Awwwwwww. Oh they're adorable.

There is a special place in Hell for those who abandon their pets when they get old or sick.

It may be that someone was at their wits' end; ill themselves, poor, confused, unable to cope and getting no help from anywhere they contacted.
So although I agree with you in principle, I know the trouble I had trying to find someone to help look after Diz while I tried to get help for myself.

No, I would never have abandoned my boy (although I fear he thought I did, in the end) but I am also probably a little more cognisant of the reasons people do than I was before.

Still, I hope that these two dogs get a wonderful owner off the back of the publicity. The kind they truly deserve.

At the very least leave 'em near to a rescue centre

Banana derby.

I used to listen to a morning drive-time radio show, and the sports guy's lifelong dream was to see, in person, the monkeys dressed as cowboys riding the working border collies.

He said he was 50-something years old and it was, by a long shot, the funniest thing he'd ever seen.

It is entertaining.

12 ft 8 in

Wow, that dog is awesome. I was so glad they caught and guided him down - for a horrible moment I thought he was going to land full force.


[eta] check out the doggy lifehacks video on that playlist

Unlike cats... :p:

That's pretty sweet.

When Papa's in the doghouse, the dogs are out of luck.

See, dogs cuddle too. :haha:

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Not that there's anything wrong with that...

That made me laugh.

Buster, the Dog Who Saved a Thousand Lives, Passes Away
 

It is with great sadness that Flight Sergeant Will Barrow from the RAF Police announces the death of his retired Arms and Explosive Search Dog, Buster.

Buster, a 13 year old Springer Spaniel passed away at the Barrow’s home in Lincolnshire where he had been enjoying retirement with handler Will, plus two canine companions.

Buster completed five tours of duty in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq and it was his exceptional efforts in these austere environments for which he will be remembered.
It was the saving of countless lives by searching out IEDs that saw the honour of official lifetime mascot of the RAF Police bestowed upon Buster.

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Flight Sergeant Barrow documented his experiences with Buster into a best-selling book and as recently as this week, the inseparable pair were out promoting Buster’s service endeavours at a local school where they’d been invited to hand out end of year reports to the children.

The RAF Police are arranging a special event to celebrate RAF Police Military Working Dogs which will give the Force an opportunity to remember those special companions that have saved thousands of lives and served so admirably. Details will follow.

RAF

Bummer, RIP Buster. :sniff:

God damn, that startled the fuck outta me. Then I realized you were talking about a damn dog! Don't do that shit!!![/relief]

Just look at this vicious beast. Observe the depraved thrill of killing. We must destroy them, to protect the world. Behold the blood lust. Ware the fanged beasty, lest he slaughter us all!!!!

Drop of a hat she's as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild..
She's all out to get you

She's a Killer Queen :lol2:

Ball! Ball!

Earl The Grumpy Puppy, meet The Cellar. Cellar, meet Earl The Grumpy Puppy:

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I think, if Bruce was a dog, this is what he would look like. Earl certainly seems to be saying "Get off my lawn."

Article @ HuffPo

Earl bears a striking, and unfortunate, resemblance to J. Edgar Hoover. :eek:

By golly, you're right! :haha:

Web footed Neufies are good swimmers.

This is not what is meant by 'water dog':

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Damn! How many beers did that little fella drink?!

It's like he's a walking bladder!

:lol2:

Labs

he's a little pee-pot,
short and stout.
tip him over and
pour him out!

:D

Dogs used to detect prostate cancer in new trial
 

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The UK's first clinical trial into prostate cancer detection by dogs has been given the go ahead

The NHS is to take part in the first ever UK trials using dogs to detect cancer.

Samples from prostate cancer patients will be used as part of national research to see if the method is more accurate than conventional testing.

A charity which trains dogs in medical detection will take urine samples from 3,000 patients from Milton Keynes University Hospital as part of a three-year trial.

