Reply With QuoteYou’ve got an EwokOriginally Posted by verv
Nice morning for a walk:
You’ve got an Ewok
Are there any other non dog owners who regularly look in on this thread? I grew up with cats in the family though many, in fact most, of my closest friends have dogs, and with that my appreciation of them has grown more and more.
There are some magnificent furry family members here. It's a fantastic and, dare I say, grounding thread to pop in to now and again.
Thank you.
Recent pic of Ted when he was 7 months old:
2023-05-20_10-51-07 by mcridland, on Flickr
Mark
Nice morning for a walk:
These are amazing pics!!!
Thanks, Crummock does look.good on a nice day😁
Still my favourite thread on the forum.
This week my daughter and her partner collected this little fella.
His name is Harley and he has melted the hearts of the whole family in 48 hours!
He is a show/working cocker cross. ❤️
After not having a dog for 20 years, our new friend is now with us.
We have re-homed Jim,a Ttoodle, 11 months old and he has a wonderful personality, but he is slightly timid. However he is gaining confidence daily!
When we picked him up he looked like this, the cruelest thing was his hair, he’s got so much he couldn’t see, we obviously trimmed him so he could.
We soon realised that he was in quite a state, we tried grooming him, but it was impossible, he was so badly matted, so sadly he had to trimmed right back to the wood! it was like taking a straight jacket off him, wow he can certainly move now! Here he is ready to grow his new coat!
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`We`ve been waiting 9 months for weather like this`......
Some lovely boys and girls on here. Dogs are the best!
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Our new puppy - Mabel, 8 weeks old and very cute.
Picked him up at lunchtime, 3 years old. My third greyhound. Came with the name Fred so I have re-christened him Zahri.
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On loan while a friend is away. Bella is a two year old rescue dog.
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She’s beautiful. And a service dog. Wow. I showed her to my Rottweiler and asked him why he cannot be like her! He turned around and started chasing squirrels he’s been chasing for the last two years…
Catching their breath after chasing imaginary vermin around the paddock...
Max (black & tan) forgets he's coming-up to 14 years old now! Tara keeps the old boy game.
Reminded me of an old friend I still miss terribly.On loan while a friend is away. Bella is a two year old rescue dog.
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Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
The girls out on their morning walk
My sons dog was bitten by an Adder. After a week and about £5k the swelling is starting to go down. Be careful out there.
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£5k???
I am glad the dog is recovering but I am surprised at the cost. Adders scare me for the dog but I haven’t seen one in Kent yet.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Emergency vet after hours, blood tests, sedated and kept on a drip for 5 days. It soon adds up. They're notorious locally for being expensive but it was an Emergency and the dog comes first. I'm sure the insurance will cover it but when a dog is running around having fun there's little you can do to avoid it.
I'm not a dog owner and one of the reasons is the big vet bills people seem to incur.
What happens in this scenario when the person can't afford to fork out a few thousand.
Is the dog left to see if it's own immune system overcomes it?
That what insurance is there for if you have a good (not cheap) policy. I guess it's like driving a car. It doesn't matter if you drive an old banger. If your old banger scrapes a porsche, it's going to be expensive to fix and hopefully your insurance will cover it.
Wow. Mine is also insured and have no complaints on the way they dealt with my rare claims. But it’s frightening to see how fast it gets to very significant sums.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
A girl that works for me spent about 6K on her dog and the insurance only covered 2K of it.
The dog died unfortunately so the loss accompanied by a big bill.
So my question stands.
If the insurance doesn't cover or there is no insurance policy what happens?
Time marches on... I have bred working Bedlington x Whippets for nearly 40 years, but with this one God broke the mould. No pups from him so it is the end of the line. We have had to buy one in, but I won't be starting again, Jet will probably be our last dog.
Tigs, (short for Tigger, because of his stripes) he has been a true gentleman all his life.
With his mum, Fly. Tigs is on the left, I can't find the colour version.
This is our new arrival, he has been with us a year now, meet Jet.
If you have no insurance or it doesn't cover the problem you need to talk to the vet and find out how far costs could potentially escalate. If its definitely going to be out of your reach then the awful decision has to be made of putting the dog to sleep. But that's better than letting the animal suffer.
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Dot has been "helping" us put up the sunshades!
Cheers,
Neil.
I've been avoiding this thread since posting about our loss, thank you so much for the members that got in touch, this forum is a wondrous place full of lovely people!
Now on to the reason for revisiting...
Pip. She arrived Sunday and I'm shattered, smelly and smiling like a loon.
Team Pip here! Congrats.
Touch my human and you'r toast!
I took the pic of my wife working in the garden with Elvis under her chair through the kitchen window. Elvis' look of warning is the 'friendly version'. He takes his role as guard of the property - and guard of my wife very very seriously. For that, he was hired.
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Thank you.
Amusingly, one of her litter brothers is called Elvis, he’s going to be a very beefy boy and I’m trying to persuade a friend to have him.
Great! I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of him - now and in the future.
About pics: you can't post enough pics of Pip growing up!
A spot of sunbathing
Has yet to figure out the whole lying in the sun makes you hot thing
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Yes, it’s one of the threads I subscribe to. Always cheers me up
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Me too. If you're on Twitter, WeRateDogs is also worth a follow.
Dot has been chilling out in this warm weather.
Doing her best Tommy Cooper impression!
Cheers,
Neil.
We had to say goodbye to our beautiful little Westie Tululla this morning, she would have been 17 next April and she had a fantastic life, just got to get over our broken hearts. Love your dogs like they love. RIP my little princess.
A picture from 2018
My deepest sympathies. Hope you're ok.
We had to say goodbye to our beautiful little Westie Tululla this morning, she would have been 17 next April and she had a fantastic life, just got to get over our broken hearts. Love your dogs like they love. RIP my little princess.
A picture from 2018
So sorry for you.
Sorry to hear that Hilly.
It is unfortunately something that comes with dog ownership.
Cheers,
Neil.
So sorry to hear your news. I’m sure she had a wonderful life.
Thanks guys. She gave us lots of happy memories. My problem is what to do after my evening meal, I walked her every night for 16 years other then when on hols, always at the back of the house on the nature walk.
So sorry to hear of your loss, they leave a huge hole in our lives.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
My condolences hilly.
Sorry to hear this
I’ll be beside myself when that time comes.
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