mischief_maker

Please help spread the word. A friend of mine has lost his little dog. His name is Wocky and he went missing on 25/11/13 at Karuah, NSW. He had a collar on and is microchipped. If you see him, please contact Hugh on 0417 612 718 or message me. So sad he's lost his best friend before Christmas. Anyone who knows someone in Newcastle & surrounds, please help spread the word as it would be much appreciated. Hugh has left flyers everywhere, contacted local vets, councils etc. He is guessing someone may have picked Wocky up and kept him. Thanks everyone & Merry Christmas to you and your fur kids.

Thanks Wobbly. Really appreciate the head's up and shall look into it. I ended up having a dog trainer come out from NZ for the past week. She is a friend of a friend and thankfully was heading out here for a holiday. She is looking at coming back in September and running a course in dog behaviour. If anyone is interested, please send me a pm and I will pass on her details. Gosh knows we need more experts in North Qld! :)

Can anyone recommend a trainer or behaviourist in Nth Qld. Preferably between Cairns and Townsville, though I'm willing to travel. I have contacted several places but yet to get any replies. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction! Thanks everyone :-)

Hi everyone I've been lurking for a little while & thought I would finally stop in and say Hello! It's so nice to see a thread dedicated to those waiting anxiously for our new best friend. I'm currently waiting to hear from a Dogue De Bordeaux breeder who I've been in contact with if she has an available pet puppy. The wait is driving me a little batty, including driving my OH batty! So I will sit here patiently like the rest of you & cross my fingers that I'll have the A-ok soon!

I hope my two furbabies are also playing with your baby. Its been a week today for me, so I can empathise with you. *hugs*

Going through the loss of my two beautiful dogs I have noticed that there are not many websites/online stores that offer anything much for the grieving human left behind. I've found quite a few books, but none that have put a smile on my face. They seem a little to 'hard' and 'step-by-step' basics to overcome the loss of losing your beloved fury friend. I would like perhaps a hamper or a photo album to buy. Someone who makes them and supplies them. Something special. Does anyone know of anything offered apart from 'books'? Thanks *hugs to all*

Oh I'm so sorry!!!!! I should have put a special note :tear wrenching: !!!! I sent it to my mum and a few friends today as well. I just thought it was simply beautiful. *hugs*

Foxy sent me a link to Petloss.com As i was looking through I came across this beautiful animation. Make sure your sound is on and up. Warm hugs to everyone. xxx Rainbow Bridge

Rainbow Bridge Thanks to foxy for sending me the link to Petloss.com *hugs* I just found this beautiful flash animation. I'm on cable so not i'm not to sure how long it will take on dial-up but worth the wait. Make sure your sound is on and up. xxx

Also sending you warm and fuzzy hugs.

*hugs again to everyone* I took my partner's dog Jessie (staffy x) to the beach today. Its only a 2 min drive from home and I used to take Mischief and Speely there often on weekends. Would pick them up from Mum's and take them for an outing. THey would run about. Mischief would go lay in the water whilst speel ran around like a nutter. Sitting on the beach in the sand watching jessie dig holes to china, was nice. I reminded myself of all the good times. Tried to keep telling myself the choice i made was the right one. I hope they have found kitty heaven and are having a ball running around after them all ! My other little kitten will be up there too so i told speel to look out for her. Are there support groups for people who have lost a beloved pet? hehe. My thoughts are with everyone who is going through the same thing right now. I just found out a friend of mine also had to put his dog down yesterday. Hopefully he meets up with mine and they all become friends.

Thankyou soooooo much *Tears* Its wonderful people like you that help people like me get through the day. My eyes are so puffy this morning as I didn't get much sleep. I know time will pass and it will somehow get better. I wrapped my partners dog up in mischief and speely's blankets last night. It was so hard as they still smell like them. Every little thing reminds me of them. I just have to keep telling myself that they are in a place where they can run free and have no health problems. Thankyou. At least I know that there are quite a few of us who are travelling down the same track at the moment.

Today is my birthday. I turned 24. My dogs Mischief turned 11 and my other dog Speely turned 3. Though tonight I am the only one sitting here. I had to take both of them to my vet and have them put down. The empty hole, the pain I'm feeling.... I hate it. Its a long explanation and I have to share it even if no-one reads it. Mischief started going a little 'dottie' about a year ago. Getting a little snappy, even tho he has always been snappy. Bad habits are sometimes often hard to break. He bit my mum about 6 months ago when she was trying to get him outside. No indication he would, he just did. My mum was going to put him down but we couldn't bring ourselves to do it. Speel on the other hand has been definately thrown a bad deal since he was a pup. I bought both my dogs from the RSPCA. By 2 months of age, we knew he had the worst hip displacia the vet had ever seen. We were told he would need a operation when he was about 2. Up until then, no running around. How do you keep an active pup from not running around with another dog?!! Last year he had a tick that just about killed him. He had the life saving serum injected into him and i slept with him for 3 days straight until he was back on his feet. Later last year he was laying asleep and woke up and peed himself, starting barking furiously and wouldn't let anyone near him. He was diagnosed with Epilepsy. To top it all off he developed hot spots and sores all over him. So he was on tablets, and covered in lotion most of the time. But apart from all of this, he remained an active dog that just hated men and would bail up any stranger. In the last week we have received 2 written complaints from neighbours due to mischies' excessive barking in the morning when my mum leaves for work. She's left the radio on, she's left the garage open for them to sleep in and has even tried an electric collar to no avail. We have a cranky neighbour to our left who has been complaining for the last 3 months. We have tried so many different things but nothing would stop him from stressing out. We then heard of Bark Busters and had them booked in for this wednesday. That was until yesterday. My mum was at work and I dont live at home so the dogs were there by themselves. THey managed to get out 'somehow' and were bailing up anyone who walked up or down the road. The council dog catchers were called and finally put them in their car just as my mum was returning from work. We still dont know if they actually bit anyone. I dont believe they did. So we made the decision to have them both put down. If only we lived out on acerage so that they could have lived the rest of their lives in peace. If only we were given a bit more time to try and overcome so many obstacles that both dogs were facing. I just feel like i've made the worst mistake of my life and my babies have paid for it. But then i think 'what if they bit a child if they escaped one day'. Speel would have been operated on sooner then later for his legs. But they were both still happy. Just so many problems. I feel so horrible, so lonely. Mischief spent 11 years of his life by my side. Speel spent 3. When does this feeling go away? I just want to run back to the vet and make them wake up and take them away somewhere where they cant bother anyone and they can just get old together with me. I wish.