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I need another dog in my life.

bb41 wrote:

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This is Zeus who came to us about 3 years ago now... it was only suppose to be fostered and hasn't left

Zeus is known as a squatter. Lead him outside and lock him out, if he enters he's then breaking and entering and therefore will be done...

You have so many dogs!! How do you have the time for all of them!?!!?

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bb41 wrote:

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Frankie another rescue with serious attitude

Love this pic!! Reminds me of my dog...she's just a bitch!!!

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Rossgo wrote:

bb41 wrote:

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This is Zeus who came to us about 3 years ago now... it was only suppose to be fostered and hasn't left

Zeus is known as a squatter. Lead him outside and lock him out, if he enters he's then breaking and entering and therefore will be done...

You have so many dogs!! How do you have the time for all of them!?!!?

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Yes Rossgo we have 6 dogs, hens, ducks , turkeys, pigs and I look after the ferals in the barn plus a couple of indoor squatters too ... It takes a lot of my time .. dogs are fine as they probably sleep 20 hours a day... it's the rest that are time consuming and holidays are non existent for the past 12 years ..Husband and I went out together for the first time in 3 years last Saturday... a trip to Band Q !!! one of us is normally at home apart from when I have to go to the feed shop when he's working . I wouldn't change any of it although I am not taking on any more ex commercial ducks , hens and turkeys now. I have lost half my original flock in 3 years as they are pretty battered when they come to me from the farm.Pigs are relatively easy and only have 2 now, again victims of horrendous previous life . Downsizing is going to be interesting when we sell where we are now , but I draw the line at having the pigs indoors

bb41 wrote:

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I often think I need one of those contraptions for cutting our dogs nails

C00kiemonster wrote:

bb41 wrote:

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I often think I need one of those contraptions for cutting our dogs nails

Same here , we can't do it, the two big ones have only needed it once and that was done whilst they were sedated !!!

The pigs are given huge doses of ketamine first .. Peter the younger male took 5 days to come round this time... very worrying

Bb41. Wow to me that sounds like a hard life seems like no rest!! So i guess you just be living currently on some kind of farm?? When you do move will you be moving the animals too?!

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I still miss this guy.

Rossgo wrote:Bb41. Wow to me that sounds like a hard life seems like no rest!! So i guess you just be living currently on some kind of farm?? When you do move will you be moving the animals too?!

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Absolutely , they are part of the family , we have a lot less than we do now so we don't need as much space. The Great Danes don't exercise hardly at all, the young one is stiff on his back legs so he doesn't run often . He is 93 kg's and overly tall and narrow so he'd fall over. He has fainting fits on the odd occasion so a full on walk is out of the question. Lab is getting on and has cancer so he just mooches and goes for a wander .

No we haven't got a farm it's a very small small holding with 3 acres and a barn . We hope to have just under an acre and a very small house as there are only 2 of us .

We both get a little fed up of maintaining everything every weekend and me during the week, we spend most of our spare time grass cutting ,petrol trimming and mending fences . Plus the cost of the upkeep.

Sadly we are moving closer to Oxford where prices tend to go up so finding the right place on budget will be no mean feat .. The hens are coming to near the end of life and in the last few days I've lost 2 more, ducks are a bit more strong than the hens and who knows how long a turkey lives for !!!
The two pigs are Mum and son and the 2 younger ones died the last 12 months so I'd expect to lose at least the Mum in couple of years and they are getting on now, they sleep and eat and maybe have a roll in the mud if they get hot .
The birds and pigs will be in the same enclosure after the move and feral cats live in the barn with the pigs now so they can all be housed in one outbuilding rather than separate houses... thankfully they all get on...well apart from the ferals and the dogs.. cats are wind up merchants who seem to love annoying the dogs at every opportunity
I'd like to plan some travel at some stage and my days of taking on every rescue are done, I'd hate to be ill and have to rely on others to take care of them all , so it's time to put the "NO Vacancy" sign up on the barn door . Sad but I have to be practical now

Kwacky wrote:[video]https://youtu.be/04GWG_AI5IU[/video]

Cav's puppy

Just too cute

Cav wrote:Elsie in our overgrown/soon to be demolished garden

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I just want...no need this little one in my life

C00kiemonster wrote:

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Here's my latest at the same age

Such a handsome face ..just gorgeous

Rossgo wrote:Looked after our friends kitten whilst she was away (white cat)
Black dog my doggy playong on the beach
And my cat that is snuggled up in to our blankets on our bed!!

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One of the xmas feral kittens that were wild which my daughter took on and now are fully fledged house cats

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I still miss this guy.

How sad to have lost such a trusted friend.. his eyes are just so beautiful.... now you've moved you really need another addition.. not to replace but to share the love you had for the other lovely lad

Not my dog but she thinks I belong to her. This is Stella, Jess’ housemates dog. Every time I go around she comes in for cuddles and scratches. She gives me a good sniff and the very few times I have been around other dogs and she’s caught a wiff, she’s got the sh*ts with me

I’ve dog sat her a few times up at my house. My kids love her and Byron will sit for hours patting her, which she doesn’t mind one bit.

kiwikrasher wrote:Not my dog but she thinks I belong to her. This is Stella, Jess’ housemates dog. Every time I go around she comes in for cuddles and scratches. She gives me a good stiff and the very few times I have been around other dogs and she’s caught a wiff, she’s got the sh*ts with me

I’ve dog sat her a few times up at my house. My kids love her and Byron will sit for hours patting her, which she doesn’t mind one bit.

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I can understand loving this little one.. adorable

kiwikrasher wrote:Not my dog but she thinks I belong to her. This is Stella, Jess’ housemates dog. Every time I go around she comes in for cuddles and scratches. She gives me a good stiff

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Way way way too much information, kiwi.

My boa shed last night, that makes me happy, she is so pretty!

Cavetroll87 wrote:My boa shed last night, that makes me happy, she is so pretty!

that must be an amazing thing to see.. any pictures of before and after ??