chickentikka
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Ralph is rather fab. I can't believe that he's been with me for over 6 months and has grown from the sweet ickle puppy into the taller than Fleur loon with 70's style pantaloons for legs. He is just lush and makes my heart sing. Fleur adores him
So behind.......Owl are you planning to live in a posh shed
Merlie one, dogs is dogs so don't feel guilty for not having eyes in the back of your head. My two were having a run yesterday and had been totally concentrating on chasing the ball until a jogger with a husky came into their eyeline and they bundled over to say hello. He was fine about it except his dog wanted to stay and play and he wanted to carry on running.
Sam..........I keep looking at the cycle challenge..........I'm too old, too unfit and cripes knows how I'll raise the sponsor money but I'm so tempted. It's a bucket list kind of thing (or could be the bucketing of me
).BYB moan now, I was asked if I could take on a 5 month old dobie/collie. The breeder hadn't been able to sell all the pups and wanted rid as she was pregnant. Said I might be able to foster with a view to finding him a rescue space but refused to pay. Anyway the stupid bint sold him last week and apparently lied about him saying he was fully housetrained, socialised etc. New owner is trying but struggling. The new owner is in a rented house and her landlord agreed to her having another housetrained dog, she's got two very small children and, shock horror, he wees and poos, he chews,is bored out of his tiny mind so tries to wrestle with the kids. Turns out that the bat brained breeder did no training and didn't bother to get him his jabs and never took him out,
Had a call today from the new owner who is at her wits end, she really is pissed off at being lied to but wants to do her best by the pup. She's going to try for another week and if it's still not working I'll pick him up Friday evening or she will let me know if she really can't cope and I'll collect him earlier but she promised me he won't go anywhere else.
Oh and my words of the day are mucus and phlegm.
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Garr if I could remember how to post a photo you could have some of the Ralphie lushness
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Hello, sneaks back in after far too long. Have had a crap year - my Dexter went to the bridge 12 April and it still hurts like yesterday and then lost my very best human friend to cancer............just waiting for the third thing. After realising that Fleur was totally miserable being an only dog and I missed a dobie presence in the house but really couldn't face a proper dobe I went for the ridiculous option and rehomed a passed from pillar to post young pup. About 6 months later have the joyous young brat that is Ralph, a doberman poodle cross, about 9 months old and just fabulous.
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How about this for an idea of how to get people to post here... how about we STOP running the board and members past and present down? If there are only a few threads active one of which happens to be this one how exactly is it encouraging for people to read so much negativity?
How about we remember the tens thats TENS of thousands of pounds this forum raised for some of these rescues that no longer feel like posting here?
How about we remember the fact we fought tooth and bloody nail for individuals and rescues being targeted, slandered and attacked by other forums? How about we remember the fact this board and its members stood up to be counted over the DDA LONG before any other group or forum jumped on the band wagon.
How about the fact several charities, rescues and groups would not even exist if not for this forum and its members?
How about we remember that even though there allegedly were cliques here we have a minuscule ban rate here MUCH lower than other forums because we tried hard NOT to get involved in interpersonal fall outs.
How about we remember that loyalty is a two way street? Refuge hasn't gone anywhere, Rick moved us to a new dedicated server and has paid for all this out of his own pocket without asking for a single solitary penny from any one.
How about remembering that if its interesting enough to post on facebook it's probably interesting enough to post here?
How about remembering that in the time it takes to post about how bad this place has become you could probably have started a post about something more positive or invited a friend to come join us.
Many of you have posted nice things about The Refuge and recognised what it's done for you and what the members mean to you - and thats fantastic! Without you members there wouldnt have been a Refuge to have acheived so much and with your help we can still acomplish good things, the support people give each other here is invaluable so lets not forget that or devalue what that kind of thing can mean to people. It's priceless and its still something that happens here on a daily basis.
Can we PLEASE draw a line under this thread now and move on to actually DOING something instead of just talking about it?
BTW: no I am not going to move the forums around as per Ricks plan - this is a LIVE board and mass moving threads and deleting forums is not recommended on a live board, since the forum move to the new server I cannot access the new forum database so if I cocked it up I couldn't fix it . Rick has it all in hand and when Rick has the time I'm sure he'll get things sorted but until then its not gonna happen and we'll just have to make it work as it is.
I find this post incredibly insulting and alienating to the few loyal members who actually post here and keep the board limping along - everyone still here wants to make things better again and probably need a thread like this to vent their frustrations and bounce round a few ideas about what can work for the future - but harping on about what a fantastic board this used to be, yes it was but it's not now, and basically telling us to live in the past, shut up and get on with what? is just not on. There's no leadership or direction to the board, most of the mods have fecked off and there's a handful of members posting.
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What an awful shock
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I keep getting all the 'I lost 10lbs in a week' ones
They know I'm getting a lardass
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Yup, that's snow
Hope you are keeping warm and toastie -
Lovely pics
I put D&F in their coats today (they only have one each normally reserved for blizzard conditions) as yesterday the dog with very little brain went straight into a mad gallop as soon as he was let off lead and seconds later pulled up with a hurty leg. Combination of rock hard ground and a cold dog = pulled muscles.
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I don't see how the forum can thrive again when it's absent of leaders and rescue reps.
That's how I feel
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Have a very splendid birthday
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Morning, I am faffing about doing everything that doesn't involve going outside. I've got to clean out the chooks and walk D&F again a bit later brrrrr
For Fred bull -
I no longer post looking for volunteers here
I've volunteered previously but never heard anything back
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Sleep tight Smudge
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It's snowing here, started of with a teeny smattering first thing, but now it's coming down quite steadily. Best break out the thermals
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I have a RMQ - what does an iPad do? Keep getting emailed to death about how I can't live without one but I have a phone, a pooter and an iPod, so how would my life change
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What sort of thing are you after Michelle? Laura has a page on FB. Which reminds me to look for one for Dex as his is looking decidedly tatty, possibly due to a wrestling mad little lab cross
My little Roo and Piglet piggies are really missing Pooh, she was the matriarch of the clan and they both adored her
She ruled the roost in their run. It's been apple and carrot salad all round in the furries room to try and cheer everyone up.Hope everyone is managing to keep warm enough
I luffs you too Marge
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Finally got round to getting my hair cut tonight, its been in dire need for months but it's all short and chopped again now so that's one thing ticked off my to do list.
Fleur makes me laugh, for about 2 hours she's been sat leaned against me for an ear and head scratch then keeps dozing off and her legs go so she slips below hand height then brr jumps up and starts again
she's finally given up and gone to bed.NN
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I'll reply to your fred Michelle
erm ......no
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It's hot in Cov.
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I've just been up to have a cuddle withthe furries and my Pooh piggie has died
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Dex says thanks you
Owl harness is from here quite a few people on here use them for all shapes and sizes and I see that they've brought out a new model with an extra ring.
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Jules and OH
working away is so much worse in the winter when it's cold and dark, trains usually delayed, lugging a case around and stuck in a hotel or somewhere that is just not home. -
I feel the same about some books, I try and tail them out for as long as possible.
I know what you mean but this book tricked me. I thought I had about 30 pages left but within a few pages it had ended and was all the acknowledgements and cross referencing stuff
baaad book
December's Dingle Dangles
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I had been contacted about fostering a pup but it's all going a bit dodgy insisting that I pick him up from a grim tower block in London after dark. I've offered loads of daylight alternatives, all of which have been turned down. My gut instinct is to walk away and at the moment my gut is winning.