New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

cdsmiler

I agree with elysia with the Mario & Sonic games - most in their range are really well made and good fun.

I've not played any of the Lego ones myself, but generally they have very good reviews!

Sports ones in general are good especially if they want to play against each other....

Check to see if you have Wii Sports or Wii Sports Resort!

And don't forget that the motion plus attachment changes the size of the remote if you decide to get a pink cover!!

elysia2003

Nomorespeding - Hyacinths can be grown anywhere really, don't worry about the pot size. You just need to have the top bit of the bulb sticking out of the dirt.

Amaryllis are beautiful and big and showy - they make a lovely plant but the bulbs are more expensive but there again you only need one per pot.

Had a think - you could also get Tete -a Tete (mini daffs with loads of perfumed flowers. They would flower around Christmas time too if you planted Sept/Oct time.

HTH

InaPickle

Just gave one of the male toiletry sets I bought for as a reserve gift out today. I was glad to have it in the house to give as I had no time to shop. Happy days!

elysia2003

Sorry everyone - nothing to do with money making or gift giving - I just needed to talk to someone.

Last July we adopted our dog from Dog's Trust. As she's a border collie, when she nipped we thought it was a sheepdog thing - like trying to round us up like sheep, sort of thing.

Tonight she bit DD2 (not for the first time but it was the worst) DD OK just shocked. Decided dog got to go back. I can't risk it with the DD2 (7) and my Neice here all day (4). Everyone crying (even OH). She lovely dog normally but for this one thing. I'm so mad with myself for letting it get this far - keep giving the dog one more chance - but they guilt tripping me - saying one more chance again - but what happens if the dog really injures her next time?

Sorry for moan :(:(

elysia2003

inapickle wrote: »

just gave one of the male toiletry sets i bought for as a reserve gift out today. I was glad to have it in the house to give as i had no time to shop. Happy days!

yay!!! Well done you!

Anglea

Elysia something like that happened to a neighbour's dog that had been bought from a rescue centre, bit a visiting child so she had to go to hospital, I think it was a similar breed as yours and it had to be returned. So don't feel bad, it's not your fault.

mum2one

elysia2003 wrote: »

Sorry everyone - nothing to do with money making or gift giving - I just needed to talk to someone.

Last July we adopted our dog from Dog's Trust. As she's a border collie, when she nipped we thought it was a sheepdog thing - like trying to round us up like sheep, sort of thing.

Tonight she bit DD2 (not for the first time but it was the worst) DD OK just shocked. Decided dog got to go back. I can't risk it with the DD2 (7) and my Neice here all day (4). Everyone crying (even OH). She lovely dog normally but for this one thing. I'm so mad with myself for letting it get this far - keep giving the dog one more chance - but they guilt tripping me - saying one more chance again - but what happens if the dog really injures her next time?

Sorry for moan :(:(

I know its a horrible thing to say, but I really think you have to return the dog, I love dogs, I've grown up with them, we've always had spaniels, you gave the dog a safe secure home, but maybe the sheepdog thing is in to the dog, it may be something as simple that he needs to be rehoused with a family without children. When we lost Whisky last yr, dd was devasted, we all were, we looked at adopting a rescue dog, we wanted a spaniel, we were in touch with one agency, and they had certain restrictions re - rehoming, one of them was no to children under 7, but we got around that as when dd was born Whisky was 7, so she grew up with him.

I know your heart says one more chance, I'm here with tears, feeling awful saying it would be better for her to go back to the dogs trust, but its not the 1st time your dd has been built, admittadely 1 nip, you could put down to experience, but it was a 2nd bite, maybe theres a history of biteing and the previous owners never mentioned it.

I know when I was about 14, we'd lost our Spainel, he'd been poisoned, and we then got a golden cocker spaniel, thought we were doing the right thing as the dog was pedigree, sort of expect it to be ok, from 8 weeks the dog was snappy, it was suggested he was a pup, it was his age, then when he was about 1 yr the biting got worse, he would literally pin you in the corner if he thought something was hit, this one ocassion he jumped and bit into my arm, and as I lifted my arm the dog came with me, I was meant to have stitches, but was too big of a baby, we had no choice but to see the vet, it broke our hearts having him put to sleep, but for us we had no choice, it was only afterwards when we looked at his pedigree, it have never bothered us he was a pet - not a show dog, he'd been interbred, basically grandma was aunty, at the time the kennel club were trying to stamp the breed out, as a lot of the dogs had been interbred, and was causing brain tumours.

What I'm trying to say is, you have to make the best decision for your family, and if you don't feel that its safe for the family, its answered itself.

I'm so sorry, xx

rufusdog52

Elysia I agree with what the others have said, you have to put your family first and if there is a risk of your dog biting again then you will be better returning it and letting him go to a home without children. We had a dog a few years ago that belonged to an old lady, she died and some friends of ours took the dog in but couldnt cope so we said we would have it as we already had our Rufus (who we lost last year). The dog was very close to me and used to want to sit on my lap all day but was wary of my daughter but never actually bit her. Then one day I was looking after my grandson and all of a sudden the dog growled and my grandson started crying and when I looked it had bit him on the face and he had a tear in his eyelid. It was awful. I rang his mum and she came and took him up the hospital and he had to have stitches. My OH took the dog to the vets and they put him down, I couldnt stand having him in the house anymore after that and felt so guilty of what he had done.

My grandson is fine now and doesnt really remember what happened (he was only a baby at the time), he said he thought up to a while ago that it was Rufus who bit him but I told him it wasnt Rufus. He couldnt remember the other dog.

My dog we have now Harvey can be quite agressive towards strangers, he is fine with the kids but when my son's boy comes round I put the muzzle on Harvey just to be on the safe side. He is more likely to jump up and push people around though than actually bite and he is a big dog but I dont want to take the chance.

elysia2003

Thanks everyone - I feel better knowing it's not just me. We went for rescue dog in the first place as wanted to help - but compared to other times, last night she was just nasty. DD2 even more wary of her now, she was terrified this morning and if you can't feel safe at home, where can you?

elyphant

Hi all just a quick check in seems to have been loads to catch up on.

elysia - {{{hugs}}} for you. I have never had indoor animals (grew up with outdoor ones which are much more straightforward), but agree with others that you have to put your own family first. And maybe it will be best for the dog too, if it can be rehomed somewhere without children, maybe that will be less stress for the dog too. You can't feel guilty about it, you have to keep your children safe. I know it must be hard though.

Clare - glad you have had a payout, hope you enjoy being able to fix up your bedroom etc, how nice to be able to do it with extra money and be able to be relaxed about it, not wondering how will youpay for it or waitin gnad waiting till you can afford. Enjoy!!!!

Sarah - nothing much to add about wii stuff, we have just recently got a charging dock and it has been brilliant. We used to used rechargeable batteries anyway, but it's so much better not to have to be taking the back off and waiting for the batteries to recharge all the time. Just got ours a couple of weeks ago and they were half price in Game (£14 ish), but not sure if that's the best deal.

Games-wise the Lego games are brilliant. My eldest is 9 and youngest 3 and they both love them. You can do story mode where you have to work through all the levels so 9yr old loves that, but then you get free play where you basically just muck about on any level you like. And the characters are very funny e.g. one move for Lando on Lego star wars is to kiss Leia!!! Very fun - even I enjoy them! And mario kart, they are great. Have fun!