PETS

[juliejuliejulie]

celticsky said:

juliejuliejulie said:

well when i get the time i will post 1 pic lol - i have 10 dogs (2 of them are 7 weeks and i have mum - but they are all family related in one way or another (german shepherds and thingyer spaniels) I show them around the UK, and yes have been to Crufts a few times. Used to have Cats, Guinea Pigs and a Rabbit - the latter was yrs ago - and if you want any names lol it will be a list ( Kleo, Kyle, Vienna, SAffron, Indie, Jay, Fallon, Dominique and pups are Zoya and Ariana)

Any tips on controlling our gsd, when my daughter gives birth in 10 weeks bit worroed about it all?

In what way controlling your gsd??? how old is he/she. Is your daughter worried in case anything happens to baby?

[frisky]

I have a Syrian Teddy Bear hamster. He is super fluffy and super soft, all around snuggly, likes a cuddle and obsessed with trying to jump off the top of the sofa!

[Admin]

I have one dog, she is 13 years old and her name is Kerry.
She is a Cairn Terrier and loves talking, no really she does .

[swanwitch]

MY first ever dog was a Cairn called Cindy. She was my 11th birthday present and my dad used to wind me up something rotten by calling her Sidney. I love Cairns - small but full of character.

Successive dogs have got bigger each time but I think it's time to think about a smaller one next.

[julian]

I have three cats: Isis, Lucy and Lizzy. I started with Isis and Freya who were sisters but Freya disappeared when she was 6 months old and I never found her. I got Lucy and Lizzy when they were 3 yrs old from a friend who was getting married and whose wife didn't want them!

There were a few fireworks between Isis and the newcomers for a while but they've settled down now

They're all really affectionate. Isis has a habit of jumping up and perching on my shoulder. She even does it to the odd visitor which doesn't half give them a shock ;D

Regards

Julian

[Admin]

swanwitch said:

MY first ever dog was a Cairn called Cindy. She was my 11th birthday present and my dad used to wind me up something rotten by calling her Sidney. I love Cairns - small but full of character.

Successive dogs have got bigger each time but I think it's time to think about a smaller one next.

My dogs have gotten smaller. The dog before kerry was Max an Old English Sheepdog. He was six feet tall when he stood on his hind legs. Mind he was big, they breed them a lot smaller now.

[julian]

admin said:

I have one dog, she is 13 years old and her name is Kerry.
She is a Cairn Terrier and loves talking, no really she does .

Looks just like a dog we had when I was a kid. A Norwich Terrier called Rusty.

We also had a huge hound dog called a Rhodesian Ridgeback. It was really funny taking them for walks together. A definite case of 'little and large'

Regards

Julian

[celticsky]

juliejuliejulie said:

celticsky said:

Any tips on controlling our gsd, when my daughter gives birth in 10 weeks bit worried about it all?

In what way controlling your gsd??? how old is he/she. Is your daughter worried in case anything happens to baby?

Well the gsd is 8 months old, female and the baby is due in 2 months, Kimi (the dog) is really close to Mitzy (Mum to be) and Mitzy isn't real good at treating Kimi like a dog. I'm just worried that we can't trust Kimi around the baby, did think about borrowing a doll and we probably will do that, but as a family we don't have a whole heap of doggy experience and Mitzy is just so soft with her, my daughter herself thinks I'm overreacting but I am really concerned about all of them.

[odm]

www.rgtcroftview.co.uk

www.grwe.co.uk/

This link will show you a page of greyhounds. These beautiful dogs that get bred by the thousands and killed by the thousands every year. In fact there was a man in the paper recently who has an acre field at the back of his propery and is paid ten pounds per dog to shoot them and bury them in his field. The police know about this apparently. He was pictured with a greyhound leading him and then the same dog was in a wheelbarrow dead and he was digging a hole to chuck it in..

If you think the plight of greyhounds is not painful, sad and disgraceful...put a search into Google and be prepared to be utterly sick and distraught. These dogs are lucky if they make their third birthday. Did you know that the way some of them are trained is cruel. Did you know that if they are not fast enough they are lined up to be shot or just sold off for silly amounts of money to get rid of them...

