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I live at Warners Bay, Newcastle/Lake Macquarie area...if anyone needs shredded paper iv got TONS of it, i work for a docs surgery and we are starting to go paperless...OMG such a big job! So much paper! Such a pain in the a$$!!!

If ud like some, or a few ton MintiMail me and id be glad to meet somewhere, or drop it off.

 Mel

my son who is in the Army bought him from a pet store in Orlando Fl. when he was 6 wks old, and they were living in Ga.  His first name was Michael and they couldn't get him house broke so they asked me if I would take him.  Well my husband did not want a house dog but gave in and they brought him to me when he was 6 mos old.  I feel in love with him!  He didn't look like a Michael so I renamed him Sisco, which suites him to a T.  He and I have been buddys from the start, I would have to pick him up to put him on the bed untill he was big enough to jumy and even now he has to be picked up at times.  He sleeps in the bend of my knees or right against my back every night.  If I get up to go use the rest room he goes with me and sits with his back to the door until I come out.  No matter where I am in the house he is right with me.  I spend a lot of time on the computer and no matter how long he is either right beside the chair or he is under the desk at my feet.  He runs to the door if he needs out and when he is ready to come in he stands at the door and barks.  He will not allow another animal in our house and when anyone (espicaly when I'm lying down) comes towards me he gets between me and them barking and snapping at them. LoL!!  He is 11 and has lost all his top teeth.  I know he won't have many more years with me but I will spoil him and baby him until then.  I never knew I could fall in love with an animal and love it so much!!!!

I would love to make a paw print of WReX with the plaster of paris i think? does anyone know of ways to make it and how to keep the doggy still? how does it work

luv totally Clueless.........aka Mel lol

well not one for wasting time we got one hes called tk now we know hes not a she lol, thats a long story....hes been here 4 days now and seems to be settling in ok he hasnt messed once im impressed!!!! now its just showing off after mastering climbing up our legs, the sofa i descover the cleaver little kitty climbing my wall.....not so impressed!!!!!!

So were getting it a scratch post tomorrow and a naighboure tells me if i put catnip on it that teachs the cat were it can scratch and areas without it it will start to ignore....im worried tho....

what if it just carries on is there nothing i can use to stop it attacking certain areas like my sofa and walls?

also whilst im here mayaswell ask i have laminate flooring and tiles so i need to mop daily what can and cant i use ive been putting the kitten upstairs and avoided bleach so far but i dont really want it upstairs id rather use something safe for the kids and the cat...what do you recomend????

ok were looking at getting a kitten, we have no other pets well unless you count the bf ...haha my sons 20 mnths and adores pets a cat we think is going to be less maintance ie  no walking in the british weather...

but as ive never had a cat, what sould we be looking for? is there anything i sould avoid? male/female? honestly im clueless here and dont want to tk on a pet and later find it was a mistake...

so plz advice me

thanks jo xxx

I love the way that a pet can bring so much love into a family.

Not only that but how they become part of the family.

This is one of ours.

His mother decided to give birth on a Sunday so the vet charged 25% extra and the poor little thing needed a ceasar and a hysterectomy...so $628.10 later we named him Bugga (little kids can call him Bug)

This is our little Alice Bunny. She was a gift from God we swear. I had always wanted a tiny lap dog of my own. We have always had dogs and at the time we had a golden retirver, Abby. She is a lovely and intellegent dog and a great friend, about 4 years old. One day while at the summer farm we got up early to the sound of coyetes and dogs barking. My mother and I woke the whole house and told them to get on the four wheelers and take the guns and chase the coyetes off the land. They later returned telling of the tale that they chased off the filthy coyetes but no justs were fired and someone had dumped a litter of puppies that were starving to death and dehydrated. Then they showed us the one that survived. It was an odd looking thing with huge hears and just a small skeletal feature. We thought it was a dog of some sorts but we were not sure what it was. We fell in love immeaditly and nursed the thing to health. Our golden retriver tried to mother it. The vet wasn't sure it would live. We gave this poor creature all our love and power to get better. The story ends with a happy note. Her name is Alice Bunny and she did live and strive. She is almost 2 years old now. She is the most loyal and fun lap dog anyone could ask for. She is the love of our lives. The whole family is just so in love with her. She is a toy fox terrier but may not full blooded, or else someone would have kept them or sold them. She was God's gift to me because I always wanted a small dog that would just sit with me and not be too hyper or yappy and she is the one! Even Abby the other dog seems to be the one that could not live without her now. The boys lover her but hate it when I dress her up. You see I am menapausal and only live with boys so she is the little girl I dress up. I used to make fun of thoses odd people. Now I am one. HA HA HA LOL

To make my story short.................................. We have an old 18 to 19 year old male but neutrued and no claws. A month ago a stray adopted us and now HE is also fixed and declawed. The old cat does NOT want new cat in the house. We are trying to be patient BUT the old cat howls like a coyete and last night kept the whole house up all night.

UGH!

In the that's life magazine this week there is a campaign against animal cruelty. I have just been to the website www.bleats.com.au. A group of lawyers is fighting to get tougher sentences to people that abuse animals. I have just signed the petition which took a very short time to do. Just click on Support tougher sentences for animal cruelty. I hope they get the law changed. Some of the stories are heart-breaking. Thanks.