Nine dogs will smell the samples and their verdicts will be recorded and compared with the results of traditional testing to evaluate how reliable the canines are.

Studies abroad have suggested that the olfractory skills of doctors are more successful than traditional tests used by the NHS.

Last year Italian research on 677 samples correctly detected 98 per cent of cases.

Tests so far by Medical Detection Dogs, the charity behind the new study, have suggested reliability levels of around 93 per cent.

“Our dogs have a higher rate of reliability than any other existing tests”, said Dr Claire Guest, the charity’s director of operations

“We know their sense of smell is extraordinary. They can detect parts per trillion; that’s the equivalent of one drop of blood in two Olympic-size swimming pools”.

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men in the UK, and the fourth most lethal form of the disease, with 41,726 diagnoses and 10,837 deaths recorded in 2011.

It is estimated that one in eight men will contract it in their lifetimes.

There is currently no single test for the disease. Doctors usually carry out blood tests, which can indicate increased risk, but are not a reliable indicator, as well as biopsies and invasive examinations.

Research has found the blood tests fail to detect prostate cancer in up to 20 per cent of men who are suffering from it and give a false positive in as many as one in eight cases.

It means men can be forced to undergo repeated tests before getting the all-clear, or can end up enduring surgery which might have been avoided.

The screening will be offered as an optional second-line test to patients who will also be offered conventional tests.

If it is successful, two national UK cancer clinics, The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust and the Prostate Cancer Support Group, will introduce it to their three clinics across the country.

Dogs have also been shown to have success in detecting other forms of cancer like bladder, renal and breast cancer.

Medical Detection Dogs hopes that eventually dogs will be able to screen a single urine sample for multiple cancers, streamlining the current separate, costly tests for each form of the disease.

They also hope that the NHS will adopt the technique, if it is shown to proved to be successful.

Last month the head of the health service endorsed new proposals to improve early diagnosis of cancer.

The pledges include a target to give 95 per cent of patients referred for cancer tests a definitive diagnosis within four weeks, as part of plans to cut cancer-related deaths by 30,000 by 2020.

Daily Telegraph


My Dad, who has had a couple of skin cancers removed, was asked to assist this research project when he went back to the hospital for a follow up appointment.
He was pleased to help and went through a long interview concerning many aspects of his life.

Medical Detection Dogs

Incidentally, Dad wanted to know what had caused his skin cancers. The consultant asked if he had substantial exposure to sunlight in his past.
He could only think of his service in the Royal Navy in WW2 mostly in the Indian Ocean. The Doc said that was highly likely to be the cause.
Over seventy years on!

It's a natural. Most dogs I meet seem to be trying to work out if I have prostate cancer.

Ha ha ha, I get that too, from man's best friend. :haha:

Brown nosers.


Well...yellow nosers, anyway.

Should be in the circus.

I guess if the cat can eat rubber bands, the dog can have a balloon:

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...or is that just where you blow him up?

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He's wet and sitting on a rickety old chair, but he still manages to look dignified.

I'm very fond of Labradors. If that isn't already clear. :D

Good Doggie

Sit, Ubu, sit.


Vurry distinguished, btw.

If I just sit here all calm and confident, the Queens swan will think I'm a royal Corgi and won't bother me... I hope. :haha:

Man's best friend.

Obviously that one was a formal battle...hence the top hats and tails.

Top hats for the men and tails for the dogs?

[thnort]

Clever Doggie...

Daily Telegraph


“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you.
This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”

― Mark Twain

That warms my cockles and tickles my pink. :thumb:
Good people, although it looks like the girl is sharing the guy's jacket with the pup.

Nah - she's got her own jacket draped over her head because it doesn't have a hood.

OK, good. Thanks. :D

Who's a good doggie? You're a good doggie. Yes you. Yes you are.

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That's the new, never give up. ;)

A dog can do it, can your cat? :rolleyes:

No. My cat's dead.

Perhaps your next one will play drums.

It better not.