Nisha and Talía (Negreta and Lulú).... a journey.

snowbunny

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Stacia

Stacia

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Wonderful to see Talia wanting affection and accepting in. Was she trembling or shivering? Are those scars on her leg and other areas?

I noticed on the Facebook video that Nisha almost came right up to you and Talia, certainly a great step forward.
 
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snowbunny

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Andorra and Spain
Jelinga said:
Wonderful to see Talia wanting affection and accepting in. Was she trembling or shivering? Are those scars on her leg and other areas?

I noticed on the Facebook video that Nisha almost came right up to you and Talia, certainly a great step forward.
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I've not noticed any scars on her legs, but she certainly haves some on her face, so I wouldn't rule it out. She has problems with some swelling in her nipples that needs veterinary intervention that we're aware of and this is a whole new world to me where we can't give the medical care that I think is necessary at this time. Normally, any of my dogs would be straight in to the vet if I though it necessary, but here we have to do the trust building first. Same with Nisha, who is totally unvaccinated. And neither of them have had blood tests for the endemic diseases which it would be daft to dismiss - I am pretty sure that both of them will be Leish positive at the very least. But we cant't do anything until we can handle them, unless we're willing to put them through undue stress. Which I'm not. They've been eleven years without diagnosis, they're both asymptomatic, we'll wait. But the nipple swelling is a worry.

And, yes, Talia is trembling. It's cold for me sitting for half an hour on the floor, but it's not cold cold. Our nighttime minimum today is 7C. This was probably about 15, but I'm a wimp :D
 
Candy

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So lovely to see! Also Nisha's barking is so much less frenzied than before, more like a bit of a grumble than the 'Stay away, stay away, stay away!' barking that she was doing previously.
I'm amazed by how quickly things have moved forward in such a short space of time. You are working wonders!
 
snowbunny

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Sophiedoodle said:
Do you know anything like if they were used for breeding? Or if they’ve been spayed?
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Talia has been spayed. Nisha says so on her release documents but that assumption predates the management and so we don't know 100%. I think she has been, and was done before she had a litter, because her nips aren't visible. But really, we have no history. With an entire boy in the house, even one as rubbish as Shadow, we'll likely find out at some point. The only thing we know is that Talia has been spayed at some point, and has been vaccinated this year. Nisha has not been vaccinated in the last three years at least. We have no blood tests on either of them to tell us whether they are affected by any of the endemic diseases. The assumption is that they are (because it would be a fricking miracle for them not to be), but they are at least asymptomatic of the more obvious symptoms. So... yeah. I want them both to have full physicals ASAP, and the vet is happy to come to us but we have to work within their parameters, and these aren't just normal "nervous of the vet" dogs, they're little better than wild animals in terms of handling.

Cath said:
So beautiful Fiona, when she licked you I could of cried.
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I can't confirm or deny that I had a bit of leakage from my eyeball at that point. ;)
 
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