Pippy's Puppies

06/06/2024

Everyone needs to do what’s right for their family (so absolutely no judgment here), but I thought I’d put some info on here about the importance of not spaying and neutering too young. Hormones are particularly important for your pup’s growth. Spaying too young also increases the risk of cancers and orthopaedic issues such as cruciate ligament damage etc.

255 likes, 46 comments. “I will not fix my dogs before 2 years old and these are not half the reasons why”

26/05/2024

Happy 2nd birthday to Piper & Bailey’s second litter - Archie, Benson, Buddy, Oscar, Bonnie, Maple, Maple-May, Mollie & Skye 🥳🐾💕

17/03/2024

Well worth listening to the amazing Susan Thixton about pet food & the industry.

Join us for a conversation into the pet food industry and learn from the woman we refer to as "the Erin Brockovich of pet food safety", Susan Thixton. Regard...

03/02/2024

Please look into what you are feeding your animals. There are a lot of dogs and cats dying at the moment from foods (in particular Purina but they are finding a heck of a lot more foods involved. If possible only feed raw/home cooked. There are plenty of sites with recipes available. Follow this group. It’s only been going since May 2023 trying to sort out this issue.

23/12/2023

Cassie 9 weeks old. The only wheaten in the litter this time. Again, manifested by her owner Sophie. Sweet as sugar in looks and personality. ❤️🌸 🐾

21/12/2023

Shazz Ellis look at Trixie and Loki 😲I can see Trixie in them all!!!

21/12/2023

Darla (right) 8 weeks old and Trixie (left) when she was Darla’s age 😱 SOO similar!

Jami said she wanted a Trixie - I think she did a good job manifesting one 🫶🫶🫶

18/12/2023

Brock arrived in Perth yesterday and was so excited to meet his new owner Harlan ❤️

18/12/2023

Piper spending her last half hour with her pups Gracie (and Darla who came back for a visit for a few hours today). 😭😭💔

16/12/2023

Poor Santa doesn’t have a chance 🤣.

We’ll be down to 2 babies today and none by tomorrow afternoon 😭😭

12/12/2023

Piper and Bailee’s beautiful puppies. Thank you so much Yazmin Ralph 🌸 for coming and taking some absolutely gorgeous photos of our babies 💕🐾

11/12/2023

All vet checked, microchipped, vaxed and fit to fly certificates (where necessary). Lucky Dion made it home in time to hold them for the needles/microchips - it’s not my strength.
All pups passed with flying colours👏🏻🐾🌸.
Ready for their new homes too soon 😱🥲

10/12/2023

Our beautiful Gracie. The girls are begging me to keep her. Wish I could 😔

08/12/2023

Handsome Loki is going to look very much like his gorgeous dad, Bailee.

08/12/2023

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04/12/2023

Midnight shenanigans 😂😂

04/12/2023

“It’s time to face facts, childcare isn’t improving our quality of life.

The conditions children need to thrive are impossible to synthesise in the sanitised confines of formal care.

In the past 30 years the rate of anxiety and depression in children has doubled. A third of all adolescents are affected.

Primary and high school grades are declining across the board. Something has happened to childhood in this country and it is persisting into adulthood. If the fish are struggling to swim, we need to check the water.

We’ve undergone a period of intense social change in recent decades. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a quarter of families with children under four have both parents engaged in paid work full time. That figure increases to 75 per cent of families with children under 15, almost double the rate of dual-income families in the 1990s.

The increase in paid work hours performed by a family unit, mostly out of necessity, has encroached on the hours they have available outside of work.

We aren’t just time poor any more, we are time starved. And it’s making us sick. Many of us lack the time to look after the basic needs of ourselves and the people who depend on us.

Our reliance on timesaving measures such as processed and convenience food has skyrocketed, while our time for exercise dwindles. We take pills rather than sick days. Our time for each other is chronically compromised.

All this has culminated in a widely recognised mental and physical health crisis. It’s no wonder, really, that the kids are struggling.

The federal Department of Social Services, the Senate, NSW’s Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, the Productivity Commission and the Royal Commission into Early Childhood and Care have all had a crack at trying to figure out what’s going on with the kids.

This is despite an entire National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy already having been developed by the government in 2021, as well as a landmark evidence paper, Getting It Right in the First 1000 Days, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in 2017.

Go back two more years and we find the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth also developed a comprehensive strategy to improve the wellbeing of children.

In all three of these extensive documents, as well as submissions from peak health bodies to the inquiries, the emphasis is clear – we must support parents to parent.

Childcare is important, particularly for the most disadvantaged children, but parents remain the strongest predictive factor in child development. It’s time to diversify funding and support for families beyond the childcare sector.

In its submission to the Department of Social Services’ Early Years Strategy, the Parents Research Network urges the government to change tack: “Parents ought not be viewed simply as consumers of early childhood services but should be positioned as key partners in any community effort to promote the development and wellbeing of children.”

Good article. Government is no substitute for parents.

28/11/2023

Cuddle bug Millie looking for a new home 15 December. 💕🌸💕