Loving my Oldies

I've deleted my post because I hadn't twigged that this lady has been asking for help for quite a while.

I cannot be as gentle as @tdierikx. The dog has bitten your son FOUR TIMES!!! Attacked your cat obviously meaning business. What next, I cannot help but wonder. Visit the vet, definitely. Rehome? Definitely not. I think there is only one outcome here and it will be traumatic, devastating and will stay with you forever. The alternative (which I won't put into words) is infinitely worse. All that said, please understand, that I am sure others as well as I, I know your situation is unenviable. You have posted a few topics about this dog now. And it would seem that this behaviour has not come out of nowhere as you state in your opening.

This is little Strawberry after being clipped off completely. She has the most beautiful coat so I can't wait for it to grow back. If she were a human, you'd call it a Strawberry Blonde colour.

Separate, separate, separate. NOW.

I am sure it will come as no surprise to anyone that Strawberry is still with me . There has certainly been progress, but only someone who lived with her would notice. She stills runs away, but she joins the other dogs in waiting for her meals, so that is something. I will try to put up some photos, but my new computer is very very very user unfriendly when it comes to photos . If Strawberry is in one of the beds, I can "bum walk" up to her and pat and cuddle her. She even gives me licks on my face and hands. She follows me around and really wants to be okay. Hopefully that time will come, but it will be a while. At this early stage, she is as comfortable as one can reasonably expect and I dreaded how she would feel having to go somewhere else.

You are missing the point. These sorts of people consider it a badge of honour to have an aggressive dog and, bugger anyone else, they will take it where they want to. The person has obviously managed to get away with it for a while as the Council apparently does nothing. And I doubt anything will happen this time. Hope I am proved wrong.

They have been on meds, PK, but they have been in such a state of deprivation for so long. Strawberry was at the vet today to have all her work done, but they forgot to clip her off. So she is staying overnight and having it done tomorrow. Apparently she was a little angel with the vet nurses and getting pats and cuddles. She was an angel on the way over there too as I had her wrapped in towels and cuddled her the while time. I suggested to the rescuer this evening (who was also there with Molly) that Strawberry needs to be kept inside where she feels safe.

I have had to call it quits on these two little dogs. They are severely traumatised and will take a long time and a lot of work to get them ready for adoption. It is heartbreaking to see such frightened dogs and also very worrying to see them affecting my dogs. I suggested to the rescuer that they would do better apart as they feed on each other's fears, so she has taken little Molly and already there are signs of improvement. Strawberry on the other hand is much older and has probably been at the horrible place all her life and is extremely frightened. It has taken me two days to "catch" her after letting all the dogs downstairs on Friday morning. I can't keep the house and/or deck closed and just take the dogs down from time to time which is what I would have to do, if I kept fostering Strawberry. The rescuer will find her another foster carer with a much smaller back yard. If I didn't have my own dogs, it would be a different story, but I can't continue to turn their lives upside down and the rescuer recognises this. I am sad.

I have to agree. It is so damned sad.

That was such a beautiful tribute and certainly brought tears to my eyes. You didn't TRY to give your darling Odin the best life; you DID give him the best life. My deepest condolences

Negative: How do you house train terrified dogs? Positive: At least I know they are doing something! Laugh or cry LOL.

The thing is, I don't have any magic and these two little ones are something right out of my experience . Today, the rescuer came over to help me bath and groom them. Well little Molly, although terrified, just stood on the non slip mat on the dining room table and let us brush her and cut out her knots. I'd been sitting on the floor trying to tempt them to come to me and after quite a while, was successful. Strawby just lay in my lap while I brushed her and cut huge knots out of her coat. She was in heaven. I tested her a couple of times by trying to move her off, but she stuck like glue . I fiddled with her feet, her ears, tail - nothing, perfectly at ease. I picked her up a couple of times and although she stiffened, she was fine to just settle back down into my lap. We then bathed Molly. OMG, the dear little thing. So terrified and yet so good. Strawby's turn. I managed to catch her, but the nightmare girl returned, struggling and fighting me, trying (and succeeding) to bite me. So we abandoned that. They just pushed themselves in a corner of the dining area and there they have stayed for the past six hours. Neither of them ate dinner, but luckily Strawby will eat raw chicken with her meds in. Molly has to have hers pushed down, which I hate doing, but she has to have them. They are too scared to want any interactions with my dogs yet, but hopefully the improvements will come.

I'm with PK. The front yard was unfenced, so there are some points to investigate IMO. I can only assume, of course, but it is likely the dog has seen the cat many times, so I wonder what prompted this attack? Whatever the outcome, this is a horrible situation for both families and they have to continue to live next door to each other.

Two new fosters today. I have had a couple of others since Leilah, but haven't put them up here. Lazy. These two are from a puppy farm rescue and the poor little things are the most nervous and timid dogs I have ever had, so I will have my work cut out here. Lots of little cuddles and TRY NOT TO SHOUT, CYNTHIA. No photos until they have been bathed, hopefully tomorrow. Suffice to say, they are more than overdue . I'd like to get them professionally groomed, but I think that would be too overwhelming for them. Two little girls: one a Yorkie X turning 6 at the end of December called Molly and the other a terrier cross turning 11 at the end of this month called Strawberry. This second little girl has a lot going on - luxating patellas in both hind legs and osteoarthritis. So lots of meds at this stage.

Queen Keisha . Well done you gorgeous girl. You must be so happy, @ricey. Here’s to you having to buy more pigs’ ears. I would ditch the rawhide chews, though. I used to them to my dogs and then I read how they were made. . . . . .

Oh no. Poor Apollo. Are you volunteering to swim for it ?? LOL

Over the years, I have had three of these breeds and loved them madly. To be clear, the Papillon was a Chi x Papillon, tiny little fellow and 100% adorable. None of them had a mean bone in their bodies, but ALL needed constant grooming. Funnily enough I will be minding a Bichon next weekend and that will be a first. Keep an eye on the rescue pages, too, because SWF (small white fluffies) come up all the time because people don’t factor in the high maintenance aspect of their coats. I found the Maltese were the worst in this regard. Good luck and be careful of scams.

Just gorgeous, LFF. Lots of fun and many happy years ahead

I hope so, @persephone. They arrive next week.

I have an overweight dog so I feed Royal Canin Satiety and all the dogs love it. I have to smash the kibble for my Pekingese, but the little fosters happily crunch down on it.

Shame it wasn't the owner who was kicked in the head. No no, don't jump on me. Just fantasising.

The "last one" is Leilah, @Kirislin, who will go to her new home in a couple of weeks' time. She is the best little girl, but has taken a while to find a home because she has diabetes. She has twice daily insulin injections and has to have regular updates to check glucose levels, etc. I hate giving her the injections because I don't have anyone to hold her and I know it hurt her. She twists and turns and rolls onto her back, so that makes it all the harder . However, she will have two new mums one of whom is also a diabetic and a vet nurse. On the up and up for Leilah

What a precious precious girl

I have heard reports from elsewhere and rescues are being inundated

Those poor dogs. I'd really like to bang some people's heads against a wall hard and for a long time. Not a single thought of the dog and its needs, just their own selfish selves. Oh, I am so unhappy and lonely being shut up at home while the pandemic is raging, I'll get a dog. .