Kirislin

Did you get him at 7 weeks old? That is far too young. Was he wormed and given his first vaccination? How does he look? Does he have a lovely soft coat or is it dry? Does he look nice and chubby all over or is he bony with a pot belly? Some puppies do tend to make a lot of noises. My puppy talks in his sleep and sometimes just moans and groans because he wants to get in my bed and I don’t let him, so it’s hard to know if the sounds your puppy is making are normal or cries of pain. I suspect if he was sold so young he could well be sick with any number of things. How is he after the vets visit?

Well worth the price.

I’ve always believed dogs have a sense of humour, and make believe. They know that squeaky toy isn’t a real live animal, but they still love chucking it around, making it squeak and ripping its guts out.

Ooooo! What breed?

Cross breeds are usually much more expensive than pedigrees and they don’t have the costs that pedigree breeders have. You have come to the wrong place to criticise breeders for the prices they charge. I have just bought a pedigree puppy which cost many times more than the last puppy I bought over 20 years ago. I am not complaining one single bit, in fact knowing what’s involved I think the breeder was very reasonable with her price. Don’t forget the purchase price is probably the cheapest part of getting a puppy. From then on you have a lifelong obligation to care for that pup, it’s like a marriage, in sickness and in health. If you can’t afford the purchase price then you probably can’t afford to own a dog. how much do you think a pedigree puppy should cost and what have you based your costing on?

Secret’s brother is named Obi.

As much as I like the name Soda it’s just not sticking. I’m now calling him Bodi. I’m hoping that will stick.

A friend of mine lost her 2 greyhounds to this. She definitely thought she was feeding them beef not horse, so someone was being dishonest.

Nothing found as yet. Phew! I’m not assuming he’s house trained as yet, but I’ve never had a puppy that was showing signs of preferring to toilet outside as young as this puppy. He’s fantastic!

I was awake at 5am which is normal for me. Snuggled in bed, warm and toasty. I heard the click clack of the dog door. Hang on, Neko and Secret are right here. Hmmmmm it might be a possum. I’ve sometimes wondered if possums, or worse, RATS can get in and out through it. Maybe it’s the wind? No, I can’t hear the wind. Then I hear the thump thump thump of heavy dog footfalls. Uh oh, unless Tag or Puck have come back it can only be one thing! Soda Pup! Did he manage to escape his crate and actually take himself out to the toilet? If so I’m very impressed with just how clever he is. I just hope he used his clever escape for good and wasn’t a Soda Stream on the carpet.

And maybe so and so, as in YOU NAUGHTY LITTLE SO AND SO!

I really appreciate all the name suggestions. Some of them I’d thought of as well, they’re all really good. I tried a few on him and many more that weren’t mentioned here and nothing stuck. I’m going to call him Soda. As in Creamy Soda, or in his case, sometimes, Screaming Soda.

Poor little fella got stung on the toe by a bee. Poor bee too. I put puppy’s paw in cold water, then rubbed an ice block all over it but nothing eased the pain so I eventually gave him a tiny bit of polaramine. It says I could give him half a tablet but I used much less. It seems to have given him relief though.

That’s interesting, I’ve only heard it as Sirocco, and funnily enough, I named one of Penny’s puppies Sirocco, I also had Zephyr, Mistral, Hurricane, Whirlwind and Cyclone.

Thank you for sharing in my happiness. And keep the names coming! I’m loving them but not sure if any will stick.

I have some very happy news. After being whippetless for almost a year I have at last welcomed a beautiful cream whippet puppy into our pack. For those who don’t know, cream isn’t fawn. I first saw cream whippets almost 40 years ago and have been looking for them ever since. This lovely puppy is the first pedigree cream I’ve ever seen in Australia and as soon as I saw him my eyes almost popped out of my head and I asked to buy him. He’s one of the sweetest softest cuddliest puppy I’ve had. His breeder has done a fabulous job of raising him. I couldn’t be happier. I am working on a name for him but so far nothing has stuck. Neko and Secret aren’t impressed but I feel sure that as he learns to be a bit more gentle with them things will improve. so here he is. Name suggestions are welcome.

I’ve heard that since there’s little air travel at the moment it’s not as straight forward to get a puppy flown down. Anyone have any details in this crazy Covid climate?

Geeze how devastating would that be.

Redbubble used to. Not sure if they still do.

How’s the puppy now?

My darling Neko. She will be 8 in August!

I’m with Don, I LOVE Figs too!

Secret, Obi and Crickett turned 5 last week. Can you believe it!? I did a silly drawing of Seekie to commemorate the occasion.

I know a couple of people in Australia who have had their non pedigree (entire) dogs put on a UK sporting register for this very reason. They had to take clear photos of the dogs front and side views to submit with the process.