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Oh that's such a shame about Kip Lai   , but hopefully it will sort her problems out, and with, or without her tail she's still the same Dog you both fell in love with when you rescued her, and both you, and Pete deserve a big   for caring so much about your animals, and looking after them so well. So a great big   to Tamu, and Kip, hopefully when the collers, stitches, and bandages are all sorted they will be fine.
Glad your having a bit of relaxing weekend Doogs even if you are working Sunday at the Pub, not before time, you deserve a break. The weathers not been to bad here this week thankfully. We've had showers, the odd one heavy, and it's still a bit windy, but we've had plenty of sunshine which gives you a lift, and as you say it is getting lighter in an evening now.
Hope everyone has a good weekend, and gets some decent weather.

WS

Good afternoon everyone    it's a sunny day and lovely out there!  Thanks Doogs and WS for your kind messages.  Tamu and Kip are both doing well.  Tamu is not happy about her lampshade and unless I take her food bowl and water bowl to her bed is declining to eat    now that for a Ridgeback is extremely unusual!  I am suspecting she is enjoying having me worry and has got wise to her 'room service'.   Sadly Doogs she does have to keep it on, but looking at all those stitches in her ear and how much she is trying to scratch through the collar it is a good thing.   Kip is doing really well and the 2 types of pain killer seem to be working.  Happily the bandages are still just about on, so if we can keep them on until Monday it will be great as then we have an afternoon vet appt for her.

   Les Mis - I know it's a real tear jerker but we loved it both film and theatre so what a brilliant idea to watch it Doogs, no matter how many times it is really so moving.

Just catching up with thanks you to the various places we stayed at in Kenya via FB and then hoping to sort through some photos.  I've only 650 that I've kept so it shouldn't take long.

Doogs I know you posted you are off in November    but in my haste I can't remember where in Naboisho?  Did you say Kicheche?  If so it looks absolutely fabulous     Pete and I were in Naboisho a few years ago at a different camp but it is a great conservancy, very unspoiled, less vehicles and plenty of lions and leopards!  

Have a great weekend everyone.

Lai

it was a lovely day here too, lots of sunshine, and I nice day to drive round the coast in the Add/Mobile with Mrs S, and by  coincidence when we stopped on the front at Rhos-on- Sea which is very popular with Dog walkers, we saw a couple with two rescue Greyhounds, and one of those had, had her tail docked, and she looked fine Lai, not out of place alongside her companion at all. Fingers X Kips bandages will stay on till you see the Vet on Monday. Poor Tamu it must be upseeting for her, although you know what you girls are like when you feel you deserve a bit of fuss   
Hope everyone's having a good weekend, although I'm not looking forward to the weather in the morning, rain and, high winds again   that's not good for driving the Van, so I'll have to see what it's like.

WS

Take care out there WS. It was a windy old night here so I am sure much worse over your side of the hills. Thanks for letting me know about the greyhound with the docked tail. It isn't really bothering Kip just now although the bandage came off and our subsequent efforts are not staying on, but she's on 2 types of painkiller so hopefully quite numb! Tamu is still in a major sulk   

Have a good day everyone - I'm back to photos and a slideshow   

Lai

With the wind we've had I didn't even risk it, much to wind to be safe. Hopefully with Kip having the visit to the Vet tomorrow, her tail op will still be sterile, and the bandages can be replaced, and Tamu will stop her sulk when the coller comes off

WS

Good decision WS. Far better to stay safe. I'll report back on Kip tomorrow night ....

Have a good evening everyone.

Lai

Lovely   start to the day here in Wales. Got a busy day today, going to pick my friend up from Manchester Airport, he's been at his daughters in OZ for the last 3 months. Hope he doesn't get off the plane in what he was wearing in OZ    .
I will try to catch up on posts later

WS

  WS - he would have a shock   

Lai

Good afternoon everyone


Sadly Tamu's ear went funny yesterday, it filled with liquid, burst and we had to go to the vet last night to have it drained and cleaned up.  She's fine but I have to treat inside her ear with steroid cream and the vet thinks the collar caused her to get sweaty and it's a sort of eczema.  Sadly that means Monday for the stitches and a new 'collar of shame'.  Kip is great and very happy with her little stump, again we're delaying the stitches until Monday to give a little more time for healing.

