Self-indulgent pet thread

[past caring]

Alfie.

Someone else's much better photographs than mine.

 

[CRI]

Wee break in the Trossachs. Here's Griff and Mal grazing by Loch Earn (Breeze shots on the cat thread.)

 

[fishfinger]

Wee break in the Trossachs. Here's Griff and Mal grazing by Loch Earn (Breeze shots on the cat thread.)

Very pigturesque

 

[Manter]

Alfie.

Someone else's much better photographs than mine.

Your dog has a very kind face. Which is a ridiculous thing to say about a dog, but there it is

 

[ddraig]

Holiday meep!!

 

[Epona]

Your dog has a very kind face. Which is a ridiculous thing to say about a dog, but there it is

I agree, he looks like a really sweet dog

 

[sim667]

I have dog envy

 

[CRI]

I have dog envy

So do I, in a big way. (And most staffies I've met have the kindest, smiliest faces!)

Okay, does anyone have experience of Papillons and Phalenes?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Wee break in the Trossachs. Here's Griff and Mal grazing by Loch Earn (Breeze shots on the cat thread.)

this looks like it should be a poster - something like 'guinea pigs for a free scotland'

 

[two sheds]

I keep expecting to see the MissFran collective dotted around the background.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I keep expecting to see the MissFran collective dotted around the background.

urban needs moar small sheep...

 

[CRI]

The small sheep are great! Not quite the same but . . .

 

[Manter]

disco kitty

 

[Cribynkle]

Papillon

So do I, in a big way. (And most staffies I've met have the kindest, smiliest faces!)

Okay, does anyone have experience of Papillons and Phalenes?

Papillons are meant to be some of the healthiest pedigrees. Not much experience of them but the ones I've met have been lovely

 

[Puddy_Tat]

The small sheep are great! Not quite the same but . . .

highland coo cakes!

 

[BoatieBird]

Our old girl has had an op to remove a few lumps, mainly the one on her head that was starting to look a bit pus filled and nasty.
She's 14 so we were a bit worried about putting her through a general anaesthetic but she seems to have sailed though it with no problems and is recovering nicely

 

[ddraig]

awww, get better quick doggie

 

[BoatieBird]

Cheers ddraig, she's deaf and her sight is going, she's lost her reverse function (when she tries to go backwards she ends up sitting down) and her pre-op blood test showed something amiss with her liver function, but there's definitely still life in the old dog yet.

 

[Saffy]

Aww she's lovely, I hope she heals quickly.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

get well soon, doggy

 

[twentythreedom]

Awww

 

[CRI]

Papillon

Papillons are meant to be some of the healthiest pedigrees. Not much experience of them but the ones I've met have been lovely

Yes, very old breed. Supposed to be good at obedience and agility training. Compact. Not terribly common and have small litters, so might not be that easy to find. Dithering a bit . . .

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Cheers ddraig, she's deaf and her sight is going, she's lost her reverse function (when she tries to go backwards she ends up sitting down) and her pre-op blood test showed something amiss with her liver function, but there's definitely still life in the old dog yet.

(((BoatieBird and doggy)))

friend of mine had a black lab (sort of) who reached quite an advanced age a few years back. we did on one occasion get to the concept stage of designing a few mobility aids for elderly / infirm doggies, since friend is quite small and could not manage carrying doggy up the stairs when she (doggy that is) could no longer manage them...

 

[BoatieBird]

(((BoatieBird and doggy)))

friend of mine had a black lab (sort of) who reached quite an advanced age a few years back. we did on one occasion get to the concept stage of designing a few mobility aids for elderly / infirm doggies, since friend is quite small and could not manage carrying doggy up the stairs when she (doggy that is) could no longer manage them...

We've joked about installing a stair lift for her, she's 30kg so quite a weight.
She has no problem with stairs at the moment, but I can see that it might be an issue in the future.
Most of her life has been spent on a boat so our bed has always been her safe place, no one can stand on her there!
She gets quite distressed if she can't get to our bed

 

[CRI]

Our old girl has had an op to remove a few lumps, mainly the one on her head that was starting to look a bit pus filled and nasty.
She's 14 so we were a bit worried about putting her through a general anaesthetic but she seems to have sailed though it with no problems and is recovering nicely

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Oh, that lovely big we nose! I hope she recovers well and fast and has a happy and long stretch as a senior citizen.

 

[CRI]

Ok wise urbanz . . . let's say you got a 16 month old intact male dog and had it neutered. Is it more risky than neutering as a pup? Will neutering make much difference to its temperment? Is it still going to hump everything it sees?

Asking for a friend . . .

(Lying about that. Just have never had 1) a male dog 2) one not neutered as a pup.)

 

[two sheds]

 

[CRI]

Griff, pignapping on his sofa.

 

[CRI]

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce Charlie, who will shortly be joining our fur family! Ain't he a cutie?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce Charlie, who will shortly be joining our fur family!

hope it goes better than this...