Post by TenebrousNova on May 7, 2012 20:16:40 GMT
Marley, my Staffordshire Bull Terrier of almost ten years, had to be put down on Wednesday, 25th April due to muscle and nerve injuries he sustained.
A fouler tempered dog you would never meet, here he is:
It took a while to adjust to the absence of his greedy stares and the lack of the sounds of him licking his chops at dinner time, but we decided we wouldn't get another dog for at least another six months- all the same, we all found ourselves reading up on dogs and good breeds.
Inevitably, my mum found a very suitable Staffie pup for sale in adverts at 7pm last night. Our response was: "Let's just phone the owners, we probably won't get her."
Half an hour later, we had arranged to pick her up at 10am this morning. ;D
So we travelled for about an hour at the tender mercy of our faulty SatNav system (Which directed us the wrong way before smugly correcting us), and reached the owners. Very nice people they were too, they showed us the parents first- the dad is a big blue Staff with a hyper attitude, and the mum is a dark brown, very gentle natured one.
Then we saw the two remaining puppies for sale, the black male had already been taken so our choice was the blue and white female. It was very clear that the black male has his mum's gentle disposition, and our lady takes after her dad- when the brother would try and climb onto me, she would come flying and try and get the attention for herself.
We were given very extensive advice from the owners, and were finally sent on our way.
Here she is!
She is seven weeks old, and bites at anything she can fit her mouth around, as the bites on my hands are something to judge by. We intend to train her out of that sort of behaviour as soon as possible. She alternates between hyper-mode and a very deep sleep, she eats fine and doesn't make much mess right now.
It is sad to hear her at the moment since she has never been separated from her parents and siblings before, but she should start to adapt after a few nights. It's important to let them get used to it, from my research.
I hope she has a long and happy life.
A fouler tempered dog you would never meet, here he is:
It took a while to adjust to the absence of his greedy stares and the lack of the sounds of him licking his chops at dinner time, but we decided we wouldn't get another dog for at least another six months- all the same, we all found ourselves reading up on dogs and good breeds.
Inevitably, my mum found a very suitable Staffie pup for sale in adverts at 7pm last night. Our response was: "Let's just phone the owners, we probably won't get her."
Half an hour later, we had arranged to pick her up at 10am this morning. ;D
So we travelled for about an hour at the tender mercy of our faulty SatNav system (Which directed us the wrong way before smugly correcting us), and reached the owners. Very nice people they were too, they showed us the parents first- the dad is a big blue Staff with a hyper attitude, and the mum is a dark brown, very gentle natured one.
Then we saw the two remaining puppies for sale, the black male had already been taken so our choice was the blue and white female. It was very clear that the black male has his mum's gentle disposition, and our lady takes after her dad- when the brother would try and climb onto me, she would come flying and try and get the attention for herself.
We were given very extensive advice from the owners, and were finally sent on our way.
Here she is!
She is seven weeks old, and bites at anything she can fit her mouth around, as the bites on my hands are something to judge by. We intend to train her out of that sort of behaviour as soon as possible. She alternates between hyper-mode and a very deep sleep, she eats fine and doesn't make much mess right now.
It is sad to hear her at the moment since she has never been separated from her parents and siblings before, but she should start to adapt after a few nights. It's important to let them get used to it, from my research.
I hope she has a long and happy life.