Loving my Oldies

I don't have any old trackies (god forbid, I'd look more like the Michelin Man than I already do ) but what about flannellette sheets and the like? ETA: I gave a bolt of yellow flannellette to Dogmad sometime ago; I don't know what happened to that.

How many more websites do we need? Why reinvent the wheel?

The first time I took my dogs to the groomers, they had heard of Buddy's tragedy. In fact, the man knew the salon involved, so the word of mouth is definitely going ahead. I still believe media involvement is called for to make the public more aware.

Caesar is 100% adorable. Well done and may you have many many happy times ahead of you.

Stan is a cross dresser, who would have thunk it? I don't think we can say that categorically, mantis. A lot of clothing today is androgynous and that looks like a singlet top to me. We need to be careful before pigeonholing Stan. On the other hand . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hey, Stan can write and spell . Maria must be pretty special. I think I have hurt Danny's feelings by insinuating that he is lazy. On this afternoon's walk, the thought of trundling around the block was doing my head in and so I decided to give walking up another street a chance. It has been two years approximately since Danny flatly refused to walk this street and this afternoon, he crossed the road without the slightest hesitation. We managed about 200 metres before the brakes went on. LOL.

Why is that a problem for the Show Ring? Sounds a bit OTT.

Colour suits you, Stan

One year or two, or a dozen: it is never long enough and the holes they leave in our lives are enormous. Oakley looked like a young man, but we never know what is lurking underneath a shiney coat and a lovely face. The bond between him and Chloe looks very strong and I hope with your love surrounding her, you both manage this sad time. Best wishes and deepest condolences.

What a shock, Ripley. Millie is another DOLer dog with so many fans. She was wonderful from the start and I too loved the updates and photographs about her and Lewis. My deepest condolences.

Not to mention the very strange looking and pretty scary feline looking down on them - LOL.

I don't think it is the Black Hawke. It is several days since they have had any BH and HUGE evidence on the deck (could be only Bunter) that it can't be the BH.

I told Danny that he has two male siblings. He is thrilled that his good common sense in knowing that the couch is better than the exercise track is shared by others.

Hmm, I think Stan and Dan were separated at birth. To get Danny to go further than around the block, I have to bribe him with treats. Didn't work today, though. The brakes went on and that was that.

Yes, but they were already called that. They and their puppy had been surrendered to the pound. For some unaccountable reason, their puppy was called Bear. Another rescue took him. Vanilla became Nilla and Caramel remains Caramel. One of my big disappointments with regards to name is that I rescued a little Pomeranian a couple of years ago and called her Oona. Always loved that name and had waited years for the right dog to come along. Her new owners called her Frou Frou . It's their prerogative :laugh: :laugh:

Do you want the whole 15 (10 who have crossed The 'Bridge) and the 5 who are still here? Lots of fosters too, most of whom kept the names I gave them - LOL.

That is very funny. Stan obviously has influence with THAT council.

With regard to the situation where Maltese and crosses thereof, became the most dumped dogs, one of the things that is never talked about with regard to SWF, particularly Maltese, is the necessity for constant grooming. I believe that Maltese (and other breeds) should come with that warning. Some of the SWF that end up in pounds and shelters are unbelievably matted and, consequently, would be in awful pain due to urine burns, twisted hair pulling is like being burned, terrible ulcers under the eyes where the hair is matted with eye discharge. OMG it is just awful. With that off my chest . . . . . . YvonneM and Jules, I was 48, single and working long hours when I adopted my first dogs never having owned a puppy or even had a pet since the age of 13. LOL. Because I worked long hours, there was no way in the world that I was going to have a puppy and leave him or her alone through the day. How did I solve that: well I adopted two of course :laugh: :laugh: . I took two weeks holiday from the day they came to live with me and when I had to go back to work, I employed a dog walker/minder to visit them in the middle of the day and she would have her lunch while she played with them or just let them crawl all over her or nap or whatever it was they wanted to do. She would leave me little notes (which I still have nearly 20 years later) telling me what they did. Nammu and Calypso came from different breeders because I wanted a girl and a boy. Yes, I was a nervous wreck, terrified I would do the wrong thing - they were so small and precious. Sadly it turned out that Calypso had a malformed heart and she died at the age of 3 and a half. Broke my heart as I loved her to distraction. So there is your solution, YvonneM! Get two! Don't be put off by people who say you "shouldn't" have two puppies at the same time as you can't devote the time to them. I used to take my two to training together, and I will admit that I wasn't very successful, but then I was really only doing it for socialisation and fun. I loved having two dogs together and, let's face it, there are two of you. Walking them was a cinch and I used to take them to off leash parks (watching like an eagle of course) where they were as happy as you could want little dogs to be. ETA: One of the things that really surprised me was the amount of attention my dogs received when I was out an about with them. They were very lovely, but the first time I was stopped and asked if I would sell them, I was rended speechless . I became used to it and once was offered a couple of thousand for Calyspo. I also learned that they were in the top 5 of stolen breeds, so I was paranoid about that. Had bolts on back fence gates, side gate and even front gate until I started getting huge electricity bills because my metre couldn't be read :laugh: :laugh: .

LOL. Some of the dogs are so relaxed. What that you there with "The Spotted Devil"?

OMG :laugh: :laugh: Had to have another look at the pix of this lovely boy and just noticed the tongue peeking out in his first "now" photograph.

Keetamouse.

Myrtie used to leave the room with her tail down looking extremely offended if anyone, ahem, passed wind. :laugh: :laugh: She gets quite upset if I have a coughing fit and if I'm on the couch or in bed, she jumps down and leaves the room.

Yes, the Black Hawke kibble is tiny. And, yes, I'm going to place an order first thing Monday (deliveries to my area are Tuesdays) and will ask him about smaller packs. Just thawing out the first of the beef mince so I will be interested to see how they all like that. To be honest, it looks a better quality than I usually get.

Have read the product sheet more carefully, now, and see that it is a dry food; I was incorrectly reading it as a supplement. I wonder if he would give me a sample sized pack as I do like them to have a bit of dry. I will ask. (I tried Black Hawke, but found it gave the dogs very sloppy poos and even diarrhoea. . Poor Bunter had to go under the hose one day this week after a walk, at least his rear end did. He was not a happy sausage . ) Regarding the chicken: They don't appear to have just the plain minced chicken frames - it is either Chicken Complete or Chicken & Spinach Mince. This latter comes in 12 x 1kg carton which is much too much for me so I will put Chicken Complete in my order.

Kenz Danny is a digger but not on a hard surface. As they sleep on mybed, I generally toss around a few throws so they have something to arrange to their liking and I can keep my bedclothes the way I like them :laugh: :laugh: In my last house where for a garden I had lots of pot plants, he'd come in with dirt on his nose and I'd know he'd been trying to bury something in a pot.