That camp looks lovely Doogs and I really hope you see all those wonderful big cats   

Enjoy the footie and don't work too hard.

We're taking my mum to see Anton Du Beke dance (Strictly come Dancing pro) Saturday night in Manchester so that should be fun   

Lai

Oh   Lai that's not good news for Tamu, after having to put up with her collar, I hope the steroid cream clears up the infection, and she will be better soon, good idea to leave Kips stitches kust to make sure, and she seems to be coping with her tail well. Hope you have a great time at the show in Manchester with your Mum.
Doogs your becoming a workaholic, just make sure you don't t do to much, you need your down time as well. At least your Dons are giving you a lift, which is a lot more than can be said about mine.
Hope you all have a good weekend, and the weather is kind to you, but it looks like the rai's back here on Sunday   

WS

Well what a difference a day makes. Yesterday was lovely and sunny all day, it was really nice to drive around, and see loads of little spring Lambs in the fields. Today as was forecast has started wet, and wind is on the way     Still it looks like it's going to improve from the middle of the week we are getting there hopefully. Hope you had a good night out in Manchester with your Mum Lai, and you enjoy your Safari mode drinks with your friends today, you'll have to pretend it's the rainy season   

WS

  WS - good one. Sadly it's the same here today, gone is the    from yesterday, at least it's stopped    now.

Tamu's ear looks much better today, less inflamed inside, so I guess the steroid cream is working thankfully.

We've got all the ducks back now at our pond, so spring is definitely in the air, I've not seen any lambs yet WS so you must be ahead over those welsh hills   

Have a good day everyone.

Lai

Shame you couldn't have waited till today Lai weathers been brilliant over here. Hope Tamu went on OK at the vets and Kip has had her stitches sorted out

WS

 Doogs looks like you have a couple of exciting weeks ahead of you, and it will do you good to have some R&R for a change after working so hard at work, and in the pub as well. I hope you really enjoy Cheltenham, and have lots of winners, and that Dons are also winners. One plus for you as well is that the weathers looks as though its going to be good for you as well.
Weaher here's been nice for the last few days, although tonight the wind has really got up again, hadn't seen that in the forecast. Hope evryones else weathers been OK, sounds like we can loo forward to a bit of spring. also that Tamu and Kip are getting better Lai

WS

Good Evening one and all   

I really need to catch up on this thread big time but maybe not tonight as I want to watch crufts, its on channel 4 at 7.30 till 9 and I am so excited as they have a retriever Display team that I so want to see and there is flyball tonight as well. I will catch up on this thread over the weekend though.

In the mean time, have a fab weekend everyone, its going to be wonderful weather wise so I hear so that will be lovely, enjoy.

littlewid-x-

 Welcome back Doogs Glad you had a Fab time at Cheltenham, hopefully lots of winners.   To the Dons for winning the Cup, I bet it was a bit nail biting at the end I don't like penalties. Hope your not back to working to hard

WS

Good evening everyone

  Doog is back, it sounds like you've had a great time and been very busy. I bet Cheltenham was fun and great you came home with the money you went away with.

Tamu and Kip are doing well and Tamu's ear is looking pretty good now. Poor Rosie is a bit lame on two legs, but she's a very active dog so leaps all over the place.

Tomorrow we're off to Chester zoo with the Wirral & Cheshire Badger group doing something, not sure exactly what but examining badger p   comes into it    Anyway it should be interesting so let's hope it's not       as we'll be out in the woods for about 4 hours.

Have a great evening/Sunday

Lai

Good morning everyone

Good to have you back Doogs, poor you, you sound like you've had a rough time with flu which is rotten luck. I hope work isn't too demanding and your get some time away from the pub to recover.

The zoo was an experience. They are going to vaccinate their badgers   so have been putting coloured pellets in peanuts/syrup mixture to see where the badgers go, so they have pink, green, yellow, orange etc and we split into 3 groups and covered 4 different areas. Once you found poo it was examined (wearing gloves and a mask   ) to see what colour pellets were in it. I examined a poo with no pellets    but between us all we found 3 different colours. Anyway an interesting experience for sure   

Have a great day everyone, shame about the weather   

Lai

Sorry to hear you have been laid low Doogs, was it something you acquired on your travels to the heathen areas of England or Glasgow!!! Hope you will be soon fully recovered and back posting.

SM