture! It's gorgeous ! Thank you so much

Wouldn't that be great - Comeuppance for the dog bullying eejit

Might be a weird and bizarre thought, but it's one I've had for a while . I was wondering if cow 'attacks' have been worse since foot and mouth, when herds had to be replaced by those bought in from overseas. If so, could it have been that indigenous cows had been bred over centuries to produce an innate 'calmness' due to the traditions of footpaths / mixing with 'visitors', which was not needed in the countries that the new ones came from? I don't recall ever hearing about cow attacks until relatively recently (ie last 5 or so years).

I agree, with or without dogs. We have had several scary experiences with cows,not all when we've had dogs with us either. OH was on his own one day taking some photos, heard a rumbling noise and turned to see cows stampeding towards him. No calves were in the field. Luckily they were running uphill and he was fairly close to the gate, but it shocked him as up to then he thought I was overreacting to the potential risk. He even tried my cousin's ( farmer) suggestion of shouting at them while waving his arms to look bigger - it did stop them running while he was doing it but not when he tried to turn and leave. We've also had a problem with scary stalking sheep near Penrith in Cumbria, and discovered later we were not the only ones.

Just sent paypal payment - thank you!

Can I have no 20 please? (salmony pink stripes). Thank you

Completely agree. I also think good breeders are in the minority, ie the ones who don't breed for conformation to a 'look' but for health and temperament, and who will offer real lifetime backup. I can understand how people can 'unknowingly' buying a pup from a less than desirable breeder, but tbh have less empathy for those who should know the difference who do so. Both our families only had rescue dogs, so when we were in a position to do so we did the same. It didn't even cross our minds to go to a breeder, and I can't ever envisage a need to for us while there are so many dogs needing homes. Though if our families had only gone to breeders we may have had a different perception of rescue dogs I suppose.

Happy Birthday Marion! Hope you've had a lovely day! Come and visit us for tea when on hols and I'll bring my low carb lemon and pine nut cake to share.

Happy Birthday George you gorgeous boy :wub: Will hopefully see you again soon.

Aw Jules. Hoping you have a great summer with Olliepops And if we can be part of that at times too it would be lovely - was lovely to see you over Easter. Ollie has a very, very special place in our hearts here

That's the one! Also Berriewoods is cheaper (but does has a delivery charge) the more you buy the less it is.

I used them many times and didn't have any problems - until this year. One delivery took nearly 3 weeks to arrive, and when it did it had been all over the place due to 'incorrect address', which was actually correct Then I ordered some dogs beds with zip up sides. When they arrived they seemed smaller than I though they should be, and when measured, sure enough they weren't the size they said. After some to-ing and fro-ing (and irritation as you can't reply to their replies, you have to go through the 'contact us' bit on the site and input order and cust. no each time), it turned out that the measurements they advertised the beds as bore no relation to any measurements of the beds, zipped up or unzipped! Then we we argued over who should pay for them to be returned,and eventually they accepted that they should as the measurements were misleading. They didn't send an invoice with the goods, which was needed to make a return, so they had to send me that and an authorisation number before they could go back. The actual pick up arranged did take place on the right day, and they did refund me quickly, but I was so put off by their systems for problem resolution that I won't use them again, esp now I have found a UK supplier for Orijen which is also cheaper!

Aw Mindy. Your Mum is always by your side :GroupHug:

So, so sorry Goodnight, God Bless Winnie Thinking of you all :GroupHug: