Paul

The trouble with only logging every four years is you wonder what people are on about Whatcha 'aving done, Mrs Merle? We may have just adopted a cat, some low life decided to move house and leave their cats behind Cut a long story short I offered to foster one of them while a transport was arranged to get him to the rescue who took the other two. One hour after collecting him we decided he should stay Henry is a white haired and VERY flea infested Persian.

Think we've found a home for Gustav, just need to work out how to get him from the Spanish border to Newcastle Sorted out the temporary foster too, that'll be us

Sounds a whole lot less well paid but many times more rewarding Doh! I just posted a hoooooj reply but in the November thread, now can't edit it and move it but I can post pics here

Sounds like we've been lucky compared to some Losing Bob was awful, went from his normal grumpy old sod self on a Thursday to being admitted to the vet on Sunday and us having to make the decision to PTS at Monday lunchtime. There were various symptoms and a downhill spiral that we chose not to investigate after his death but some time later we got reports of Alabama rot along the coast. The symptoms were very much like Bobs starting with the lesions on his face and legs, of course it was too late by then to confirm it as cause. Absolutely the worst day of my life, we said goodbye holding him tight, me in the pen with him at the vet as they injected him through one of the lines he had in. Can't think of a worst way or place to have had to do it but he was too weak to move. The vivid memories of that day still haunt me now. Meg finally sucumbed a few months later, she had a strange 'turn' the previous summer that we thought may have been a TIA but recovered from this. Some tests showed a shadow in one of her lungs but also that her murmour had become a lot worse. In the end it was so severe you could see it as well as feel it. You always know when the time is right and so we did, this time it was at home on the bed which was her favourite spot with all of us around her. So after Bob left us we had to get a companion for Meg and that turned out to be a failed and abused working sheep dog called Jim from the Spot Collie rescue. He's afraid of sheep which is great for us with so many in the fields around us but it meant the scumbag who started training him kept him locked in a barn for months before giving him up. He was ever so scared when we first brought him home but slowly started to relax and accept us and now although still nervous of strangers is completely transformed although he is probably the worlds most rubbish Collie After Meg had gone he was on his own and we noticed an almost immediate regression in his behaviour so sooner than expected we had look for another house mate for him. Thanks to the lovely Eileen at Trailhound Welfare we went up to meet Demi who was in foster prior to going into DT London. Everyone got on, she was lovely so we brought her home after Eileen offered that we have her on 'appro' LOL Since then we've done a bit of fostering for a couple of foreign rescues who had issues with Hounds, first an Ariegeois and then a Bruno Jura who were both rehomed to the same lovely lady in Nottingham. My involvement with those dogs led me to discovering Italian hunting Hounds and a rescue on FB called SOS Segugi, cut a long story short last month we drove to Turin to rehome Lilly who was found in a barn probably having been dumped by a hunter. She's a Segugio Italiano, bit like a small bloodhound with huge ears (and not many teeth left) and a beautiful old lady although she does snore a bit. So all this Hound stuff meant that I got asked to help an Ariegeois who is in danger of being PTS in France because his owners have split up. She is having to move out from their lovely Gîte down near the Andorran border but she says she would rather he be PTS than have to go into a French pound because she knows a hunter will get him and it will be pretty grim after that. So, dug out some old bookmarks for rescue and rehoming sites and voila, here I am LOL Blimey, that was a bit of a waffle

Helllooooooo everyone! Have I missed much?

Ello Mrs Squiggs! The last time we spoke on here I think you'd just finished a major station project in London, how things have changed since then. Same old here really, apart from the dogs of course. Said goodbye to Bob two years ago this week and Meggie Moo left us four months later so now we have Demi Trailhound and Jim (special needs) Collie plus our most recent addition Lilly the Segugio (who is snoring in a chair behind me).

Been a while since I looked in here! Four and half years, give or take

Rewire house, easy enough, convert the loft, pretty straight forward but plait and sew, that sounds like a job for my mum Thanks for the idea, I'll give her a call tomorrow

My best mates brother in law is Ricky Gervais, he was good enough to make me a video for our daughter who couldn't get back from Uni in time to see him in Brighton during December too! It gained me numerous credibility points on Facebook

Morning all, my yearly dip into fugee land I've got a bit of a strange request actually, is it possible to buy dog collars for dolls? No, it's not what you think either! A very nice lady called Ann Shambrook has produced some trailhound figurines and I've ordered one (as a pressie to Allison) that she has painted like Meg, the finishing touch would be the pink collar but a quick google didn't bring any results. She sent me a couple of photos last night now the paint has dried, see what you think and any ideas where I might get a miniature collar?

I watched this (AKA Scrooge) on Channel 5 yesterday afternoon, it was the 1951 version but had been colourised. There was a cartoon version that came out in the 70s and also starred Alistair Sim voicing Scrooge, I remember it scaring the daylights out of me when I first saw it

So sorry Alex, run free Milly Merle

Sorry to state the bleedin obvious Alex, if you are using a router already are you sure it isn't wireless, not all of them have aerials to make it obvious. For instance, this one router pic clicky clicky I'd be surprised if TT don't let you have one of them FOC, go through to retentions and threaten to leave if they don't

Hi Alex, still sending lots of positive thoughts and a big squish for Milly from me and Allison.