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Not a pup, but an adult dog of around two...she took three days to venture out of the carrying box she was brought to me in! I put her food where she could reach it and paper on the floor, but she wouldn't come out while she could see anyone. I let her take things at her own pace and watch my dogs running around, playing, and coming to me for food and a cuddle. It took a while to get her confidence, but when she did decide to trust us and play, she was a great little dog and you wouldn't have known the difference between her and the rest of them. Dont rush things, just behave normally and he'll start to trust you

My doctor is on holiday, so I went to see a different one about the pains in my leg. I also mentioned that I'm feeling terribly depressed....sooooooo.....is he trying to keep his patient list down, as he gave me a prescription for six boxes of paracetamol?? He's told me not to take the co codamol my own doc prescribed, or ibuprofen. Arghhh

We'll have had our lurcher Dylan three years next month (how time flies!) When we first got him, he was very excitable and noisy when near other dogs, and the behaviourist we saw diagnosed fear aggression. She said he was confused..he wanted to play, but when dogs got too near, he was afraid they would go for him, so he started acting up to scare them away. With a lot of patience, he is now much much better, he practically ignores them unless they growl or bark at him...until we started walking our puppy cav with him. Now if another dog comes any where near, he goes absolutely berserk, growling and lunging. Rosie meantime is happily wagging her tail at the stranger and wanting to say hello! I would imagine he thinks he must protect her...even from dogs which are putting out their best friendly signals. Short of never walking them together, which isn't really practical, how do we convince him he doesn't have to do this? I don't want him making her think that other dogs are to be shouted at/attacked/feared, as at the moment she has the usual "I love the world and everything in it" cavalier temperament.

So sorry for Grandma Squirrel, but she can be so proud to think she's made Bow's last months so comfortable and happy, and that her little one is now reunited with her Daddy

Any news at all about these two little girls? hopefully a lot of publicity will make them too hot to handle! I hope all vets in the area have been notified, in case the new mum and pups end up with a vet?

If you haven't already, and if they are still alive, move em! if they are neons or something similar in size the filter should cope in the other tank.

Assuming the owners of the farm have a breeding licence from the council...unless the rules in Wales are different from England, you are never meant to leave the dogs unattended, so they were breaking the rules and asking for trouble. I agree, sadly, that its unlikely to be wellmeaning people who took the dogs, and I wouldn't be surprised if the day old pups are already dead

It sounded a lovely walk, but I agree..where are the pics? did you not take the little chi, in case you "lost" him in the bed again when you got home?

If your doctor is anything like mine Claire, you'll just be told to keep taking painkillers and they'll only send you to a consultant if your knee keeps either locking or giving way! I'm meant to be seeing mine again this afternoon about my knee..and hip...and wrist...etc but to be honest I don't think I'll bother, there's nothing he can do except tell me to take more tablets! Another lovely day here, that's three in a row...must be some sort of record! I've been sitting watching the squirrels in the trees behind us having a punch up over a lady squirrel who is sat on another tree watching and laughing. Well, she probably is laughing..I would be in her position.

Hi Anne...lovely dogs! I think you may have done a homecheck on me last spring for fostering for IRR...the name seems familiar. Welcome to the Refuge

That's wonderful news, I bet you are soooo relieved!

Oh no Tracey I hope he's alright, just shaken up.

morning all Ingipops...was it you who got the snotty note from the Dog Warden? or am I confused (I usually am!) someone on another forum was asking what rights a DW has in regard to entering your property, and someone who is one came on and said they can't, unless they are accompanied by a police officer. Please ignore me if it wasn't you!

So sorry Kazz so much sad news at the moment

My heartfelt sympathy Tracey welcome to the first day of your new life, Angel, enjoy your youth and health again.

My doc told me to rest my knee, but he also told me to do regular exercises for my thigh, so the muscles didn't weaken. If she's not been walking at all, I would imagine thats what has happened. Could your vet advise you what the best thing is to strengthen her legs again? So sorry...as you say, lets hope he is happy in the next world, poor man.

I know what you mean about size Wendy....I'd love to get back to the size 10/12 I was ten years ago, but I think at my age, I'm fighting a losing battle. I can wear size 12 or 14 trousers, depending on where I get them, but my top is 16/18. I just wish I could get my waist down below 30" again.

I notice no one is saying how tall they are?? 11stone is great if you are 5ft 11...not so good if you are 5ft 3 and ahalf like me! I've tried and tried to lose weight and it just wont go anywhere, so I've given up and am just trying to keep what I've got reasonably toned. A canadian woman my OH speaks to online had an op to put a ring round her stomach, or some such thing. She wont tell him what she weighed to start with, but so far she's lost 10 stone, and says she is now just overweight, rather than morbidly obese, and she's only my height. I wish you all the best of luck.

I suppose it depends on what you define as a "war". When you get to the point that if someone belongs to one forum they aren't welcome on another...not because of their views or anything, just because they belong to the other one..then I think its stupidly childish and people need to grow up. I belong to three forums, I post infrequently on all of them but have a look most days. There are times I have to bite my tongue and sit on my hands rather than make a reply I'd like to, as I know it would probably get me banned! Personally I think its a pity that we can't all pull in the same direction, for dogs...but then, thats not human nature is it? or there wouldn't be the fighting between different religions, races, colours etc.

You can get bright crossbreeds and dim ones, likewise pedigrees! it all depends on the individual dog, I think. My dobe Saphyre was a very very clever girl, but Topaz, also a dobe, was thick as two short planks, bless her.

So sorry

Someone asked to see some more pics of Rosie, and I don't need an excuse! oh..and the kind person who gave her the prechristmas present of her toy whatever it is... might note its looking rather mangled. I think I'd better get her another one! Ooooh, I can see right down your throat! Me chew it? no...twas Dylan! Butter wouldn't melt....

My two play, but I think at times Dylan wishes Rosie would just give up and let him sleep in peace! with him being so much bigger, he has given her the occasional nip which made her squeak, but she always runs back for more. You can't keep a good girl down!

Don't despair just yet...years ago now, my husband had a lump in his upper arm, on the outside. It was about an inch and a half long, half an inch wide. He saw a chap at the Hallamshire who is one of the country's leading cancer men, and he said if it was cancer it would mean him losing his arm. Gulp. After a biopsy, they said it wasn't cancerous but they didn't know what the heck it was....apparently the closest they could come to was it looked as if he'd been injected with a grease gun, it was very odd indeed. They couldn't get it all out as it was entwined with the muscle, and he still has a few funny little lumps and bumps. Hopefully Sadie has another one of these "odd things"!

Has he rolled in/run through any vegetation recently Julie? if its nothing in the house, it must be something outside! I know our late GSD once came up very much like that, his poor eyes and nose were all pink and swollen, but we never did get to the bottom of what caused it. We made sure we had a good supply of Piriton in the house, but it never happened again.