Kimbas_mum

Lots of for you and John (and Bertie and Annie ) I'm sure she will be fine. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon. And most importantly lots of for Pumpkin the beautiful girly.

My lot have opened all theirs and love them, I have taken photos and will upload them later. Everyone loves them and thinks they look fabulous on the dogs. Thanks a million Laura, they are fab.

All sorted now, thank you very much helpful fugees

I'd go along with that one - we go quite a bit, were supposed to be going for New Year but it fell through, would have been 4 people with about 20 dogs and they thought that was pretty normal!!! And the owners are lovely, and you can walk to a couple of different beaches from the site.

I can't remember what her proper name on here is to PM her and I am looking to get a couple of pictures done by her. Can someone help my frazzled brain please Thanks

I'll be adding photos of my lot in their new collars tomorrow when they open their Christmas pressies!!! Your collars are fantastic, great value and absolutely beautiful. They have lasted better than any other collars I've had, which is pretty impressive considering the hammer my lot give them hanging off each others necks playing!!! Thank you for all your hard work and for giving so much to rescues.

Hi Reds I turn out with the cream on, but that is mainly because Apps has major issues with his breathing so can't really safely stand in for more than about 12 hours without going wheezy with his breathing - despite special bedding and haylage!! Like Claire said, if he will stand in I would for a couple of days - it is amazing how quickly it seemed to clear up once it was being treated. And no I didn't do it every day, I would wash/pick scabs etc on an evening, leave to dry properly over night then put cream on in the morning to turn out, leave them for the next 2/3 days then do the same thing again. Good luck with it all

None at all, nobody else was up and about at 4.45am this morning!!! Will see a black lab, a little terrier type, a GSD and a collie X later on when I'm back at the stables.

Apple gets mud rash really badly if I'm not careful, I tend to wash with warm water and hibi-scrub and get as many scabs off as possible in the evening, stable overnight then in the morning put a cream called muddy marvel on, it acts as a barrier cream to stop any cack getting in to the open wounds and also as an anti-fungal/anti bacterial to treat the actual mud fever, I still turn out with this cream on, just make sure that the legs are thoroughly cleaned and re apply cream every 2nd/3rd day. This seems to clear the problem up really quickly and seems to help to prevent it re-occuring quickly. Hope this helps

Thanks, hope I hear something soon, they should all be there by now

Have all my parcels arrived safe? I don't think I've seen them all mentioned on here

When Maddie my Saluki girl ripped her leg open she was stitched up twice and both times the wound split open again due to typical pointy thin skin. In the end my vet did a living skin graft, taking a piece of skin from her belly, leaving it attached at one end, turning it round and stitching it down her leg to cover the gaping hole left from the wound. This healed fantastically and fast because it took all the pressure off the stitches and the blood supply was still in tact to the graft because it was still attached at one end where it came from. Maybe if Susie's wound opens again it could be something that your vet would consider, give me a shout if that makes no sense!!! The only thing it has left Maddie with is nipples down her leg cos of where the graft was taken from!!!

Think I might try roast lamb in it this weekend, have a joint in the freezer that could do with using. Thanks for all the info, will be using lots of them!!!

fab, I'll have a nosy at that - I can forsee lots of slow cooker use over christmas holidays!!!

Chicken curry sounds like a good idea - have you got a recipe for it??

I'm loving my slow cooker and the fact that I can chuck stuff in it at lunch time and it is ready whenever I drag myself home in the evening... What I would love is more choice in my menu so if any of you have any fab recipes for the slow cooker please post them here, especially that beef in ale that someone mentioned in the dinner thread!!! Thanks in advance

Roi's Secret Santa pressie has arrived, thank you very much. Thats all my lot now with pressies, thank you again to Phoebejo and Dirty Chook for all your hard work again this year

Maddie's Secret Santa pressie has arrived, thank you very much And I have just returned from the post office having posted out all my pressies.

Jasper spotty hound's secret santa pressie has arrived, thank you very much Secret Santa. I was one of the distracted on way to post office people , I should be able to get there tomorrow but will confirm when my pressies have all gone.

It varies a lot between my pack, Kimba never licks anyone, Maddie only licks me, and only very occasionally and it tends to be if I am sorting out a wound on her or brushing her, Jasper kisses me loads but won't kiss anyone else, Roi is a snog monster and will mollest anyone that stands still long enough and Jack hardly ever licks, but will do it to anyone!!!

Fab, I'll keep my eyes open for a thread for those visits, something tells me my mad lot would rather like a run with your lot!!!

