Emma_5207

I think there should be a good discussion on this as I don't know whether I agree or not. If it was my cat I would be so upset and angry but at the same time when my sister's cat was run over we were guttered but we can't ban cars or take them off the street's. It's a risk you take with a wandering animal. I have to think that what if this was a dog? The cat had gone into a garden and been ripped up by a dog? Would the dog be punished/thought badly of or would it be accidental and so disregarded? I son't think the issue is against the snake in particular it's whether or not a 13ft python should be allowed to roam a garden. (Can they escape etc ?!)

lol! Or a lab that's one big pile of **** and if you have to go for a second scoop your buggered! *feels a dragon's den moment coming on for larger poo bags*

Awww she sounds so bewildered bless! I''d do what the comment above says and get her checked out by a vet. I'd also give the rescue place a call see what her behaviour was like in kennels. She may well just be very stressed and finding it difficult to settle. If she found by the warden you don't know happened to her or what her life was like before, dogs are like people in that they adjust to new situations differently. Good luck!

I also have a double hutch, its a few years old and was handmade at the time would need a new lock and a couple of other minor improvements but you can have it for free, I'm in the S20 area:)

Has anybody seen this at the pics yet? My OH wants to see it as it's in 3D apparently but it looks like a kids film to me. Is it any good?

Awww this is exactly why i need to pass my driving test Koda is great in the car and this would have been an amazing day to take her to! Wonder if I can convice a friend or two.....!

God what's your job a postie????? LOL:hihi: As I have said before I have yet to meet a (small dog whose breed I'll not menion so the small dog brigade are not on my case-LOL) who has not bitten somebody in it's life- and I have also yet to hear of many that have been PTS. Yes they can't cause the damage a larger dog can cause and that's the problem.

Don't feel giulty about the insurance, dental treatment is almost always excluded from a policy so you would have still had to pay!

I wanted to watch this but unfortunatly missed it. I oppse this very much with the monkeys and "adoptive parents"- the only addoptive parents should be the ones in a rescue centre!!!! If anybody knows if/when it will be repeated please let me know!

People just don't raslise or to take the time to research properly before they buy. It's like oh look a bird that can talk that's amzing-I want one. No thought for how much attention he/she needs or the specialized/varied diet or the longevity. I have wanted one for years but with a dog, 2 cats, a tree frog, 9 pond fish and a bearded dragon I'm pretty full up!....maybe in like 40 years when I retire! She's goreous though I bet she's had you i fits of giggles they are so inquisitive and entertaining!

Of course not I have several friends with Staffy's or Staffy X's whose dogs are always under control. It's more about this growing trend of youths prowling the streets with out of control dogs (many of which are either rotties or staffy's). It's not even the dog I was annoyed with it's the owner-firstly for having apotentially aggressive dog offlead in the street and secondly for kicking the poor dog for not listening!! God If I kicked mine everytime she didn't listen I'd be locked up by now! Dog's get disctracted. I'm starting to question whether all dog's should be kept on a lead unless in a in enclosed area. This is not the fist time it's happened-we have been lucky (in the way she didn't get bitten) a couple of times with off lead aggressive dogs. I alpologise if it caused any offence to any Staffy owner's but the post was cleary not intended for you when you read it. I prehaps should have put more thought into the title....but it came out of sheer anger at the time!

what about a new toy or raw hide bone for the journey-distraction techniques again.

try Snakes N Adders at Manor top the guys are ace there and very knowledgeable, my uncle works there and has been breeding snakes for 20 years!

My OH has just come in from walking Koda to tell me that he was walking her on a lead when this staffy appeared out of nowhere (off lead) with a bunch of tennagers. They asked if our dog was OK which she is just very hyper and thier dog came running over! Koda was very excited and started to play but the other dog attacked her-it went for her twice-luckily missed as she was jumping around, before this idiot shouted at it came over and kicked it in the head!!!!!!! The poor dog ran off, Koda was no worse for wear- but why, WHY is there a growing trend for staffies as status symbols when these people clearly have no idea how to control-or treat thier dogs! No wonder this wonderful breed is getting such a bad and undeserved reputation!

