New Puppy Mummies, Part 3

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New thread, because quite frankly I can't do without you all :)

Sweetkitty, no, she has no clue. She suspects nothing as far as we can tell as she's still asking when we think the time might be right for another dog as she misses Bob so much. It's a task at present to remember where everything is hidden. The puppy pads are in the wheel well of DH's car
We are having a Scottie Dog. As much as we loved Bob the westie having owned both a Westie and a Scottie I can tell you there is a huge difference in character and the Scottie wins. I loved Bob to bits, we all did, but he was never a particularly 'interactive' dog. He detested walks with a passion and would often hide when his lead appeared. Most of his life was spent snoozing on 'his end' of the sofa and he didn't particularly like cuddles.
Jack the Scottie on the other hand would follow you to the loo. He had to sit on you not with you and all he ever wanted was to walk. Bob would greet you with indifference, perhaps opening an eye just to make sure you hadn't brought food. Jack would be on his back for a belly rub, tail wagging furiously

Mint, hows minty this morning? Nothing worse than kitchen clean ups is there? I'm quite grateful now I chose all moppable flooring downstairs.

Oh dear Mint, it's not nice scooping poop from indoors is it? We had to do it once, from the crate, when Ddog was a puppy and had a poorly tummy.

Basildon - oh dear too! How's he doing with a lack of exercise? I was pleasantly surprised at how well Harry did on full rest. I think we did four full days until he became a bit manic, not too bad for a Springer.

Juice - how exciting! She'll love it, a Scottie! Are you letting DD name him?

Moose - how's DS today. I like your picture

Done my long walk this morning instead of this afternoon, the forecast is awful for later.

Ooh that poo explosion sounds awful. Hope he's feeling better soon.
It's 2 days till d day here too. Have booked in for puppy classes and vaccinations. My dh had an anxiety dream that we took home the wrong puppy. I kee

I keep showing photos of him to everyone I speak to. Have invited people I have only said hello to before round to meet him so I can tick different types of people off the puppy socialisation list! I can't think of any bearded men I know though!

needa the naming is contentious. Had I gotten my way Bob would have been Hamish and Jack would have been Jock, but DH managed to stamp his feet and get the vote . I have told him, in no uncertain terms, that this time DD and I will name the dog and he can lump it

McDougal is my current favourite but DD has always said Baggins so we'll have to meet somewhere in the middle. I predict a very long journey home of shouting names out on Saturday hehe.

Reup, when we were socialising my Mums pup (now 8 months) we took him to a local outdoor craft/shopping/garden centre which is dog friendly. I carried him and everyone came at him. Small children, old people, young people. He was a fur ball (shih Tzu) so people were flocking for a cuddle. Plenty of other dogs there as well so he could observe them from my arms and hear them as well. Also outdoor food booths so again new smells. It was ideal really and I took him regularly once he'd had his jabs so he got used to people and crowds. I think he perhaps got a bit to used to it though because he thinks everyone has to love him and if you stop in the street and someone notices him he's instantly on his back for a belly rub. Big soft lump he is.
This was him at 8 weeks, adorable! Charlie

Welcome back metime. Sorry to hear how tough things have been for you, but lovely to hear how well Henrydog is doing.

Mint, poor minty. There seem to be a lot of poorly pups around at the moment. Hope the antibiotics and steroids help and he's feeling better really soon.

Juice - I bet you are getting more excited by the minute! Please come and tell us all about it - with photos - afterwards!

Well, my daft pup has just spent half and hour playing with a segment of tangerine. He flatly refused to believe it was food. Then watched ds1 eat his and had a go at eating it, but obviously decided that, being sour, it was an enemy that needed to be thrown around up in the air a few times and chased. He then started stalking it and legging it in and out of the room at full speed, charging up to it, before doing a handbrake turn and barking at it.

I have dd off poorly today. She's been trying to hard to hang on at school, but she has a stinking cold and has been coming out of school completely zombified. I knew when she asked if she could stay home today that she must be feeling really rough. She said she wants to stay home today to rest so she can go back for party day tomorrow and toy day on Friday.

I have spent the day baking and decorating gingerbread stars and Christmas trees for ds2's class party tomorrow. That in itself would be fine, if I didn't now have to bake a gluten free batch as well so that ds1 doesn't feel left out.

I know one bloke with a beard usually around and about in December

Juice - took ages to name Harry, and ended up using the name the breeder gave him, as it was after Harry Patch, the last surviving WW1 victim. Hector (the new one), has been Hector since inception!

Oops, forgot I opened the thread ages again, but then had to close the laptop, came back and didn't refresh the thread.

Basil, sorry to hear Fitz is still limping. Poor little lad, perhaps it is broken after all?

Names - we collected Pip on our way home from our summer holiday and spent the whole two weeks arguing over names. Pip was dh's choice, based on Pip being such a teeny, fragile thing when we visited him on our way to the holiday. Of course him being teeny and fragile was because he was so ill and he's now a hulking great lunatic, so people tend to look askance when they hear his name for the first time. I was totally over-ruled by dh on it, after he'd drummed up support from all three dcs. I had a long list, but like natural sounding names like Asher or good solid puppy names like Dylan or Dexter.

Juice I can see Baggins really suiting a Scottie.

Harry is very cute! His kennel club name is 'in the mire' which doesn't give me any clues at all. I guess after a few hours of letting his personality come through we may find something which fits him perfectly and doesn't involve Darth or Vader

moose, poor DD hope she's feeling better before Christmas.

