Dust Angel

How sad RIP Kai

Wolfsong my deepest condolances to you and my heartfelt thanks to you as well, thankyou for allowing Satu to have the dignity to crossover knowing that she was much loved and had a home to call her own. Im sure she will watch over you from the bridge. RIP Satu :D

So sorry Rysup, Darcy was a gorgeous lad. Even a peaceful dignified exit is heartbreaking RIP Darcy

Fifi i have only just seen this, i am so sorry for your loss, another beautiful DOL baby taken too young. How devestating. RIP gorgeous Tamsyn .

So sorry to hear you lost your girl - not everyone understands but i think youll find most people on here know all to well the pain we go through when one of our babies goes to the bridge. My thoughts are with you.

So very sorry - another DOL baby taken way to soon. RIP Penny

I believe its true - on the day i lost by beloved Duke (TB) i was almost hysterical i happend to look into the sky and there was a rainbow streching from the paddock to the sky ...... there was no clouds for thier to be a rainbow.

Wow i would be very intersted in this for our rescue girl. Will have to discuss this with mum (her owner), i think she coud benefit greatly from it.

Persephone i am so sorry for your loss of Sally - such a hole they leave us with. Your words capture her beautifully and i now fell as though i know her - thankyou for sharing her spirit with us. Stay Strong. The Rainbow Bridge For Horses By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill, is a lush, green meadow where time stands still. Where the friends of man and woman do run, when their time on earth is over and done. For here, between this world and the next, is a place where beloved creatures find rest. On this golden land, they wait and they play, til The Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day. No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness, for here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness. Their limbs are restored, their health renewed. Their bodies have healed with strength imbued. They trot through the grass without even a care, til one day they whinny and sniff at the air. All ears prick forward, eyes sharp and alert. Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the herd. For just at that second, there's no room for remorse. As they see each other...one person...one horse. So they run to each other, these friends from long past The time of their parting is over at last. The sadness they felt while they were apart has turned to joy once more in each heart. They nuzzle with a love that will last forever. And then, side-by-side, they cross over...together.

Oh Chop i am so sorry only just saw this RIP little man.

How heartbreaking i am so sorry for your loss, she looks a beautiful girl and what a grand age to live too. RIP Bronwyn

I rarely come to the Bridge thread - just too painful, i cant believe i missed this, i am so sorry for your gut wrenching loss SB. Words fail me as i know just from your posts how much he meant to you. RIP Fergy :rolleyes:

What a special boy he sounds. How hard for you Pug Hugger, its so devestating to loose one so dearly loved. Bet he is chasing balls through the waves of the Rainbow Bridge content to idle the hours away until you are reunited.

Im so sorry to hear of this awful tragedy, my thoughts are with you. He looked to be a gorgeous young man that knew how well loved he was. RIP Bubba

Im so sorry for your loss, its such a hard decision to make let alone for one so young. She was obviously a very happy and very loved member of the family and all though only slight comfort, take heart in the fact that you will meet her again at the bridge and until then she is in good company.

No i havent tried that Erny, the problem is the only time she doesnt come with me is when i cant take her, work uni or when she would have to stay in the car. Pherhaps i will start pretending im not going to take her and doing as you have suggested. I have got my mother involved and now when she starts barking as we are getting ready (shoes are a major indicator for her) we both stop what we are doing and stare at the floor, she does her normal bark thing it gets more and more frantic then she will go into a submissive type of body language with her head down and her tail wagging only slightly and low, and come over to me quietly, she then gets great praise and we begin to move again - all in all this process happens about four to five times before we make it to the door. Im sure it will get quicker!

Erny every time i leave the house and she realises she isnt going as well she settles, as soon as the door is shut she simply sits down and watches me leave. At this point i dont do anything out of the ordinary - just leave. Should i return to the house and praise her for being silent? Its wierd too as she seems to know the differnce between me going outside to get the mail (no barking then) and when im going to be going in the car and driving away (before i leave the house) - she also seems to know the difference between when im getting ready for work or uni and when im going to the farm to do the horses or to the shop etc? Pherhaps it is the clothes i wear - or the length of time spent getting ready? For instance my mum is getting ready for work right now Sienna is quite as a mouse, however i know if i went and put some casual clothes on and my joggers that would be it. You could be on to something TD either that or its a conspiracy between Tango and Sienna to make us think its a GSP thing.

