ellieangel

Yes I've read it it's brilliant !! :thumbs:

Oh Shara I'm so sorry you had to go through this :cry: We're all thinking of you. Hazel is running free now and she'll be waiting for you at the rainbow bridge when your time comes.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh !! :iloveyou: Just what I needed deeeeeeeelicious !!! :loveu: :thumbs: What I wouldn't do for that ! :roll:

I've seen the mummy but the pups are behind I'll have to check in again later :(

Hi pei I know how you feel ellie rolled in a fresh dead rat once on the beach and she was covered in it's blood :baddevil: Liitle cow i nearly had a fit it was winter and I made her swim to wash it off ! :-?

Ceramic hair straighteners maybe :o Well they work for me !!!! :lol:

Hazel and Marion lovely poems :cry: :cry: I haven't been here long but shara and I have had long chats and I feel I've known her much longer than I have, We're all feeling your pain today Shara & Hazel, :( Just think of the fun she'll have on the other side-free at last :Dog_run: You've done all you can Shara Sleep well little angel :angel:

Thinking of you today Shara xxx :cry:

Thanks Marion :wink:

Happy Birthday Charlie. :new-bday: :BIG: :smilecolros: :laola:

Very cute ! Great picture !

Marion Could you tell me the name of that powder my springer hates having her ears done !!!! :wink:

Oooooooooooooooooh your wife has great taste I just :iloveyou: Aragorn-swoon

Misstiblu Yes that worried me too ! :-? Why spay so young,I've never heard anything like it ! Good luck with those pups though ! I get broody just thinking about it !! :roll:

Thanks Marion Jay's fine now He severed a nerve in his left arm and had to have plastic surgery to repair it :-? the night of his accident he was held together with bandages because they had to wait till the next day for the plastic surgeon to come and put him back together. It was heartbreaking to watch him in so much pain and be unable to help him at all. :cry: He cried when he initially did it but in the ambulance he calmed down and just kept saying 'ow it hurts'-no paddy or hysteria he was so brave. He had to wear a cast for quite a while and then a splint to keep his fingers in various positions he couldn't feel his little finger or the one next to it at all at first. I had to sleep on a camp bed next to him for quite a while after, he never wanted to be alone not for weeks. He's a tough cookie and flashes his scars off to anyone who asks about them !!! He had a lucky escape though his surgeon said the cut in his left arm was only 2mm from his main artery,had it been severed he may not of made it -it doesn't bear thinking about. Sorry to hear of your cousins misfortune too so sad but if he's happy thats the most important thing isn't it ! Thanks for your kind words

yeah i love getting more :bluepaw: 's three in 2 weeks can't be bad ! But I want more :multi:

No that was Jay He's only 7, he had a terrible accident last year he's the bravest kid I know. He fell through a window and nearly took both his arms off :cry: He has scars on both arms and one on his chin too you can see it in the picture. He's so precious too he was a nightmare baby but an adorable toddler ! I missed him so much when he started school cos he's such a chatty little thing he was a pleasure to have with me all day !!

Lovely kids !!!??? Luke and Ellie eh! My first child was Luke and my first pooch was Ellie ! Spooky ! :o

Glad you put that up Marion ! She is a honey ! :iloveyou:

hi cassie thanks for taking the time out ! :wink: Yes he's been at obedience classes since he was 9 weeks old as I instruct at one ! I very often carry treats for training so I've done that and I get other people to give him treats too. No I never make a big deal of it ever and if he doesn't flinch with someone and greets them nicely i praise him too. The body language thing is interesting there must be a book about this I've read loads !!! I've applied every tactic I can think of with this dog I love him to bits ! Occasionally he has woofed at my kids (less than 10 times at a guess) at home too but not really that aggressive he is vocal anyway always has been. But never unprovoked, like today it was when one of them rushed towards him with a big toy car and he just woofed at them no lip curling or anything. He's just saying 'watch it ,don't hurt me' i think. Thanks again cassie. Keep 'em coming !!!!

oh marion :lol: I was only teasing :wink: I wouldn't really impose my hideous brood on anyone !!! :-? Not without sending you some valium in advance !!! :drinking:

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Oh well marion got me an invite though didn't I! he he he :lol: :lol:

Mary's mama I would have advised the same for crate training-but it's not a crate-check out the link she posted. :wink:

Hi Before I start this isn't a huge problem but it could escalate and that's why I'm posting. My 9 month old weim x Rio is very wary of strangers, he has been very well socialised from 9 weeks of age and every school day since I got him he has been left outside the school with my 2 older boys while I go in to get the little one,he loves this he loves the kids and wags at them all and nuzzles them when they come over to fuss him. :iloveyou: He was 'the puppy you shouldn't buy' quivering in the corner no parents to be seen and no bed area just newspaper. :( When we brought him home he panicked when we let him in the garden and immediately jammed himself down the side of the shed. He was always trying to hide at first and seemed to be afraid to go to sleep. However he is a lovely dog with a huge character and he's trustworthy with other dogs and people off lead but occasionally will panic if someone insists on approaching him. He has never bitten only 'shouted' at people that impose themselves on him-once he knows people he will trust them completely. What I'm thinking is that maybe this is just a very slow process-he is improving but very slowly and I would love your views on confidence boosting ideas ! Also I know there are books around that tackle re-habilitation type problems does anyone know a good one ? Many thanks xx

Hi Bronxie ! Does the carrier lay out flat ? Maybe you could put it in her bed so that it is more familiar to her and she will associate it with being somewhere warm and cosy. Sorry I can't be of much help, I've never used one of those myself !