Loving my Oldies

Oh, this is amazing. SLF thought she was going to be fortunate to have 2 healthy pups and now Reba has popped out 6!! Will be constantly checking to see if there are any more LOL.

What a relief, K. Hopefully she will just sleep the night through and you can recharge the batteries too. Stiff scotch or, if you don't drink, lots of sweet tea and naughty biscuits.

The best photos are those of dogs having fun in the water.

Me too - checked a couple of times every day.

That is inexpressibly sad . My Tirra was past 16 (Chi X Pap) when he was killed by a foster dog. I think of him every day over 5 years later. I met a few times some years ago a Mini Poodle 22 years old, but she was in such a state that it was cruel to keep her going . And my own Toy Poodle was just shy of 20. So yes, some pretty long lived dogs around today.

WOW!! How absolutely fantastically marvellous!! I hope SLF knows that so many people who can't post in her thread in Breeders have been following her story and Reba's progress with hope in our hearts. Wonderful wonderful news. What a strong girl Reba must be. Congratulations SLF and Reba. Now for photos - :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

LOL, boronia Beautiful photograph of Mac and even better the right way up :laugh: :laugh: Kayla's softness and beautiful grey face epitomises this thread.

Oh K. I feel your and Feather's pain . I wouldn't use RR on top of what the vet has given Feather. Very very scary for you and healing vibes being sent from Mooch City.

Squeeeeeee!!! Ninja Pretzel

Oh heavens, K. Penny is so beautiful. Know how you feel, though. I find I am watching Danny very closely.

Danny turns 15 this month (going on pound estimate in 2002) and he still has good hearing and vision ---- selective LOL, he can be very stubborn.

Poor little Astro, but it's looking good. Hoping for update with further progress tomorrow.

Sorry, Diva. You are right - didn't think of that. And, yes, it would be good to imagine a group of animal lovers meeting him in a hallway

The latest edition of Animal Sheltering arrived yesterday. Naturally this thread came to mind when I read about a reveiw for a book called "Beautiful Old Dogs" by Garry Gross. "Ultimately, Garry wanted to make people see the beauty, dignity, and character of these senior dogs."

I sure hope I can be posting as you are in 5 years time . I tell people that Tamar is my puppy at 10.

Go Nelsson !!!!

While I was driving yesterday, I heard on the news that a man had been sentenced to 2 years jail 18 months non parole for killing a puppy because he was angry with his girlfriend. Someone will probably be able to find an articule about. Good to see that incarceration is happening for these sorts of dreadful crimes.

This is just so awful for you, Rascal. Hoping with all our hearts that Astro pulls through and your other dogs are okay.

A happily tuckered out dog

Totally agree. Just let your dog be; why try to force her to be something she isn't?

I agree with this. It will do more harm if you are pressured into thinking you dog is a time bomb. I wouldn't have thought one incidence constitutes "a history". I agree with all the posters who say not to play ball with your girl in the park. We all have to remember that a dog is a dog is a dog, not matter how happy, well socialised, or trained. We can't always tell what is going to trigger an unwanted response. Athough a dog can be severely injured and even killed through just being shaken by another dog, if the poodle had been injured you would have heard by now. (I realise this is not the point though.) So I think you girl was just telling this dog off. You've had a big fright and I hope it can be resolved and your enjoyment of your dogs is not diminished.

Only if you're applying human psychology to what is, for a smaller dog, a natural and sensible caution, now heightened by a bad experience and you discplining her for doing it. What you've taught her with corrections for her fears is that meeting strange dogs makes you, her owner, cranky with her. Your dog, your choice. A dog that goes into serious reaction mode in a dog park is a dog that may well drawn the attention of a dog or dogs that will take issue with her. You have been warned. She would also be barking at large dogs (who she doesn't know) who are close to her not even saying hello. I am trying to teach her there is no need to bark as the dog near her is calm and passive. Would it be better just to move her away instead rather then telling her to stop barking because the other dog is ok? Yes :)

Canvassing ideas and opinions can be very helpful. It is like the old two columns on a page: pros and cons.

Oh dear, I didn't look at who posted them - silly me. They are so beautiful.

M United is looking for help, Haredown, not condemnation and warnings . You were sensible in your first post and then you had to ruin it.