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Category: Advice

  • The law on keeping a dog chained up

    Sweden can't tie up a dog HypeDojo 410In France where I live, many dogs spend their lives attached to the end of a 2metre chain. Many are border collies, used as ‘guard dogs’ in rural farms. As long as the dog has food, water and shelter, there is nothing one can do to help the dog. So this poster about it being illegal in Sweden to keep a dog like this made an impression on me. In Florida I read that you can’t tie any kind of animal up outside for you will get fined, even jailed if the situation is extreme and the animal will be taken away.

    Every country should adopt this law, applicable to whatever animal including dancing bears (currently a petition against this in Pakistan) and elephants in the Far East used for tourists and ‘entertainment’.

  • Toxocara Canis – why people should clean up after their dogs/cats

    We’re looking after our neighbour’s dog whilst they are away for a few days.  She lives in the back garden with access to a large cool barn.  We know they are not very good at cleaning up the garden of dog mess, but were horrified when we went in, to find just how much there was.  What makes this worse is that they entertain in the garden…and even worse, they have a 2 1/2 year old son who plays in there!

    For anyone who doesn’t know about the illness Toxocara Canis, find out more on this link. Please make sure everyone you know with a dog is aware of the illness. 

    Needless to say, we’re cleaning up the garden whilst we are ‘in charge’.

  • Rescuing from a Perrera – advice from Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo International

    Albacete perrera 400 2 May 2011 damitai2The debate about rescuing from a perrera when not living in Spain or the Canary Islands continues to rage.  Here are words of advice from Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo International, who recently drove 250kms to a perrera to rescue podencos and galgos with a short kill date, only to find there was no kill date for the dogs!

    RESCUING FROM PERRERAS
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    As the emotional blackmail and the sharing without checking the real situation is getting worse and worse, here some Suggestions how to reserve dogs from perreras without being cheated, overcharged etc.

    1.  Do not work with private people if money is involved.  Pay only to animal welfare associations or directly to the PERRERA.

    2. Always insist in the name and exact location of the place.

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  • On-line course on dealing with dogs classified as potentially dangerous – DeAnimals of Murcia

    OnLine course or legislation of maltreated animals 378 10 8 2016On 10th August 2016 DeAnimals – animal defence lawyers in Murcia – organised their first on-line course in how to deal with a case of dogs classified as potentially dangerous.  The subject of the case was Marie, featured in the poster.  

    ‘Solidarity Online’ course on legislation applicable to dogs catalogued as potentially dangerous, beginning on 10 August.

    The main objective of this course is to help and cooperate in solidarity between all of us, to the mistreated dog Marie.

    Applicants registered with Denaimals and  the course was run via computer on-line in the evening starting at 1900 hours. Some of the students have already been on previous courses run by Deanimals.

    Details  – the course started Wednesday, August 10 at 19 hours, through a legal conference online with Ms. Raquel Lopez. (who has obtained the confiscation of more than 300 animals with a court order as well as a number of convictions for crime of animal abuse and abandonment by crime, aimed at law enforcement officers, lawyers, vets , administrations, protective and individuals).

    ‘A course close, practical and comfortable (online, from home, at work, the beach, the field..) that you will provide a network of professional contacts (students of Lugo, Madrid, Alicante, Malaga, Valencia and albacete have already booked) and some valuable knowledge, which will allow you to help dogs as well as helping in solidarity to the pitbull cross Marie.’

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  • DeAnimals – fighting the corner for animal cruelty in Spain

    Prohibition order Bullas 400 24 6 2016DeAnimals in Murcia continues to work hard with court cases for maltreatment of animals, plus educating the police, lawyers, judges etc on what actions to take where a case of animal neglect/maltreatment is reported.

    Regular readers will remember the case of Operation Rehala – or the BULLAS rescue – where over 120 animals, mostly hunting dogs, were found living in dire conditions.  DeAnimals has pursued this case through the courts and in June 2014  here are the details of the result. 

    Here’s the English translation.

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  • Leptospirosis vaccine killing dogs – warning

    Read the full article on this link.  And also remember, don’t use Bravecto oral flea/tick treatment either.

  • Adding a new dog to your household – Whole Dog Journal

    I subscribe to a newsletter Whole Dog Daily and have copied this article from there.  If you want more information, you can purchase the full ebook of advice via the weblink at the end.

    ‘Living with multiple dogs brings a whole new set of challenges. Adding a second (or third, or fourth) dog means more fun, more love, more joy and more wonderful doggy companionship. But it also means much more from you: more time, more money, more energy, and more working through problems.

    Here are a couple of things you can do to try to avoid problems:

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  • Bravecto flea & tick treatment chew- is it dangerous?

    Bravecto Marie Miskella 250 17 6 2016I’ve just been introduced to a facebook page set up for people to discuss using a product on their dogs called Bravecto. Apparently it has very serious side effects and several of the people report their dogs becoming very ill and even dying.  Below is one report, posted on 17/6/2016.

    ‘On the 17th of March 2016 I gave my dog Brevacto chew.3 days later I found her scratching her stomach which had become raw.

    The rash spread to her thighs under her front legs and all over her head with a lot of hair loss.
    She had a very high fever and was burning to the touch.

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  • Beware of leaving water out in hot weather, or dogs swimming in lakes and rivers

    A word of warning from Jane Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Sevilla.  Read the full article on this link.  If any of you have had negative experiences with your dogs after they have swum in rivers and lakes where there are wild ducks etc. please share them with us.

  • Osteosarcoma in greyhounds – is it a common problem?

    I recently saw this article on the subject of osteosarcoma in greyhounds.  I have been involved with greyhounds/galgos for 20+ years and have not come across it as a common problem.  Have any of you readers experience of it?