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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sometimes, on my kindle, the whole page gets very small and moves into the corner. I  go out of the site and in again. I don't sign out or turn off the tablet
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If powering off hasn’t worked, try enlarging in your settings. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    When I toddled of to bed, put my phone on the conservatory window sill as usual, there was a blooming slug waving at me, how the devil did it get in there!!!  I apears to have marched across my butternut squash plants, but no sign of muching.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Recently, I've seen dogs with their ears chopped off or disfigured. Is this legal? The owners tend  to be covered in tattoos and face furniture. Is this significant?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No, it's not legal and it's very painful and stressful for the poor puppy that has it done.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Apparently it’s legal in the US and so is becoming fashionable here again. It’s barbaric 

    https://uk.style.yahoo.com/style/problem-bournemouth-dogs-ears-removed-040000465.html

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I get the impression that these dogs are owned by men who can't afford a four wheeled penis 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    and they call themselves " animal lovers " . Oh the irony
    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    It's illegal in this country but I don't think it's illegal to import dogs which have already been done.  It should be.  I am noticing a lot more dogs around with docked tails too.  Not just the breeds the 'tattoo and no brain' brigade would be interested in.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not all docking is done for 'fashion' ... a friend had a Gt Dane bitch ... a beautiful dog with a full length tail and a lovely nature ... she was so happy and wagged her tail vigorously all the time, bashing it against table legs, doorways etc ... bits flew off the end and blood flew all over the place on several occasions ... eventually the vet recommended that her tail should be reduced in length to about one third to prevent further injury, infection and discomfort.  Dear Juno was much happier when that was done. 
    Apparently some other breeds with thin whippy tails, such as pointers, used to have their tails reduced in length (not docked very short) as a matter of course in order to avoid such injuries. 

    Of course, that's very different to the vile cropping of ears etc ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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