Oceana – 14mt Collie x *HOMED*

[Trinity]

I heard while back that dog sleeping on its back means that has full trust in people around him/her – well done Keep it up ! From timid girl in the pound to this happy dog smiling even when sleeping

[rachaelc]

Hello
Sorry it’s been so long since last update, it’s been nearly a month, didn’t think it was that long, time flies when your having fun

Oceana is doing great, she is so funny and such a character.
The pic’s below are of her and a lovely little springer Murphy. We meet murphy every morning in the park and she loves playing with him, she takes him by the lead and brings him on a walk, its so funny to watch. Next week i’ll try and get a video of it to upload.
She’s having a snooze out the back at the moment enjoying the lovely warm weather
Will update next week.
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[kaydoyle]

Wow..she looks great…well done

[Trinity]

Delighted to see magic word *RESERVED* All the best in your forever family

[LuvMyFurKids]

Oceana met her forever family the other day and it was love at first sight for everyone…..she heads off on her new chapter next week not only does she have children to play with but her favourite toy is already in her new home…..a trampoline!

Huge thanks to Rachel and Aaron doing a super job fostering Oceana who will always be grateful that you gave her a chance when she needed it most.

[rachaelc]

Hi everyone,
oceana is going to her new home today, we are going to miss her loads but want to say thanks to audery & co for finding her a great family, she is going to have a great life with them which she really does deserve, im not just saying this but she really has been great, her new family are so lucky to have her, even tho its only been for a short time, she has been great.OMG im getting so soppy right stop it now!

Y-day after all the rain, she was a bit mucky so we gave her a shower so she would be nice and clean going to her new home, she absolutely loved getting dried with the hairdryer she just lay there like a little diva!!!

She slept with Aaron last night because it was her last night, he was a little sad this morning going off to school but i keep telling him that we saved her life and i think he takes pride in that which is nice, i knew this would of been hard with it been our first foster but he’s not as bad as i taught, which is good.

So happy for her, she will be near the beach so will be able to go for swims and runs along the beach
Oh oceana your new life starts today and its going to be the life you deserve hopefully vicky & family will keep us updated on how she is doing.
Two last pic’s.
Aaron and tilly last night having a snuggle-
isn’t she funny the way she sits on the sofa!!
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[vickyBk]

Well Tilly has been with us for nearly 24 hours and everyone loves her. She arrived to our house and was greeted by the kids who made such a commotion that kids from neighbouring gardens climbed over the walls to see her. She spent the afternoon playing in the garden with a plastic toy, sticks, on the trampoline and just been tickled by the kids. We all took her out for a short walk of the neighbourhood to get a bit of a sniff around and just before bed I brought her out on a long one down to the sea.
She loves the smell of the sea, kept on sniffing it and looking longingly at it. Any dogs she encountered she drops down and cowers (I’m not sure if this is just nerves or the collie in her). We bought a harness and walking her is a pleasure, no pulling and even sat whilst waiting for the lights to change.
She’s a bit of a scavenger, I put her to bed in the kitchen and then heard a big bump and she’d knocked over the recycling bin and was licking her way through empty yogurt cartons etc. Having said that, once told it was ‘no’ she went off to bed and not a peep out of her all night. She didn’t end up sleeping in her bed though but on the couch…any advice on how to stop this and get her into her bed would be great.
She was eager for cuddles this am, kids had a quick play with her in the garden before school and i left her sitting in the sun in the garden whilst Theo had his breakfast inside. Here’s a pic of her this am.
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[vickyBk]

Tilly is doing great, much more settled as the days go by. We took her to Emilie’s matches on saturday and she had a massive run through the park, chasing birds and their shadows. On sunday she got to meet the rest of the family dogs, four other dogs to play with all afternoon in a big garden and plenty of kids. She was exhausted by the end of it but loved it and so great with everyone.

She is still not good in the car and has to be lifted in. In fact, she was ill on one journey (not great) and the second one she pee’d everywhere. ANy advice on this as we will be travelling around during the summer?

Here’s a new pic..the harness works great by the way!
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[vickyBk]

Tilly has settled in brilliantly with us. We took her to wicklow last weekend and discovered she is a water baby – she jumped right into the river, swims really strongly and loves to dive under searching for stones or sticks. She loves it when we throw sticks into the water and chased after them sometimes managing 2 at a go.

Tilly has really become part of the family, we’ve taken her running with us and for the first couple of minutes runs wildly around but once she calms down a bit, ran very closely to us and kept looking around to see where we were. She also must now see our home as hers because someone called to our front door which was open and she barked loudly as if to say ‘don’t take a step further in, or else…’ a great watchdog.

Tilly still doesn’t like the car, but hasn’t been ill since our first journey and we took her to wicklow which was close to an hour in the car and she was fine however she does salivate a lot which I assume means she wasn’t feeling that great. However, we’re making sure each trip in the car means a great walk/run afterwards so hopefully that positive association will help.

Here are a few new pic’s of her up Killiney Hill and at the river.
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[LuvMyFurKids]

Tilly you look fantastic and so happy in your posing and action shots….great to see your forever family are keeping up with your energy levels…..thats no easy task!

Tell your forever family thanks for the updates and keep them coming.

[Jenny]

Great photos, many thanks for the update.

[marguerita]

Ah she looks great so happy she found her forever family

[LuvMyFurKids]

Tilly has been with us now for 3 months and not only is part of the family but everyone knows her on our street and loves to go visiting the neighbours. Nightly she’s out with the two dogs next door chasing the ball up and down the road which has turned into a regular ritual for of the kids on the road playing with them.
She had a road trip to the west of ireland, the lakes in Cavan where she swam every day though did have an incident of trying to attack a hen and a goose which wasn’t great! She’s been out on a boat, swam off the boat, jumped into the lake. She even tried boogie boarding with the kids on the beach…she’ll try anything.

We all love her!
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