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Awh 8 weeks DQ, they must be so cute now! Most vets will do a special deal if you're getting more than one dog vaccinated or chipped which is great.

Stench Blossoms, that happens a fair bit. Sometimes people forget to register or sometimes the dog goes to a new home and the owner isn't changed etc.

Sinall wrote: »

Got paid today. Mysteriously most of the money has already vanished from my account. It must have a leak! :pac:

my pockets develop holes on nights out, and I seem to lose stuff from my wallet all the time shopping after payday, mystery.

Had great craic at the quiz last night with a bunch of boardsies. I did drunkenly tell rick o Shea that he's a ride though

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

But I want to meet Bluewolf! :mad:

/stamps foots in a temper/

We only met for about 2 minutes we were on different teams, my team was sh1te!!

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

it's always the quiet ones, isn't it!

Haha I wasn't really the quiet one but academic, good student, prefect, nice area, good family, not a mad drinker etc. I have come across people I was in school with out and about with the little lady and have been told they thought it was just a rumour :P Saying that I was 18 and finished school when I had her, so it could have been worse.

Ilyana wrote: »

You know what's worse than getting a wisdom tooth?

Getting two at the same time

Oh I have one - Getting 1 and having the worst pain ever 2 days before your wedding and a big swollen face, getting tabs from the dentist to get you through the day, having a reaction to the tablets and spending the day before your wedding projectile vomiting, going to the care doc at 10.30pm the night before your wedding with your husband to be and getting an injection in the ass, which then becomes subject of some jokes during the speech. Being so ill you can't remember your wedding BUT you do have pics of you on your wedding day with your eyes rolling in your head.

x Purple Pawprints x wrote: »

You're right DQ, it's so easily preventable. It cost about 30-40 euro per year to get your dog vaccinated against potentially fatal diseases like parvo and there are still people out there who just don't bother vaccinating, it makes me mad. :mad: You also wouldn't believe the amount of people who just don't know about vaccinating their dogs..

Parvo is a horrible disease, I've seen what it can do and it ain't pretty. And there's actually no cure, you can only treat the symptoms and hope the animal is strong enough to fight off the infection.

This is really interesting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8572826/ns/health-pet_health/t/still-vaccinating-your-pet-every-year/#.UKY1BeSUPJI

My own older boy came to foster with me and developed parvo within 2 days - he very nearly died, we were given no hope at all. He's perfectly healthy now, although the sickness and the fact he had to stay indoors for so long after means his socialisation wasn't what it should be so he tends to worry about new situations. :rolleyes:

Das Kitty wrote: »

I think what happens is that pure-bred puppies are provided with a chip their new owners can register, but some owners don't bother (it costs money)

To be registered with the IKC they have to be chipped, but I'm 99% sure it doesn't cost anything to register the chip once it's done. It didn't cost me with either of mine. I could be wrong and I'm sorry if I am, but I really really don't think it costs anything to register the chip.

I do think that people don't realise that they have to reg the chip, I have heard more than one person ask about tracing the chip to find their lost dog as if it's a GPS tracker! :eek: