Stripie dogs can jump!

Well our little foster family is now kitten free and we have our spare room back. The ferals have now had their vaccinations and will soon go up for adoptions, so fingers crossed for new homes.

That leaves us with just the three ferrets. I had initial concerns about "The Witch" bullying all the other ferrets including Jaime's own Enzo and Flash. But Jaime assured me its ok as ferrets can interact very roughly especially on first meeting to establish a form of pecking order. On her first night here she was really going at Flash and was even dragging Enzo (Jaime's full grown male ferret) across the yard. The Witch is now segregated from Enzo at all times, but for her own safety as Enzo was caught trying to use her head as a Pogo stick in retribution and continues to try and keep her at the bottom of the heap.

Less animals means Jaime has time for longer dog walks in the evening and we're all enjoying it all the more when the weather is warm. However its not always warm... last night for instance we had a major down pour which Jaime and the dogs got caught in and by the time they got home they were totally SOAKED in fact her shoes are still wet this evening. Unfortunately I didn't capture any pictures of that but I did manage a few from the night before which was brilliant blue skys which give us a chance to put the dogs through their paces for a little while.

Kodi the return...

We've had a week of trying to keep ourselves as dry on dog walks, and between high tides and down pours of rain, it has not always been easy, roll on dryer weather. Even in the rain Loki and Duffy get their three walks a day, often they need a little encouragement to leave the house when the rain is coming down hard, that said, once their out they soon forget and get back to enjoying a dogs life.

Jaime had a visit at work this week from Kodi our little foster puppy and his new owners when they came in to sign his paperwork. His name is now Winston and at around 4 months he's a real bruiser and confirms the our suspicions he's going to be a really big dog. As you can see in the video he had a good rough and tumble with Duffy and though Winston has some weight behind him, Duffy has all the techniques to have him beaten.

Our Foster Family

This post is a little different from our usual subject matter. Our house is somewhat full of critters at the moment. We have two dogs and two ferrets of our own, but this has been added to for a short while.

Adding to our numbers we have three kittens (of which two are feral), and three ferrets. All of which are introduced below.

Greedo - AKA Feral Kitten Number 1

Curious George - AKA Feral Kitten Number 2

Gizmo - AKA Whiney Skinny Dirty Little Thing

As you can see feeding time is never pretty

Dizzy - AKA The Biter!! or Ooo you little B*****

Pinkie - AKA the Witch

Cricket - AKA the little cute one - She's TINY!!

A Sad Update

We have a sad update on our large house guest Josh.

Unfortunately due to his medical complaints Josh was put to sleep a couple of weeks ago. As sad as it is, it is for the best. The problems he was having at a year and a half old would have led to a short life time of uncomfortable and wearing treatments meaning his quality of life would have been limited.

We knew when Josh came to stay with us there was a strong possibility that the story would end this way however, Jaime and I, sympathise with his owner, and it though it was a very hard decision to make she, we believe she made the right one. In the short time he was with us, he was made a great impression. Such a large dog gives a gives a misleading impression of age. Josh was actually younger than our little Duffy and once exercised and tired showed many of the same puppy mannerism of looking for for comforting and companionship. We are very glad we were given the chance to work with him for even just a short period of time.