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I love the idea of the collage, I bet it makes you smile and think of happy times with your dog.
I have my “Hall of Fame” simply a rack with leads, whistles, training dummies etc. Part of the rack is dedicated to my past boys, I have their collars and tags hung in chronological order, and smile every time I see them. They even have some fur still on them.
All my dogs have been working Spaniels, just seeing the enjoyment they get from working the ground, and retrieving. Getting home, resting them up on a warm bed, plenty of food…….The smell of wet spaniel! Mmmmm. My current boy, s**tbags, is a big strong, muscular, 26Kg English Springer, he is amazing, both as a pet, and a working dog. He gets triggered by certain things, certain boots, certain coats, my antler stick, he shivers with excitement……It’s a shoot day!
We got him from working stock, both dog and bitch good solid working dogs, chipped, docked, jabbed for £450, he is five and a half now. Love him to bits, and just want to give him the best doggy life for him as I can.
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03/7/2023 at 7:22am
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Interesting story, but why Romania when there are dogs in the UK and other countries in need for homes. Surely it is a lot of extra expense as you have to jump through hoops to import the dogs?
Donating to an international charity instead of a UK one is definitely not a comparison at all. Just to add, we only donate to local charities as why should we donate to a charity in another country as that does n to make sense especially when our own are suffering?
You have now raised another very valid question regarding charities.
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03/7/2023 at 8:10am
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Quote: Originally posted by bofs on 03/7/2023
I think we perhaps just need to agree to differ.
As I said before, we all have different priorities and responses to situations, and can all explain why we do what we do, without necessarily being able to convince others that we are "right".
Please do not get me wrong as what you are doing is commendable, however I was mystified why people went to all the additional expense of importing a stray from a foreign country like Romania when there are thousands of dogs in the UK, France, Germany Belgium etc looking for homes.
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I have a slightly different view. To me many many charities in the UK do what our government should be doing through our taxes. While its commendable to donate to causes to help the homeless, the aged, the young, addiction, cure cancer etc etc, we should also be more active in pressuring the government to do more to support crucial causes. The NHS shouldnt be funded by charity at any level. Nor should schools.
We shouldn't need the Trussel Trust.
At some level donating to these causes gets the government off the hook, particularly as (as a % of income) the people who support charity the most are actually the less wealthy, so the tax dodging billionaires get off scott free.
To me, those in foreign countries who are born under repression, civil war, the children born in famine, if we can help them, we should. If we can help resolve the conflicts in other countries, we should (although many conflicts, go back in time to the root cause it's us - or Western influence and greed - anyway). Whether it be through the government UKAid program (which, to me, too often seeks to further our international business links rather than our humanity - UK aid is a political tool) or donating to charities like UNICEF, if we want to help we should.
Like my comments about dogs at home or abroad, I wouldn't make a judgement on someone's right to life just because of where they are born.
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