Barney...
Posted: 05 Jun 2015, 21:59
...now called Remus!
I know, I know...not the done thing to rename really but in the circumstances...he'd have become 'Barney Varney'!!!
There's so much to like about Remus. Eager to please and most content to lie by (well, usually on!) your feet when he fancies lying down!
Compared to how our older dog, Sirius, was when we adopted him from the rescue some 8 years ago, there is little difference, except he walks on the lead much better than Sirius did and actually drops the tennis ball from time to time, rather than refusing to give it up!
As we kind of expected, there has been and still is, a bit of a battle for dominance. They'll walk on the lead side by side fine, although I'm sure that they're eyeing each other up all the time to make sure neither of them goes ahead! In the house and garden Remus is definitely coming out on top, constantly walking across his path, pushing, etc. I think the nipping of the ears and jumping up in front of Sirius is proving the most annoying though.
Consequently, they are, at the moment, sleeping separately and because Remus won't give Sirius any peace, their time together in the house is supervised and restricted.
Hopefully, after he's had The Op' next Wednesday, he'll be a little more receptive to training and getting on with Sirius. It Hasn't really helped that we can't take him out at the moment as, when I took him to the vets on Tuesday to register him and book his op', we discovered that, according to his vet card, he hadn't had his puppy vaccinations. I rang the Manchester Vet who was on the card, but they said that the record card that I had indicated that he had been orginally bought from dogs4us(.com) . I couldn't take the risk of him not having had them, so he had the first batch there and then and will have the second batch after his op'.
Fortunately, it's not been wet and the grass is standing up well against his sprints up and down as he runs after and fetches his tennis ball!
He does now sit and will lie patiently some way from me whilst I get both their meals. It's probably about the only time that he does 'stay' though!!!!
Sirius is lying down facing him, out of shot to the left!
So, there we are so far and I'll keep you up to speed with his op, recovery, etc.:)
Paul
I know, I know...not the done thing to rename really but in the circumstances...he'd have become 'Barney Varney'!!!
There's so much to like about Remus. Eager to please and most content to lie by (well, usually on!) your feet when he fancies lying down!
Compared to how our older dog, Sirius, was when we adopted him from the rescue some 8 years ago, there is little difference, except he walks on the lead much better than Sirius did and actually drops the tennis ball from time to time, rather than refusing to give it up!
As we kind of expected, there has been and still is, a bit of a battle for dominance. They'll walk on the lead side by side fine, although I'm sure that they're eyeing each other up all the time to make sure neither of them goes ahead! In the house and garden Remus is definitely coming out on top, constantly walking across his path, pushing, etc. I think the nipping of the ears and jumping up in front of Sirius is proving the most annoying though.
Consequently, they are, at the moment, sleeping separately and because Remus won't give Sirius any peace, their time together in the house is supervised and restricted.
Hopefully, after he's had The Op' next Wednesday, he'll be a little more receptive to training and getting on with Sirius. It Hasn't really helped that we can't take him out at the moment as, when I took him to the vets on Tuesday to register him and book his op', we discovered that, according to his vet card, he hadn't had his puppy vaccinations. I rang the Manchester Vet who was on the card, but they said that the record card that I had indicated that he had been orginally bought from dogs4us(.com) . I couldn't take the risk of him not having had them, so he had the first batch there and then and will have the second batch after his op'.
Fortunately, it's not been wet and the grass is standing up well against his sprints up and down as he runs after and fetches his tennis ball!
He does now sit and will lie patiently some way from me whilst I get both their meals. It's probably about the only time that he does 'stay' though!!!!
Sirius is lying down facing him, out of shot to the left!
So, there we are so far and I'll keep you up to speed with his op, recovery, etc.:)
Paul