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How big is Tucker, weight-wise?
30+ kgs is mentioned at one point (8:30ish) in the video up there ^, which is now inconveniently on the previous page of course
30+ kgs is mentioned at one point (8:30ish) in the video up there ^
Ah yeah, ta. I've got to admit I've got half an eye on Tucker for when we start seriously looking to get another dog, but that won't be until after mid-September (although, obviously, I hope he finds a nice home as soon as possible)
Tucker is IIRC 35-36kg, I can find out exactly - Bleakholt have detailed records since his arrival.
I expect he will still be available in September, he’s been at Bleakholt since early 2025. They are fantastic at finding homes for dogs but Tucker unfortunetly hasn’t been very lucky so far.
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Chaos Crew on Meal beech, West Burra, Shetland.
It's best not to think too much about the amount of sand they will now deposit in the van as their coats dry.
Well, I was hoping to add to this thread as MCJnr and his better half have managed to buy a house, get engaged and there had been talk of a dog next.
Weirdly they have just taken on a rescue cat instead. He got no sympathy with pics of the scratches it's given him!
Borrowed Tucker from Bleakholt again today and rented a secure field and play area. He had a good run about but he’s clearly a bit out of shape!
He was getting a bit agitated earlier but I forget he gets fed at Bleakholt a lot earlier than we would. Now fed, watered and flaked out on the sofa with me.
He’s staying over tonight with MrsRNP dropping him off tomorrow morning.
Had a a bitt of a nightmare week of middle of the night stomach grumblings and for the first time ever actual liquid shits. She is back to her usual muppet self now.
Me and uz dog are united in our dislike of the current heatwave, the main difference being that he plainly blames me for the heat and is cross that I can't fix it right now, cue teenage flumping and resigned grumpy sleeping on the cool, tiled floor in the kitchen where he unfailing choose the most obstructive possible position.
He doesn't do well with heat being... a puppy, largely black, and 34-kilo off of solid muscle, anything much above 20˚C and he becomes distinctly unenthusiastic. The pay-off is that we're doing 5 am walks out of necessity and it's absolutely brilliant. Pointers are just so much fun to walk with, the world's just this intoxicating sniffscape of brilliant scents to be followed and chased and inhaled. And when that's done it's like watching a world-class parkour athlete in full flow.
The downside is that the rest of the day is mostly spent in a sort of inverse hibernation. Anyway...
Roxie went through "groomhell" on Monday. She's still sulking! Smells a lot better tho 🙂
Roxie went through "groomhell" on Monday. She's still sulking! Smells a lot better tho
The joy of GWPs is that you get to hand-strip them on an ongoing basis, which basically means regularly pulling dead top-coat hairs out with your fingers and thumb. Fortunately we both seem to find it mildly therapeutic. Meanwhile he's just watched Pog attack on the Tourmalet, which has triggered a further afternoon snooze.
Office dog.
AKA mobile slip, trip and fall hazard.
Randal, the boy from Cyprus, says it's too hot (and it's my fault apparently)
Bruce would like to know when we're going to turn the heat off.
Its a tad warm to take him out now, so i thought a bit of "Find It" mental challenge would be a good plan. There's two kibbles in each plastic cup, and several in the orange ball. His solution? Stand there and whine at them. Thicky McThick from Thickland.
Its a tad warm to take him out now, so i thought a bit of "Find It" mental challenge would be a good plan. There's two kibbles in each plastic cup, and several in the orange ball. His solution? Stand there and whine at them. Thicky McThick from Thickland.
Empathy here, the missus filled a large yoghurt tub with water and froze it, then stood it in front of a fan to cool the air. Sprocket decided that he'd get better value by grabbing the pot and attempting to eat it. His solution to most things is simply to eat them, faced with pots containing kibble or treats he'll ignore the treat and destroy the pot instead. Bloody pointers.
We've also done a puzzle feeder exchange with his best mate Toby, the new feeder is taking quite a lot of cognitive effort to not work out so far.
Randal having the time of his life cooling off 😍
7am walk this morning. After which, Roxie has checked out and is refusing to move until the temperature returns to a range suitable for a big, hairy dog!
The girls on board the Shetland ferry arriving back in Aberdeen at 7am. The look in their eyes is " Dad, we need grass. We need a pee. We want grass like now! I know you keep bringing us up here, but it's not grass, we couldn't possibly go. It'll be embarrassing. Anyway the ground is all shakin and buzzin and and and weird"
They did very well on board for 15 hours, only allowed in the pet friendly cabin or open decks, so they snuggled down in the bed we brought on board and slept most of it. Well, after the initial "I'm not sharing with her, she smells" sulk.
They were perfect behaviour in the crowded reception area waiting to go down to the car deck. We couldn't hang around as nobody was leaving the ship until we did, being the cork in the car deck bottle, 2nd vehicle at the exit ramp.
Quick exit and drive to the nearest park for the green stuff!
Does anyone else have a dog witha bizarre on off intelligence?
We have a spring shut gate, not hugely powerful the odea was we xould let her out and she can push the gate open and get into the garden proper but be contained until we let her out.
Can she get her head round just pushing it with her snoot and walking in? No.
