Amazing Grayse (Gracie)

[arlyj]

I'm loving these updates and photos Ky

Grayse must have been feeling the cold, that's why she needed a blanket

Arlyn x

[mollysmum]

What a great life Grayse has now. Love reading about her adventures and am looking forward to reading her next one.
Linda

[mollie]

Who would have believed that a young dog like Grayse could start life the way she did, and end up like this. It's wonderful. Miracles happen .

Marge xx

[JacksDad]

It's so heart warming to see Grayse being a normal lab, please keep those pics coming. Off to bed now with my furry chocolate hot water bottle.....yes, Jack snores too !

Andrew

[Ablineth]

Grayse has had an exciting weekend, on saturday we did all the usual shovelling of what animals do naturally and lamb feeding and ball throwing and frisbee throwing and walking and phew ......we had a busy day shall we say.

Sunday we were up early(actually we are always up early!!) as we were to go to Barnoldswick to pick up some birds and then to Bradford to drop of some material for the peg bags. Our plans went astray quite early as we had loads of snow --again --on Sunday morning.
Anyway we eventually set off. Grayse has got quite used to travelling in a cage in my car but on Sunday we went in Geoff's car so she had to travel on the back seat in a harness. Grayse was incredible,I thought she would be apprehensive as she had only been in the car once that was when we picked her up. When we were on the small roads she sat and looked out of the window and once we were on the motorway she went to sleep.
We stopped for fish and chips for lunch and I have to own up to letting her have some of the fish as she was so good.
I took her out when we got to as near to Sue's house as the snow allowed and let her say hello. Grayse was very subdued and barked at both Sue and her son and then for good measure one of the neighbours!!
Grayse travelled perfectly all the way and we were travelling on and off for around 5 hours so I was very pleased with her.
When we were on the M6 and went past the turnoff we would take for MKF we did tell her not to worry as she was not going back!!! It was strange to think that any of her babies could have been travelling the same road at the same time!!
Yesterday saw us at the vets for the second jab so now the real socialisation starts as she is very timid when out and about so we need to work on that.
All we need now is some decent weather as it is snowing again here now.
We are so pleased the pups have gone and sound to be settling well, if they take after Grayse they will be very easy to settle in.

Ky

[Ann Mee]

Lovely update Ky, Grayse was good for you on Sunday. I'm sure her confidence will grow the more socialising she does. Can't believe you say it's snowing again where you are, it's very cold up here today too though.

Keep warm.

Ann x

[Ablineth]

YIPPEE
I have just been out and whereas Grayse travels willingly she needs to be encouraged to get into my car,
not this time, I opened the door and then opened the cage door and she jumped in and positively plonked herself down with a sigh.
Result I think!!
Now she must be associating the car with nice things. I am so chuffed.What is more when we got back I opened the cage door and she waited to be told to get out.

A small thing I know but a positive step I feel.

An over the moon Ky

[JacksDad]

You've done a fantastic job in building up Grayse's confidence.....plus the usual dash of MKF magic !

[Ann Mee]

Wonderful news Ky - a result!



Ann x

[tosca100]

Bless her, she doesn't want to miss anything....it's fun going out and about!

Sara

[Seamusmum]

Way to go Grayse

for Ky too!

[carolb]

I guess she just wants to be with her Mum She must feel so safe in your company Ky.

[Gemma T]

Wow - she's doing so well!! Wish I could get Kips to wait to get out!!! It's like holding back a bullet.
Gemma x

[Ablineth]

This weekend was to be our first outing but I had forgotten I was booked on a first aid course on Saturday and when I got home I found out we were expecting company today so our adventure is on hold!!

Grayse has had a fantastic week.
Our boiler packed in the other day and so the engineer came to fix it. Grayse said hello to him without being at all subdued and then went in her basket. This is progress as she has been very shy with people and is now feeling far more confident.

The other night my son came home from a night out at 2.30 and said that there were 2 ducks sitting on the wall(he had to Earlier in the week I went out for around 45 minutes I did not put Grayse in her cage the first time I have left her out and I left a piece of steak on the worktop -right at the front--I knew the other 3 would not touch it.
When I got back Grayse was settled in her basket and the meat was untouched, I am so proud of her.

She has made a real friend in Bob as they are both energetic, Mij is laid back and lazy!!

Ky, Mij, Grayse, Bob and Scooby

[Ablineth]

sorry about the gobbly gook in the middle of that last post my computer crashed and then did something strange!!!