bridge too far

I'm scared now

He probably saw that his money-spinning opportunities would disappear after that broadcast

Mes vacances

Yeah but we've been known to do the same thing in the past. Holding my breath ............

Oh noes. In my favourites to eat I should have put new potatoes and runner beans with mint sauce and gravy. But that's lots of things, isn't it?

Eat Bangers and mash Lemon meringue pie Greek yoghurt with honey Drink Tea Coffee OJ

How spooky is this? She's just emailed me to see if we are still going to book some places (I'd made some enquiries recently). :shock: She CAN'T know my username

Clean and JERK :shock:

Helen Gammage has been very helpful to me recently, although unwilling to barter

I had a Burmese called Bojangles. He was beautiful but he spent his waking hours climbing the curtains and ripping them to shreds. We had to sell him back to the breeder though because my son had a violent allergic reaction to him. My son's eyes puffed up so much, they were virtually closed.

See what inbreeding produces No 'normal' animal would wear that scarf! (Just teasing - lovely dog )

Awww bless 'em

As has Sunday of course

But Fridays have the same starting letter as 'Fu**ing Fantastic'

I agree with you about temperament, Si. My parents had a pedigree dalmatian. She was a beautiful but absolutely crazy. If my mother ever went out, she'd find mum's cigarettes and chew them up. Never anyone else's! She used to grin too, which was a bit disconcerting if you didn't know her. If my dad ever smacked my brother, or even had a play fight with him, she'd go for my dad.

You boys are sooooooo wicked

I'm pretty sure I remember Billy Graham being at the Central Hall (not that I went, I hasten to add )

My last dog was a lab / collie cross but, apart from her paws, you'd never know she wasn't pure lab. We got her from a farm. She was, however, prone to epileptic fits. I wondered at the time if a pure-bred lab would be even more prone. Seeing a dog actually throwing itself at cupboards and other hard objects because it was in so much pain, and fitting so badly was just awful. I have to say, if my dog was suffering like that, I'd have it put down.

Only 22 I'm not loved.

What was so disturbing was the changes to dogs' skeletal structures caused by inbreeding. Father / daughter, brother / sister, grandfather / granddaughter. And the breeders didn't think there was anything wrong with that! (We could tell 'em - we've seen what inbreeding does, down the road ) Poor dogs couldn't breathe properly, got spinal infections, eyes popped out - eughhhh it was horrible.

Yeah - all dogs should be put out of their misery eh?

I think I'm right that one little Peke had had plastic surgery? (Or corrective surgery, as it was described). WTF. It's only a short step to mankind doing the same thing. Oh.....

One you have to keep an eye out for (Sorry, that was very, very poor)

MODS - Cooeeee Can you please delete this thread from TMS? I should have posted it in the Lounge because I don't want any wisecracking. I have now done so. Sorry. Thanks x

Did anyone see the programme on BBC last night about pedigree dogs and the dreadful suffering some of them are subjected to in the name of Crufts? I'm not a dog owner (although we've had a couple of mutts in the past) but I found the whole in-breeding and the putting down of puppies because they don't meet certain criteria immensely upsetting.