She will be harry's girl, hopefully she will be big enough for agility! she is only 1.2kg at the moment! Her mum is a small Jack russell terrier, and her dad is a jrt x chihauhua, she loves to play ( see her video below!)
So far she has settled in well, she tells chase off if he gets carried away with sniffing!! Daizy and meg are being perfect welcome dogs, as is Holly who is the one she seems most taken with, she REALLY likes her tail wagging! Terra, zig and jak are acting like she doesnt exist yet!!
16th November saw chase turn 1! My ickle gangly boy is now a BIG gangly boy!!! Lol, he is a long legged toast rack most of the food that goes in him is burnt off or flies out! He is doing quite well on a lamb based food right now, and natures menu, so we'll see how it goes! He is lovely to train, loves to learn, and is very keen to work for food aswell, so little tricks are ideal for him. His pre agility is coming along nicely, he has to learn to focus more however as he has a very high pitch sqeal when things get exciting, esp when the 'laydeez' work!
just a quickie to let everyone know that when we got home from the show on sunday jak collapsed and couldnt get back up. He is 13 and a half now, and hasnt shown many signs of aging bar the greyness and seal like bark, so was all a bit of a shock!
He is being treated, and the vet has confirmed it as vestibular, which is a severe inner ear infection, normally viral, sometimes bacterial, never the less she is treating him with antibiotics, anti inflammatories and sea sickness tablets. as as well as his balance and co ordination being affected, his eyes have a left to right constant flicker making him sway even when laid down. its sometimes called geriatric vestibular as it affects elderly dogs mainly.
I figured if i let everyone know the signs in case it happens to your dogs you know what to look for! The signs are very similar to that of a stroke.
I have everything crossed for his recovery right now x
Chase Update His training is coming along really well, Cant believe next week he is 1!! He is still very babyish in how he acts, he is due to be neutered over the winter, but would like him to maybe 'man-up' a bit before that happens! Although in some ways he is mature, like bitching and thinking he IS gods gift to all female dogs! He has turned into a beautiful tall handsome boy, his jaw never righted itself so is still a good 3/4 inch over shot, which doesnt cause any issues, just gives him a very long nosed expression! Still...maybe it'll make him mre streamlined!!! He has a nice recall, retreive, sit, down, walk back is still hard for him, paw, other paw, and a good nose touch. He plays tuggy nicely, but does find it frustrating if he misses it and will start to nip to try and catch it, so i tend to use long toys he can get a good grip on, or food as he will work for either. He has started to get noisy in his class now, but on his own he is fab and gives so much concentration! He is working on micro height ( below small) at the moment, aswell as poles on the floor, He loves wingwraps, and also recalls along jump lines, We have started on weaves this week, we will see how it goes with some various methods before deciding which suits him the best! Last week we worked on feet on contacts which went well, as well as playing the bang game with the see saw. He doesnt show fear of anything, and also mastered the collapsible tunnel and 2 sections of the long jump this week.
Video shows him doing small bit of circle work , then same including a jump, then a wait onto tunnels...he likes those!
Loki is our new little addition!
