WELCOME ROSIE 🙂  the youngest member of the thread :^O

What a lovely time you are going to have Gil.

Yep older dog is teaching young pup the rules ...  I have to laugh when Harry does it to one of his young friends.

She's a pug, so very much smaller than Blue Heeler Harry.  Every time she doesn't measure up he moves over and stares down at her and she turns away with her head down, but the moment he walks away she's after him - an adoring fan :^O

Well I reckon Rosie will keep you on the move and what a way to go.

Another cold morning but high blue sky and no wind, so once again it's shaping up to be a lovely day.

May it be a good one for you all xx

Good morning seniors:-)

Blowing a gale here, wind very, very cold, rain, hail and thunder for us today, a good day to stay inside.

Glad the weather has improved a bit for you Darkie.

Enjoy your saturday, everyone

HI seniors....

Just come up here Purp...its still, quiet, sunny day....cold but not like what you have . We have hardly a cloud in the sky.

If I didnt have so much relisting to do I would prob be tempted to go out again but went a couple of day ago and that will have to do me. It was fun shoppping for a short while with my MUm but its frustrating I cant go into more shops. No energy yet. But you just WAIT and I will be there.

Have a good day everyone 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

morning all♥

Poor old Oscar....the Maltese we have.....is feeling displaced I think... wont come near the pup and stands in the kitchen barking at nothing...trying to tell me something I think:-) but it's only day 2....he'll adjust.

Poor Oscar.  Gilly, when I recently got my second maltese x rescue dog (9yo), I aleady had a male 4yo Mx.  I was concerned that he would fret and feel threatened by losing his place in the pack by the new one. 

I always made sure I fed him first, patted him first, led him through a door first, gave him extra cuddles etc. .  This is dog language and reassured him, and also gave the message to the new one that he was ahead of her in the pack.

Geez, what a convoluted post. Hope it makes sense Gilly.

Gilly, you cannot expect poor old Oscar to adjust at this stage of his life.  Think about how must feel.  Just let him know that you have enough love for both of them.

Evening gerries-thread found on page 2.

You all cannot have fallen from the perch at the same time!

---breath in -breath out............................Richo.

hi Richo  and all

Foe the last few days I have been sitting at the hospital with a friend who has had a op for bowel cancer.  He is now getting bit better as he is now getting grumpy.

Hi Grandmoon -blokes get grumpy in hospitals.

Still raking leaves?--must be time for the new  growth to start. 

It gets warmer as the days are longer-lol.........Richo.

Hi everyone, sorry I have been MIA  my little poodle had a nasty accident on Sunday evening and I have been dealing with her.

She's ten and both her hind legs have the cruciate ligaments gone, she has arthritis and been having injections for that, but it has meant I must lift her on to the bed at night.

Sunday night I had forgotten something downstairs and as I went back down there was a terrible howl of pain.  I raced back up stairs (take the word 'raced' metaphorically) and found her on the bed but with her 'good' leg curled up against her body.  When I tried to move it he howled 😞

I gave her half a Panadol and the next morning got her up to the vet in a hurry.  Thankfully her hip is not dislocated but she is badly sprained and is now on anti-inflammatories.

Soooo that am now having to lift her up to take her outside, bring her downstairs and upstairs again at night.

She's a game little thing and will give anything a go, so once the anti-inflammatories kicked in she is finally got all systems going again..

Gil poor Oscar, he needs to have his place in the house reinforced... everything first for him as freshwater said.. you need to put make a big fuss of him and make sure he knows he's your 2nd in command or you will find he will begin to be difficult to live with.  Also puppies must be clear they are at the bottom of the ladder and have to prove themselves.  So much as you love to dote, just be aware.

I have had trouble with Harry dusting up the neighbourhood with barking and rushing around every time I let him out... it's all part of 'Gem's getting all the attention, so I will do all the things I shouldn't so she will shout at me and I will be noticed"  :_|

Needless to say, carrying 12 kilos upstairs to bed is not my idea of fun but I can't leave her downstairs and I really don't want to came downstairs unless it is impossible for me to climb up with her.

ANYWAY that is why I have not been around.

Yep darn right richo men can get grumpy in hospitals but by the same token when someone (anyone) is beginning to feel better it is a sure sign it is happening when they get grumpy... women take it as a good sign in sick children :^O

We still have our coldest part of the year ahead of us down here.  Not that it's impossible to live with when the sun shines, and ofcourse all houses and heated etc... We won't see spring until about October and even then we could get snow in December.

Hope everyone is okay and Rose is being a good girl Gil... my love to Oscar the Outcast 🙂