I Bought My Puppy!/Pet Photos

[mj]

Wot a lovely lot of animals you all have! But... rather you then me! I like ma freedom!

[postscript]

Very interesting response Nicola. I had a feeling she would swallow the bones as well. You certainly have your hands full and I thought (love him though I do) my friend's dog was trouble enough! That chases everything, but only to say 'hello' in a friendly but excessively bouncy way.

Regretfully, he chews everything! Probably only teething (he's on his second set coming through) but very irritating. So, while you can keep your dog in your garden (I assume your boundary fences are safe?) you can't guarantee a cat strolling through your garden should the dog be on his own!

God Luck!
Peter S.

[postscript]

You have a good point there, MJ. That is why I enjoy other people's animals but never have them myself!
Peter S.

[nicola]

Hi Peter,

Luna likes to chew clothes. She has gone through several of my socks and (I'm sorry if this is too much information!) she chewed one of my bras straight in half! But she leaves everything else alone and she has plenty of toys to chew away on. She is going through a rawhide shoe at the moment.

She is very high maintenance and I barely have a moment to ever catch my breath, but I love her already. How can you not love something so cute anyway?

[postscript]

Hi Nicola, nice to have an update from you. On much you report I can cry 'ditto', including the b*a-not mine by the way but his owner's! .But 'cute'!? The dog with the potential to eat the next-door neighbour's cat!!!??


I loved your picture of her and it will be interesting seeing how she shapes out as she grows. An early picture of my friend's dog showed an extraordinary snub-nose--and he's a German Shepherd! It seems unbelievable that six months on his shape (and size) has grown and changed so much. Keeping training up is obviously difficult for you as consistency is a key factor.

This has not been possible with my friend's dog. The best fun you can gain from any animal is early and consistent training in obedience and they then are perpetually a real joy.

I don't have the facilities nor the life-style to entertain having an animal so I am really enjoying interacting with this one. He used to be all over me in excited greeting. Since I've moved in he's definitely more casual! Familiarity, eh? But coming down to him in the morning into the conservatory where he stays, he is immediately up on his legs, ears pricked up, head looking intelligently and the tail is wagging. It is a lovely greeting.

I also have to confess that I am irresponsibly soppy. We greet, rubbing noses, when he licks mine and I give him a kiss on his forehead. Then he puts his front paws up on my shoulders and we have a hug (I'm kneeling and he is 26" paws to the shoulder blade (he's about another 4"-6" to grow)) then he nibbles my ear and licks my beard--he seems fascinated with my beard, me being the only person so far he knows with one!

It's lovely walking him over Ashridge giving him his head and having him disappear into the undergrowth and then suddenly emerging just to check I'm still around and being reassured charges off again!

Your life may be full but I am sure it must be with a lot of happiness.

Peter S.

[grant]

From the tone of your post Peter, you certainly seem to be enjoying the interaction with your friend's doggy! Have you told us what he/she is?

Next time you go walking with it, try hiding. In another life I had a girlfriend who had several Dalmations. We would often hide from the puppies whilst walking in the woods - their antics (lack of experience) trying to find us was hysterical.

Hi Nicola! Nice to have you back. Sorry to hear about your bra but it could have been worse, you could have been wearing it!!

Grant

[Richard]

Calling Peter Such and Nicola!

I think you should both read this thread carefully!

Richard

[postscript]

Absolutely lovely, Richard. Magnificently novel way of promoting!

Byu the by, my copy of 'Treasure' and 'Celtic Woman at Slane' is on order at HMV.

Peter S.

[nicola]

Some photos of Luna. More on my MySpace. Roger, I noticed you had disappeared from there, where did you go?

[roger]

Hi Nicola,

I became disillusioned with MySpace for reasons into which we will not delve too deeply so I closed the account completely. I put out a bulletin 24 hours in advance to explain but I now believe it would have disappeared once my account disappeared. Sorry I didn't allow long enough for everyone to read it. Thank you for noticing I had gone! I'm glad someone did!

Luna looks to be a right bundle of fun but how come you have snow when the rest of southern England is experiencing almost a Mediterranean spring?

Roger

[nicola]

The photos of her in the snow come from early February. It's the middle photos that are most up to date. To be honest, we haven't taken any photos of her recently, but she is now bigger than most of the dogs we walk past despite her being 16 weeks old!

I'm sorry you left MySpace. I don't know what could have happened to make you delete your account, but whatever it was, I'm sure you acted accordingly. I'm sorry not to see you on there anymore.

And yes, all of your contributions to MySpace disappear as soon as your account does. Any comment you have left on a page, any messages, any bulletins, etc, disappear.