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Gabby is up for adoption
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Hello all,
Dave here (Gabby’s Dad!)
The first weekend has been real easy and great fun.
We collected Gabby on Saturday morning (thanks again Audrey for all your work), we brought her home where she had a good sniff around. Later we called out to maxi zoo where she picked out a bed and other stuff. We weighed her and she came in at 30 kg, about 5 kg too much for the type of girl she is. I currently have her on 300g of royal canin light dry food a day plus a few treat snacks for training. We are working on stay at the moment as she has sit, paw and down.
Later saturday we hit the dog park in Marlay.
Sunday, after a no problems night, we went up the little sugarloaf and later in the day we had my ma in law over with her terrier, Pip. Pip ran rings around her and Gabby could not wait to get to bed!
Monday was a quieter day and she has come into work today with me (Tuesday) where she is going down a treat. Loads of attention.
In general (so far anyway this week) I get up at about 6:30 in the morning and the two of us go for a walk for about 20 to 30 minutes. When we get home I get her to go and wake up the kids. ‘wheres the girls’ gets her tail wagging like 90.
The girls get ready for school and we drop them off on the way to work. When we all get back later it all about the play time!So alls well so far. and there will be more to follow.
Dave
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IMG_0811.JPGFabulous update!! Delighted to see Gabby is settling in and that you and your family seem to all be getting along great with Gabby
hello all
just a quick update on how things are with the Gabby girl.
I ran out of the ear cream for her inflamed ears last. But they have improved hugely.
There are a number of walks every day and we have a confirmed loss of 1.1 KG. This is from a visit to her new vet at Lambs cross.
He is happy with this weight loss as she should only be losing up to 5 ish percent of her total weight a week. He also noted that her front right leg has also not got the same full motion/movement as the other one so the vet is slightly worried of future arthritis.
On happier thoughts though we checked out Cabinteely dog park and had a great time there. Its a slightly better shape than the one in Marley park but more importantly, its right beside the kids playground so two birds were done with one stone She does not enjoy being in the car. She doesnt give out but its more like she is car sick? if a dog can be this. She lies down and stays pretty still, eyes close and by the time we get somewhere there is plenty of drool about!
She now has ‘roll over’ to go with sit, paw and down. Stay is still touch and go.
More later with pictures too next time.
thanks
Dave and the girls (inc Gabby)Well done on the weight loss!! That’s great news!
Hopefully with the weight loss the leg will improve.
Thanks for the update! Can’t wait to see the pictures of the slimmer Gabby
Brilliant news that the gorgeous Gabby is settling in so fast. We got Brandon in early Feb as a foster then adopted him. He had huge issues with car travel, refusing to hop in, the drooling and burying himself in the footwell. It improved though and he now must just must sit in the front passenger seat
We were told by DTI that short trips to lovely places was key, sounds like you have that covered bring the lad to the toy shop for dogs .
My other dog, 8yrs old, had a hip replacement (he had hip dysplasia) a couple of years ago followed a year later by a knee op (not uncommon in opposite leg after knee op). When after the knee op I enquired about preventative supplements the orthopedic surgeon recommended seraquin and it’s so good I kept it up after the 6 week post-op period (you don’t need a prescription, can be got off the web). It promotes regeneration of cartilage, http://www.seraquin.co.uk/. He’s doing super and won 1st in the Golden Oldies competintion at the DiD funday
Well done to Gabby loosing the weight, that’s the single most thing that will help he joints stay healthy.
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