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Hello all,

thanks for the support and tips. Gabby is doing great still. She now gets out of the car on her own but still puts the head down and aplies the breaks when the boot is open and it looks like she is heading towards the car. We will get there however.
When she does it though you have to laugh at her expression and persevere!
Weight wise she is still going good. Back at the vets tomorrow for a check up etc. She has a much better figure now and can run and play for much longer periods of time, especially if there is swimming. She adores water and any opportunity presents me with a big wet dog!
Bad habit though (as with a lot of dogs) of rolling in anything smelly.

here is an updated picture of here with her fav squeeky bone toy.

Dave and the Girls.
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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)

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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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