CRUEL B#####D

[Guest MOLLY]

This has just brought back a memory for me FD. Im being a slight hypocrite here

 

My old dog had to be PTS several years ago, she was very old had a heart murmour and had started to fit, the fits continued through the night so at 4.30am on a bank holiday monday after lying with her and crying all night i called out the vet to my home to put her to sleep.

 

I had known for a few weeks her time was short and had picked out a place i wanted to bury her. It was near enough to the river that the land would not be developed, but far enough away she would'nt be washed away soon. So at 5am, there was my sister, the other dogs and me pushing my dead dog wearing her tartan fleece coat (cos she loved to wear it) in a wheel barrow down to the river. We tried for ages to dig but the rocks and roots were too much for us and we had to sneak around avoiding people to get to the allotment to bury her there, by this time she had started to smell and riggor had set in.....I laught about it now but if anyone had seen us, i think they would have thought we were completely insane

 

Perhaps hunting and understanding death and the life cycle more it has somewhat hardened me about the shell which was once a living animal?

MOLL.

[Hob&Jill 258]

it just stirs a fire inside you y'know....hard to discribe

Look at Ditchs thread, I know what you meen

 

I'm in the same position as you with a dog. I have a old Patterdale Terrier that I have had since I was half the size I am now! Hes always been there as far back as I remember, he is all I know. I love the grumpy old sod. What I will do when he is gone, I dont know. It scares me thinking about it to be honest. I just hope he dies peacefully of old age, not of cancer or something vile like that. The old lads at my feet as I type this.

 

H&J

[FastDogz 155]

This has just brought back a memory for me FD. Im being a slight hypocrite here

 

My old dog had to be PTS several years ago, she was very old had a heart murmour and had started to fit, the fits continued through the night so at 4.30am on a bank holiday monday after lying with her and crying all night i called out the vet to my home to put her to sleep.

 

I had known for a few weeks her time was short and had picked out a place i wanted to bury her. It was near enough to the river that the land would not be developed, but far enough away she would'nt be washed away soon. So at 5am, there was my sister, the other dogs and me pushing my dead dog wearing her tartan fleece coat (cos she loved to wear it) in a wheel barrow down to the river. We tried for ages to dig but the rocks and roots were too much for us and we had to sneak around avoiding people to get to the allotment to bury her there, by this time she had started to smell and riggor had set in.....I laught about it now but if anyone had seen us, i think they would have thought we were completely insane

 

Perhaps hunting and understanding death and the life cycle more it has somewhat hardened me about the shell which was once a living animal?

MOLL.

 

That made me giggle - not at your dog dying but you scouting round to try and bury her Fair play to you though you laid her to rest somewhere she loved and all that cant fault you Moll

 

@ Hob and Jill - @ Ditchs thread

 

I am and always will be - where Greys and Lurchers are concerned one soft mother f****r and thats all there is too it really And yeah i will say it loud and proud - My Greyhound boy is my life you know..my little ray of sunshine..hes just my baby..he has biccys and milk before bed and all the ra di dar and ive had a few dogs but i have never ever been as passionate about one subject since i took my boy off his trainer and fetched him home

They leave pawprints on your heart

[Guest little_lloyd]

Makes me sick

[tote 857]

[ name=FAGAN' date='Jul 18 2007, 10:50 PM' post='273819]

MR SHAW REFUSED TO REVEAL WHO HE SOLD THE ANIMAL TO WHATS THAT ABOUT ANYONE WILLING TO PROTECT SCUM LIKE THAT IS SURELY OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE, HANG HIM UP

 

Is it not obvious FAGAN that Mr Shaw never sold the dog If he said he'd given the dog away free that would be more believable.Nobody buys a 4 1/4 year old greyhound that has just finished last in a race when the money was down.

 

That b d Shaw has obviously took it back home with him and we know what happened next Sounds like he's just not bright enough to come up with a better excuse.

[tote 857]

And as for the bolt gun guy - In my own humble opinion that isnt humane either - Humane is a injection done by a vet swiftly quitely and painless and most of all DIGNIFIED (for mans best friend anyway).

 

 

Hi FastDogz,I'm going to have to disagree with you on the above quote,the bolt

gun will be swifter and less painless way of putting a dog to sleep than an injection

at the vets[doesn't mean i'm for or against either,just stating a fact].

 

More than the once I've heard of a vet giving a greyhound a lethal injection

then a minute later when the dog is still alive having to give it some more,the

reason being "he's a very strong dog" there is no way I think that is humane or

dignified.

 

Anyway that said I can see from your posts you have a real soft spot for the

breed and long may it continue.

[skycat 6,174]

I must admit I've had to have dogs humanely put down in the field after suffering fatal injuries, but by choice I'd call out the vet to my oldies: f*ck the expense: the years of pleasure they've given me means they deserve to die quietly at home in familiar surroundings: and if the vet knows their job it is very quick indeed: one minute they're there, and the next they're not: just like a massive overdose of anaesthetic. Having undergone GA myself on several occasions it really is just like the lights going out: even quicker than falling asleep. Luckily my 2 main vets are women, and my dogs being used to a female owner are not at all stressed out by their presence. For the extra £40 I think I owe it to my dogs to make their last moments as peaceful as possible.

