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Poor Poppy, you can only feel better now with each passing day and by next week you will have forgotten about the surgery. I hope you feel better very soon, I am sending you get better wishes with this blog. Lovely little dog.She wants an open-top car! She needs that breeze blowing through her hair
. Nellabi opened the car window the other day too. We were only going a short distance so I didn’t put her in her crate. She put her paws on the arm rest so she could see out of the window and managed to stand on the button and the windown disappeared, much to her surprise and my horror. Crate travel in future I think! Its nice to hear how your little foster dogs is progressing, she will love being cared for and being part of your family – and why not. Terriers can do most things so I am sure driving would be a complete ‘doddle’ for her. If she had a car it would probably be a little soft top sporty number, she would have her shades on and a silk scarf blowing in the breeze.She seems to be happy enough in a car so the halfwit who flung her out of a car lost that one!!! She is gorgeous and probaby managing to leave whatever nightmare she was in behind her. All good for you now little dog, I will also be following your path to your permanent home. I bet you love your foster family, they are clearly very fond of you, happy days.
I agree with every bit of your blog and I too have a JRT x Collie (from Ashton), superb. Penny is a little beauty and I very much enjoy reading about the dogs in foster and seeing them blossom into happy, well-cared for dogs. I totally agree, splendid photographs of a splendid little puppy. Lovely markings and a little ‘Allsort’ nose too. 100% cute, he will be ‘drop dead gorgeous’ when he gets well. I bet there will be hundreds of people hoping to adopt him. Well Oscar’s progress was well worth waiting for. Did his foster family swap him for another dog? From his first photo to his last – he is in completely different worlds and I hope his first world never visits itself upon him again. Thank you for posting the recent photos of Elsa (Penny), lovely to see her so content and very nice to read her up-date, she clearly gets along with your own dog. I will continue to follow her path, I love JRTs to bits. Couldn’t agree more with Twist. I don’t understand why people go out and buy puppies (encouraging breeders) when there are so many perfect dogs waiting for homes. l know I am not alone in the opinion that ‘pound’ dogs seem to try so much harder to fit in to their new lives and families. Our two ‘ex-poundies’ have not put a paw wrong since they landed with us and I wouldn’t part with either of them for a fortune, they are worth far more to us than money. Well, the Nells bells just goes from strength to strength. She can sit for one minute, the down stay is rubbish because she lies on her back waving her paws about, recall brilliant and me going out of sight – rubbish. We have to practice our twirls and twists and I am trying (failing) to teach her to circle me. I tend to get lower and lower while trying to encourage her to circle me, Norma dog trainer has the patience of a saint. I was checking an elderly aunts house (she, like my mother is in a nursing home) a couple of days ago after work. A man appeared at the gate when I was standing at the front door trying to find the keys, he was going around reading electricity meters and having identified himself as such he waited at the gate while I looked for the keys. Nellabi was pulling towards him, tail wagging and trying to ‘talk’ to him and he was speaking very nicely to her. I found the keys, unlocked the door, went in with Nellabi still on her lead and when the man took the step that would have brought him into the house Nellabi flew at him, yipping and growling at him. He stepped back and said, "Oh", I shortened her lead so she couldn’t get him and he came in and read the meter but she was not a happy bunny. I was really quite pleased with her, she is quite protective of her house and family, hardly the size of a mouse but has the heart of a lion. Has not put on any weight at all but eats very well. I opened the door the other day to let them out and she and Dudley took off because one of the local moggies was cutting through the garden. I have to say it went over the fence like a shot and disappeared at a very impressive speed. The dogs flew off round the back of the house, the barking and yipping getting more and more faint, then louder and louder as they both re-appeared from the other side of the house. Our house sits in the middle of the garden so they tear round and round if they think a cat has been about, but they actually saw that particular cat and I bet it was some time before its heart rate dropped to anything like normal. The dogs were on full alert for some time after that little episode. She sits to get doors to open but the second the door starts to open she bounces up – usually reaching the level of the door handle so her bouncing ability has not reduced at all. That said she is on and off the table at the window all the time. Still greatly admired by all and one of the receptionists and the man who hates most things ‘fight’ to given Nells her biscuit treats at various times during the day. She always gets a biscuit to go back into her crate when she has been out so usually ends up with 3 or 4 biscuits a day. Its all a bit cheeky really because the receptionist is the person who buys the biscuits for the dogs! I see there are many lovely little terriers in the pound just now – breaks my heart, I wish I had the room to offer one of them a home but I can’t at the moment. I have everythings crossed for each and every dog in Ashton to find a decent home with good people – they are out there. I hope Fearless is well and no doubt in full charge of her family. Another DID success, well done to all and very best wishes to Fudge and his family. Enjoy the rest of your life Fudge. Penny, nice name for a pretty little dog. It must be nice to see dogs settling in their new environment, I certainly love reading about how they are getting along.
Poor Poppy, you can only feel better now with each passing day and by next week you will have forgotten about the surgery. I hope you feel better very soon, I am sending you get better wishes with this blog. Lovely little dog.
. Nellabi opened the car window the other day too. We were only going a short distance so I didn’t put her in her crate. She put her paws on the arm rest so she could see out of the window and managed to stand on the button and the windown disappeared, much to her surprise and my horror. Crate travel in future I think! Its nice to hear how your little foster dogs is progressing, she will love being cared for and being part of your family – and why not.
Terriers can do most things so I am sure driving would be a complete ‘doddle’ for her. If she had a car it would probably be a little soft top sporty number, she would have her shades on and a silk scarf blowing in the breeze.
I agree with every bit of your blog and I too have a JRT x Collie (from Ashton), superb. Penny is a little beauty and I very much enjoy reading about the dogs in foster and seeing them blossom into happy, well-cared for dogs.