1.What time did you get up this morning? 5am - always up at 5am to get horses and dogs walked before work 2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds 3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? James Bond - Quantum of Solice 4. What is your favourite TV show? Not sure - I only really have time to watch a tiny bit of TV at randon times of the day so don't really get the chance to get into anything, quite like House though. 5. What do you usually have for breakfast? branflakes or toast, depends if I'm cold or not 6. What is your middle name? Helen 7. What food do you dislike? Sweetcorn and mushrooms 8. What is your favourite CD at the moment? Loving Gabriella Cilme (sp) and Fall Out Boy 9. What kind of car do you drive? Astravan 10. Favourite sandwich? Bacon & sausage or turkey/bacon/salad 11. What characteristic do you despise? Arrogance/Spite/Lazyness 12. Favourite item of clothing? fleecey jumpers/cargos/jeans 13. If you could go anywhere in the world on holiday, where would you go? Some remote cottage near a beach, woods and hills where it is warm weather (but not hot) so that I can walk the dogs and ride the horses for hours 14. Favourite brand of clothing? Anything that fits, I love my muckboots though!!! 15. Where would you retire to? Probably to a remote farm in the middle of no-where so I don't have to travel to my horses or go anywhere to walk the dogs, all on my doorstep. 16.What was your most recent memorable birthday? Not had any, birthdays tend to be a bit of a let down and feel like they are for everyone else rather than me. 17. Favourite sport to watch? Horse eventing, flyball, rugby union (OK so not 1, but I quite like sport) 18. When is your birthday? May 19. Are you a morning person or a night person? Defo a morning person, but I think that is more to do with having horses for the last 12 years so had to become a morning person to survive!!! 20. What is your shoe size? 6 21. Pets? Kimba - Doberman, Maddie - Saluki, Jasper - GSP, Roi - Collie X, Jack - Springer, Apple - nutty old pony, Will - very sensible young horse!! 22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Not really - could be a few things in the pipeline but I will update if they become a real possibility 23. What did you want to be when you were little? A vet, then I got ill during my exams so ended up training to do animal spinal manipulation (chiropractor) and love doing it now. 24. How are you today? Ok, pretty tired and with a bit of a cold but that seems to be a permanent state at the moment!! 25. What is your favorite sweet thing Chocolate trifle/ chocolate fudge cake hot with ice cream/ baskewell tart hot with custard and ice cream 26.What is your favourite flower? iris/orchid 27. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? christmas eve, I break up for Christmas and have given myself a whole week and a half off - I can;t wait for all that sleep!!! 28. what fragrance do you wear? D & G and cool water 29. What are you listening to right now? Radio 1 on the radio. 30. What was the last thing you ate? Frazzles, just thinking about what to have for lunch. 31. Favourite food? Roast chicken & yorkshire puddings with gravy/most thai food & chinese food (proper stuff not manky take out gloop!!) 32. Favourite Drink? water or WKD blue 33. The first person you spoke to today? My gorgeous boyfriend to wake him up for work. 34. Favourite restaurant? Paccino's in Sale or Danilo's in Hale 35. Real hair colour? Ginger 36. What was your favourite toy as a child? Transformers 37. Summer or winter? Winter 38. Hugs or kisses? Hugs - love em 39. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate 40. Coffee or tea? neither - hot chocolate 41. When was the last time you cried? Reading a rainbow bridge entry on here last week 42. What is under your bed? boxes with all my thick jumpers/fleeces & riding clothes 43. What did you do last night? out for a meal with the crowd from the stables to celebrate a birthday 44. What are you afraid of? losing the people and pets that I love, not being loved 45. Salty or sweet? sweet 46. How many keys on your key ring? which one?? 1 on my car keys, 4 on my work one, 4 on my house one 47. How many years at your current job? 2.5 years at office, 6 years self employed doing chiropractic stuff 48. Favourite day of the week? Saturday - first semi lie-in - don't have to get up til about 7am!!! 49. How many towns have you lived in? 2 50. Do you make friends easily? No

I won't be able to make that weekend with my rabble, it is our home flyball show so I'll be over in Rotherham running round like an idiot all weekend with my hounds. Sorry to miss you all, would have been great to meet up with so many Fugees

I don't very often meet any other dogs around when I'm out walking mine - think I must be out too early!!! But what I see when I'm driving about tends to be: staffies and X Rotties random x-breeds border terriers greyhounds/large smooth lurchers mongrels Rarer: ridgebacks dobermans OES a couple of salukis labs

thats a blast from the past, I grew up with scotties, my mum and dad always had them. He is very handsome And the reason he looks like Gosster's dog is because Charliegooster is (we think) a scottie X collie!!!