Food Bank for Dogs - Cost of Living Crisis

If you read only one story today, read this one:

BBC News: Reports " Cost of Living: Cardiff pet foodbank finds demand escalating "

Lets Get Real:

This is a moral outrage, dogs cannot ask for food, and they are our best friends, always happy to see you, all they ask, is that you feed them and take them for walks and play with them.  Since lockdown many people have BOUGHT dogs, to think poor people do not feed themselves and have to go to food banks for dogs is a disaster for the Government.   The Johnson Government has spent 15 billion in handouts for various sectors of society, thus must NOW help owners who have pets, from dogs to cats.  The Government should add a few billion to the windfall tax on the oil companies, this is the national interest, the UK is seen as a pet lover, and this mar our image abroad.  The public should, telephone, Text, and Email and nicely ask that our MPs have a discussion on this, its urgent, not more urgent that if a Party happened at No 10 Downing Street?

They are blaming OUR DOGS for COVID - 19 NOW - Update 2 - Health

Daily Mail: Reports " Stray dogs may be the 'intermediary animal' that spread coronavirus from bats to humans rather than pangolins, study finds "

Lets Get Real:

This blog has great respect for the boffins out there, but I draw the line when boffins start to say that Dogs are to blame for COVID - 19, dogs are the best friend a man can have, always listens, always wants attention, and can be a good guard dog for you ( None of my dogs were any good at being a guard dog, they just liked affection to much ).   It can be argued that China gives dogs a rough time, they even EAT dogs in China, slaughter them in the marketplace, a total disgrace, if China looked after its dogs, then the Gods of Karma would treat China well, if you mistreat a dog, or blame a dog for a bat problem, then you lose me, a puppy is the best thing in life. 

The Pope vs. The Donald - Election 2016

Guardian: Reports " Donald Trump calls Pope Francis 'disgraceful' for questioning his faith..Trump responds after the pope suggests presidential candidate is ‘not a Christian’ because of his plan to build a border wall between the US and Mexico "

Lets Get Real:

On this the blog hates to agree with the Donald, this Pope is political and would understand how his words would come across, this is not the first time the Pope has gone political, he told Catholics they should have more children than pets, HAS THE POPE ever had a pet! then he called the Falklands Island by their Argentina name and then finally he helped with a better relationship with Castor's Cuba and the US, who asked him?  This Pope might be very humble, but that does not stop him from being political and naive. 

RIP Diesel - Paris Terror Attacks

Fox News: Reports " French police dog killed by attackers in raid, hailed as hero "

Lets Get Real:

All the innocent human deaths in Paris, and now the terrorists kill a Police Dog, one does not understand the mind set of those that kill other people for no reason, and now they have killed a dog.   The French Police have shown great courage both human and dog, let us hope there are no more losses.  RIP Diesel. 

When your beloved Dog dies

Today folks I lost my beloved dog Lucky, it feels like losing part of the family, your turn around and you think you see him, his smells and his toys bring back happy memories of playing with him, or him wanting you to play with him.    The house feels so quiet, he is no longer behind you looking for food, even after being feed, as he got older you I carried him around lot, putting him in his favourite chair so he could sleep.  The hardest part will be waking in the morning, and he not there, looking for his fav food, he almost had us trained as when he liked to go to bed and what time he liked to get up.   I think the hardest part will be passing his favourite walking spots, recalling how he liked to put his cold nose in to the grass,  how he liked to smell the grass at the same spot for hours if he could.   Even thought the Vet put him down a few hours ago, it seems like a different world, for those non dog owners it might sound bit dramatic, well if you get a dog you will understand.   The place is so darn quiet, Oh Lucky I will miss you, more that I will ever admit. RIP LUCKY. 

The Brits are GOOD - Titanic

Telegraph: Reports on a new ITV version of the Titanic story, this time the Bits are the good guys! The colonies, sorry out US cousins wont like that, we are Brits are in their view, in constant rain and fog ( okay rain part is true ) we don’t smile ( in Chester last week and Charity worker told me I was the only one smiling! ) we are devious and secretive ( God YES, our neighbour is France ) we don’t wash ( not true, we wash ) we lofty views of ourselves ( well out neighbour is France and Europe ) and we are not sensitive to the needs of others ( not true if last biscuit would give it to my dog over a France! ). Lets recall the Titanic was built in Belfast and even after a hundred years it still looks good at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and the men ( generic term ) of Belfast are Brits till they vote to become part of Ireland.

Afghan HERO Returns - MIA over a YEAR

The Times: Reports that Sabi the Dog an Australian IED detector has returned from being MIA for 14 months in Afghanistan. I have to be honest VIEWS is sucker for this kind of story, but the serious point is that VIEWS trusts the judgement of Sabi over President Obama. This is based on two facts, Dogs are Mans best friend, and Sabi is Australian, at least you can trust our Australian cousins to come to the aid of the motherland; as long as their PM‘s know how to behave around the Queen, they might not jump in the air about it but you can trust them, more than I can say about President Obama. I wonder if Sabi can run in 2012. Again salute for Sabi and their brave human handlers and fellow soldiers.