Hi! Tess is nearly better. Thanks to a lot of medical intervention and loads of TLC she is a new dog – her pain and soreness is gone – her skin is nearly completely better! She is no longer the sad, forlorn, pathetic little creature that I picked up in Ashtown pound two months ago. A HEART FELT thanks to DID for making this transformation possible. Without DID the probable outcome for Tess doesn’t bear thinking about.
In my next post I will re-load the pics of Tess which were on the old site and some new ones – so everyone can see how cute she is. I’ll also see if I can upload some video footage as she is a very smart girl. You can put a big juicy treat on the floor right beside her and she won’t touch it until she is told. Also she jumps straight into her basket when she is told. She runs around in circles when she is excited. She brings joy to our household (yes – cheesy but true). She is a tiny JRT – someone stopped me the other day thinking that she was a pup and was surprised to hear she is 9.
She still won’t be suitable for homing with children. When we got her first she was prone to grumpy moments – I realise now that a lot of that was probably illness realted – she was very down in the dumps. I had one growling attack from her about two weeks ago when taking away her hot water bottle. When she was sick she bit me twice in a way where she didn’t bear down with her teeth. (The vet had a word to describe this.) I was very concerned but then but I can now confidently reccomend her to a home where there are no young children around who might be pulling and dragging out of her.
Tess truely is a lovely little dog – she would be ideal for an older retired person or for someone who works from home or could take her to the office. She’s happy just to be there with you, generally she’d rather sit in her basket than on your lap. She’s got enery so can handle hikes in the countryside no bother – but she’s be also be perfectly happy with two or three short walks a day.
She is OK in the car – but isn’t the greatest traveller – short trips would be OK. However he once got a little sick after a 40 minute journey.
