Joya
Well-Known Member
Well, Mr. Jetley pup came home with us a year ago. I remember how excited I was when mum finally agreed to get a dog. We had lost our cat, Kea a few months earlier and the house was so strange without a pet in it, he was 21 when he was pts and had been with us all of his life as we owned his mother.
We began researching different breeds, and what we would like, spoke extensively with the dog trainer at our yard who was so so helpful. We eventually decided that we wanted to rescue a dog. After looking on different rescue websites, we found Chiltern Dog Rescue. We went to visit them, and told them exactly what we were looking for in a dog, they tried to fit us with a dog they thought would be most suitable, and warned us if they didn't think any of the dogs they had in were suitable, we may have to wait until they had one. Luckily they decided that they had one dog which was suitable. We sat in the waiting area for about 5 minutes, and they brought in a skinny, nervous, gangly looking dog. I remember stroking him and feeling sick as his spine, hips and ribs were all so prominent, but I fell in love with him, as did the rest of my family, he had these big sad eyes and I just melted! We took him home a few days after that, after we had, had a home check from Chiltern Dog Rescue.
One year, an extra 15kg, and a £7000 operation, later here we are! I couldn't wish for a more fun dog to have. I do adore him and I am so glad we rescued him, you just wouldn't recognise him as the dog we got last year. He has turned our lives upside down but he is fantastic. I would urge anyone wanting a dog to go to a rescue center, he is our first dog and he is just perfect. Much credit to Chiltern Dog Rescue, who were so proffesional and am so glad they fitted us with him.
Here are some photos of the last year,
Walking him around the rescue center the first day we met him
In the garden in the first week
Walking him one evening,
Finding out his jumping talents in the garden
Tired puppy on my bedroom floor
Putting some weight on
I then bought him a present at Badminton in May, I think it suits him
That month in the garden, I later got LZT to do a portrait of this for my dad's birthday.
Playing in the garden some more
Me falling over
In June I took him to a little show in a village near us, and he came 3rd in best rescue and 6th in best condition, they were both big classes with 15-20 in them!
We played in a river...
In October Jet became very very ill and we almost lost him. He inhailed some grass seeds, which went through his lung wall and got stuck between his ribs and plural layer(I think) the seeds then went septic and leaked all of the nasty puss into his lungs which began to fill up, he had to have a massive operation and to stay in a specialist vets for two weeks. He lost a lot of weight, and went down to 17kg (he was 15kg when we got him) he wasn't allowed off the lead for two months, not even in the garden as his ribs were held together with wire.
December
Jet with my brother
His first time off the lead in 2 months
Feb this year
And tonight
Sorry there's so many!
I didn't originally mean to post that many, I got a bit carried away! I kept finding photos I forgot I had! If you want me to move it to the gallery let me know...
We began researching different breeds, and what we would like, spoke extensively with the dog trainer at our yard who was so so helpful. We eventually decided that we wanted to rescue a dog. After looking on different rescue websites, we found Chiltern Dog Rescue. We went to visit them, and told them exactly what we were looking for in a dog, they tried to fit us with a dog they thought would be most suitable, and warned us if they didn't think any of the dogs they had in were suitable, we may have to wait until they had one. Luckily they decided that they had one dog which was suitable. We sat in the waiting area for about 5 minutes, and they brought in a skinny, nervous, gangly looking dog. I remember stroking him and feeling sick as his spine, hips and ribs were all so prominent, but I fell in love with him, as did the rest of my family, he had these big sad eyes and I just melted! We took him home a few days after that, after we had, had a home check from Chiltern Dog Rescue.
One year, an extra 15kg, and a £7000 operation, later here we are! I couldn't wish for a more fun dog to have. I do adore him and I am so glad we rescued him, you just wouldn't recognise him as the dog we got last year. He has turned our lives upside down but he is fantastic. I would urge anyone wanting a dog to go to a rescue center, he is our first dog and he is just perfect. Much credit to Chiltern Dog Rescue, who were so proffesional and am so glad they fitted us with him.
Here are some photos of the last year,
Walking him around the rescue center the first day we met him
In the garden in the first week
Walking him one evening,
Finding out his jumping talents in the garden
Tired puppy on my bedroom floor
Putting some weight on
I then bought him a present at Badminton in May, I think it suits him
That month in the garden, I later got LZT to do a portrait of this for my dad's birthday.
Playing in the garden some more
Me falling over
In June I took him to a little show in a village near us, and he came 3rd in best rescue and 6th in best condition, they were both big classes with 15-20 in them!
We played in a river...
In October Jet became very very ill and we almost lost him. He inhailed some grass seeds, which went through his lung wall and got stuck between his ribs and plural layer(I think) the seeds then went septic and leaked all of the nasty puss into his lungs which began to fill up, he had to have a massive operation and to stay in a specialist vets for two weeks. He lost a lot of weight, and went down to 17kg (he was 15kg when we got him) he wasn't allowed off the lead for two months, not even in the garden as his ribs were held together with wire.
December
Jet with my brother
His first time off the lead in 2 months
Feb this year
And tonight
Sorry there's so many!
