Frances' New House, New Life, New Start Diary...

[moonwatcher]

Good news about the mortgage offer. Enjoy your puppy walking!

 

[sarah88]

Have just reached my 3litre water target for today.. So hopefully another litre by the end of the day

Well done I find it hard! I've been on 1ltr for ages plus other drinks

 

[sarah88]

We have a nappy thing for Tilly but it's so when she is on heat and bleeds everywhere our cream carpet stays cream! She's not had a heat yet so we haven't used it!

 

[Dubchick81]

Well just back from our walk. We were out for 50 mins, 2 laps around the perimeter of our park. Was gona do a third but didn kno if it was too much on him being his first time out. Its about 3/4 mile 1 lap (so my dad says) so that x2... Fab weather out too so was nice to get sum vitamin D

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Aw the walk sounds lovely,glad it went well :0) and that's great that the sun was shining :0)

 

[Dubchick81]

Aw the walk sounds lovely,glad it went well :0) and that's great that the sun was shining :0)

Yea he took to the lead straight away. He was very good.

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Yea he took to the lead straight away. He was very good.

Aw that's good,that's just how you want him to be,my friends dog refuses to go on walks! Not often you hear that lol

 

[sarah88]

When tills was a pup we were always told only 3 x 10 min walks a day! Apparently lots of little walks is better than a big one as their joints r still forming and it can give them joint problems. But I'm not a vet so don't take my word for it!

 

[Dubchick81]

When tills was a pup we were always told only 3 x 10 min walks a day! Apparently lots of little walks is better than a big one as their joints r still forming and it can give them joint problems. But I'm not a vet so don't take my word for it!

Yea see that's what I was thinking. He's still only a baby so didn want to do too much at once.

 

[sarah88]

It's best not to go mad every day but I think as it's ur first walk together it will b fine!
Tills still gets 2 walks now, she gets 10 min in morning b4 I go out anywhere then 30 mins in the afternoon! And she's got the odd limp every now and again since jumping off the sofa like a numpty but I think she's good otherwise! Obviously I know ur not dumb and no how to look after a dog, but I like to feel like I help!

 

[Dubchick81]

It's best not to go mad every day but I think as it's ur first walk together it will b fine!
Tills still gets 2 walks now, she gets 10 min in morning b4 I go out anywhere then 30 mins in the afternoon! And she's got the odd limp every now and again since jumping off the sofa like a numpty but I think she's good otherwise! Obviously I know ur not dumb and no how to look after a dog, but I like to feel like I help!

Thanks hun it's very much appreciated. Am new to this puppy lark so appreciate any help/advice u can pass on
Is Tilly only a pup? She looks quite young in ur pic ya'v just put up. Very cute! Is she a collie?

 

[sarah88]

Thanks hun it's very much appreciated. Am new to this puppy lark so appreciate any help/advice u can pass on
Is Tilly only a pup? She looks quite young in ur pic ya'v just put up. Very cute! Is she a collie?

She is 16 months but small for a collie, and she is a pure collie, she came from a farm and my oh was like oh a farm dog! But she really is lovely! And she hates my oh dads sheep, she runs in the opposite direction

 

[emmaedes]

Yay first walk done! Sooo pleased he loved it!, and you loved it

You and Sarah are making me get puppy envy!! Both are gorgeous!!xxx

 

[sarah88]

Yay first walk done! Sooo pleased he loved it!, and you loved it

You and Sarah are making me get puppy envy!! Both are gorgeous!!xxx

Get one, get one!!

 

[Dubchick81]

She is 16 months but small for a collie, and she is a pure collie, she came from a farm and my oh was like oh a farm dog! But she really is lovely! And she hates my oh dads sheep, she runs in the opposite direction

She's adorable. Sure ya'v heard ne talk about our old dog lassie. We had her for 15/16 years, she was a border collie. Absolutely brilliant dogs. And GREAT with kids. Ours was a long haired collie but I wouldn't say there was much height difference. Obv I'm guessing Tilly's height as she sat down in the pics but going by her paws n size of her head...

 

[sarah88]

She's adorable. Sure ya'v heard ne talk about our old dog lassie. We had her for 15/16 years, she was a border collie. Absolutely brilliant dogs. And GREAT with kids. Ours was a long haired collie but I wouldn't say there was much height difference. Obv I'm guessing Tilly's height as she sat down in the pics but going by her paws n size of her head...

They told me tills was long haired when I got her but I quite like her short hair now! I've been told by ppl that she's small for a collie, they r a nice sized dog! Not too big and not too small! Yeah I remember u saying about lassie, poor thing! How old do collies live to? My mil has jack russells and ones 8 and apparently that's old!

 

[emmaedes]

Get one, get one!!

We hopefully will at Xmas! We want a jack Russell puppy I don't know if I can wait till Xmas tho! Haha or whether oh can lol xxx

 

[Dubchick81]

They told me tills was long haired when I got her but I quite like her short hair now! I've been told by ppl that she's small for a collie, they r a nice sized dog! Not too big and not too small! Yeah I remember u saying about lassie, poor thing! How old do collies live to? My mil has jack russells and ones 8 and apparently that's old!

Tbh I don't kno but we had ours for allot longer than that. We had her at least 14 years. But I think it was more like 16 years... She was a brilliant dog. N like Tilly she had my niece pull n drag n climb in her back like she was a horse n she just carried in regardless.
Aw the long hair ones are cute, but my God when they shed their coat they cover the whole place!!

 

[sarah88]

Tbh I don't kno but we had ours for allot longer than that. We had her at least 14 years. But I think it was more like 16 years... She was a brilliant dog. N like Tilly she had my niece pull n drag n climb in her back like she was a horse n she just carried in regardless.
Aw the long hair ones are cute, but my God when they shed their coat they cover the whole place!!

Yeah Tilly is bad enough for hair loss, don't think id cope with longer hair, it drives me mad at the mo, I'm hoovering everyday, floor and sofa!

Here r a couple more pics to try and give u an idea of her size tho it's hard to tell from a photo

 

[Dubchick81]

Yeah Tilly is bad enough for hair loss, don't think id cope with longer hair, it drives me mad at the mo, I'm hoovering everyday, floor and sofa!

Here r a couple more pics to try and give u an idea of her size tho it's hard to tell from a photo

Aww very cute. Quite big I'd hav said. Or mayb lassie looked smaller coz of her coat ha ha