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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 22/02/2009 : 13:26:15
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This is a bit better news for everyone. Callum, who I think maybe should keep the name his old family gave him, and that's Bo, is now nicely rounded and was fit enough to accompany us to the vet yesterday for vaccination. His owner had said he had little interest in toys but this new tug rope was HIS the minute I showed it to him. Unfortunately his brother, Dundee, also thought it was HIS, so we had a short, sharp, nasty fight where poor Dundee bit his tongue and bled a bit, and now neither can have it. Well ....not while both are present at least. I was hoping they'd be nice brothers and play tug of war. Ha! LOL. Not likely. He is proving to be a wee bit destructive, chewing his bedding up, but early days yet, we have a lot to learn about him no doubt. He loved my vet, Brian, on sight, which is good.
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 22/02/2009 : 14:47:13
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Ohhhhhh Betty Bo is so lovely - love the colour of the rich sable ??? coat. What a darling. And of course that toy is worth drawing blood for - in a dog's view anyway. How wonderful to have made him so healthy!!!
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 22/02/2009 : 15:46:17
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I love that pic with the light on his coat, and he is a very handsome dog.
You never know how he was treated before you got him back, which could
explain his behaviour. You will change him to have a nice nature again.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
159 Posts |
Posted - 22/02/2009 : 15:47:20
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| Pamela, he is a red shaded sable. If I showed you a photo of him when he was a young adult you would say it can't possibly be the same dog, because back then he was cream all over. LOL. A real blonde. I can't wait to see him in full coat and with more shine on it, but yes, always satisfying to pull one back from the brink. The fight shouldn't have surprised me as Shelties aren't always the meek little lap dogs that people assume they are. Tammy in particular is a tiger. LOL. I admire her spunk and really it's that which has enabled her to cope with her handicap so well, having to be in support casts on the hind legs. Her current casts must suit her, she's having fun terrorising most of the other shelties. |
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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
159 Posts |
Posted - 22/02/2009 : 15:51:13
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| Pitta, his behaviour smacks of boredom and never having canine company. If my dogs hear or see something and start barking madly, he doesn't look for what they are barking at, he just spins in tight circles, barking. So many sort of incidents like that which show he isn't a pack animal yet. Hopefully he will get there. |
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otamot
head gardener
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Posted - 22/02/2009 : 21:34:53
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so glad to hear he is getting healthy  how are the other dogs now with their tummy troubles?
no doubt it will take some time for him to adjust to his new life and find his place, and learn to play nice with his new brothers and sisters. 
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 22/02/2009 : 22:00:49
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Looking good now..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
159 Posts |
Posted - 22/02/2009 : 22:07:23
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| Ot, the other dogs are fine now, thank Heaven. What I am not looking forward to is the girls coming in season, as Bo seems easily sex-ited. I feel sorry for him really, a lot must be confusing for him. |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 23/02/2009 : 08:20:56
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 would not know it was the same dog Betty, a credit to you
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
159 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 22:09:49
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| Thanks, Cheryl. I could have parted with him only yesterday seeing a woman phoned me about a sheltie, and she didn't want to buy a puppy, he was probably just what she was after, BUT no way known is he going anywhere. I now have two little shadows following me everywhere, he is just like his brother Dundee, has to be at my side. I always reckoned you don't repay a dog's loyalty by getting rid of it. |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 24/02/2009 : 05:55:21
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Wish the world was full of people like you Betty.
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 24/02/2009 : 06:42:47
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No you dont Betty and after what he has been through another move would not be a good move
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Betty
assistant gardener
Australia
159 Posts |
Posted - 24/02/2009 : 07:49:24
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You're right, Cheryl, two homes are more than enough for one little dog.
Pamela, it'd be a boring place if everyone was like me, albeit nicer for animals. |
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Update on Callum