ARmy Rumour SErvice

**jumpinjarhead** · 03-05-2012, 06:03

Originally Posted by sallyanne09

This is Michael Anthony Burdis - watch out for him in all rescue centres as he's trying to get his hands on a dog to use as bait in dog fighting!

If you have any connection with animal rescue

Noted.

One of my co-workers is an official in a Whippet Rescue organisation. I pointed this post out to her.

He (Burdis) has been in touch with them and sent on his way after on one look at his Faceache page. Which was changed VERY rapidly. He also claims to be a plasterer if that means owt to anyone!

Scumbag.

**pommydigger** · 03-05-2012, 07:30

Originally Posted by jumpinjarhead

Scumbag.

Scum of the earth

**CivvyLurker** · 03-05-2012, 10:16

Originally Posted by pommydigger

Yeah my males do roach but only for short periods, it's only been my females that actually sleep like that, it's quite funny to find them like that in the morning

do yours do that inward sneezing thing too? All mine have so far, sort of a sharp intake of breath , my wife thought max was having a fit when he first did that, that was our first grey though!

My lad would sleep roaching with his head hanging over the edge of the sofa and a delicate strand of drool slowly stretching to the floor. Lovely

Yes, my guys do the sneezing thing. Apparently it's called 'reverse sneezing' and is caused by a pharyngeal spasm due to irritation in a long nose. If the dog keeps sneezing, covering the nostrils will make the dog breathe through its mouth and clear the irritation into the back of the throat. The drooly roacher (who was a bit of a screaming prima donna) used to do it with great chest heaves, head down and his elbows sticking out like he was about to kark it. It's rather alarming to watch if you haven't seen it before and I reckon vets must make some easy money when people rush their dogs in for emergency treatment.

**pommydigger** · 03-05-2012, 11:36

Originally Posted by CivvyLurker

My lad would sleep roaching with his head hanging over the edge of the sofa and a delicate strand of drool slowly stretching to the floor. Lovely

Yes, my guys do the sneezing thing. Apparently it's called 'reverse sneezing' and is caused by a pharyngeal spasm due to irritation in a long nose. If the dog keeps sneezing, covering the nostrils will make the dog breathe through its mouth and clear the irritation into the back of the throat. The drooly roacher (who was a bit of a screaming prima donna) used to do it with great chest heaves, head down and his elbows sticking out like he was about to kark it. It's rather alarming to watch if you haven't seen it before and I reckon vets must make some easy money when people rush their dogs in for emergency treatment.

Yes its pretty dramatic when you see it for the first time, a few of mine have been prima donna's, someone told me this is a learned behaviour in them because when they are racing and they are injured they get treated , ie more human contact, such as massages and just general contact,not sure if that true or not but it suited my first males personality

We also allow ours to be blood donors, as the vets love grey because they are easy to handle, and don't freak out when they take a little blood. We don't do it regularly but its nice to help out a bit, as dogs need blood in ops too.

A sad fact here in Australia is that the vets when training carry out a lot of procedure on euthanised greys as they are easy to get hold of from the tracks etc, my wife trained as vet nurse and confirmed this, although she was mainly involved with the dogs they practiced restraining and grooming as the college had a few resident greys, but they were spoilt rotten

Australia is very different to UK, they still sell dogs in pet shops here, and its very sad to see overgrown puppies in small cages, promotes the impulse buys I think too. Also we lived in mining town a while ago, my wife worked at the local vets there, they often had people come in with healthy young dogs and pay to have them put down as they were "moving back to Perth" , its pretty sad and the vet is obliged to do it!! as there are no rescue schemes in these rural towns. Still its better than the scumbags that just leave the dog in the back garden and do the bunk to Perth, they usually get picked up by the ranger a couple of weeks later and have to be euthanised because of malnutrition and dehyrdration :(

**Count.Dracule** · 03-05-2012, 11:51

Originally Posted by Dicey

This is hard to do. The reason I haven't posted here or uploaded any 'photos is that the greyhound (Bob) we adopted had to be put down. On the Tuesday night after we picked him up he had some sort of 'fit' in the house and by the time I got him to the vet he was suffering badly. Vet told us Weds. morning that it was kinder to put him to sleep as he'd had some kind of severe stroke and doubted if he would recover sufficiently to enjoy any quality of life.
Only 5 years old and only had him 3/4 days but it hit us hard. I hate having to have a dog put down. Will leave it now for a while, we still got our old mongrel and Collie bitch - 15 and 13 respectively - so will make the most of our two whilst we've still got them.

Rodney, many thanks for your kind offer.

Dicey.

Very sorry to hear this news Dicey, may the little chap RIP!

**Markintime** · 03-05-2012, 11:51

This is Bruno, faithfully guarding the heating vent in my office, alert as ever!

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**Rodney2q** · 03-05-2012, 13:27

Originally Posted by Rodney2q

Just got back from the vet - Max is dosed up with painkillers and has some anti-inflamatory tablets to bring down the bruising. There are no internal injuries just a very sore neck and throat with pulled muscle and bruising...

Max is on the mend - the medication seems to be working and he's managed to eat all of his breakfast today, albeit rather slowly. He also gave a cat a good barking at while out for a walk earlier.

Mind you, he may be having trouble eating but it didn't stop him scarfing down half of my doughnut mid-morning...

Rodney2q

**Markintime** · 03-05-2012, 16:09

Originally Posted by Rodney2q

Max is on the mend - the medication seems to be working and he's managed to eat all of his breakfast today, albeit rather slowly. He also gave a cat a good barking at while out for a walk earlier.

Mind you, he may be having trouble eating but it didn't stop him scarfing down half of my doughnut mid-morning...

Rodney2q

That's good to know.