Loving my Oldies

Thank you so much for that wonderful story, Nic. May Old Ray truely rest in peace under the crepe myrtle. How is Hannah? Blessings to you all.

Oh lordy -- laughing tears here. We are their slaves, no doubt about it.

The lady and vet deserve each other. The poor little pup doesn't though.

Gosh, that Zedley's a live wire, isn't he? Lovely story Loraine. It is good when you meet nice people particularly if they are nice teenagers ;)

Greytmate, I understand your concern. Generally speaking, Gussy has a lovely life and doesn't come in contact with the dogs unless she decides to join us on our walks. I spend a lot of time in the front garden which is her domain and she loves spending time with me. Myrtie is not a greyhound, but a tiny little terrier cross breed; however, I do understand that isn't doesn't matter what the size of the dog is if a cat is frightened of the dog. As to why I haven't rehomed her, see my thread about her - she was in the pound as "Rescue or Reclaim Only" and the pound thought she was very old. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=198210 She has very few teeth left, however the vet thinks she is only about 8 years of age despite having rotten teeth generally associated with a much older dog. After her dental, her tongue now hangs out of the side of her mouth and causes her discomfort and stress. Some days she is not well (a visit to the vet is scheduled) and I am not sure whether this is because of the constant licking and trying to get her tongue back into her mouth and thus swallowing air or what. She regularly throws up and I can tell she is the one throwing up because she licks dirt and there is dirt in the vomit. I will be having more tests done when she is at the vets, because although on first visit and when she had her dental, her vital signs were judged to be excellent, I wonder whether there might be something lurking that isn't obvious. So one of the reasons I haven't put her up for rehoming: I am not sure whether it is the correct thing to do to rehome a little dog who may have medical issues which we haven't found as yet. You have made your point, I have read your posts carefully, I have asked for people's opinions, but would also be grateful if you didn't continue "to beat a dead horse".

LOL - I have all that already, Greytmate, and not just for Gussy. All my dogs mingle effortlessly, however, I have baby gates and dividers ready to put up when I do housework, want some peace, feed them separately so I can see who eats and who doesn't, people are coming over, etc etc. I am going to try the desensitising for a couple of weeks and if I feel I'm not getting anywhere, I will look to rehoming Myrtie.

Gussy's wellbeing and happiness are the reason for my post.

Thanks, I'd thought about that. I'll bring in the little crate and start on that today. Gussy is bigger than Myrtie, but I wouldn't want either of them to get hurt. Ain't that the truth! My "original" dogs are totally fine with Gussy, in fact she rubs up against them and follows us on our walks. But let them see another cat as we are on our walks !!! In fact they aren't too bad and do come when I pull them away from eyeing a cat sunbathing in a front yard. They are never outside unless on leads, so that situation is controllable. Thanks folks: you have given me hope.

I rescued Myrtie recently and she is doing very well and is a gorgeous lively happy little dog. BUT!! She is an absolute horror with regard to cats. Gussy Cat has been with me since 1999, when, I promise you, she followed me home. Therefore, Gussy Cat has priority, apart from the fact she is not a younster anymore and should be able to curl up in the sun and do as she likes in her own home. Myrtie sits on top of the couch watching the front garden and goes positively ballistic when she sees Gussy or when her toy boy from down the road comes to visit. I have been bringing Gussy in throughout the day, holding her tightly as she just wants to escape, in an effort to get Myrtie used to her. Yesterday, I was sitting at the desk and Myrtie was jumping up so hard trying to get at Gussy, that she was hitting her head underneath the desk - but even this didn't stop her She really does try to bite Gussy and is sometimes successful. Gussy has a catflap into my bedroom and for the first time in ages, she came in last night. I was happy for only a couple of minutes . Myrtie was under the bedclothes but very quickly sensed Gussy was there and she went crazy and of course Gussy fled through the catflap. For ages afterwards, Myrtie paced up and down the bed, trying to work out whether she could reach the bedside table or the window sill and give chase. Myrtie is a mix of breeds (she is tiny at 3.4kgs), but somewhere in the mix I am sure there is Silky Terrier. Very quickly after I'd rescued her, I realised that I didn't want to rehome Myrtie as she is a dear little thing with a big personality, but naturally my first loyalties and care are to Gussy. What are my chances of getting Myrtie to a state of non reaction to Gussy?

I haven't read the whole thread, because I don't want to read about the man's sorrow and his poor dog. Just wanted to add a couple more people to the list of people: your State Member and Federal Member. As Greytmate says: these people MUST be made accountable for actions and lack of actions.

Oh, we need some photos. PLEEEEEEASSSEEE. Sophie was the little pup called Lace.

Congratulations. May you have many happy years together.

Yeeeeeee Haaaaaaaa :D . Couldn't be better. Love the staghorns and palm grove as well.

'Morning Jed (racing towards afternoon and I am still in jammies :p ). Think of you everyday and off to light my candle. Hugs and best wishes.

Is that the show where the man controls about 20 dogs? I've often wondered about that as I saw an article years ago in Dogs Life Magazine.

And not only children. An adult niece of mine gave me a book a few years ago: "Unkown" by Colin Thompson, illustrations by Anna Pignataro. It is about a dog in a pound who was constantly being overlooked. I treasure it :p

Is Wingicaribee still open? Someone here used to post about it, but I didn't follow the thread.

Ever lived near a dog that barked all day and every day? Even I sometimes feel like going down and wringing the owner's neck.

Oh K9A, how sad. Hopefully he won't be claimed and he can came back to you for you to find him the perfect home. Talk about peas in a pod, this one and Logan !!!

Logan is looking really beautiful, K9A. His coat looks so soft in the photos - he has obviously thrived at your Husky Haven. Good luck with the new boy :laugh:. I'm glad you are keeping him safe.

Greetings Jed. A huge undertaking is before you and I'm sure every DOLer wishes you strength and courage to face it. You have shown that to date, and while the candles may be going out one by one, I am sure I speak for hundreds of DOLers, that not a day goes by that we don't think of you and wish you a speedy recovery, a smooth rebuilding of your house and love and support from those close to you. May your new house quickly become a home and a place of peace and refuge.

Poodlefan, I am sure there are many many people who would go along with these sentiments. :D We may find out what happened to the last little guy. Probably died of fright or starving or loneliness.

:D I thought I was seeing double for a while.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conserva...tml?autostart=1 It will be interesting to see what sort of sentence, if anything, they will get :D

That is hilarious. The same little female Maltese I had used to go rushing to the phone (pre mobile days) if a phone was ringing on the television.