Possible Puppy Dawg on the Cards! YAY!

[Blackstar]

She is a strange one, she is quite small for a staffy and all white apart from her black spotty ear and some faint spots on her body which come out more in the summer. My sister has been offered £300 for her in the street but she'd never sell her, she was a rescue dog that Jenna took on when her new owner couldn't handle her anymore. She likes licking people, cuddles and sitting on the sofa when she isn't meant to.

[Blackstar]

I look forward to it

[LeperousDust]

I miss my dog horrendously looking at these pictures
There such lovely animals, so loyal...
I wish we had a dog in our flat, there's always someone in so i think it's doable, but they cost shed loads, money we don't have i guess...

[LeperousDust]

Don't try and convince me! My flat-mates althought they ant a dog too are cheap arses who can't really share so i know it would never work. However i really would love a dog, they're fabulous companions.

[LeperousDust]

Well i'm only down the road when i'm home otherwise i'm 4 hours up the country
But yeah if im home (hell if i'm not) we'd take the dog for you while you're on hols! I'd love it! I know my parents sure as hell don't mind having a dog around, didn't quite explain it but our dog died recently (well within the last 6 months thats recent enough ) hence why i'm missing dogs, its kinda weird for me, because i didn't see him much, except when i went home, so now when i go home it's kinda depressing in a sense not to get attacked for disappearing for so long! Poor boy, but it was for the best i suppose, and he had a great life *Digs around for picture*

Hmmmm that sucks, you can't link to individual photos on picasa, heres an album of a few random pictures of my doggie if anyone cares to have a look around!

[Will]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

No you aren't! don't say that. These things just happen ok? She's fine now so that is all that matters if she likes fetching sticks then take them out She tripped that is all

Agreed. Dogs will be dogs. They like chasing sticks, let them. Don't be overly senstive or fuss over them unecessarily there's no point let them have fun! Accidents happen, it's just part of life. You're a great dog owner

[Pheebs]

Little up date on the Trio!

Training wise... she is doing SUPERBLY!

We decided to take her along to puppy classes to get her used to socialising (as previously she's completely ignored us and our commands around other dogs) but have learned a fair bit from it! Just little tips on commands and using the clicker *click and reward*... it's amazing!

She has improved enormously. Her recall is brilliant - still a little shakey when distracted but so so much better. Sit and down and everything like that is perfect. Her jumping up at people is 100% better too! She doesn't jump up at me much now (if at all) and Picky... still does a little with visitors but I think some of that is because they bend down and give her attention - which means she jumps up!

Accidents wise... up til this week it's been dry and dandy completely. She has probably had one wee wee accident prior to this week over months!

However.

Two days ago I was playing with her in the garden and when finished I asked her if she wanted a wee wee and she just trotted in doors. Fair enough.

I then go upstairs, strip the bed and plonk the duvet on the floor whilst putting on the mattress undersheet. Trio. Lovely gorgeous, Trio, trots on in, climbs on top of the duvet, squats and wees the BIGGEST wee in history.

Our king sized feather winter thick duvet.... just covered... in pee. Boo.

So yeh that had to go to the dry cleaners.

That... was nothing though. Yesterday, Trio did a poo at 10am and then no more for the WHOLE day (despite taking her outside, playing with her, allowing her time to sniff, telling her to do wee wee. Nothing). She went to puppy class and home, had opportunities to poo again. Nothing. Soooo we put her to bed.

This morning... the kitchen floor was just COVERED in liquidated poo. I just didn't know where to start or how to. She, luckily, hadn't trod in any of it so it was just piles (or puddles rather) of it.

Poor girl. I don't know whether it's because we've changed her diet (she's now half wet and half dry) and her puppy tummy is struggling to adjust... but it's been a week of poorly poos.

Will rehydrate her today and feed her only dry with a small smidgey bit of wet in and see how she gets on.

Poor baby.

She's led in a sunspot now though quite content!

I have to go now to restock up on dettol, kitchen roll and marigolds.

[Haly]

Awww I want to go see newly trained Trio now
Although without all the poo

[Pheebs]

Our puppy dog is pawly (hah! see what I did there!)

Heh, I shouldn't be joshing though as the poor baby has to have an xray tomorrow and go under anesthetic and all that gumph

Since getting back from Cyprus... and possibly the odd occassion prior to Cyprus she seems to sometimes get a limp out walking. This weekend whilst I was away Picky threw her ball a couple of times and she went to run after it and then kinda hobbled, turned around and hobbled back She then made wincey noises when she jumped off a step and even though she was jogging along fine she whimpered all the way in.

I witnessed it this morning too - she kinda collapsed when she ran after a ball I threw (not far as I was aware of the above but wanted to see if there was any improvement/whether it was a one off thing).

Vets tried to examine her but when she was on the table she went all rigid and shakey (she hates heights). He then got her to walk up and down outside where she was seen to "bunny hop". This is when he queried a loose hip joint (the ball joint loose in the hip rather...) and said he wanted to xray to be certain.

Boo.

I so hope it's not. She's not herself at the moment as it is with her being in season for the first time. Poor lil lady.

*sad pheebs*

[Haly]

Awww poor little thing Give her a cuddle from me. Hope the xray finds out what's up and everything goes well