Nellie – Patterdale Terrier

[kaydoyle]

URGENT URGENT – Tina has kindly taken this little girl for the weekend but we need her moved by tomorrow. Please if you can help contact Gwen on 085 8158201 or Kathy on 086 3696413 This poor little girl is only nine months and has just gone into heat She is a great little dog, loves children & other dogs and loves the car. If you have a cat free house and take this baby in please , please contact us.

[kaydoyle]

This little girl got checked out at the vets and was given a full clean bill of health She is only7.5kgs and the vet said she is fully grown

[geordie]

[Indianna]

I have E-mailed an adoption form this morning so hope someone got it. I don’t think for one second I am the only person interested in this lovely little dog.

[kaydoyle]

This little girl is now sorted She is gone into foster with Trisha – thanks a million Also a big thank you to Mauve for dropping this girl off

[geordie]

those pics are of nellie/abi with my husband who totally adores her she is gentle pretty sleeps at night toilet trained. only for our cat we would have her back today.

[trishaf]

nellie is with me and my massive lab now (well she’s massive compared to wee nellie!)
nellie is quite a character! she will jump up and down like tigger when she see’s her leash or when she wants to go out to the toilet. everyone who meets nellie falls in love with her! show her any small amount of kindness and you have a friend for life in nellie! loves lots of love and affection but she will certainly return it.

i am currently crate training nellie which she seems to have taken to quite well. she is fully toilet trained. (she had a couple of accidents the day she arrived but that was down to nervousness) she doesnt like complete darkness (it reminds her of the pound) so i leave a nightlight on for her and she sleeps like a little angel.
she grumbles a bit at cats but loves other dogs. is very calm with them and great with kids. she pulls a little on the leash but thats just because she is just so nosey, she wants to take everything in!!! i have gotten her to stop jumping up on the couches (she learns very quickly)
a great dog for any family (just as long as you dont have a cat lol)

[trishaf]

nellie is doing great. she now knows she is not allowed to jump up on the couch and is eating much better. she is sleeping very well and plays very well with my lab. she is also not in heat anymore!

[Indianna]

Well done Nellie, we may well meet quite soon!

[Indianna]

Well done Nellie, good girl.

[Indianna]

Has Nellie got a busy weekend planned? Puddles to run through? Wildlife to hunt down? Home and family to keep a check on? Resting, maybe with a bone and a nice bowl of water? Whatever you are up to Nellie, have a good time.

[trishaf]

nellie had a great day today! we went for a really long walk and she totally ignored a cat, which is great progress for her!
she has learned the ‘up to the kerb’ command and ‘wait’ then ‘forward’! so she is doing wonders! she still pulls on the leash but thats just her natural puppy curiousity.
she had a play date with my lab and my friends lab and golden ret. there was a bit of a kerfuffle with the other lab over a toy but they soon became fast friends!
she is eating very well now, practically licks the bowl clean now in one go as opposed to in the beginning when it would take a good 20 minutes to get her to eat about half of her food.
she still jumps up on new people when she meets them but settles after a few minutes and potters about her business of sniffing out anything of interest!

[trishaf]

hey i was wondering how nellie was getting on? is she loving her new home? isnt she just a dote?

[geordie]

hi indianna sent me a email saying she is good indianna brought her to work and she said all the vets loved her there

[Indianna]

Note to say Nellie is settling very well with us, she and the other 3 dogs (one of them is Cassidy, another ex-Ashton girl – makes it sound like a posh boarding school) are getting along so far. Nellie and Dudley (Border Terrier) were tearing around last night with various toys, Nellie destroyed a tennis ball, then a rubber parsnip (it used to have a squeak in it but my old GSD removed that ages ago), she then got hold of twisted rope toy and so far that has survived. She still sleeps in a large crate at night (they all sleep in my room so she is not alone) and this morning was the first morning she didn’t want out the second I fell out of bed, the rest were still sleeping so she was following suit. She comes to work with me and is greatly admired by all who have met her. She clearly has built in springs in her paws, she can jump a fair old height with very little apparent effort. She has been on the sideboard twice, dining room table once and my desk at work 3 times, Nellie knows no fear! She eats with the other dogs and if she doesn’t finish her biscuits she will eat them if I take them from the dish (one or two at a time) and put them on the floor so she is eating her full meals just in a slightly odd way. For her first foster family, I have retained the Abi part of her name by combining Nellie and Abi (proper name is now Nellabi), the family call her Nellie and I tend to call her Nells. Tried to get a photograph last night but she had either left the shot altogether or just her tail was photographed as she was leaving the shot. We will stay in touch, and are delighted to have Nells live with us and long may our shared journey last a very long time.

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