Thanks juice. Ds1 has the same bug, but has already broken up and is just curled up watching endless Minecraft videos, which is his way of destressing.

Our second dog was a rescue pup who was so ridiculously pretty. I was determined to call her something sappy like Tuppence or Ella. We'd only had her in the car with us for five minutes when dh and I looked at each other and said "Her name is Rascal". It was quite uncanny, we both said it at the same time - gives you a bit of an insight into her personality thought!

My Wheaten was named after the programming language dh was working with at the time - I've never met another dog with the same name and it really suited her, but can't really say it on here because it would out me.

Lurcherboy came with his name - it's the same as NCIS's boy and really suits him.

My first ever dog was a GSD we found close to death under a hedge, having been abandoned in a local park. We tried every name under the sun to try and get her to respond to something and she only responded to Sally, which didn't suit her, so we chose another similar sounding name which was perfect for her.

Belgian Shepherd x Border Colie 'Oldgirl' was named Bear because she looked for all the world like a bear cub as a puppy and had huge paws, so we expected her to be big and long-coated. Wrong! She did have a beautiful, thick, glossy coat with a huge neck ruff, but she never grew big and had huge paws for the whole of her life. People were still asking us if she was a GSD puppy when she was well past 10!

Cute picture juice. Yes we shall take him out and about. The coffee chain harris and hoole let's dogs in which is exciting.

I'll get Santa to come on via the front door not the chimney.

Thre must be ginger in the air. I'm making them after school. Although we have these Ninja shaped cutters so the are ninja bread men

My ds1 is a minecraft video addict too. The appeal is beyond me .

Juice - I love Scottie's, I'm not a fan of little dogs but I'd make an exception for them

The DC chose Nala from the Lion King to keep with her African Lion Hunting roots.

I have her chicken on Sunday and she had nasty runny poos on Monday including in her crate poor thing, she's all better now.

We had a walk this morning as well as rain and storms forecast for later.

Ladies, I am utterly devastated to tell you the breeder found our little boy dead this morning. She has no idea why but the vet is doing an autopsy apparently.
DD now knows everything as my wailing woman routine when I came off the phone was a bit of a giveaway.

I've googled, researched breeders and found one boy many many miles away. DH has taken pity on my sobs and we are taking a massive round trip this weekend of almost 300 miles.

I don't know what to say, DH says it's probably better for it to have happened now than for us to have found him dead over Christmas. Gutted.

Oh my goodness Juice I am so, so sorry. How utterly devastating. Your dh is right, but I know that will be little comfort for you.

I've been chatting to breeder 2 tonight who's a lovely lady, she's sent me many pics of her last boy along with Mum and Dad who are both house pets. The photo of the pup was so like our Jack I burst into tears (isn't taking much tonight I'll tell you). The photo of Mum and Dad showed them sprawled on the sofa across her DH, just like Jack used to do.

We have decided to go on Saturday and meet the second boy, affectionately now known as 'Plan B'. Of course there isn't a surprise for DD anymore but she's ok with everything and has been very comforting tonight.

I'm going with fate now. Jack chose us 10 years ago so I'm working on the basis that we are destined to have this little guy in our lives.

Juice. I don't know what to say. I am so dreadfully sorry for you and your family. Just awful.

This will be very little comfort to you now. Our friend has a four year old Springer. The original puppy that they picked from the litter died, I think it was a malformed bowel, only evident when the pups were weaned from Mum, they had visited a few times by then and the breeder had sent pictures.

My friend cannot now imagine having any other dog but the one that they chose instead, she's their life. She's a lovely dog, full of character.

Poor you.

thanks needa, horrible thing all round really, but little B might be the one we are destined for.
We could have waited until April for a pup from the same breeder but tbh I don't want to wait now.

Oh Juice so sad for you. What a reminder of how fragile they are as puppies.

Fate will do its magical work and you will see light at the end of the tunnel - maybe that's plan B. Poor pup though and how upsetting for you and DD.

We travelled a ridiculous way for our puppy, crazy but I so wanted an Old English Sheepdog for emotional reasons, becuase I grew up with one in the family, that distance did not matter at all. If plan B works out as well for you, you will feel that same.

Sorry, being very very cynical here, but why would the breeder be having another litter so soon anyway? Good luck on Saturday!

oh juice I'm so, so sorry

fingers crossed that little Plan B works out

Oh no how awful. I'm so sorry. Hope plan b is perfect

need, she had 4 Scotties, 2 sisters. The other sister was being bred next for the April pups.

Cool, thanks Juice. Understand now.

Ahh that's very sad Juice to hear about the poor puppy. Your DH sounds like a lovely man to take you to see another litter further away.

I think DH was as gutted as me, but yes, he is lovely. It's a 6 hour round trip but worth it if everything is right.

Woke up with a smacking headache from crying last night, and my dog journal just turned up via FedEx as well which makes me a bit because I can't be certain anymore if we will have the dog for Christmas. Still, we will have a Scott eventually so if Plan B isn't the right pup for us one will come along.

Off to fit a baby gate for my 77 year old Mum this morning as Houdini (the pup formerly known as Charlie) has now somehow figured out how to open the living room door.... When she nipped to the shop for a newspaper the other night she came home to find him sat in the window, tail wagging waiting for her to come back. He jumped out, taking vertical blinds with him and whilst Mum was attempting to make those safe he ate her newspaper