But the first time we putt her in and left her 5 minutes later she was at the door. She immediately figured out she could
Hook the gate with her paw and give it a yank, Quickly grab the edge of the gate with her snoot and get out.
So, this halfwit has discovered the joy of climbing trees. I foresee a future of scrambling up trunks to lift him down.
Ahahah yep. Tree, rocks walls, if she can she will climb them. Problem is her solution to get down is to just jump!
The girls on board the Shetland ferry arriving back in Aberdeen at 7am. The look in their eyes is " Dad, we need grass. We need a pee. We want grass like now! I know you keep bringing us up here, but it's not grass, we couldn't possibly go
Yep, been there when we went up to Shetland with a previous dog of ours, pacing up and down the dog pee deck with a dog that's desperate for a pee but can't see where they're supposed to go. They could really do with putting a square foot of fake turf on the deck, then one dog will pee on it, the it'll smell of pee, then the other dogs will stand a chance...
Jake, my trusty assistant, has finally given up bringing me a ball to throw and is now asleep in the middle of my job. 
They could really do with putting a square foot of fake turf on the deck, then one dog will pee on it, the it'll smell of pee, then the other dogs will stand a chance...
There are/were at least 2 service dogs in our office, and down in the carpark is a couple of square metres of fake grass, a poop scoop and a stock of poo bags.
And a fake fire hydrant, presumably for the male dogs
On route to the Czech Republic with Bert via the hook of Holland ferry……”you expect me to piss on that?” (Square metre of fake grass with plastic fire hydrant)
Been away in the caravan this weekend so was late getting to Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary and Tucker today. It was then too warm for a walk so I played with him for an hour or so in one of Bleakholts play area’s.
Couple of new videos on his channel if anyone is looking for an affectionate larger dog that is just wanting love and tickles in his life.
https://youtube.com/@tuckerstails?si=lwFcULIEkv-Wx...
Oscar refuses to push doors open even if ajar, he also won’t pull them open with his paw. He is more than capable but just doesn’t bother.
Here he is waiting in the pub doorway as he was hungry and wanted to go home.
Here he is waiting in the pub doorway as he was hungry and wanted to go home.
That's what they have bags of crisps for behind the bar! 😁
Just a GWP looking at a hooman and asking, could you just sort out the whole climate change heatwave thing now, please.
Was going through my google photo's (clearing out sold bike bits) and had to pause on the dog photo's every time. took ages.
I was reminded that our Ivy was very small when we got her. She's a Kokoni (though without the floppy ears) Romanian rescue.
That was her early 2020 when we went to visit her in her foster home. we were told she was a year or so old. pet passport said 3 years old.
Roll on 2023, one abdominal surgery to correct bloat, and one spinal surgery to correct protruding discs, she's had to be revived at least twice, we were told not to expect her to survive the first time. Our insurance got hammered. It was quite traumatic for everyone!
This was her a couple of months ago on a visit back home to Malvern. First long trip since her surgery as she didn't travel well and it's taken a good couple of years to get her robust again. She loved it up on the hills. When she's not sleeping she really does love climbing hills and rocks. (she's currently out the front garden sleeping in the nice cooling breeze!)
I was reminded that our Ivy was very small when we got her. She's a Kokoni (though without the floppy ears) Romanian rescue.
I love less common breeds. In the last couple of weeks, I've bumped into a Lapphund - recognised cos my mate Nik used to own two - an Otter Hound, just a fantastic looking thing - and a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, though according to the Kennel Club, the latter are more common currently than GWPs. I had to google 'Kokoni', I had no idea they existed, but then I've never been to Greece.
Glad she's doing well, that sounds 'a lot'.
Glad she's doing well, that sounds 'a lot'.
it was. it took us ages to not treat her as fragile, still not 100% there tbh, they're just so damn precious.
I had to google 'Kokoni', I had no idea they existed, but then I've never been to Greece.
we had no idea when we got her, but did do a DNA thing for her as we were thinking corgi cross something, but there was mountain dog in there along with pekinese and a few other oddities, then we heard of kokoni and realised there were a few round our area, all the same, completely antisocial. They'll sit facing opposite directions to each other if we meet and chat with the owners, not even a slight sniff in each others direction, it's quite funny really.
Harold and his goofy brother Otis (there's 7 of them)
Our Bert was a Karelian Bear Dog which is a (super rare in the UK)breed from Finland. Recently I’ve been taking an Elkhound for a walk which is effectively the Norwegian equivalent. She is a super fun dog and lovely to spend time with. I was really happy yesterday to find that she has found her furever home. Someone has got themselves a super nice dog.
That dog on the left is clearly a stuffed toy.
There needs to be a coffee table book of Harold photos! Always make me smile seeing him (and now his brother as well!)
Talybont on Usk
Harold and his goofy brother Otis (there's 7 of them)
I keep coming back to this photo for the involuntary grin it puts on my face.
I wanted to post a nice picture of the house horse in her new collar which arrived all the way from Australia today.
She is however unavailable for photoshoots as she is maintaining her beauty regime of naps.
This is all I'm getting. 
She was up for a woodland photoshoot this evening.
So here she is with her new Boho house collar from HounddCo.
