UA-12921627-3 Jump to content

purple_mog

Established Member
  • Posts

    1,254
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    4

Everything posted by purple_mog

  1. awwww poor pointery-fing being too sleepy to move for a sandwich!
  2. Happy to add her details to the Deaf Dog Network to help her find a home? Morag x
  3. Not had much response so any bits would be much appreciated
  4. We decided to make Friday a Saturday and went to the beach at Whitby - dogs had lots of fun and ate chips, we had coffee and cake Today we were at a Rally-O judging seminar which was good but soooooo cold! Has not helped my virusy thing either
  5. borrowing from this excellent thread to pass on to a friend of a friend
  6. hey peeps! Am on day 2 of migraine *yack* but on the up side Finn the grumpy old man played with a collie pup on Sunday for over an hour and has been only a teensy bit stiff *yay*
  7. Hey all - apologies if this is in the wrong place! I'm working more closely with our local RSPCA at the moment and have been asked to look at their assessment processes and paperwork. There are a few aspects that could be improved (!) but rather than re-invent the wheel I would really like to chat with anyone else who has a standard pro-forma they use in the RSPCA branches or for any other rescue. Cheers Morag
  8. not sure if pleased or just tired...Electrical testing of appliances on Tuesday, builders arrive Tuesday to take down utility roof which means moving the fridge freezer.....somewhere! for a week. Still nothing on replacing the washing machine
  9. Finn had a major overhaul with our wonderful vet in Leeds today - an hour and a half later he's been very thoroughly examined and assessed, agreed that the two lumps are just little fatty growths, seems to have muscle pain and spasming in lower thoracic/lumbar area BUT the old right leg neurological problem is still staying away! Could be spinal degeneration as suspected but not worth doing a new set of diagnostics at the moment. So continuing with his supplements, weekly sessions of acupuncture plus moxa, dry needling for trigger points and some electro-acu stimulation plus a back-up remedy and we will go from there He loved his session as always and has been a MUCH happier boy since we came home, bumbled around in the garden with me for a couple of hours in his swanky green equafleece tank top including digging huge holes under the hedge <rolls eyes> and hopefully we can get the pain under control and have our bouncy boy back for a bit longer! Its odd in some ways because this is actually our first properly physical problem - everything else has always been clearly linked to nerves/anxiety or phobias, this time he seems to be just getting old, in pain and kind of irritable as a result. Sounds strange, but its so much easier to deal with!
  10. Generally feeling more positive - have managed to get house in reasonable state, cleared the shed today and took Finn to vets (drive was first longer drive on my own for ages and slightly hairy since my concentration is buggered at the mo!). Update on vet in doggie chatter cos I should post more there - now off to squidge the guinea pigs and then reply to the three million training enquiry emails that have arrived today Oh, and definitely do my accounts and not procrastinate any longer....
  11. You need alcohol!!! RMF: finally four sleeping collies around my feet, all okay until I move....and I really need a wee!
  12. oh my goodness - is she cat friendly by any chance??? Its just my mum is a beardie fan who has one lovely boy already and I'm determined to find her a rescue for her second dog! She does live in Scotland but we can manage transport!
  13. morning all have actually managed to get up at a sensible hour this morning Have a client's dog staying with me for the day so that means four nutty collies, since he arrived at 7.30am main challenge was keeping ShoutyMcShout quiet for sake of the neighbours
  14. hello folks, hope those who need hugs are getting plenty of them ShoutyMcShout alias Bronte is rather peeing me off today. She is scared to come into the office upstairs as once several weeks ago she was viciously attacked by a ball of fluff (as in she saw it and it moved when she breathed on it). So instead she stands in the hall and barks very loudly because everyone else is in the scary room
  15. at sharing sofa with a goat....aren't they more likely to eat the sofa??? Next bit isn't particularly joyful or mundane, but my resolution for 2011 is to try and be more honest about how I am feeling with people and not hide away so much. So, I've had something of a long term struggle with depression and its been worse this year than for a long time. Unfortunately I'm going through a very bad patch just at the moment. I'm seeing my GP regularly as well as a counsellor and have just been given a change in medication with the hope we should see results in a week or so, if not then my GP wants to refer me on. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything, just please don't be offended if I'm quiet or take a while to reply to things
  16. All our secret santa parcels have now arrived! Unfortunately they got to my work on Christmas Eve and I wasn't there but the animals have loved their second Xmas I will post pics and specific thanks later on - but can I just say they are all perfect especially the guinea pigs little tent Sorry for being late in posting, have been off ill for a few days too plus burst pipes in our kitchen...
  17. ooooooh there's a Xmas skin!!!! (yes I'm a little slow at the moment!)
  18. thanks for all the feedback - it may take a while to happen but I would like to see where it goes. Its partly because there really are peeps like us who look for special needs dogs, but also there's just nothing up to date and current in the UK at the moment and some of the advice is very patchy I'll let you know and be asking for contributions of ideas soon!
  19. no pressies here as yet but we're happy to have a second Xmas afterwards
  20. Hey all, I have been mulling this over for some time and wondering if it might be my 2011 project...In the US part of the DDEAF project is that they list, coordinate advice, homechecks and transport for deaf dogs, and often blind ones too. There seems to be nothing similar in the UK and the few sites I have found are about individual deaf dogs, not much info and generally are out of date. I am contemplating trying to host a central "listing" for deaf/blind/sensory impaired dogs that will also offer information, links to other sites (Barry Eaton and DDEAF of course) and to the few UK based discussion groups we have. Does this sounds crazy in the extreme, not needed, already out there and I haven't found it???? I have the bonus of an in-house web designer (Sam) who I'm hoping will also help coordinate and update it all. Thoughts very welcome even if its to tell me not to be so silly
  21. we don't need fostering, just a rescue that is willing to work with me and the owners, I can give a full history and assessment on the dog and happy to provide back-up support as needed. I really DON'T want the owners to advertise in the paper though and risk getting him into an unsuitable home and with no rescue back-up? thanks for all your help
×
×
  • Create New...