Moving on up! 🏡

Jessy103

Eye surgery is done and was carried out yesterday morning. Thankfully, I only needed it on my left eye in the end which is good as I've got a pirate patch and only having the one eye to use has been bad enough cant imagine what it would have been like with both out of action! We were really early getting there so ended up having a coffee and cake in a nearby cafe before going in. Doctor and nurse attending to me were lovely. I was given several doses of numbing eye drops and then an injection of local anaesthetic into my eyelid (you might want to skip the next bit if you're squeamish!). My eyelid was then clamped and turned inside out, an incision was made and the cyst was then drained. It was pretty harrowing as not only could I feel it happening but I could see it! I was patched up, a few pirate jokes exchanged with the nurse and doctor and sent on my way with a recovery sheet and antibiotic ointment. Pretty pooped for the rest of the day. I'm still feeling tired today so called in sick to work. Work already knew that I would not be going back in for the rest of the week as the environment is too dusty, but I have my laptop at home to do some work, I was just too tired and sore to do any today. I was able to take my patch off for a bit this afternoon to put the ointment in, but a fresh one will go on before bed. I will see how I feel tomorrow and if im up for doing any work.

Received the £100 fair sharer from nationwide today and that has been overpaid to the mortgage so the new total is £188,653.29.

We've been chatting about getting another dog. We're not wanting to rush into anything, but a 12 week old sighthound puppy has been shown and offered to us by the rescue that we got dog 3 from. Very tempting! I am torn because she is absolutely beautiful but dog 1 was a whippet and part of me wants another whippet, but that would mean buying a puppy from a breeder, which a big part of me does not want to do! Lots to think about and DH is not helping as he is happy to have either 😩

beanielou

Glad your eye surgery is done & went well. Having had eye surgeries I don’t envy you. I vote for no work for you this week. Get the rescue!

South_coast

Another vote for the rescue puppy here (obvs from someone who will have none of the responsibility of looking after it 🤣) A whippet might remind you of Dog 1 too much and make you miss her more? *Clutches at straws*

themadvix

Remember there’s no rush Jessy. A whippet rescue might come up in a few weeks/months when you’ve had a bit more time to process too.

Glad the surgery went well, but it does sound horrific having to watch it all!

Jessy103

Haha! Beanie and SC, what are you two like, bad influences 🤣

Thanks Vix x We have been looking at special whippet rescues, one doesn't rehome to people that work fulltime, even going home at lunch, having a family member go round or a dog walker is not sufficient! Which seems a bit silly to me, but thats their rules so ok. There is another rescue that specialises in rescuing dogs particularly whippets, greyhounds and other sighthounds from the Chinese meat trade and rehomes them mainly in the UK, but also USA and Europe. The main lady that runs the rescue lives in Lincolnshire like us, so we have contacted her about rehoming a whippet from her, and we are waiting to hear back. She is currently in China as the disgusting event that is the Yulin festival is coming up 😡 so we dont expect to hear back from her for a little while.

I've come to the conclusion that it wont be too soon after losing dog 1 to get another, we could never replace her and we never want to, we just have a lot of love to give in this house!

My eye is healing well, I still can't it get it properly wet, so this morning I had a very careful shower to wash my hair. It was nice to get the dried blood and yuck out of it! I have not done any work at home! DH kept saying 'you've had eye surgery, no one expects you to do any work after that!', so that did make me feel a bit better about calling in sick.

I did hear back from a job i applied for a few weeks ago last night asking if I was still interested. It's a part time job as a home personal assistant helping out a family with disabilities, so fits nicely in with my cleaning. Im going to go and see what its all about. I think it would be really good for me and fit in with what I'm enjoying doing. I would need to know how stable it is as this would be nice as my 'guaranteed wage' and then I can work on my cleaning business as well. Fingers crossed 🤞

VintageHistorian

I do think a lot of rescues (both cats and dogs) shoot themselves in the foot somewhat with the demands they make of potential adoptees. In this economy you are already looking an increasingly small group of people who have one adult able to stay home at all times, then add in factors like garden size, proximity to a road, no children (or no children above/below a specific age) etc and you might as well expect the man on the moon to adopt.

South_coast

I'd never heard of the Yulin festival. Had no idea things like that happened 😥

Jessy103

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82033142#Comment_82033142

Agreed, VH. I'm all for saying you're not going to rehome to someone who's out for 12 hours a day and the dog will be left all that time on its own, but to not even consider someone fulltime who will come home at lunch or have a dog walker to take them out and like you say all these other restrictions just makes people go out and buy a puppy because they feel they have no other option and that obviously doesn't help with the disgusting people who then puppy farm!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82033173#Comment_82033173

It's a terrible thing SC and I'm sorry that I've made you aware of it. Images still haunt me that I have seen of it. Hopefully, it will stop soon as it is becoming more frowned upon by the rest of world and pressure is mounting against it. Recently South Korea has announced that it is banning the dog meat trade as less people are having children there and more people are getting dogs instead! Let's hope we are able to rehome a dog from a terrible background again like dog 2 and 3 and give them the best home possible!

Watty1

Totally agree with VH. I was turned down by German Shepherd rescues as I did not have a 6 foot fence surrounding my property This is ridiculous - I have fields with horses, it would cost A LOT to put up a solid 6 foot fence around the fields and ruin the outlook. I had previously had a German Shepherd. I have a five bar gate with extra railings at the drive (unacceptable) and a 5 foot fence with hedges around the garden (which was ok but the garden is open to the back drive and fields and they wanted that fenced off.

The flip side: I work from home, I had breed experience and my previous GSD had been well trained, loved going to classes and went to agility, where I taught the newer dogs with my own sitting watching.

So, I went out and bought a puppy. WattyDog has never left the property unattended (ok mistakes happen LOL and he only goes as far as the old lady opposite he adores) and I do not think, despite having a strong working dog ethic WattyDog has actually noticed the fields are open and the horses have got out of them more than WattyDog ever has.

I still find it so sad when I see German Shepherds in rescues for 2 or more years because homes cannot be found. Honestly puts me off rescues sadly. Rant over……

sunshineli

The potential new job sounds great! I also agree with getting the rescue puppy! Or maybe waiting to see if a rescue whippet comes along in the future. If I ever got another dog I think I would only get one if it was a rescue. The dog meat trade is disgusting, it would be wonderful if you could rescue one from that.