Loving my Oldies

Ha ha ha - I didn’t think of being greeted by a big dog on the inside. But that security aspect sounds excellent.

Where would you go to have something like that installed? Would be useful for those of us who don’t get around the doggy events and would be such a boon just for when you wanted to take your dogs out with you en route to visiting, beach, wherever.

These doors would be big enough for a person to go through. That would worry me

I saw this at the vet hospital yesterday and was so taken I had to photograph and post here. There weren’t any dogs in the van at the time, but probably wide open to keep it as cool as possible. Great if you just have to pop into the shops quickly or whatever. IMG_0568 by Cynthia Waters, on Flickr IMG_0567 by Cynthia Waters, on Flickr

We need to remember that they are all different ....... and generally as loveable . Please keep us updated as we all love “happy ever after” stories, as I am sure this will become.

Emmi is beautiful and, judging from what you told us in your post, it would seem she has made some enormous strides in the past couple of days for a little dog who has been through so much.

Unfortunately, dogs don’t speak human and we don’t speak dog, so matter how many times you tell her that she is safe, secure and loved, only time will tell her that. As hard it is will be, I agree with those who say to let her be and give her more time. The last few months have been a huge roller coaster for her and she needs to heal emotionally and psychologically from all the upheaval. Good luck and may your mum and her dog (no name in all your posts ?? ) soon be an unbreakable partnership.

Freezer bags. 100s for a few cents.

I just hope that the Little Red Boy isn’t too bossy

Such a darling man. The passing of time is so damned scary.

Deepest sympathies, twodoggies. So damned hard. Jasper.

Great program on Golden Oldies Rescue.

I sincerely hope the medication helps your little dog. Cortisone might be “hard core” but it can be magic solution and not necessarily for her life time. Good luck and keep us posted.

Her photographs are amazing. She is so gifted. Hard not to have a tear in the eye when I see her on FB and think of Ralph and Rocco.

What a gorgeous pair. Hard to believe Didi is four.

Darling little girl. I do hope you find some answers which can be addressed reasonably easily.

@Rascalmyshadow I am sure you are much too experienced to do this, but many years ago my sister had a dog who only had to give a muted bark for her (my sister) to practically have hysterics about what would the neighbours think. Naturally when anyone, invited or not, came to the door, the dog would bark and my sister would be running around hysterically yelling and waving her arms at anyone who was home to grab the dog and shut him in the bathroom. Well, you can imagine what this did to the poor dog - he was a total wreck. This is not an exaggeration.

Poor darling. My little Myrtie was highly reactive on the lead when we were out walking. I knew it was because she was afraid, but others just saw a snarling barking little ball of fur. She was also the one who was afraid of storms and I used to give her the tiniest dose of valium. You say she is okay until someone moves/stands up which makes me wonder if she is having some vision problems. I would be getting her eyes checked. And I reckon that thickening scar tissue must be causing her a lot of discomfort. Easy for us to be armchair experts, but I wouldn’t be letting her go until she has been checked up thoroughly from top to toe. I appreciate what you said about not having much room to set up the crate, but, if possible, I wouldn’t be moving it when you know people are going to visit, but rather just close the door of the crate. Just trying to think of anything that could throw her off balance.

I can only endorse what stellnme has said and offer you sympathies. Have you had her medicated for stress at all. Perhaps a tiny dose of valium from time to time might help her. My experience with valium (only for storm fears) was just excellent. My dog was a tiny little crossbreed who was terrified of storms and, because her behaviour warned of an approaching storm long before it was due, I was able to control her fears by a little dose of valium. Poor little girl. She was maybe terrified in the show ring and still forced into it. I’ve read so much on FB about ethical show dog people who, once they realise that a dog is not happy or not interested or frightened, they stop showing the dog. I hope you have good vets who understand that some dogs are frightened by pain and they investigate thoroughly and sympathetically. Good luck.

Great spot and great fun. Loved how Jesse took over the “watering hole”.

Well, just read Shades of Grey’s thread about trying to adopt a rescue pet.

Too many people thinking ...... I can do that.

I think having happy lively girls (one two legged and one four legged) will get him over the line. And he will have someone home most of the time. He is a sensitive little soul, so it might take a little while. His new house is on about three levels so he will be lost for a while.

Walking in the bush yesterday with Stevie and Tamar. He will have lots of walk with his new family and even on the beaches at Mosman . IMG_0556 by Cynthia Waters, on Flickr

Keep going to the park, just pick your times. If just a few little dogs, all good; if bigger there avoid and if bigger come in when you are there, leave. It shouldn’t be like that, of course, but we have to be realistic. I very rarely go to dog parks because of unhappy experiences, but when I do, my dogs just love sniffing around. They don’t play with other dogs as they are elderly now and have always lived in a multi dog household. Good luck.