I_am_a_cucumber
Well-Known Member
Oh dear, it looks like our new (old) dog is scared of thunder! We've just had a terrific thunder clap - he dived under the table and tried to dig a hole. Left some impressive scratch marks on the floorboards! He is refusing to come out now, poor thing. He is almost completely deaf but the thunder must have been loud enough. I'm not looking forward to November ...
Anyway, I really should have posted before. Some of you might remember how just over a month ago we had to have our old dog pts. I really appreciated the replies I got on here.
We didn't wait long before getting another rescue dog - also fairly old (in double figures, the vet reckons) and quite deaf. 
Rather foolish really getting another old dog as no doubt there'll be more heartbreak in a few years time ...
He is a real sweetie though, great with the kids and fine with the cats (though they don't appreciate his attempts to play with them
) and chicken. He follows me everywhere and will even lie on the mat in front of the shower when I'm having a shower. The only problem so far is his fondness for shredding seatbelts. So far we've had to replace two. Despite not having a lot of teeth left he chews through them in seconds.
Here are a couple of pictures:
(I'm sorry that the photos are all different sizes. Photobucket hates me.
)
Anyway, I really should have posted before. Some of you might remember how just over a month ago we had to have our old dog pts. I really appreciated the replies I got on here.
We didn't wait long before getting another rescue dog - also fairly old (in double figures, the vet reckons) and quite deaf. Rather foolish really getting another old dog as no doubt there'll be more heartbreak in a few years time ... He is a real sweetie though, great with the kids and fine with the cats (though they don't appreciate his attempts to play with them
) and chicken. He follows me everywhere and will even lie on the mat in front of the shower when I'm having a shower. The only problem so far is his fondness for shredding seatbelts. So far we've had to replace two. Despite not having a lot of teeth left he chews through them in seconds. Here are a couple of pictures:
(I'm sorry that the photos are all different sizes. Photobucket hates me.
)
Our last dog had three operations within the first year that we had her... This one was (surprisingly!) not castrated, so we've had that done asap - it turned out to be more expensive because he needed to be on a drip due to slightly dodgy liver values. 
