Our Pets

Eggs are a no no for our two they dont do well with them but their diet is with fruit and veggies. They do get bones meat whole fish etc..

The dog we had when I was in my teens did. We got him from a fishing family whose sons worked on the trawlers out of Grimsby. They may have been distant relations.

These aren't pets, but I thought I'd share this article with you guys:

www.bbc.com/future/article/20240620-why-do-people-persecute-city-pigeons

A highly interesting article from the BBC.

Our dogs have been walked in the early morning , are laying on cool tiled floors with the shades down and the fans on.

But many pets are not this lucky, they get dragged out to walk in the heat of the day, get made to sit on beaches because the humans love the sun ( try sunbathing in a fur coat...) they get left in cars to die in agony because a car is basically an oven in warm weather and many other silly but deadly mistakes made by owners

No matter what your normal routine with pets when its hot you need to change, dont walk pets in the heat of the day, dont leave them in the car even for a couple of minutes, they can die of dry drowing if they play too long in the water so even if they are having fun limit their water play, make sure they have extra water to drink and if you can put a bowl of water outside for cats because there are people who will still insist on chucking cats out to fend for themselves..

Take care with pets and heat, it might be fun for us , it could be fatal for them.

www.dogtipper.com/tip/2017/08/what-is-dry-drowning-and-is-your-dog-at-risk.html

It's not directly pet related but I dismantled some equipment outside yesterday and lay a screw in metal cap on the concrete just inside the garage, but still in the sunshine. When I picked it up twenty minutes or so later I almost dropped it as it had heated up in the sun and was almost too hot to hold. Even in the fairly moderate heat we have.

Poor dogs. I imagine they are OK in the woods though.

Here in Florida you hear of that happening quite often, pets left in hot cars. Other people do pay attention and there are a lot of broken windows when they see it saving so many pets. As far a walking their dogs most people do it early in the morning or later in the evening avoiding the hot pavement. 

I know a lot of people hate retractable leads but for the second time in the last couple of weeks we've been attacked by a dog on a long lead because the owner had no control.
The first idiot just let go when the dog started lunging and barking and luckily our yelling made it think twice so there was a lot of air snapping and noise but no contact.. He ended up chasing his dog down the road !
This morning the woman came towards us with a doodle, we recalled our dogs ( on their retractables) and put them in a stand at the side of the path to let her pass. She had the line through both hands but with yards of it on the floor around her feet and as they passed the dog lunged snapping and growling and the line slid through her hands. George was safely out of range but Murphy wasn't and she made no attempt to pull back the line or correct her dog. As it tried to bite Murphy he rounded and caught it square in the neck making it scream. At this point her dog was nose on to my husbands legs too. Luckily it decided to back off.

A tool is only as good as the person using it and in both these cases the ' tool' was the person holding the line. Long lines may be a good tool but only in the right hands .

So regardless of what lead you use its important that you know how to use it safely and properly. Its also important to know your dog and the situations they are uncomfortable with so that you can prepare.

I do sometimes say to people, what would be your reaction if someone jumped out and shouted BOO right in your face.
If someone crept up behind you would you be happy or would you be freaked out?.
How would you feel if I came running up to you jumped onto your back like a piggyback or started grabbing your clothes?

Most people look startled and say why would you do that of course I wouldn't like it.

Yet somehow those same people think that a dog should be able to cope with anything.

Sometimes you have to expose their own stupidity before they actually realise what they do when they creep up on dogs.

Boo has been barking like crazy and running around the house. He doesn't like the selfish ******** that are setting them off all around.

Fortunately he has quietened since we put him in his cage, and put a cover over him.

George is 7 today... There will be cake later but his fun this morning was a good walk and lots of sniffing.

imgur.com/a/W10KSaR

Thank you, he is going white around the eyes but he is a puppy at heart.

That's a great picture Cassie. Lovely looking dog.