Today in pictures - Page 494

maxthecollie · 21-04-2014, 17:12

How old are they, Margaret?

Margaret Pilkington · 21-04-2014, 17:17

Buster was born on November the fifth...and Belle was born last May..so she is really a juvenile.
Buster lives up to his name(a proper hooligan)......and Belle is quite a gentle dog.
We have taught her to sit and beg..to dance and to shake a paw...and she also changes hands(when shaking a paw - we just say to her 'the other one' and she gives us the other paw)......we can't get her to roll over though.
He won't do anything...he is just too distractible.

Restless · 21-04-2014, 17:30

18! That is a good age.

Well this new focus blur mode- I am still trying how to figure out how to do it well. Most of the time i get an error. Here is the raspberry pi.

Margaret Pilkington · 21-04-2014, 17:42

Buster on his own....taken today after his run in with Pasha.

Restless · 21-04-2014, 19:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Buster on his own....taken today after his run in with Pasha.

Havent see ur fella taking the dog for walks in the morning for a while?

Margaret Pilkington · 21-04-2014, 19:31

No Rob, you won't have done.....we had to have Gizmo put to sleep last August. He had a brain tumour and was having fits.
I have said that we won't have another dog. The pictures are of my daughters JRT's.
We have been looking after them as she and her family went to the IOM for the weekend.

Restless · 21-04-2014, 20:18

aww. sorry to hear that. Gizmo mustve been quite old?

Margaret Pilkington · 21-04-2014, 20:50

He was about 10/11 years old.....we had had him for about 4/5 years...and he was spoilt rotten.
It is so much of a wrench when you have to make the decision to have them put to sleep.
You know it is the right thing to do. but it doesn't feel much like it at the time.
So, no more dogs for us.
I dread anything happening to Pasha...she is 15 years old and my husband loves her to bits...he speaks to her more fondly than he does to me...I'm not jealous...honest!

gpick24 · 21-04-2014, 21:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Nicola and her family have been over to the Isle of Man for a family celebration.......they left the two JRT puppies with us.
I took this picture last night.
The two puppies have run around like they are on wheels. They have had a go at terrorising Pasha.....and failed miserably.
She was waiting on the landing this morning and ambushed Buster.....she gave him a right pasting and he howled like a girl.
I thought she had ripped an eye out the way he was carrying on.
Anyway, it taught him a lesson.....and he gave her a very wide berth for the rest of the day.
They have returned home now.....so we can all relax!

No need for the knicker flashing.

Margaret Pilkington · 21-04-2014, 21:52

Not me flashing my undies....but my other half. He has no shame.
He was asleep on the sofa....they all were.

Eric · 21-04-2014, 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

He was about 10/11 years old.....we had had him for about 4/5 years...and he was spoilt rotten.
It is so much of a wrench when you have to make the decision to have them put to sleep.
You know it is the right thing to do. but it doesn't feel much like it at the time.
So, no more dogs for us.
I dread anything happening to Pasha...she is 15 years old and my husband loves her to bits...he speaks to her more fondly than he does to me...I'm not jealous...honest!

Know what you mean ... my Sadie was 22 when I had her put down. We were together for a third of my life. Here she is on her last day. I really miss her, but she had a great life, and she's still alive in my heart. That last trip to the vet is part of the deal when you sign on to take care of an animal.

Eric · 21-04-2014, 23:21

Gus showed up ... finally. He usually hangs out with Babs. They probably wintered in the old horse barns at the Memorial Centre. People in the neighbourhood put food over there for them.

mobertol · 22-04-2014, 09:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric

Gus showed up ... finally. He usually hangs out with Babs. They probably wintered in the old horse barns at the Memorial Centre. People in the neighbourhood put food over there for them.

They all look really well Eric -nice shiny coats -they obviously haven't suffered during the cold winter you've had.

Margaret Pilkington · 22-04-2014, 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric

Know what you mean ... my Sadie was 22 when I had her put down. We were together for a third of my life. Here she is on her last day. I really miss her, but she had a great life, and she's still alive in my heart. That last trip to the vet is part of the deal when you sign on to take care of an animal.

You are so right with that one...but at the time you take on a pet you never really hope that you will have to make that decision.You really hope that your pet will die in their sleep after a long and happy life.
So making the decision is always painful.

It is good to see that Gus has returned and looking very well. I don't know these cats, but when you told me that they hadn't showed up after the arctic winter I worried about them...and hped for a good outcome.
The picture did it for me.

I have taken in many stray cats over the years......and if they do not appear for a few days I get a bit twitched.
We used to have a visiting ginger tom...I was really attached to him.
He went missing for six weeks one time. I was really upset about it.....so when he turned up thin and scrawny my husband rang me at work to tell me. I worked for the rest of the day with a huge grin on my mush...all because of a ginger cat.

Accyexplorer · 23-04-2014, 13:42

A few shots from today

DSCF3035.jpg DSCF3041.jpg DSCF3039.jpg DSCF3043.jpg