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It’s wonderful to see Tess recovering so well
. The family and I have been following her fantastic progress. It seems that she would make a wonderful family pet. We would love her ourselves Thanks a million Rosanne…could you please fill in an adoption application form & Claire will be in touch
We had the absolute pleasure of meeting Tess and it’s with a very heavy heart that we couldn’t take her (space and very small 1st dog) She is not only beautiful but is super friendly, playful, gentle and a complete charmer!!! I’m jealous already of her potential adopted family
Yvonne is doing an amazing job and Tess deserves a great home.Tess is very excited to be in week 7 of her recovery.
She is very proud of her walking and insisted I video her prancing around the garden for her legion of followers to admire (her words not mine). She’s also discovered the puppy within and is full of mischief these days. While I’m trying to cook she’s grabbing the tea towel and wanting to play tug. At night when Tio is upstairs, Tessie has a wander in the sitting room and takes most of Tio’s toys into her crate!! (In the morning when Tessie is having her breakfast Tio goes into the crate and removes them – and some extra ones for good measure! )
Anita, Tess says hi to you all and Vinny. She loved her play and rubs and hopes Vinny gets a little buddy. Tessie is still hoping that she’ll have her own family soon and she can go mad when she’s no longer in the crate.
Here’s her video: Look who’s Walking
http://youtu.be/5wBhdHDACw8IMG_2083.JPGIMG_2085.JPGIMG_2087.JPGWow looking really good Tess and good weight bearing too.
Next thing on your agenda may be some swimming lessons with Gareth in Sharpswell once you are given the all clear.
Well done Yvonne on your briallant nursing and care.Well Tess got fantastic news today at the vet clinic. Her fracture is healing very well and she is ready to start the next phase of her recovery.
Sadly that means that Tess will be leaving me and moving to a new fosterer as she is too strong for me to walk. She no longer has to be crate rested and she can start short 10min walks twice a day and build on that. Tess also got microchipped and got her booster. She is home now and exhausted (I hear her little snores ). She saw 2 vets and they both thought she was a fantastic dog – one followed me out and asked how he could follow her story with DID. Tess is still recovering and will have to take things slow, so for a while yet there will be no running or jumping or rough play.
I can’t say enough good things about Tess – she has been an absolute joy these past 2 months and she deserves the best of homes as she will bring such fun and love to any family. Mixed feelings right now….so happy for Tess, but I will miss her funny little face.
For info: Tess weighs 16.7kg today. The vet reckons she is still very much a puppy at just under 1 year, but her skeletal frame looks grown and he didn’t think she would grow any or much bigger.Image.jpgFor the first time since she arrived 2 months ago, Tess got the freedom of the downstairs today. Look how excited she is to be able to wander the house freely
(Also note where Tio is hiding out gobbling Tessie’s treats! ).
Freedom: http://youtu.be/PF539jhEqZ8What a lovely, lovely girl!
I’m taking over foster for the next two weeks and this lady arrived today
She is a proper puppy – running in excited circles as soon as I twitch a toe (though today is an exciting day, so I guess she’ll calm down over the next few days)… but when I sit down to work, she just snoozes, draped over my feet She sure likes human contact!I’ll update more on how she is over the next few days
So here is our Day-1 check in
Yvonne has done a wonderful job with this girl! If I didn’t know about how she was found and how difficult a time she must have had, I wouldn’t be able to even guess at it! Thank you, Yvonne!!
Now that she can move around, she is making full use of it
She is a very lively, typical puppy. Everything is SOOO interesting. Every sound and smell absolutely has to be investigated and she always looks so happy When I move, she is immediately up on her feet, joining in wherever I go, but if I go out the back garden by myself, she is fine in the sitting room by herself for a while…
But when I sit down to work on the computer, she immediately settles. (She is the perfect footwarmer for winter!
)She seems to feel a bit more secure today and doesn’t always sit on my feet, but rather finds a comfy and cool spot in the sitting room to chill…
The first walk went really well. She pulls a bit on the lead, but she has been on crate rest and is a young puppy. So considering that, she is wonderful on the lead!
No accidents, so that’s great
So here are some pictures for you guys
Tess – Hi there.JPGTess – Rub my belly.JPGTess – snoozing.JPGThanks Nicole for the lovely photos. I’m glad Tess is settling in. She won’t know herself getting out every day for walks.
I still can’t understand why there is not a queue forming for Tess – she is a beautiful natured and beautiful looking dog. I don’t do ‘big’ dogs (over 7kg!!) and yet she won my heart and I miss her and I shed more tears yesterday without her. I hope her forever family is not too far away and she can settle into her forever home. Hugs and kisses to Tess.xx Thanks again Nicole for stepping in and getting her out walking. So it seems that I am joining the ranks of failed fosterers
Oooops! She was meant to stay with me for two weeks, but I totally fell for this beauty
She’ll be renamed Thyra and I hope that we’ll have a long and happy life together
I’ll keep you all updated on her progress though
Congratulations Nicole and Thyra!!! Well if I ever saw love at first sight it was this pair!!
So pleased Tess/Thyra hasn’t to move home again (and she’s only 5 mins up the road from me ). Thyra is getting spoiled rotten by her new Mum….but is also proving very clever. Nicole is training her well and already she knows the commands ‘sit’, ‘leave it’ and ‘give the paw’
To improve the muscle tone in her leg Thyra is attending Sharpwells K9 Hydrotherapy. Here are a few pics of her from this morning’s session. She has had 3 sessions already and is very good in the water. For the first time, today, she even took her Kong toy from Nicole and carried it around the pool. There’s a little video clip too…
Look who’s swimming: http://youtu.be/LZVOEJICE6IIMG_2126.JPGIMG_2123.JPGIMG_2121.JPG
. The family and I have been following her fantastic progress. It seems that she would make a wonderful family pet. We would love her ourselves 
She is very proud of her walking and insisted I video her prancing around the garden for her legion of followers to admire 
(her words not mine). She’s also discovered the puppy within and is full of mischief these days. While I’m trying to cook she’s grabbing the tea towel and wanting to play tug. At night when Tio is upstairs, Tessie has a wander in the sitting room and takes most of Tio’s toys into her crate!! (In the morning when Tessie is having her breakfast Tio goes into the crate and removes them – and some extra ones for good measure! 
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She no longer has to be crate rested and she can start short 10min walks twice a day and build on that. Tess also got microchipped and got her booster. She is home now and exhausted (I hear her little snores 
). She saw 2 vets and they both thought she was a fantastic dog – one followed me out and asked how he could follow her story with DID. 
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