Oh Persephone that was beautiful, il shall pass on everyones words to mum, i dont think she has accepted it yet. Thankyou all for your kind words.

Thankyou everyone for the great suggestions, i will definatley try them. Ive tried this to a certain degree, but didnt follow through with it so i will defintatly devote some more time to it, thankyou. I think the problem is that she does and just doesnt want to do it, shes quite a smart dog and usally picks things up very quickly. I will persist though. Thanks Sorry this made me laugh, not because it is not good advice, just Sienna can bark with two tennis balls in her mouth! Dont ask me how but she can I have taught her to carry her collar and lead, problem is whenever they are in any way accessable she will grab them and follow me round the house with them looking pitiful! Everything you said makes perfect sense and i can see how ignoring her would only spark her to greater efforts, she is pretty good apart from when she thinks she is going out and at dinner. I will definatley try all your advice though and appreciate your post.

Sienna has a barking problem, she has had it for a while. She is not a nusience barker, she wont sit there and bark all day, we know this for a fact as we have asked our neighbours if she barks when we are not home. Now barking is fine if she is warning us that someone is here or that there is a strange dog in the front yard (happens all too frequently here). However she has times when she barks like crazy like when she sees someone putting shoes on to go out, when we are walking towards the door to leave, when she has to lie and wait for dinner or when she gets really really excited. I have tried several things to stop it. First i tried to teach her the command bark, then i tried to teach her the command silent. Well she will bark on command but silence no way. When we are leaving and she starts barking i have tried walking back in the house and sitting down, (if we leave without taking her she is silent as soon as we go out the door its just the excitment that she might be going out that gets her) did this everytime she barked for a solid month - nothing changed. I have tried the blank stare into space and not moving when she starts - nothing. Apart from these times she doesnt do it - it seems to be an excitment thing for her. She is other then this a very well behaved and trained dog, has excellent recall, a list of tricks as long as your arm and a wonderful nature. She will be three next month and her barking at these key times is steadily getting worse. Any ideas would be appreciated, i have had several suggestions of a various types of bark collars, but im sure this is just a matter of hitting on the right training and completing it successfully, shes a smart girl and idefinatley dont want to head down that track. She is clicker trained if that helps suggestions at all.

Today my sister of seventeen and a half years was sent to the bridge, i grew up with Holly a border collie cross. She was my mate and my sister. Mum picked her out from a byb bred litter (we didnt know any better then) and a closer pair you couldnt imagine. It wouldnt have mattered if Holly had the best pedigree under the sun she couldnt have possibly be loved any more. She was a working dog and spent her the majority of her youth in shearing sheds with my mum. Always together and the most loyal dog you could ever meet. Addicted to chocolate nothing was safe unless baracaded in a high cubpoard. We have known for a while her time was coming, but she was eating fine, not in pain and still mobile. Today she lost the power to stand on her own and mum knew it was time. We took her to the park for a last sniff and meander around then bought her a choclate icecream, when the time came she was more engrossed in the liver treats then interested in what our vet was doing she had her last taste and then faded of too sleep. Im going to miss her more then i could say, but nowhere near as much as mum will. She will be well met a the bridge with Banjo, Tripper and Dude all waiting to greet her. Till we meet again old girl safe journey. Holly in her younger days Holly's last visit to the beach last year.

Thankyou showdog im going to purchase some tomorrow.

Ok thankyou, i will look into that shes on a fairly balanced diet that many DOLers recommend, however this could make sense as it is usally 48 hours after she has had more exercise than usal.

What do magnesium tablets do?

Well i just got of the phone with the vet and he seems to have no idea what the cause is. Shes going in on Friday so maybe he might find something? He doesnt seem all that concerned, actually he didnt think she needed to go in suggesting that it might be something that she just has to learn to live with. He doesnt think its realted to her due to come into season at all. Oh well i guess ill just have to wait and see.