Post photos of your dogs (Vol 4)
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Our new arrival, “Parker”
We collected Parker on NYE from a foster mother and via a rescue centre in Wales.
Bit of a state when we collected her, very underweight, quite grubby and shivering/shaking like the proverbial s
tting dog, which is exactly what she did within the first half a mile.
First explosion destroyed my favourite hoodie which I had wrapped her in to warm her up, second explosion destroyed my other half’s woolly hat, in which the puppy was sat.
A mile up the road we found a little Welsh service station and bought the smallest pack of nappies we could find, many many baby wipes and some strong coffees.
Pics on collection;
Arrival home
We then discovered that she was weeing a lot and took her to our local vet. Found out that she had a UTI but also a cancerous growth in her eye and was blind on one side, likely from birth.
She also has a chunky scar on the top of her head from being bitten and it turns out she is also missing a nipple…..
The OH burst into tears at this point.
The vet asked how committed we are to her….. the resounding answer was fully and so we are now planning to attend a specialist canine ophthalmologist in Bristol in the next week or so.
NYE when we collected her she weighed 2.4kg and she now weighs 4.5kg.
On the sofa
Our 11YO pug/Border cross has been brilliant with her, very tolerant and granted her more than a few “puppy licences”. It took the two of them a little time to get close, but here is the first time they cwtched up together…
Here is Parker mastering the stairs earlier this evening
And here is Parker and Pixie, at this very moment. Parker seems to have adopted the ambitious position of Big Spoon
So, a tumultuous first two weeks. But, we adore her and she is very much here to stay for good.
Cheers all,
We collected Parker on NYE from a foster mother and via a rescue centre in Wales.
Bit of a state when we collected her, very underweight, quite grubby and shivering/shaking like the proverbial s
tting dog, which is exactly what she did within the first half a mile.First explosion destroyed my favourite hoodie which I had wrapped her in to warm her up, second explosion destroyed my other half’s woolly hat, in which the puppy was sat.
A mile up the road we found a little Welsh service station and bought the smallest pack of nappies we could find, many many baby wipes and some strong coffees.
Pics on collection;
Arrival home
We then discovered that she was weeing a lot and took her to our local vet. Found out that she had a UTI but also a cancerous growth in her eye and was blind on one side, likely from birth.
She also has a chunky scar on the top of her head from being bitten and it turns out she is also missing a nipple…..
The OH burst into tears at this point.
The vet asked how committed we are to her….. the resounding answer was fully and so we are now planning to attend a specialist canine ophthalmologist in Bristol in the next week or so.
NYE when we collected her she weighed 2.4kg and she now weighs 4.5kg.
On the sofa
Our 11YO pug/Border cross has been brilliant with her, very tolerant and granted her more than a few “puppy licences”. It took the two of them a little time to get close, but here is the first time they cwtched up together…
Here is Parker mastering the stairs earlier this evening
And here is Parker and Pixie, at this very moment. Parker seems to have adopted the ambitious position of Big Spoon
So, a tumultuous first two weeks. But, we adore her and she is very much here to stay for good.
Cheers all,
CTO said:
Our new arrival, “Parker”
We collected Parker on NYE from a foster mother and via a rescue centre in Wales.
Bit of a state when we collected her, very underweight, quite grubby and shivering/shaking like the proverbial stting dog, which is exactly what she did within the first half a mile.
First explosion destroyed my favourite hoodie which I had wrapped her in to warm her up, second explosion destroyed my other half’s woolly hat, in which the puppy was sat.
A mile up the road we found a little Welsh service station and bought the smallest pack of nappies we could find, many many baby wipes and some strong coffees.
Pics on collection;
Arrival home
We then discovered that she was weeing a lot and took her to our local vet. Found out that she had a UTI but also a cancerous growth in her eye and was blind on one side, likely from birth.
She also has a chunky scar on the top of her head from being bitten and it turns out she is also missing a nipple…..
The OH burst into tears at this point.
