Rosie is growing!

[diamondlil]

Took Rosie out while dinner's cooking, to get the paint fumes from decorating out of my head. The picture without leaves is from today, my little pocket rocket having fun!

 

[alan]

My best times at our rivers are usually when the weather isn't so nice.
Do you see Lapwings regularly or is it uncommon? We don't have them, I think our closest are Plovers.

my little pocket rocket having fun!

My favorite pics here are Rosie running pics.

 

[diamondlil]

My best times at our rivers are usually when the weather isn't so nice.
Do you see Lapwings regularly or is it uncommon? We don't have them, I think our closest are Plovers.



My favorite pics here are Rosie running pics.

I hear the lapwings more often than I see them, because they tend to stay far out on the mudflats, probably 2-3 a year actually seen is average for me. The egret is a great treat, it's been around for 4 years or so and seems to have settled rather than return to wherever it should be (they aren't native, and are still @ 150 pairs breeding in the UK. This one is all alone, it would be great if it did find a mate)
Rosie's winter coat is growing in, I've stopped stripping out her dead hair to let her get all scruffy again for the cold weather ahead

 

[diamondlil]

Today was just too cold and bright for me to resist taking Rosie out for a run after work. She had great fun charging around on the frosty grass with some of her friends

 

[tress29]

I read through Rosie's thread today, all 23 pages! She sounds like a fum dog.

Theresa in Indy

 

[diamondlil]

Thanks, Tress. Rosie rally does give me a reason to smile. Today we spent another morning out in the frosty weather. It's a lovely finish to my day when I'm working nightshifts

 

[diamondlil]

Tomorrow Rosie is being spayed, so today we went out for a 5 hour walk to the river, starting out early. It started to snow! (That's snow flakes on my sleeve) While Rosie hunted for rabbits in the bushes I got a photo of a wren that was scolding her

 

[diamondlil]

We walked along the small reed bed, and I managed to convince Rosie thatt jumping in the frozen pond wouldn't be a good idea. We met my sister with Henry the pug and Prudence.

 

[diamondlil]

It was a good day for seeing birds, lots of waders like plovers, lapwings, redshanks and dunlin, as well as shelduck, pintail and widgeon. Rosie annoyed Prudence one time too many and got a bite on the bum to tell her off. She was so shocked she kept sitting down looking at her bottom! The snow was only light and soon stopped, more is forecast for this week. Not being able to take Rosie out is going to be horrible.

 

[Nanci]

I love your pictures so much!

 

[SnakeAround]

Some great photo's you have there! Rosie will be up and running sooner then you think I hope

 

[diamondlil]

Thanks Nanci! I really need to step up to a zoom lens to get the most from the river, most of the birds are frustratingly too far away to get good shots of.
I think it'll be a week of short lead walks, Barbra, trying to keep Rosie from jumping about while she recovers will be a challenge. Today we were out for 5 hours, so at least tomorrow she should be quiet and calm at the vets

 

[josie]

I just found this thread today and I have enjoyed it and the great pictures. Rosie is one lucky dog! What a great life she has. I wish there were places here to take my dogs but there isn't, so if they are outside they are a leash.

 

[diamondlil]

Thanks Josie. I really am lucky to have open areas to enjoy within walking distance of where I live. I actually walk to and from work alongside the big open field where Rosie plays with her friends, and working nightshifts means I take her out most mornings after work. If I'm too tired or have other plans my boys take her out instead so Rosie gets out to socialise and have fun a lot.
The river and estuary is further away, @ an hour to get there at a brisk pace, but I try to fit in a visit there at least once a week. I had my old dog Ellie for 14 years and just couldn't settle after I lost her, life really is better with a dog to have fun with, IMO

 

[josie]

I agree. We have four dogs that range in age from 14 to 4. Three of which we've had their whole lives and one we got from a rescue three years ago and she has come a long way. She's now a happy pooch.

 

[diamondlil]

I knew that greyhounds, whippets and lurchers can have problems with anaesthetic, so I discussed my worries with my vet and was reassured that they would use a minimal amount of fast-acting anaesthetic. I took Rosie out for a good run on the way to the vet so she could play and run around, because she'll be confined to the house and then lead walks this week. As I was having her dew claw removed too I knew she'll have dressings on her legs too.
When I rang up I was reassured that she'd came through the operation and was recovering well but still sleepy. So I wasn't prepared for her to be so spaced out and depressed when I collected her in the evening that she showed no reaction to me collecting her, not one single tail wag. When we got in she just slumped on the floor, wouldn't eat, wouldn't drink, just lay on her side breathing heavily. I stayed with her part of the night, then my youngest son took over.
This morning I woke up early and got the tiniest little tail wag from her. She still doesn't want to eat or drink but did get up to have a wee (on paper, there's thick snow outside and her dressings have to stay dry)
So she's recovering, but slowly, she's still groggy and not really herself. From what I've read this is normal for sighthounds because of their metabolism, my vet used propofol, the recommemded agent for sighthounds, but seeig her so under the weather is awful.

 

[Tara80]

Awwee poor Rosie! I sure hope she gets better quickly and her spirits pick up. I'm not used to seeing Rosie so 'non excited' within this thread

 

[diamondlil]

Awwee poor Rosie! I sure hope she gets better quickly and her spirits pick up. I'm not used to seeing Rosie so 'non excited' within this thread

Thanks Tara. I was prepared for this, because sighthounds don't respond well to anaesthetics because metabolising them is affected by their body fat ratio and liver function. My vet used propofol, as recommended, and was happy for her to come home with me as I'd call if she got into trouble.
Last night she didn't respond to or seem to recognise us at all. The tiny tail-wags I'm getting this morning are a great improvement.

 

[diamondlil]

Rosie is much perkier today. Her feet have to stay dry, but after going outside with bags on her feet she was going crazy trying to bite her dressings this morning, so maybe the cold made her feet hurt?
With this in mind I took her for her check-up in a flight bag slung under my shoulder, because the roads here are so iced up I couldn't get any help in getting a lift. I'm so glad I don't own a mastiff because carrying Rosie all that way and back was hard work. The good news is that her feet are fine. So off with her dressings. As soon as we were home she started worrying at her stitches though, so she was held by my youngest boy whilst I trudged back through the snow to get some vet-wrap.

 

[tsst]

Hope she has a quick recovery! My smallest dog was awful with her stitches and had to wear the cone of silence. lol