Loving my Oldies

Yep :laugh: what's ours is theirs... :laugh: More like what's mine is theirs, and what's theirs is in tiny pieces all over the floor and the couches... :p LOL, disintegratus . . . . . hence your name ?? It is a case in this house, too, that every room is their room.

I hope you are right, LG.

I wonder if it is a Spitz thing? My Danny is a Finnish Spitz X who is hardly ever bathed, just brushed when he starts shedding. Although he is red and of course the dirt wouldn't show, his coat has always been glorious: shiny, soft and the subject of lots of attention over the years. I could have sold him a 100 times over

Do you ever stray into the realm of effective communication? It's not literacy that's the issue here but people struggling to understand what you're actually on about. Situation normal. Someone may know the meaning of 90% of words in the dictionary, but what matter that if they can't string a few of them together to form effective communication? Sorry MP :). It may be another 10 years of being on DOL before Sheridan and I agree on anything. I have to make the most of it. :laugh:

I am so sorry and sad, Just Andreea. Poor little darling. It is heartbreaking for, as you say, such a young dog to have suffered so much and not get the chance to have a happy life that someone would be over the moon to give her. Anyone with the slightest involvement in rescue knows the tremendous thrill of getting a dog through illnesses brought on by simple neglect and lack of care and that dog going on to be the joy of someone's life. Conversely most of us have known the heartbreak of dogs who are just too medically compromised (which seems to be the case with Gracie) that no amount of skill and love can pull them through. Deepest sympathies, Just Andrea. Yes, you and the vets tried your damnedest, yes you gave Gracie a name, love and the best chance possible. Sadly, her "happy ever after" was not to be. Fly free, little Gracie. We felt your pain and we certainly feel the loss of you.

Unless someone has picked her up, I don't hold out much hope for her . Not knowing and facing the prospect of never knowing - well that's the worst possible situation.

I had to laugh at that . I reckon your idea of you and Casper going away and leaving OH to do it all is the best suggestion. On the other hand . . . . . . . . . . . . :laugh: :laugh:

Comedy gold tralee :laugh: Hubris, more like it. Who cares, though. So long as Alyosha knows others think she handled this amazingly, that is all that counts.

You need to start a ticker so we can follow your progress :laugh: :laugh:

I thought it was a compliment, but then I gave up reading any Tralee's posts over one line, as generally it hurts my head to try to work out what he is saying, so I may be wrong and he may be indulging himself again. I hope not because not many people would have handled the situation Alyoscha was in as well as she did.

I think the OP is just trying to find ways to help make her dog comfortable. Saggy bellies can be very uncomfortable. :)

TOTALLY Off Topic, W Sibs. I just had a quick look at the Pregnancy thread because I enjoy reading Rappie ......Discovered you there!! How exciting - I am so happy for you.

Poor little Gracie. I hope she pulls through, JA. And hugs to you. Have a sweet cup of tea and try to sleep a little so you can be ready to support Gracie in the morning.

Congratulations, Alyosha. I certainly hope the older girl can follow through. The rangers seem pretty switched on as well. Hopefully everyone and the dog will start to have better lives, thanks to you. You have paid though in stress and fear, but shone through.

Before you do anything - thorough vet check.

My biggest regret when I bought this house was that I didn't stick with my desire to have a family/rumpus style room which would be the main "hang out" room. I didn't want a dog room specifically, just a place where we could all be together. Mainly I wanted the dining and lounge room areas to be tidy, styled and with with minimum dog hair decorations. :laugh: I've tried to wean Jeune off the couch and recently went for 3 days, but she was so miserable, hanging around with her tail tucked in and looking totally lost and forlorn. Evently I gave in, covered the couch with a large blanket and she is happy again. Talk about a Prima Donna. Now who can I blame :D :D

No advice as my move was with several animals who didn't particularly care as long as I was around. However, I do feel for you because the needs and welfare of our animals is so important to us. Just give Casper lots of love and cuddles, which I am sure you will do as a matter of course :D . I hope the moved goes as smoothly as possible. Keep us informed.

I bought them because I was concerned that my dogs, although all chipped of course, had no identification should they get out. It has happened

As Haredown has said: highly dangerous and possibly lethal to leave these sorts of collars on. I don't like leaving collars of any sort on my dogs, but I bought those breakaway ones with their name and my phone number embroidered on them. I went through Personalised Pet. The collars were very reasonable with a huge range of colours.

Thanks for that. Mine are 17.5cm so there wouldn't be any point in trying the ones you have bought. I guess I'll have to get a lower bed :laugh: :laugh: Actually, I was thinking of having a ramp made, but it would have to fold like the stairs so I could push it under the bed through the day. I have a ramp outside for the dogs which works well so maybe they would transition easily to one in the bedroom. I just want to stop them jumping off which of course they do if they have to toilet through the night ...... or chase some imaginery beast in the back yard.

The whole situation is just so tragic and to apportion blame on fences seems a bit OTT to me, but as I have small dogs, I would never have them in the front yard without supervision. If I had a large dog, maybe I'd think differently, but the dog would have to be totally non-reactive to people or other dogs passing by as I would never allow a dog to,rush at fences and frighten walkers by. ETA: if I had a dog who was allowed into the front yard, the gate would have a lock on it during the times the dog was there ... for the dog's safety.

No treats for Zuzee tonight for giving every one such a scare . :) :)

What a terrifying experience, Alyosha. I hope you are feeling a little less shaken this morning, but these sorts of events can take a bit of getting over. I am with the others who say the attack should be reported, but feel the people need to be advised that this is going to happen - a highly uncomfortable situation for you to be in Agree, Diva. Poor dogs are not immune from the stresses that some families inflict on themselves.

Horrible and frightening for everyone involved - even the witnesses. Hugs to you. I hope everyone is alright. So sad.

I haven't read all the posts in this thread, but I've said it before: I think there are too many subforums on DOL. So many informative and intelligent threads get missed.