The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

monnagran

Don't do it Jamanda, purleeeeese, don't do it. Having tackled one illiterate hound with singular lack of success, I have hung up my spurs. So if you have visions of the first doggy winner of the Pullitzer Prize you're on your own, honey.
Leave me out of it.

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ivyleaf

Thank you Softstuff and nursemaggie, I'll have a look I eventually washed my hair at about 6 o;clock when we got home. It's not quite dry yet, but nearly.

jamanda Docky Mk 2? How lovely :T

nursemaggie

softstuff, I was so excited by your beautiful gift I forgot to read your letter. I read it this morning but then had to dash off on 4 buses 3 trains and 2 trams to get to hospital by 10.30am. Did not make it until 11.15am. Was so exhausted when I got back I forgot to say of course I will meet you again next year. Would not miss it for the world.

How exciting the thought of another Docky, there can't be two of them, hope this one can spell because I can't read his writing and I have two sons with severe dyslexia.

Softstuff

That's lovely Jamanda, give him a smooch from me.

Nursemaggie, looking forward to it already! Floss too?

jamanda

Hi,
Thanks for the well-wishes.


Don't need a photo - can't do them anyway, I have enough trouble trying to get them off the camera. Look at Docky's photo - is exactly the same.


He was black when we got him 4 weeks ago, and Mum named him Jet. Since then, however, he has grown lots of grey whiskers, grey frills around his ears and over the rest of him. Goodness knows what he will look like. He changes every day, and has grown 5.5 inches in 4 weeks (measured to shoulder). Vet burst out laughing and advised to buy a saddle.


He is absolutely brilliant on the house training side, but when he has his little needle sharp teeth set into your ear lobe, is not so biddable. Has fetish for hair, shoes, slippers, socks and particularly shoe laces.


He says he is not sure whether to be a hairdresser or go into pedicure as yet. He can't send a message because he is only a baby and can't write yet. Not long though from the looks of it.


Must go. He has pinched my shoe AGAIN.


Jane

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If he's nicking shoes he IS a reincarnation of Docky either that or our muttley is giving lessons in the hereafter to souls that are making a comeback!!! Docky's other passion was pairs of reading glasses, it must have been something about the arms because he was forever nicking ours and 'killing' them then doing the throw it and catch it routine which did them no good at all! Oh and Docky was partial to the odd paperback too when he was a pup, used to hold them down open and then shred the pages a few at a time on the lawn, good luck JAMANDA!!!

ivyleaf

Jet sounds hard work but huge fun

What a horrendous journey to the hospital nursemaggie! :eek:

Floss

Softstuff wrote: »

That's lovely Jamanda, give him a smooch from me.

Nursemaggie, looking forward to it already! Floss too?

Definitely as long as I can get the time off work!

nursemaggie

Ivyleaf Just normal for all hospital visits if you don't have a car. Each hospital in Greater Manchester Specialises in different things. You go to which ever one does the specialism you need. It can be up to a 100 mile round trip.

I could have done less changes if I had gone on a much earlier train, like 5am and having to walk to the Station. I would have arrived before any outpatients opened. Probably even before most of the staff got up.

I have made my appointment for next year already. It is for 1pm so hopefully there is a journey with less changes walks and waits. It only takes half an hour in a car. Via the motorways.

I am sure when the government thought up this idea, you will all have regional specialist hospitals eventually, they thought everyone has a car and they probably thought of everyone as young and fit not mostly elderly, infirm or disabled and mostly all three. That around a third of the over 75s has no living relative, or the only one they have is older than them and in a nursing home.

Families are scattered and not available to take mum or dad to a monthly appointment because they can't take three days off every month.

The hospital I went to is not a hospital, it's a city. It has so many buses arriving every few minutes it has 4 bus shelters and could do with a bus station. They may be coming in every few minutes but they all only run once an hour.

As I came out of one tram station I saw my bus disappear round a corner. I had to wait an hour for the next bus. Compared with many people I am relatively young and much fitter than the average patient.

I have a feeling the next government cut will be hospital transport. It must be horrendous and a drain on the NHS. Surely it must be cheaper to have the specialist have a clinic in a different hospital every day than transport hundreds of thousands of patients around in ambulances.

Nargleblast

Talking about dogs........last Sunday a beautiful black and white border collie came to live with us. Her name is Molly (Molly the collie) and she is five months old. Her previous owners could not give her the time, attention and exercise she needed.

Since last Sunday........a few statistics.

Number of swipes received from senior cat - must be at least 20.
Number of times told off for thieving the cats' food. - about 10.
Number of library books chewed by said dog - 3 (I have some grovelling to do when I take them back)
Number of toilet rolls nicked from bathroom and shredded - 1
Number of enthusiastic puppy licks received - just short of ten million, at a guess.

She is absolutely bonkers.