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[Varche]

We always said we would have a dog when we moved to Spain ten years ago but never got round to it. A chocolate coloured lab would have been nice.

In March this year we encountered a pitiful creature that had been abandoned (no longer a puppy, cost too much to feed,needed excercise etc). Since then we have wormed him and got all his jabs up to date. Vet tells us he has a weak heart. Probably another reason he was abandoned.

He is about 22Kg, 18 months old now and is a cross between an Irish setter and something like a Podenco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podenco_Canario

Doesn't bark much at all except a few gruffs to let us know a stranger is around. He doesn't lick you which is a plus. He is however strong willed. Loves free running so aledgedly keeps us fit with twice daily walks. Likes water but not swimming. Wasn't too hard to come up with the name Fluke although sometimes Fenton would have been more appropriate.


A couple of months ago, the dog identified his former owner when his BMW started up in town. Clearly there was affection there on both sides . I wanted to ask how could they abandon the dog you b$rsteward. I didn't.

We also have a cat. Black and white feet (Black cats are unlucky in Spain apparently!). She adopted us ten years ago. No good as a mouser, doesn't sit on your lap or like being picked up, has two crooked rear legs- probably broken as a kitten by kids swinging her around. We still love her to bits too.

We put them both in kennels/cattery for the first time last month and the cat fell ill. Vet wanted to put her down as she is riddled with cancer. We said no and although thin, she is now eating and living as before. At 10 and a half she is having a good innings for a semi feral origins cat. Like Vamps says , it is a big decision to end a pets life. Kennels/cattery and vets bills were nearly £500.

Ah the joys of being a pet owner.

[flyer 0712]

I had a german shepherd that caught the Parvo virus but because i always have my pets injections done every year it meant that her chances of recovery were 80% against 10% if not had the yearly boosters...Thank goodness she survived but it left her with a weak heart....However this did not stop her at all living to the age of 11...Also my daughter has a 12 year old cat and 4 years ago she was told her cat had cancer,glad to say that she is still going strong and apart from being very thin still enjoys life.So it isnt the death sentence that they always say 

[Vamps]

Yep, make the most of them while they are still with you........

We still have a cat that is 12 years old, 2 historic emergency 'out of hours' vet visits, the first of which I distinctly remember going to say 'put him down', we think he had been run over and was in a bad way, however Miss Vamps was with me, and she was only about 5 or 6 and those words, as I spoke them, said 'do whatever you have to do to fix him up'......this was the first of two incidents hence being called by me the 6 Million Dollar Cat.........

[Andy B]

....
 being called by me the 6 Million Dollar Cat.........

We can rebuild him/her, we have the technology ........ der der der derrrr 

[Vamps]

....
 being called by me the 6 Million Dollar Cat.........

We can rebuild him/her, we have the technology ........ der der der derrrr 

 

[TheBoy]

semi feral origins cat

As a child, dad rescued a feral kitten at work, as the RAF we having them culled, due to the camp being overrun with them. He managed a fantastic age of 17. Never really lost his wild nature, really loving and affectionate, but could turn without reason - kept us on our toes . He got on famously with our pet mongrel cross mutt - they were a double-act when it came to stealing food


Varche, I hope your two have a great life together, and that the puddy cat pulls through as best as can be expected .  You'll know when its time to make that heartbreaking decision