The vet asked how committed we are to her….. the resounding answer was fully and so we are now planning to attend a specialist canine ophthalmologist in Bristol in the next week or so.
NYE when we collected her she weighed 2.4kg and she now weighs 4.5kg.
On the sofa
Our 11YO pug/Border cross has been brilliant with her, very tolerant and granted her more than a few “puppy licences”. It took the two of them a little time to get close, but here is the first time they cwtched up together…
Here is Parker mastering the stairs earlier this evening
And here is Parker and Pixie, at this very moment. Parker seems to have adopted the ambitious position of Big Spoon
So, a tumultuous first two weeks. But, we adore her and she is very much here to stay for good.
Cheers all,
Great effort there! If you are heading to the Bristol area I'd recommend speaking with Langford Vets. They are incredible.We collected Parker on NYE from a foster mother and via a rescue centre in Wales.
Bit of a state when we collected her, very underweight, quite grubby and shivering/shaking like the proverbial s
tting dog, which is exactly what she did within the first half a mile.First explosion destroyed my favourite hoodie which I had wrapped her in to warm her up, second explosion destroyed my other half’s woolly hat, in which the puppy was sat.
A mile up the road we found a little Welsh service station and bought the smallest pack of nappies we could find, many many baby wipes and some strong coffees.
Pics on collection;
Arrival home
We then discovered that she was weeing a lot and took her to our local vet. Found out that she had a UTI but also a cancerous growth in her eye and was blind on one side, likely from birth.
She also has a chunky scar on the top of her head from being bitten and it turns out she is also missing a nipple…..
The OH burst into tears at this point.
The vet asked how committed we are to her….. the resounding answer was fully and so we are now planning to attend a specialist canine ophthalmologist in Bristol in the next week or so.
NYE when we collected her she weighed 2.4kg and she now weighs 4.5kg.
On the sofa
Our 11YO pug/Border cross has been brilliant with her, very tolerant and granted her more than a few “puppy licences”. It took the two of them a little time to get close, but here is the first time they cwtched up together…
Here is Parker mastering the stairs earlier this evening
And here is Parker and Pixie, at this very moment. Parker seems to have adopted the ambitious position of Big Spoon
So, a tumultuous first two weeks. But, we adore her and she is very much here to stay for good.
Cheers all,
Hi Bobbers,
We did, yes.
The rescue org and foster mum had told us in the accompanying blurb that she had “a cloudy eye” and may require drops to help it clear up…
Hmm.
Upon collection of Parker we were greeted by a very similar sight to this…
Google image:
I’m not sure how that can be categorised as a “cloudy eye that will heal with drops” but it is what it is…
We had booked an appt with a local ophthalmologist but on contacting the rescue org they have said to use their contracted vet provider which will be partly subsidised.
Doing a bit of Googling (I know, I know) the prognosis if it is what we think it is is actually pretty good. It is likely that the eye may be removed in its entirety as the growth is inside the eyeball itself…
Parker shouldn’t notice any vision difference as it is likely that eye has always been blind and to be fair to her, both eyes don’t seem that coordinated and she always has one eye on us and the other one up the chimney
We did, yes.
The rescue org and foster mum had told us in the accompanying blurb that she had “a cloudy eye” and may require drops to help it clear up…
Hmm.
Upon collection of Parker we were greeted by a very similar sight to this…
Google image:
I’m not sure how that can be categorised as a “cloudy eye that will heal with drops” but it is what it is…
We had booked an appt with a local ophthalmologist but on contacting the rescue org they have said to use their contracted vet provider which will be partly subsidised.
Doing a bit of Googling (I know, I know) the prognosis if it is what we think it is is actually pretty good. It is likely that the eye may be removed in its entirety as the growth is inside the eyeball itself…
Parker shouldn’t notice any vision difference as it is likely that eye has always been blind and to be fair to her, both eyes don’t seem that coordinated and she always has one eye on us and the other one up the chimney
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