Our visitor

Today we had a visitor, sadly she didnt stay with us too long. I guess it was not sad, but, it was sad for us for she was very nice!

Her name is Amber, I found her, as only I would.. I was on the way to the vets to pickup some vitamin pills for my own furry friends and I saw this poor thing walking down a very busy road, limping like mad.. If you look closely at the picture, you can see her left ear has is all bunched up as she has cauliflour ear.. She had no collar and no chip.. sigh..

It turns out she regularly wanders off and has to be rescued. Im kinda annoyed by this, shes old, and shes lovely, how irrisponsible do you have to be to not chip her and stick a collar on her (see shes wearing one here and was quite happy in it)

She was pleased to see her daddy when he came to get her. All the limp and stiffness went as she bounced up to see him. It was good to see her happy and back with someone she loves - she didnt seem to mind us too much though, as she wanted to go home in my car. Seemed almost put out to go back in her Daddys.

This is the second dog Ive found with no collar, no chip. The chips cheaper than a few days of food, its painless and ensures should something happen and your dog gets away somehow, they can bring them back to you quickly. Why would you not do it????

Something fun!

So, I thought Id wave this at you - I have the drawing talent of a dead blind squashed worm.. yes, in fact that poor worm would do better than me. However, I found mandala painter it can create far better things than I can show you. But heres somethng Ive made that doesnt look too much like something died...




Oh and in case you're thinking "well she can draw really shes just being modest" .. no.. no no, believe me no.. I draw stick men and people ask me what they are.. Have a go! Oh and its written in delphi, like it could be any other way!

Updates

So.. A few updates:

Charlie is doing well. The pasta is keeping him off his paw as much as could be helped. The incision has healed over nicely, not that hes proud of scars etc.. but you can barely see it..

Brown has hurt her paw now in sympathy! Not entirely sure what shes done, but my bet is on she got her paw under the wheels of my computer chair as I moved at some point - seeing as she loves being there.. and I do try hard not to run her over.

Me? Ive just done my back in.. or tweaked it violently

Its superly sunny out there and once again..
IM IN HERE!!!!!

The blankets for the vets are coming on, Im trying to do the 45" one, but if I dont make it it could be one of the 27" ones needed.. However, the 45 is a good one to do as it is the biggest. So Ive been on the prowl for cheap wool.. At paying around 2 pounds per 100g ball.. and the littlest which was 15x28 took about 1.5 balls.... so, working on that you can imagine the 45 is likely to take 4.5 etc.. its going to work out expensive..

So someone pointed me in the direction of a thing called freecycle, however, they wouldnt let me post my post which read:

Ive taken on a task of replacing blankets lost by vets due to flooding, and would like any wool or yarn to make a torrent of blankets for the vets. If anyone knows of vets who lost some due to flooding, Id be happy to add them to my list.

Im hand crochetting blankets so its not a hugely fast process, but, at the same time, Ive done 3 so far..

Im sure furry animals wont complain about colour, however it should be fairly non fluffy or bobbly..

It was rejected because I havent posted an offer first.. Um, its both.. Considering the floods have been estimated to have cost the area over 500mil in damages, and Im asking to help provide, so its not like I even want it for me.. I feel thats pretty crap considering the purpose of the list, eg to recycle and make better use of stuff.. and its not like Im asking for anything expensive.. people on the list have posted microwaves, wardobes and generally stuff you can sell for good money on ebay...

Pasta Boy!!

So, Charlies had his stitches out now, but to prevent him walking on it we placed a dog poo bag full of dried old pasta in the bottom of his sock of doom.. Its proving very successful.

(Shame on you lot for not reading about him!)

Furbag..

Well, Charlie is feeling a little better, too much better at a guess, hes not supposed to walk on his leg for 3 months.. You tell him.. We've tried. it wont do it any favors either.

Poor Puppy!

As you all know I have 2 dogs, one tends to be talked more about than the other, as well one is more active and inquisitive and so tends to do more iteresting things..

Last year, Charlie hurt his leg, basically a dogs knee is held together by 2 ligaments.. He snapped both and his knee had to be rebuilt, this involves 3 months not walking and then small short walks and so on, building up.. well, he had kinda got to a point where he was able to be nice and active all over again...

As my last post mentioned, it got a little wet round here, and while we were uneffected, Charlie got some grass seeds in his front paw and it went pussy and sore, and so hes been a little down.. Well, bless him, hes seriously down now.

On tuesday we were having our usual walk in the park, and Charlie just stopped, hind leg up, just like last time (except the other side).. wednesday we went to the vet about the front paw and found also he had done his knee in, just like last time.. He had an operation thursday (yesterday) to make it better. Hes now very sore, and miserable and lying on the sofa.

I dont think he can find a comfy place to lie/sit..

It also seems I cant do much to help.. its very hard.. But Im here for him for at least the next week. Please think of him, and wish him well. He means the world to me