Rescued a Jack Russell 4-5 years before having first child and the previous owner who gave him up obviously lied about being good with kids because as soon as the baby came home the dog went berserk. Whined for 24 hours straight (not an exaggeration) would try to get to it any chance it could. Tried to introduce many times but the dog would just be too crazy to get that close. We had to have 2 stair gates between the two of them at all times and always have one closed. Until the dog snuck through, bounded up the sofa and leapt for the moses basket which was on a stand. My Wife (at the time) luckily caught him mid air and wrestled him down. That was confirmation to unfortunately give the dog away.
He found a home with an old guy who needed company so I think he was ok.
I won’t ever have a dog again to be honest. They’re loving, yes, but I don’t need to fill any holes and want to be as free as I can be.
Thanks for asking - apparently well, but she is in overnight just to keep an eye on her. Looking forward to seeing her tomorrow. Providing that they’ve not burnt her again!!
She’s had a horrific time - weeks in a cone and bandaged up after the initial spay op. I’m hoping in a couple of weeks we can start to get back to normal.
My two cats are loving having the freedom of the house - Nuala (dog) is gated in the front lounge and kitchen/diner/back lounge area and tries to dominate the cats when they wonder through hahaha. They have upstairs though.
Thanks franc, we will. My dad had her last week and I think she really did him some good, as he did her. It’s been 2 months since his last dog was put to sleep and he’s barely left the house until last week. Im hoping he gets another dog despite him being 75. He’s worried about dying before his dog, but if he doesn’t get another dog I think he will die sooner just through inactivity.
Yeah this is what we’ve said. Having ours last week really helped so I’m hoping he cracks on and gets a puppy. FWIW he could live to 90 and then regret not ever getting another dog!!!
You could rescue an older dog from a shelter? That might make him feel better about getting one? That way he wont have a puppies energy to deal with as an older person and hopefully it’ll be house trained already too, ect. Older dogs tend to be overlooked by people wanting a dog, so win, win…
Have just realised one of my dog’s insurance is £57 a month .
He’s epileptic and takes Soliphen twice daily. The vet won’t dispense any more of his medication without his yearly dosage review. This involves a blood test which isn’t covered by his insurance and is upward of £100.
They gave us a couple weeks of his medication until his appointment, but when paying realised that the £30 we pay every 60 days is £15 for the medication and £15 dispensing fee. I have just seen we can get his medication online for £8.40, has anyone used online vets for their pets prescription?
The older of my 2 dogs is 15 and has to have a monthly injection for arthritis. It costs £100 a month and luckily the insurance covers it - so at last I’m getting more out each month than I’m paying in. But for joint supplements - and a lot of other drugs - the amount vets charge is a rip off. Our vet actually advised us to buy joint supplements online rather from his practice because it would cost me a fraction of the price.
One thing that pisses me off is that you often have to buy large quantities of some meds like creams and gels. I had to apply some gel onto one of my cats’ ears and was forced to buy that massive bottle of gel, it was ridiculous. I doubt I used more than 10% of it (if that) and I’m gonna bin the rest in 6 months or a year of fuck knows when. Money wasted. I told the vets about it and they told me they couldn’t do anything about it as their supplier only sold it in large quantities. I trust my vets but fuck the big pharmaceutical corporations.
I feel like some vets take the piss too as they just know that their customers can’t do much without them, they love their pets and are ready to do anything to protect and save them.
There are expensive vet bills and then there are out-of-hours vet bills, which have gone through the roof due to local practices outsourcing to groups like Vets Now.
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