Groucho: actually i dont mind tofu...crumbed and deep fried in olive oil....not too bad ROFL

Groucho:ewwwwwwwwwwwww....spam

ScarletRose: Mac.....yuk
cheese...yummy
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anyway a 1/4 pounder and cheese is nearly $5...better to buy 1/2lb minced beef ROFLMBO

Im seriously thinking of becoming a vegetarian on account of it is getting harder and harder to be able to afford the prices they are asking for meat/fish/chicken etc....now after the cyclone the other day that wiped out a very large area of vegetable/fruit farms the prices of fruit and vegies has skyrocketed:(...for example bananas were about 98c - $1.50 per kilo (1 kilo = 2.2 lbs) and they are very fast heading to $10 per kilo...lettuce are nearly $4 each...tomatoes are $6 per kilo...I could go on but it is never ending. I guess you eat what you can afford when you dont have a large disposable income.

Rose: pandering....well you will be pandering to them a lot....but then dont well all, all the time LOLOL

Rose Pawfect Pets Pandering Service

Groucho: OMG....I just love CHO :)

anastasia...your link takes me to a blank page asking me to upload my pics :(

anastasia: Bear is mainly an inside dog and he has that many toys my lounge looks as tho I have half a dozen kids LOL...he loves to play. He also has his "outside" toys...chewed up old bones, rubber toys that dont get affected by the weather, and SOME plastic containers (like ice cream)...he loves to run around with them in his mouth....toys are very important to any animal, keeps them occupied, and help stop the "IM bored" barking type thingy LOL

anastasia: awwww so sorry to hear that, I agree with Lisa...think of the good times :)

Stevie: OK heheh I will bite......what the heck is a mogwi...or is it mogwai....looked at google and it seems to be just a name for a pussy cat LOLOL...but the aussie aboriginals use Mogwi as a word for europeans....so im definately lost...nothing new I know LOLOL

How did I come to get Bear???

well Vern always had the cat....all our cats loved Vern to death and ignored me hehehe...so one day i said to Vern Im getting a dog.....well WELL..didn't he go spare when I said that LOL...."we dont need no dog, etc etc" of couse as I usually do I just ignored him and went and bought this little bundle of fluff, that weighed in at 1 kilo = 2lbs and was 8 weeks old. He was small enough to fit in my hand bag and thats how I took him home. Vern came out to the car to help me and I handed him the dog bowls, food, etc etc and got out of the car with the dog in my handbag...(unseen) "where is the dog?" he asked

On the table with the food I answered, and at that moment his dear wee head popped out and looked at Vern...well that was the end of that....Bear was forever loved by Vern and they were real good mates to the end :).

here are some pics...I will have to update one day
http://www.geocities.com/damudda2000/bear.html

Now that someone has mentioned it (HIPS)...Bear has both his hips displaced and the vet told me he would have trouble in later life...manouvering around. At the moment he dont have that trouble as he chases the cat (Smooch) all over the place and vice versa...they are so cute...I think it could be a separation issue but will wait and see....I went to work today and got home the house was clean :)...he raced me to get out the back door....so it isnt a case of not being able to tell me LOL...thanks to you all

Dolittle: thanks Hun...no problem you answering LOL....yep he is coming up 4...so that is 28 in human years....just a young buck LOLOL...good looking too hehehe....I never thought of an infection, but really do think it is laziness...he wont go outside without me :(
I never leave him alone for long.....only when I go shopping..about 3 hours, and when I go to work, one day a week :( for about 4-5 hours. I always make sure he is taken outside before i go anywhere tho. He knows he has done wrong because he looks at me with the hang dog eyes and rushes for the door LOL....I must admit i never smack him when he has gone inside because i never see him do it and will NOT rub his nose in it, as some friend have suggested. Im at a loss and will probably have to go to the Vet about it ...more money LOLOL

thanks ladies...will let you know what happens but I do notice a lessening in the odour so perhaps it will improve on it own:(

I used to think he was piddling in the house because he missed Vern but now I think he is just being naughty as it is nearly 5 months since Vern passed.

I just cant leave him outside at night as he would drive the neighbours mad with his barking and for sure I couldnt lock him in the shed so it looksa as tho Im going to have to just keep my eyes open a bit better :*(

can anyone help me

My Bear (dog) (shih-tzu) has at some time piddled in my spare room, and I havent seen it until today when I smelt it....YUK POO!!!!!.

It had dried and all I could see was the outline of the original "wet spot". very strong urine smell

I have cleaned it with carpet cleaner and also have sprayed around room deodoriser to no avail :(

Are there any "home remedies" I can try??

thanks in advance...all suggestions, except getting rid of Bear, will be considered LOLOL

with reference to the fact that most calico cats are female...did you also know that most ginger cats are male?

here is the article where I got that information, it is also an australian site.

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Tortois
eshell, Calico and Ginger Cats


Cats come in a kaleidoscope of colours – sometimes all in the one litter, and among the most popular (and some owners would say the most attractive) are tortoiseshell and gingers. Tortoiseshell cats are considered lucky in Scotland and Ireland.

Tortoiseshell cats are a patchwork of black and orange in a random pattern. When tortoiseshells have white markings they are sometimes also known as calico cats.

Most tortoiseshell and calico cats are female. The gene for the red colour (O) is carried on the X chromosome and for this reason it is called a ‘sex linked’ colour. Females of all species have two X chromosomes and males an X and Y chromosome. If both X chromosomes carry the Red gene, then the cat will be Red. However, many females carry the Red gene on only one chromosome, which allows the blackbased pigmentation to show through in patches. This combination of red and black is called tortoiseshell. For a male to be a tortoiseshell, he must have a genetic mutation that causes the male to have two X and one Y chromosome that usually renders male tortoiseshell cats sterile. It is estimated that only one in about every 1,000 torties is male and that only one in 10,000 is fertile.

However normal males normally only have one X chromosome and so if a male carries the Red gene at all, he will be ginger.

It is possible to have a ginger female but since males only need to have the orange gene on one chromosome to become ginger, and females have to have it on two, ginger males outnumber females 3 to 1.

Mating together a red male and a red female can never give a tortoiseshell because the cats can only pass on the “O” genes to their kittens.

Tortoiseshell cats are fondly called ‘torties’ and are renown for their independent and resilient nature, although some people more unkindly call them temperamental! Perhaps their individual nature mimics their individual coat colour as no two torties will be identical in markings.