Please dont think having one of these dogs is a doddle. It is,nt . Especially if they have been trained to run. All these dogs know is somewhere to sleep and something to eat. They dont know much else. They dont know what a house looks like inside, or know the feel of carpets or different textures, what a sofa is or a table and some of them have never had cuddles loves and kisses... if you want to sob by that alone, dont ever look into the truth about greyhounds, it will break your heart. The galgo variety in spain and the way they are treated is enough to make you want to throw.

My man and I took on our lovely greyhound. He is black and beautiful. Well actually, he had a broken/torn ligament,he had just finnished racing and luckily we spotted him in a kennels in the middle of nowhere. We took him home. He had his digit removed on his paw so on one paw he has three digits only, the fourth was removed. He had to be carried everywhere for two weeks and he had no hair on his buttocks or back legs he was completely bare from laying on concrete floors.

Our boy now does not resemble the dog we first took home. This dog will listen to EVERYTHING you say. He will OBEY immediately EVERYTHING you say. He KNOWS everything you say and would do ANYTHING to please. Greyhounds are like that you see. They give of themselves in such a way you would not believe. They want to thank you from the bottom of their heart that you had the PATIENCE to help them to readjust to another and better way of life. In fact they want to THANK YOU for SAVING THEIR LIFE as only the very lucky ones make it after racing. I know there is another forum member whose other half works with Galgos and I am sure would back up what I say about this beautiful and tragic dogs. These dogs are the fastest dog on four legs in the entire world. You cannot believe the speeds they can reach 45 mph. Our own boy shoots up the stairs in two leaps...hes incredibly fast. He has a history going back to the 18oos, pure pedigree and I have all the names of all his ancesters through his ear tattoos. Hes black with a white belly and funny cute ears that flop about.

He is handsome, loving and spends most of his time laying about. He never goes on the furniture and he will move to another spot of the room if I ask him. He knows exactly what I am talking about and snuffles my clothes and my ears to show his love and approval. Greyhounds are amazingly funny too, they have a habit of sniffing your....ummmm bottom...and any visitors are often embarrassed or a bit shocked when the dog sticks there nose up there botty...I find it rather funny, but then I am used to what our lad does...he never goes up to anyone new, he is afraid of strangers, he will run off to bed. But once he knows you, his nose goes up your whatsit and he checks you out.

I would ask anyone if they were going to get a dog, think about a greyhound. You will never on this earth regret that decision.. there is something magical about these dogs and i do not have the vocabularly nor the magic sentence to express what it is that is so desperately beautiful about them...but they take your heart and you fall for them in a big way...

if you want a greyhound read EVERYTHING about them. I did. I would never have taken on the responsibility of my dog until I knew enough about them. They cannot go off the lead, they need a secure garden. They can jump pretty high so you have to think of everything. Please read up about them, every detail from rehoming pages on Google sites. If you ever have a greyhound or want to know about them Please ask me.. I would do anything to help get another one of these lovely animals a home....
www.greyhoundaction.co.uk/ this link is mentioned in this post. it is very sad..it is about the man who killed greyhounds...not nice, but realistic as to what happens to these dogs...

Thanks for reading....



This first picture which is my avatar is my greyhounds real DADDY and the image of my greyhound in fact they could be the same dog...!!




and the one below this is my greyhounds GRANDFATHER...

[juliejuliejulie]

celticsky said:

juliejuliejulie said:

In what way controlling your gsd??? how old is he/she. Is your daughter worried in case anything happens to baby?

Well the gsd is 8 months old, female and the baby is due in 2 months, Kimi (the dog) is really close to Mitzy (Mum to be) and Mitzy isn't real good at treating Kimi like a dog. I'm just worried that we can't trust Kimi around the baby, did think about borrowing a doll and we probably will do that, but as a family we don't have a whole heap of doggy experience and Mitzy is just so soft with her, my daughter herself thinks I'm overreacting but I am really concerned about all of them.

What i would suggest is introducing the puppy in stages at a time to when baby gets older, i mean your dog is a puppy also and naturally curious. what i do recommend is putting Kimi on a lead just for a while when in the same room and let him sit beside baby when in room together, i know this may sound like hard work at the time but i think it might help, until pup gets used to baby and if he goes near to baby just warn him by saying gentle and tighten lead. I hope this is helpful information - but its doing things in steps, but your daughter must be forceful to the dog and not go mushy if Kimi looks offended at getting told off lol.
Also he might start pawing, so just watch.