cbmcts
Well-Known Member
Well, I officially adopted Rotten Reggie one year ago today...
A lot has happened in that year
He is still a hilarious tw@t
My garden looks like a devastated wasteland - I'm convinced that the only reason there is any grass left is that he likes to have some long grass to graze on. A couple of the old rose bushes have survived his gardening but that's only because they have vicious thorns, every other flower bed is 6 inches lower than it was last year. If anyone needs land razed, Reggie is your man and is available for a very small fee. No? Okay, I'll pay you to take him instead...
He has come on in leaps and bounds - literally - in his chosen career of fly hounding, if only he would take up decorating as a side line to remove the pawprints from the walls but you can't have everything in life can you?
His happy pills have really helped with his over dramatic reactions to everything (I swear he is channelling the late, great Welsh Cob with the drama) we still have the hysterics and hyper focus but he can be distracted with treats and brute force and he calms down much quicker but to be fair, I'm now much better at spotting him starting to boil over and distracting or removing him.
His big claim to fame is that he is now chief puppy socialiser and stooge dog at dog training as he is so unbothered by other dogs no matter what they do - he has got 'meh' down to a fine art and loves the puppies. However, he did nearly disgrace us really badly by trying to grab the tyre on a mobility scooter that another attendee uses. I only managed to drag him off with millimetres to spare, that would have been another place we couldn't go back to, not even to apologise as he would have upended the scooter given half a chance.
He's still very wary of strangers, especially men and of course, the last year hasn't helped with that but starting to work on that now. I don't think he will ever be a 'hail fellow, well met dog' but I would like him more relaxed around strangers
It wasn't me honest, must have been the cat wot done it
The longest tongue in town
Elegance at all times...
A lot has happened in that year
He is still a hilarious tw@t
My garden looks like a devastated wasteland - I'm convinced that the only reason there is any grass left is that he likes to have some long grass to graze on. A couple of the old rose bushes have survived his gardening but that's only because they have vicious thorns, every other flower bed is 6 inches lower than it was last year. If anyone needs land razed, Reggie is your man and is available for a very small fee. No? Okay, I'll pay you to take him instead...
He has come on in leaps and bounds - literally - in his chosen career of fly hounding, if only he would take up decorating as a side line to remove the pawprints from the walls but you can't have everything in life can you?
His happy pills have really helped with his over dramatic reactions to everything (I swear he is channelling the late, great Welsh Cob with the drama) we still have the hysterics and hyper focus but he can be distracted with treats and brute force and he calms down much quicker but to be fair, I'm now much better at spotting him starting to boil over and distracting or removing him.
His big claim to fame is that he is now chief puppy socialiser and stooge dog at dog training as he is so unbothered by other dogs no matter what they do - he has got 'meh' down to a fine art and loves the puppies. However, he did nearly disgrace us really badly by trying to grab the tyre on a mobility scooter that another attendee uses. I only managed to drag him off with millimetres to spare, that would have been another place we couldn't go back to, not even to apologise as he would have upended the scooter given half a chance.
He's still very wary of strangers, especially men and of course, the last year hasn't helped with that but starting to work on that now. I don't think he will ever be a 'hail fellow, well met dog' but I would like him more relaxed around strangers
It wasn't me honest, must have been the cat wot done it
The longest tongue in town
Elegance at all times...
