dawnhughes

Just thought I would warn others about the dangers of wasps. Yesterday at Bidston Hill I took 7 of our dogs. Had been there about an hour and the dogs were having fun. Went in to the wooded area of the walk and noticed the dogs started bhaving erratically one by one. Skye came over (which she does when she has hurt herself) yet I couldnt see anything on her. Then I noticed a load of buzzing. A WASPS NEST!!! Looked for Millie (8mth border terrier) and she was trapped in the bushes behind it. When I say she was covered in wasps I mean COVERED!!! Luckily I had my thick coat on so I zipped it up and got a lead round her neck (collar was covered in wasps) Unfortuantly Skye had followed me in to get her and as a result now had about 50wasps on her. They dont train you this in the dog owning mannual!!!! Anyways as no water nearby I firstly tried to get a distance away and then had to try and kick/knock them off the dogs. Unfortuantly Skye by this point bolted (when scared she runs to the safest place she last rememebers) Millie by this point had gone quite lythargic so had to carry her and we ran back the car. Give them their due the dogs were good as gold despite having wasps bite them. Luckily Skye was by the car. Had to inspect each dog separetly before getting them in the car as all had at least 5 on them. Skye and Millie came off the worst. Worried I phoned the vets but as it were dinner the nearest time they could fit us in was 3pm. They were very helpful though. Bathed Millie when I got home (as she had poo'd herself in fear ) Managed to pull 8 stings from her face and ear Ruby collie had a fat lip and one on her bum. Alfie cocker had one on his pad and ear. Skye luckily didnt seem to have any that I could see but hard to see in her coat! She had been twitching for a while after so I imagine she had a few.. Millie was sick twice last night but all dogs seem no worse off for the inncident!! Other now than being scared of flys. One came in the room last night and 2 of them bolted out the room I still am scared to death of the horrible things!! One is bad enough! This was a nightmare Was very scary! Just a warning to others to watch out for them. This nest was simply in the ground so was no way of seeing it till it was too late! As I said they dont teach you this in the dog owning mannual!!!

so sorry to hear this. She was such a sweetheart and I am so glad I got to meet her at the OC weekend x

Happy birthday to youuuuuu Henry from your new girlie friends skye and code. Oh and Boo sez happy birthday too!!!

sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited! Just packed me car!!!

So excited!!!

wow!

I am VERY pro rescue and foster for 3 local rescues. Last christmas we had a horrible experience with a huge well know rescue on dogpages. To cut it short they treated us like poo. We had a homecheck for the particular pup. Which we passed. We phoned to arrange to pick the dog up. Which they did and we arranged to travel the next morning (Was a 9hr round trip). 40mins later we get a phonecall to say we could no longer get the pup as we couldnt guarentee a foster dog was fully vaccinated (which it turns out he was) They wouldnt wait. Treated us like crap and made me vow never to use large rescue organisations like that again. I dont know where the pup ended up but I know he missed a great life here. I just hope he is happy. I would rescue from the 3 local rescues we foster for as I believe we treat very person fairly and take every home offer in to consideration. I would never dream of treating a family the way this charity treated us. Needless to say my mum would not go through that again and a couple of weeks later we found a wonderful dog needing a home in the dreaded freead's and yes we went and go him. Was a 7hour round trip and I will not apologise as he is a great dog. Not a rescue but he was born and needed a home.

haha finally I get to see piccies Look forward to meeting her soon x

haha Boomer certainly aint well behaved

okies will have to buy some ground stakes.. Mine dont do onlead either but i'm sure they will cope providing we go on lots of woods walkies!

haha. My girls have been camping before. Its just Mr naughty that should make things interesting !! I assume dogs have to be on lead at all times on the park? Im just looking to find some ground spikes to bring along.

I am use less at this sorta thing lol. At the moment the only thing on my list is my dogs... and their food

I am VERY excited!! So need a holiday like this with like minded people. Just hope my dogs behave and I dont end up in the naughty corner haha Trying to make a list of things to buy now...

No probs just let me know if things change

So sorry to hear this news. It must be heartbreaking x