Tales from The Shire

Fortune_Smiles

bexster1975 wrote: »

Hi Fortune

I love your Pros list! It reads like the requirements of an ideal man! :rotfl:

Bexster

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: - just imagine if he had the cons though :eek:

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Karmacat wrote: »

Of course it will be fine! You've only had him a few days, and he's changed already. The catsitting I was doing - they were rescue cats, two years ago, and they're *still* changing. As for not being MSE - it was a considered move between you and your OH, life isn't only about paying things off.

Good for you!

I'm learning Karma. I've found he responds to commands better if I give them quietly and it's best not to try and play with him yet. Calm and quiet are my words du jour

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

greent wrote: »

Wow! Fab news - great you have taken a rescue woofer!
x

Thanks greent. I think it's the right thing to do if you're going to get a dog but I'm not quite sure what I've let myself in for.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

brizzledfw wrote: »

Lovely. I think its great, collies are super intelligent..I am sure he will come on in leaps and bounds (that wasn't an intentional pun, but then thinking on it - you can do dog agility training with him to boot!! :rotfl:)

Keep us posted

He is very clever Brizzle and learning fast. We have a dog training and agility centre close by and I've left them a message to call me today.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Jessy103 wrote: »

He'll be fine! It will just take time and patience! If you have room and don't have one already I would suggest a crate Mine have one with lots of bedding in and a blanket over the top so it's a nice cosy den where they can go and be on their own if they get anxious or just want to be left alone. It might help him to have one when visitors come round and he can come out of it when he feels comfortable.

Good luck and it will be worth it! x

Thanks for the tip Jessy. He seems fine as long as he can get to his bed and strangers let him come to them in his own time. I had visitors on Thursday and gave him an activity treat bone to keep him occupied and provide a positive association. After a little initial concern he settled down without a problem. Having said that I had very quiet well behaved visitors and not too many. Things might be different if we have a houseful so a crate might come in handy then.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

EatingTheElephant wrote: »

Congrats on the new addition, what a lovely home you are giving him.

I hope he'll like it ETE - he loves going for walks in the field.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

CharlieKat wrote: »

Hi Fortune

Have read your diary - this one, not the others - yet and i'm taking inspiration from the delicious sounding meals you make and am hoping to be a bit more adventurous with meals and plan them better too - thank you

Fantastic news that you've got a dog, and a rescue one too :T Echo-ing others here that you will be giving him a wonderful home :T

It will be more than fine, it sounds like he may have had a few changes in his life and may need a bit of time to realise this is his forever home now and that he is a part of the family and is loved. We've got rescue cats so no suggestions I'm sorry although others have posted some good advice. When we got ours we had a few accidents - one refused to use the litter tray and ruined a rug, a couple of things got broken as they got used to their new surroundings. I couldn't tell them off as i'm sure they had no bad intentions :rotfl: It wasn't very MSE of us to get them either and i must admit to spoiling them a bit by getting their favourite food and cooking them some chicken on occasion

Have subscribed - hope that's ok.

Hello CK - how lovely to see you. Of course it's ok to subscribe, I love visitors.

Menu planning is one of the things I'm quite good at although the outcome can be variable :rotfl: I used to post a lot of recipes but have been overtaken by recent events.

You are absolutely right, it's just going to take a bit of time. He'll have only been with us a week tomorrow so of course he's not going to feel at home yet. He's come so far in that time that I probably am expecting too much of him at this point.

Thanks for dropping in.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

More dog related spending has occurred :eek:

• a second treat bone. I stuffed the one I bought with (dog safe) peanut butter and put it in the freezer. It kept him occupied for ages when I had visitors this week and I hope has helped to give him a positive association with people coming to the house. I'd like to have one always handy in the freezer in case of unexpected visitors or for when I have to go out and leave him on his own
• a puzzle feeder. Due to his anxiety, he is tethered for periods of time as this helps him to feel calm and safe. It's never for long but I'd like to give him something to interest him during these periods. I can put a portion of his dinner in this one and, hopefully, it will take him a while to get to the noms. I might be worrying unnecessarily here because he actually just goes to sleep during these times
• a second bed liner. The first is stinky already because we haven't been able to bath him and I'm not sure I can get it washed and dry in a day with the current weather
• a smaller collar. I'm sure he could slip his current one if he really wanted to
• a camping shower. So we can bath him :j He's' not allowed upstairs and we don't have a downstairs bathroom so this was a bit of a dilemma. Problem solved and it arrived this morning we are going to give him a bath tomorrow when Mr F gets home :j

That should be it now though

We apologise for the interruption in this MFW programming. Normal service will be resumed... well probably won't be resumed for a while yet :rotfl:

So in other news I have:

• reconciled all the bank and credit card accounts
• reported a large fraudulent spend on Mr F's credit card :eek: Over £2k :eek: It's to a travel agent for a flight and apparently 3 further flight bookings were declined after :eek: J0hn L£wi$ didn't flag that with us though :eek: However, they are going to refund the amount, have cancelled Mr F's card and are issuing a new one
• budgeted for the rest of this month and the next. There may be a small amount left over to go into the emergency fund but Mr F and I will probably sacrifice some of our personal spends to progress things in the house
• ordered some shelving for the utility [STRIKE]room[/STRIKE] cupboard so we can tidy things up in there and get doggy food and treats off the ground and out of reach. It is more of a cupboard than a room and you have to walk though it to get to the downstairs loo. With all our coats and boots in there it's like walking through the wardrobe to Narnia :rotfl:

I must get back to posting daily and focusing on money. I'm happy to spend and save money as long as I consider what I'm doing and I feel as though I've fallen off the wagon with that recently. Climbing back on now.

I'm hoping for a bit of sunshine soon as there are Bramleys, runner beans and sloes to pick Oooh - applesauce would be fab for stuffing treat bones with

Have a great weekend folks.

Fortune x

stepuptothepl8

How lovely that you have a rescue collie :-) so do we.. she's still anxious, but we have coping strategies. She has a crate, and if men (one of her triggers) are visiting we tend to pop her in there, or the car - she loves the car. She hates eye contact, so we tell visitors to ignore her completely, and she also hates sudden movements so everything has to be gentle and slow. With us, she is a loving, obedient, soppy girl. With strangers I still wouldn't trust her. And we've had her a long time!!
Good luck with yours - pic please!

porgiegeorgie

Aww lovely news about the dog ^_^
Pets are family so you can't really put a price on them, no need to worry about not being MSE!