What breeds are your dogs? Koda is a lab so is kind of water friendly anyway!

So we were out sunbathing at the weekend and Koda (being black) was not finding the heat great. So my OH got some ice cubes out and put them in her water bowl-she ended up spenidng the next ten mins on saturday drinking the water to try to get the icecubes, until of course they melted. We did this a couple of times and she really enjoyed trying to get them out. By sunday agin we put some cubes in the water but she was really getting fed up of not being able to get them out so started dipping her nose under the water in the bowl and everntually after a few practices stuck her nose all the way into the bottom and came out with an icecube! She was so happy and after a few other "fishing trials" she had mastered it! Now I have known of dogs enjoying ice cubes in hot weather but never have I seen one hold thier breath to "apple bob" for them!!! Any body else's dog do this! Pretty smart for an 8 month old!

Ill second this I have an 8 month old Lab and she's only eaten the banisters and a useless shelf in the kitchen (this is VERY good for a lab!). Seriously though they are great!

I always get mine from ebay! Got some cheap ones for the cats and spent about £8 on an enamel filled pink one for the dog (my OH would not let me have a pink collar on her after 4 months!)!

Well I am discusted! After coming home and finding the water inches from her back door she came around and asked me to help. I gave her a number from here and she called him this was on the Wednesday before the bank hol weekend. On the Thursday (she had made several calls to the council) somebody from the council turned up unexpecadly told her it was a blockage futher down the row under a council house so therfor they would do the work and told her to cancel her private company. She did. He said they would be there Friday and I left my back gate open in case they needed to get onto my property. Nobody arrived. By this time her 3 year old granchild had escaped to the garden and ran through it and my neighbour had had enough. We tried effortlessly to reach the council (I work until 5.30pm so it was after this time) only to get an answerphone and be told that they would be closed now until Tuesday (being bank hol). By this time the small was getting bad, and she could not bear it. She called another private company who came on saturday and cleared everything, told her it was sewage!!!! (bear in mind her granddaughter had been through this!!!!)and was promptly charged over £200!!! what's bloody wrong with her council! If I didn't work more than full time I would have called them and had a fit!

I love them I'm just biulding a large georgian mansion at the moment I also found an amazingly cheap store called Maple Street, they do free catalougues too and they are much cheaper that the other mail order catalogues I have seen!

I personally think they are quite cute-well some of them are, but I certainly think people who are pushing htme around in prams are a little odd

How about a system based on personal circumstances? I know people who have taken the **** and for somebody like myself who had a good job and house to suddenly find themselves and thier partener out of work, through redundancies, earlier this year, we were in the s***! £60 is nothing to live on (incidently my partner is under 25 so got just £47!!!) when your bills and mortgage come to £900 a month. We could not claim any extra as we had our own home (not able to claim housing benefit) and were not eligable for the mortgage help (as I had no dependants). My friends low life uncle has been on job seekers for the last 2 years, claims everythign he can, pays next to nothing for his flat and get's a cool £60 for the pub every week. Thankfully me and my partener are back in work now and just about getting back on track, however I'll not forget the nightmare I had and especially of coming out of the job seekers place wondering how I was going to eat for the next week while the man in front of me was then stood outside with his bottle of vodka-and thinking what a system! Somebody who lives at home/council housing is likley to need far less then somebody in similar circumstances to me.

Hello, I'm asking for any help regarding a draining issue for an elderly neighbour. I have just been round tonight she has a small drain out back which is overflowing I thought it may have something to do with all the rain we have had and it looks as though it's coming from the sink with the contents of the water. She's tried some drain unblocker, called the council (who said it's on a private property so it's her issue) and the water company (again no luck) and had a look in the yellow pages for repairs. I don't know who she needs so firstly who do we call? and secondly can anybody recomend anyone Im concious and she is of getting taken for a ride with costs being elderly. Anybody any ideas?

Aww maybe the pet wants a pet!