1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Joining me live on the line from paus Darwin. Lisa Hanson. 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Lisa. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 2: Morning Katie, thanks for having as always. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: Good to have you on the show. And Lisa, we 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: know that you know, as we get closer to Christmas, 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: it's certainly an interesting time for pause and unfortunately, I 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: would imagine sometimes the time where you do see more 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: animals bought in. 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: Yes, it's actually it's quite interesting. Sometimes people think that 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: we're just sort of board their dogs or cats or 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 2: something and just say, oh, I'm bringing it into boarding today, Like, well, 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 2: we don't do boarding, so that's not going to work. Lisa, 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 2: How are those be an interesting year? Yeah? 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: How are those numbers going at the moment? Do you 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: have a lot of animals in there? At this point? 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: We have five left that needs flustering for the Christmas break. 17 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: We have three cats and two dogs. One of them 18 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: is Cheaper the greyhound who saved our other little puppies 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: live this week and are we really keen to hopefully 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: get them out into foster over the over the Christmas period. 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: You better tell us about Cooper, the the super dog. 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: What happened so one of their little dog was really sick? 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: Just aptly named Jingle. Little Gingle was very very ill. 24 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: I don't know all the details of the story because 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: it happened over the weekend and needed a blood transmision, 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: and I don't know whether you know that greyhound's most 27 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: greyhounds the universal Dannis, and so keeper gave up his 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 2: blood for her and she recovered. 29 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: So the road recovery wonderful. Cooper sounds like a wonderful, 30 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: wonderful dog. And Cooper's currently looking for a foster home. 31 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: He is, he is, He does have a little bit 32 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: of skin isshues, so he just does need someone who 33 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 2: can help him to look after that. But I other 34 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 2: than that, he you know, he's an X racing greyhound 35 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: and just need somewhere to just learn how to be 36 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: a dog and hopefully to help him find it happy 37 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: forever home. 38 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I hope, So I hope that you know that 39 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: somebody is able to, you know, to to do that, Lisa. 40 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: Over the Christmas period, we do see as well that 41 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: a lot of people sort of think, oh, maybe it's 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: a good idea to give an animal as a Christmas present. 43 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: You know, what's your advice to people ahead of Christmas 44 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: if they are thinking about giving someone an animal. 45 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 2: One to make sure that the recipient actually wants one 46 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: is a is a good start. 47 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: Yep. 48 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: Two is that you know, if you're buying a puppy 49 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 2: or something, make sure that they've vaccinated, make sure that 50 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: they've had their health checks and things not. It's not 51 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 2: just somebody that you've answered that ad in a newspaper, 52 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 2: not that you can really do that nowadays, but or 53 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: you've seen someone giving away puppies on Facebook or something. 54 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 2: Make sure that you actually, you know, you know that 55 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 2: the animal is healthy and that's been quarantined, because you know, 56 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 2: PAVO on Christmas Day is the thing that happens often 57 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 2: and you know, we don't we don't want to see 58 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: that happen. Make sure that they come with some sort 59 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 2: of a health fight through one of the shelters if 60 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: you puppy, find them through the shelters you know, or 61 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: through you know they're just the breeders who do all 62 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: the right things. Don't just kick one up off the 63 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: streets for Christmas. It's just scary when you think about 64 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: you because not only ruins your Christmas, that means that 65 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: you can't have another puppy in there ever, in that 66 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: place you know. The other thing too, is that that 67 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 2: remember that you know, especially little puppies and little kittens 68 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: over Christmas, you know, they need everything's really busy. You 69 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 2: can easily tread on. You can easily forget that they 70 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: don't know where the food bowl is yet or the 71 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: water bowl is yet. I know that kind of thing. 72 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 2: So if you're buying a baby animal, make sure that 73 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: you've got somewhere safe for them to be set up 74 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: so that they don't get chipped over or they you know, 75 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: if you're having a few drinks, they don't get to 76 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: knock over a beer bottle and drink the beer or 77 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: get into food or stuff that they shouldn't get into. Yeah, 78 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: there's a lot of Christmas food that can be quite 79 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: dangerous for dogs of any type in any age. 80 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's and you know, it seems like real 81 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: common sense stuff, but it's very good advice, particularly for 82 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: people who've maybe never had a puppy or a kitten before. 83 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: So it is very good advice. Lisa, are you expecting 84 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: or over the Christmas period? Not just for pause, but 85 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: do you do you see sort of early in the 86 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: New year as well, after Christmas, the number of animals 87 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: going into shelters increase. 88 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: It's probably more than three months mark afterwards, we think, 89 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: because you you've still got them in that cute puppy 90 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: stage mostly except for you know, or keeping stage. And 91 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: it's when they're just a little bit older and they 92 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: haven't been to public classes and they haven't had any training. 93 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 2: You know, they haven't had any you know boundaries. Everybody's 94 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: going back to work that get busier, so you know, 95 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 2: they're just that little bit older. They're not quite as 96 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: cute as they used to be. Kids are back at school. 97 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 2: You know, that's kind of when you're going to see 98 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: see those animals come back. I haven't been popularly soult 99 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: of them and gone through all the processes and things properly. 100 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 2: I know that people often say that, you know, you've 101 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: got to jump through hoops to adopt an animal from 102 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 2: the shelter or something, but you know, part of that 103 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: process is making you think about all the things that 104 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: you need to do, and it stops impulse buying. And 105 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 2: that's that's our big message for Christmas. It's really easy 106 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 2: to buy something on in public because the time always 107 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: want to make everybody else happy to you, but you know, 108 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 2: you don't go by. 109 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: Absolutely, think about the long term, you know, think about 110 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: how long you're going to have that responsibility for. 111 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, ten to fifteen, twenty years. We know cats can 112 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: live for twenty years. We know that, you know, some 113 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: dogs can live for ten to fifteen years. The bigger 114 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 2: dogs that we see a lot of up here, you know, 115 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: usually about ten to twelve years. So there's a big commitment. 116 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 2: It's not just stuff, and you do need taking the 117 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: training and to do stuff with them that images their 118 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: lives and makes them a good, happy, safe bet. 119 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely well, Lisa, we appreciate your time this morning, and 120 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,119 Speaker 1: I hope that you have a lovely Christmas. I really 121 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: hope that you are able to find foster homes for 122 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: those five remaining animals at Pause, and particularly the greyhound. 123 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: What was his name again, Cooper Cooper, He sounds like Jim. 124 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'd really love to see him get some somewhere 125 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: for Christmas. It would be really nice to have him 126 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 2: out in you know, learning to be living in a 127 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: home be a fantastic thing for him. 128 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: Oh, Lisa, thank you so much for having a chat 129 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: with us, and and no doubt we'll talk to you 130 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: again in the new year. Have a lovely Christmas and. 131 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 2: You too, Katie, and thank you. You know, we really 132 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: really really want to say Mere Christmas. So all of 133 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 2: those people are and who support us so much through 134 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: the year. Without you, you know, we wouldn't have father 135 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 2: animals in the shelter. We'd have so many more. And 136 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 2: you've helped all of us to fill the Christmas spirit 137 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: this year, and so thank you and thank you for 138 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: your support as well, Katie. 139 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: Anytime I think you guys do a wonderful job. Lisa, 140 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: thank you so much. We'll talk to you again in. 141 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 2: The new year, no worry. Thanks Katie. 142 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: Thanks