- Location
- Canberra, Australia
Love it! Hope all is good. You’ve waited a long time for this 
ALEX, the Bodeguero cross
- Thread starter snowbunny
- Start date
Yeah! Xxx
- Location
- Vlaardingen, the Netherlands
Just catching up!
What a journey so far! Glad that in the end all is well and that Dante has been eating! Also that Fiona and co are okay! I hope Dante is thriving and all goes well with the others!
What a journey so far! Glad that in the end all is well and that Dante has been eating! Also that Fiona and co are okay! I hope Dante is thriving and all goes well with the others!
- Location
- East Sussex
Woohoo!
Well done (an understatement I know) @snowbunny & J and congratulations @Aitch for your new family member. And Go Dante!
Hope you are all happy this morning.
Well done (an understatement I know) @snowbunny & J and congratulations @Aitch for your new family member. And Go Dante!
Hope you are all happy this morning.
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Gosh.
Tearing up here.
Good luck all of you xx
Tearing up here.
Good luck all of you xx
- Location
- East Sussex
Great to hear that Dante arrived safely at last! Hope you can all have a restful day.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Just lovely to follow this beautiful story
I don't know how I missed all this but I only found Dante's thread late last night. The good thing about that though I was able to read it all at once and then didn't have to wait long for Dante to arrive at his new forever home with his wonderful forever family. @Aitch @snowbunny an absolutely wonderful thing you've done. Be proud and happy. Dante is set for a fabulous life xx
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
How wonderful , the eagle has landed ! @snowbunny is one of the most crazy , brave and wonderful people I have had the pleasure to meet and thanks to you @Aitch for letting Dante into your lives xxxx
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Yes xx
- Location
- Argyll & Bute, Scotland
I am a sucker for a happy ending and this is another one. Another rescue dog in his forever home, just the greatest thing ever. Dante you have no idea what a very lucky boy you are to have @snowbunny in your life and now @Aitch. Live life to the full Dante, you are HOME xx- Location
- Buckinghamshire UK
It was cooler when we took the dogs out today. That didn't stop Alex ( we have gone back to his original name. Perhaps one of the lovely mods could change the name of this thread for me?) jumping into the stream with the other dogs.
Alex is a very chilled little person most of time, it seems. We are, however, having to manage his play. He bites! I've started treating him as I would a puppy and am teaching him that play stops if he bites. My arms are pretty bruised from his biting at the moment but he is getting the idea now, I hope.
He seems to prefer women to men and just follows me everywhere. Everything seems very new to him in ways I hadn't thought about. Stairs were his first problem. I had to get the other dogs to run up and down them and then coax him up them with cheese. He has now gotten used to them and flies up and down them.
Another thing we are working on with him is resource guarding. He only growls and doesn't snap but with this many dogs and a couple of cats we can't have anyone resource guarding.
He is fine with the cats but when one of them challenged him by arching his back and hissing at him Alex turned into a quivering wreck. He was very scared. I immediately started treating him with cheese and bits of ham and he walked away from the cat. I think the cat was bit miffed that he didn't put up a fight!
I have never seen a dog slot in so quickly. He is an absolute Joy!
Again, my thanks to the miraculous Fiona and J. They had a hellish journey and still came through it with patience and love for my boy. I feel honoured to have met them.
Alex is a very chilled little person most of time, it seems. We are, however, having to manage his play. He bites! I've started treating him as I would a puppy and am teaching him that play stops if he bites. My arms are pretty bruised from his biting at the moment but he is getting the idea now, I hope.
He seems to prefer women to men and just follows me everywhere. Everything seems very new to him in ways I hadn't thought about. Stairs were his first problem. I had to get the other dogs to run up and down them and then coax him up them with cheese. He has now gotten used to them and flies up and down them.
Another thing we are working on with him is resource guarding. He only growls and doesn't snap but with this many dogs and a couple of cats we can't have anyone resource guarding.
He is fine with the cats but when one of them challenged him by arching his back and hissing at him Alex turned into a quivering wreck. He was very scared. I immediately started treating him with cheese and bits of ham and he walked away from the cat. I think the cat was bit miffed that he didn't put up a fight!
I have never seen a dog slot in so quickly. He is an absolute Joy!
Again, my thanks to the miraculous Fiona and J. They had a hellish journey and still came through it with patience and love for my boy. I feel honoured to have met them.
- Location
- East Sussex
- Location
- Argyll & Bute, Scotland
That's amazing in such a very short time x
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Great to hear your update! Yes, when he’s over-excited he can mouth but he hadn’t done that to me for a while so I thought it had gone - obviously just needs a bit of a refresher
I’ve just finished a day of training and I’m seeing family now but I will write more after sleep!! X
I’ve just finished a day of training and I’m seeing family now but I will write more after sleep!! X