For the record I've never seen the dog still alive after a few minutes: my vets always use more than they need to ensure this can't happen.

[Cupid Stunt 18]

The money that these b*****ds make from their dogs, and then dont have the decency to do right by the animal, never fails to to astound me. Greyhound racing is a f*****g disgusting industry, and by that, i mean the way the animals are churned out, exploited, and inhumanely disposed of NOT racing itself, which i enjoy, and participate in myself, though i sometimes wonder if by enjoying a night at the dogs, i,m helping to perpetuate the misery, inflicted by SOME, not, ALL owners. Roll on some tighter restrictions, its 2007 and dogs should not be treated this way, and anyone who thinks its right, is a f*****g animal themselves. I have spent 2 grand on a little terrier, who cost me a tenner, since january, and she left me last wednesday night, i couldn,t spare that money, but i loved her....whats 2 grand to a greyhound racer?...f**k all, i hope his kennels get parvo, and his knob gets ghonnorhea, and his wifes piss flaps fester, the filthy b*****d.

 

 

The promotors of the NGRC tracks are the one that earn the good money from the game, very few owners do. Ok they may win a few quid if a they have a gamble but that is far from as easy as it sounds especially with any regularity & they certainly don't earn it in prize money unless they have one of the top half dozen dogs in the country.

 

The problem lies with owners that will scream the place down if you mention having a dog put to sleep but would willingly give the dog away without question to the first offer they get. I used to know someone like this until one that he had given away was found drowned along with three others after it was no good for racing on a flapping track in Scotland. Owners should be prepared to look after/pay for their dogs after their racing days are over unlike some who just willingly dump their dogs on the already overstretched RGT.

 

The NGRC should make registering dogs far harder so owners can be traced & prosecuted in cases like this, they take nowhere enough action at the present time.

 

To a fair few, two grand is not an insignificant ammount More often than not its the 'small time' owner that has more thought for his dogs than the High Rollers in the game.

 

If he still has dogs i wouldn't wish parvo on them but i agree with the rest

[Simoman 110]

The NGRC should make registering dogs far harder so owners can be traced & prosecuted in cases like this, they take nowhere enough action at the present time.

 

When I worked as a dog warden we used to pick up a few ex-racers, none were ever claimed and we couldn't trace the owners...........I agree that registering the dogs should be more thorough.............

[tote 857]

For the record I've never seen the dog still alive after a few minutes: my vets always use more than they need to ensure this can't happen.

 

It's something that no one should witness But I do know that it did happen

on three occasions,one of them was a dog I was holding

[Guest baldie]

The money that these b*****ds make from their dogs, and then dont have the decency to do right by the animal, never fails to to astound me. Greyhound racing is a f*****g disgusting industry, and by that, i mean the way the animals are churned out, exploited, and inhumanely disposed of NOT racing itself, which i enjoy, and participate in myself, though i sometimes wonder if by enjoying a night at the dogs, i,m helping to perpetuate the misery, inflicted by SOME, not, ALL owners. Roll on some tighter restrictions, its 2007 and dogs should not be treated this way, and anyone who thinks its right, is a f*****g animal themselves. I have spent 2 grand on a little terrier, who cost me a tenner, since january, and she left me last wednesday night, i couldn,t spare that money, but i loved her....whats 2 grand to a greyhound racer?...f**k all, i hope his kennels get parvo, and his knob gets ghonnorhea, and his wifes piss flaps fester, the filthy b*****d.

 

 

The promotors of the NGRC tracks are the one that earn the good money from the game, very few owners do. Ok they may win a few quid if a they have a gamble but that is far from as easy as it sounds especially with any regularity & they certainly don't earn it in prize money unless they have one of the top half dozen dogs in the country.

 

The problem lies with owners that will scream the place down if you mention having a dog put to sleep but would willingly give the dog away without question to the first offer they get. I used to know someone like this until one that he had given away was found drowned along with three others after it was no good for racing on a flapping track in Scotland. Owners should be prepared to look after/pay for their dogs after their racing days are over unlike some who just willingly dump their dogs on the already overstretched RGT.

 

The NGRC should make registering dogs far harder so owners can be traced & prosecuted in cases like this, they take nowhere enough action at the present time.

 

To a fair few, two grand is not an insignificant ammount More often than not its the 'small time' owner that has more thought for his dogs than the High Rollers in the game.

 

If he still has dogs i wouldn't wish parvo on them but i agree with the rest

 

 

Your quite right buddy, the parvo quip was a stupid comment , written with the "stella" finger and no, i wouldn,t wish it on anyones dogs at all.

I,ve known several greyhound men, some bad, but one or two good uns, like an old chap not 50 yards from me, who kept every dog, until it died of old age.

Its too easy to get rid of them, there should be a proper paper trail, and bloody stiff penalties for the cruelty that goes off.....its f*****g wicked what some do to those beautiful animals, i hope they are damned for all eternity.

Please dont anyone think, i,ve owt against racing, ..i havent, and go fairly regular myself, with the lads, for a few pints, and the winnings always go in the retired greyhound trust box, i just want to see the unwanted treated better thats all.