Pets

I bet Henry will love all the attention Geranium , not sure if he'll like the 'needles' though!

I'm over all this travel for work and miss the dogs. It is a circus finding pet sitters because no-one wants Schmoo!!! He is turning into a beautiful natured dog though. I take them to dog school on a Tuesday night and they love it so much. A lovely friend of mine takes wallace and I take schmoo. They don't know they failed grade 1 and we are repeating (!!!). Actually Wallace is pretty good, it's just schmoo can't concentrate with all the other dogs. I've only just worked out a formula that works for schmoo. I take him to the beach before class and he runs for miles. Then i take him to the field where the class takes Place an hour before and walk them around the field to get used to the doggie smells and heeling. As more dogs arrive it gets more exciting but at least he gets gradually used to it. When I used to arrive at the same time as 80 dogs he couldn't settle for the excitement.

We are in the dunce retake class with a vicious dog and an 8 year old handler. I had to think of something to curb his excitement so we can move on to grade 2!!


This is my daughter's experience with her two dogs. One is my granddaughter's cocker spaniel which she left with my daughter before returning to Scotland and the Vizsla is the dog my daughter got to keep it company as she works. She never intended to have even one dog as long as she worked, but had to take the cocker. My daughter is very slim, and now skinny with all this exercise before and after work. She works in Cairns, Alice Springs, Darwin and Townsville and has trouble getting a dog sitter. Her friends help out, but they are not 'doggy' people.

We took Henry to agility classes about 4 years ago - he loved it, and we went for a year, but the trainers were not 'people' people, although they were great with dogs. I didn't like the hectoring and blame culture there...so we stopped going.

Yesterday the dog placer came to visit us. He has a portfolio of all the 'host' families, so the next step is to match Henry with one of them. He says Labs are the easiest dogs to 'place', even with medical problems. It's a shame our daughter can't have him, but they have some house problems to deal with - the floor will have to be taken up due to a leaky pipe.

No, they take him and his food, bed and toys to the 'pet sitter'. We've done this before and he's had a great time! I just hope the people who look after him will cope with his meds and ice pack etc. It's much better than kennels, and about the same cost.

Geranium, the sitter must be capable to take this on, so I am sure Henry will be alright.

lesley, I can't imagine a cat sitter because there is usually a neighbour or someone to put food in. In my case, the cat is used to dry food in the nissen hut, so we put more out. He gets spoilt with three small lumps of dog food in the evening as he thinks he is a dog but when we are away he has to miss this. He does catch rabbits every day so he is never hungry.

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