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Thanks, appreciate it. I like to think he had a pretty good life.
His happy face confirms that. You did good dude.
It's difficult coming on this forum at the moment. First Bert, and now Stanley 🙁
Our Rosie is wondering what all the extra hugs are about.
It's difficult coming on this forum at the moment. First Bert, and now Stanley 🙁
Our Rosie is wondering what all the extra hugs are about.
Yeah, sadly dogs are here for a good time, not a long time.
I hope everyone is making their way with the grief. Big love.
Miss Fin every day, not got any easier. In the Peak this weekend and had a moment where we scattered her ashes last year. Bit dusty up there
Nala has passed her training and is going to her new owner this week. Which, tbh, feels rubbish right now.
Well done Nala and @ransos !
Harley is 5 months next week and turning into a cracking pup apart from the ridiculously early morning habit which is showing no sign of improvement. I never thought 5am would feel like a lie in but we are getting to that point.
Sorry to hear about Bert and Stanley 🙁
Here's Roxie in "pre-chew" mode. Latest nickname is "GrumbleRug" based on the strange noises she makes when "talking to you" with a mouth full of stuffed animal!
Idiot.
Is it your car though?Our dipstick has jumped into strangers cars if the door opens an inopportune moment when being walked. Something of a surprise for the occupant to suddenly find a Cockerpoo sat on their lap. 🫣 Got on a school bus once that was waiting to pick up too!
Idiot.
Is it your car though?Our dipstick has jumped into strangers cars if the door opens an inopportune moment when being walked. Something of a surprise for the occupant to suddenly find a Cockerpoo sat on their lap. 🫣 Got on a school bus once that was waiting to pick up too!
Ahahahahahaha
No generally cars are bad. She "tolerates" us asking her to get in.
She knows she's a lump though so if bribes are insufficient, we have a standoff. Much to onlookers amusement.
https://imgur.com/a/Z5yY0HQ#MdxS4NK
Open shop doors are always investigated though.
Stacey spent the weekend with her favourite person, her Nanna.
Nanna used to own greyhounds when she was a little girl, so is a big fan. Makes such a fuss of Stacey and she reciprocates.
This is her chilling in the sitting room waiting for Nanna to come back from church.
We haven't got the hang of bringing the ball back despite nearly 5 years of training. He's sadly lacking.
Sprocket's not fussed for balls - he has an uncanny ability to ferret them out of the undergrowth, but virtually no interest in playing with them, let alone fetching the things - but I've taught him a basic puppy retrieve with a Kong Wubba, basically a sort of combined tug, throw, ball toy with a built-in squeaker, he loves a squeaker 🙂 He gets to play tug with it, 'drop it', gets sat down, toy gets thrown out, 'get it!' brings it back and is rewarded by having another game of tug, and repeat...
I think he gets his beans from chewing on the squeaker, the enthusiastic praise when he brings it back in and the tug game rather than having a really strong retrieve drive, whereas a spaniel or lab or golden will be wired to want to carry stuff in mouth and bring it back to you. He's also indifferent to frisbees, which is a source of some sadness to me 🙁
Harold is such a beach bum looking dog
To be fair, I'm like that with macaroni cheese as well
Our guy Sprocket - aka Mr Sprock, Sprock-a-Doodle-Doo, or more accurately, Stubby-tailed Chaos Demon - is seven months old now and just fantastic. As you'd expect from a GWP puppy, he's not exactly super chilled at all times, but a mix of gundog training, scentwork, regular obedience stuff and more is keeping him occupied. His hobbies include landscape architecture, winding up next door's Westie through our adjoining gate and looking deceptively cute.
He's also starting to find an 'off-switch' which he has located at the top of my left thigh 🙂
Glad to see Sprocket has learnt the Standard GWP sleeping position
Will my picture appear....
was 6 months old on Sunday
We've just hit seven months and teenage dirt-bag stuff is kicking in. Still mostly sweet and biddable, but occasional 'selective hearing' and some interesting adolescent stroppiness from time to time. Definite criminal tendencies emerging... 🤣
Then we get this when food is slightly late This is the desiganted waiting for food spot)! He didn't want a beer though.
Mr Bill taking a well earned sleep after having his back leg rebuilt from a serious break last week. The orthopaedic surgeon said it was as bad as he’s seen and it’s been lucky it wasn’t in more pieces (only three breaks just above the hock) else it would have been a fuse or even amputation. I gave him the benefit of taking the cone of shame off as he’s got to have it on for six weeks until he has his external fixator off his leg. Seriously stressful and emotional week thankfully now behind us.
At 11 Lola has taken to water this year. She hasn't quite got the hang of when to shake off though. So she jumps in and then shakes 🤣
https://imgur.com/a/C1oiDAo#4nvUsRA
She has come along way from being a tool around other dogs to okay with some dogs and has now reached "groul walk" accepted by the dog walker. Thats a happy tail. She's a bit of a cougar and runs about after all the young males
https://imgur.com/a/c3Brz0X#MAeZix8
Jake did 18k tonight. He’s a bit goosed now
He's well damped tho 🙂
@tuboflard - Lola has a "Z" repair to her cruciate about 2 months ago. A month of mostly bed rest and still on lead walks. Now at the Hydro clinic twice a week. Really making a difference. She gets in the big pool next week.
Might be worth considering if you have one close.
She's not looking too impressed at her treatment plan, but a dog treat, a fire and a handy leg has sorted her out.
Some friends of ours lost their Miniature Schnauzer last year, very suddenly, at only 8. They kept in contact with the breeder that Molly came from, and a new litter arrived fairly recently. So now they have a Hugo.
Meet Hugo:-
He may only be 10 weeks old, but already feeling brave enough to growl at our Huey who got a bit up in his face. The rapscalion will clearly have spirit.
Clippy (below) is obsessed with retrieving balls. So for some variety took a ring out on her walk instead. I ended up dragging her round most of the park like this 🤣 She did a small amount of retrieving too




































