loftylottie

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oooh - a new 4-legs? please do tell more ♥

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That is why you still do it I should think. The one I took back was so similar to your avatar actually - Jake - a super dog. I actually broke in to rescue him from his old residence in one almighty thunderstorm. He had been left on his own (again) for far too long and was left chained up outside in the foulest of weather. I could stand it no longer. I nipped out and got him a cooked chicken as a treat!!!

[carmalee]

that's brilliant - well done you - my chappie was only about 18 months - already picked up twice as a stray - was absolutely hysterical when I got him 10 weeks ago - he would literally try and walk on the ceilling when he was near a door (been locked up in a kennel for month) and screamed the place down to get outside. He used to sleep with his paws wrapped around my ankles and his head on my feet when I was watching TV - bless him, anyway, he's off to do what he was bred for so that's all that matters.

[carmalee]

and ps - thanks - I feel better now!

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Oh that brings a lump to the throat carmalee. What a lovely dog. As achild we had a cocker spaniel who would not be house trained. My father would walk him for a couple of hours at night, then throw a ball for him up and down the garden path and the dog would still not perform but save herself for when she came indoors. Father had to go into hospital for an op and my mother had 2 young children to look after so it was necessary to rehome the spaniel. When father came home he offered her to a gamekeeper. That dog could not keep it to herself when she was out running all day and every day. A happy solution for the dog and the game keeper. The same dog pinched my dads teatime kippers off his plate and laid down on them in her basket. She didn't want to give them up either. All that and yet she had the name Sally - it didn't seem sufficent to call her that in the circumstances. I can remember her well.

[carmalee]

they certainly have a way of getting under your skin that's for sure - Nice to think of Sally in her 'perfect place' galloping around the fields all day doing proper cocker spaniel things and I can just image what a difficult decision it must have been to let her go - nice sharing experiences LL - sleep tight

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no probs - animal lovers seem to share easily. sweet dreams and ttfn

[RATTER15]

Carakeel and myself once recieved a call from the breeder of Gilligan our wolfhound, the one on my avatar. She tlod us that someone who had Gilligans litter Sister was struggling to look after her and as she wasnt so far from us would we just pop along and see if we could help with some advice for the couple. Well naturally we said yes we would just pop along the 100 miles!!
Well when we found the place up a tiny little track with grass growing up the middle we came across the smallest little house I have ever seen and the dog was tied up outside looking very forlorn indeed. It turned out that the dog was tied up there in the garden for up to 8 hours a day, she was about 10 months old at the time and so skinny we were shocked!! her coat had not been brushed for weeks and she was in a bad way. We kept our views to ourselves and told the lady how to best improve the dogs situation. cont......

[RATTER15]

Well to make long story short, we had a few words with the owner of the dog on the telephone and suggested it would be in everybody's interests if we came straight down and took the Puppy away, she really had little option but to agree. That poor little pup, she was so thin and so depressed. An Irish Wolfhound is a very different beast than any other dog, they are very much dogs the need human company, they really need to be with a family and not left alone for long periods. We re-homed her with our step-daughter she is struggling to put the weight back on but getting there slowly, her coat is now recovering and she is so much happier. Why would somebody pay £1000 for a dog and then neglect it so much, I really don't understand, Wolfhounds are probably the nicest gentlest lovable dogs on the earth but their requirements are different to other dogs. we now have 3 :-)

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Ok, I didnt cut it that short!!

[carmalee]

the pup was lucky you were around and is in a good home now with experienced breed people (not very well explained but you know what I mean) - it never ceases to amaze me how many owners think a dog is a dog is a dog - they most definitely aren't and whereas all breeds need love, care and training - others need an almost specialist environment to be happy.

[Greedyfly]

What a lovely looking doggy

[B00]

Lottie, she's beautiful. A customer at work has a working spaniel and she too is a beauty. Last week he brought in the new addition- a 12 week old springer pup, i fell in love and offered to swap the pup for Mini Boo, sadly (for me) he declined.