Michelle Walsh's Comments

Hi Michelle,

Hope everything went well with Lego.

Cheryl

Hi Michelle,

sorry for a delay in answering, but there is a lot of duties in my life now;(

That's very niice to be your friend;)

Kisses to your white boys!

Anna

Hi once more:-)

I've just read  a story about Legolas:( I hope everything is going better and better with him:-)

Ania

Fingers crossed:-)

All the bes!

cuddles for your boys, special kisses to Legolas!

Michelle and Legolas...I know how hard it can be to wait to find out if surgery or medicines work....yesterday here in USA watched with much interest a news clip of my former vet who is in the testing of stem cells ( dogs own) for use in dogs for ortho conditions...Bermese Mountain Dog who at 7 months came up limping and whining from pain. who did not benefit from medicines and normal treatments ...evidently they harvest fat from the dog and send it away to harvest the dog's stem cells and then inject them into the dog....this little guy had two treatments and is doing wonderful....jumping up onto the bed again and running and playing.....just amazing what the future may hold for our dogs if this is successful and even for us humans.

    Legolas reminded me so much of our Brittany rescue....eyes and the markings on his face just looked so much like Pebbles.....except substitute red for that black markings....and I never could resist his eyes.  He had me from the day my Dad adopted him and when he came to live with us fulltime later he took over our home and Shilo , our IS just let him...he became Shilo's protector from the dreaded black lab puppy who lived behind us and scared poor Shilo to the point he would no longer go out into the yard...Pebbles changed that for us as he stood guard between the fence and Shilo so Shilo could enjoy the yard again.  Anyone who thinks dogs can't communicate with each other would have had to watch them work this out to truly believe they do communicate needs to each other.  Will be following to see how Legolas does so keep us posted.  Good Luck.

Sherry and Miss Molly

Hi there Michelle

Thank you for your thoughts, I am just hoping for a good outcome. I hope that she will be safe when this is all over..I will keep everyone informed as to what, if anything, I find out about this situation...

And you are very welcome for the comment on your wee man and his big soulful eyes.. he certainly can act well...Dee and the gang 

Michelle and Legolas ,

  Delighted to be your friend and looking forward to a very positive report soon that Legolas is up and about and you are chasing him!  Take care,

Sherry and Miss Molly

Pebbles was a very special dog...after my Mom passed away my Dad was just sitting and I could see his health going downhill so one day I stopped at a humane society here....and found Pebbles ( adopted him for my Dad that day but they had to nueter him before he could come home).  Called my Dad and Dad said he did not want a dog...even though Pebbles was almost the spitting image of the Pebbles I grew up with.....took some persuading to get my Dad to come up from the country to even look at Pebbles....but so funny as an older gentleman was talking to Pebbles in his cage when we came in and my Dad ran up and said," Pebbles , What are you doing here?  I am so glad I found you"....only lie I ever remember my Dad ever saying! They were inseparable....walked miles everyday and that dog was the light of my Dad's life...we watched Pebbles if Dad was in town or when he went to Florida in the summer so when my Dad passed away Pebbles came to live with us....and a week to the day he put me in a wheelchair for six months! and because of that I became addicted to watching the St Louis Cardinal Baseball games here with Pebbles cuddled up with me like he did when my Dad watched the game......habit that continues and is a very good thing as I found our Miss Molly looking for a forever home on the baseball game one night. :) Pebbles and Shilo were only six months apart in age....and  we lost them less than a month apart.  I missed my Shilo but it was Pebbles that just about broke my heart as I was very attached to him probably as he was a connection to my Dad.  So indirectly I have my Dad and Pebbles to thank for us having our Molly. When I saw Legolas eyes it was like I was seeing Pebbles looking at me .  Special memories of a special boy for me.  Just know that we are rooting for a very good result and many wonderful times for you and Legolas! 

Michelle...just have to ask what they were after in the wheel part of that jeep?  looks like it must have been something special.  Really cute pictures of both your dogs but Legolas has stolen my heart here.  Love his eyes and expressions.

thankyou Michelle for your comment on our afghans

Hi Michelle,

Thanks for your comments on Mitch's photos.

Sorry to hear what poor Legolas has been through. Wish your lovely boy the very best of luck on April 18th.

Tony

Thanks Michelle,

Mitch has made a full recovery and is back to his usual self. Hopefully you will be saying the same about Legolas in the near future. 

Yes, Theoden and Mitch are similar -  they are even more alike in your muddy photo of him. :)  Mitch just loves the mud. Even when we have a dry spell of weather (a rare event in Ireland and Wales I know) he usually manages to find some and we rarely return home from a walk where he's not plastered with the stuff! :)  

Best wishes

Tony                   

Thankfully no, he does have the annoying habit of eating all sorts of 'orrible stuff if I don't watch him, but has never (thankfully) rolled in anything foul. I know the feeling though as my previous Irish girl would have fitted in with your boys quite nicely. She absolutely loved rolling in anything, the smellier the better!!! The worst thing she ever rolled in was the remains of an upturned dead hedgehog, which except for the skin and spines had turned into a green liquid and looked like a bowl of pea soup. The stench was unbelievable, even after three baths you could still smell it on her! Indeed the aroma still lingers with me to this day. :) As for hunting birds   etc -  it's not only looks that Theoden & Mitch have in common.... when we were out on the moors it was always the case of nose down - bottom up and and off he would go on the trail of something or other. Hares were his favourite prey, though thankfully they were too fast for him and he never managed to catch one or anything else for that matter.  He would even stand to point (think that's the correct term) for what seemed like ages on times - I used to get quite fed up of waiting for him to move in and flush whatever it was he was pointing at. Alas those heady days are no more,  age has finally caught up with my boy and he does not wander far from my side nowadays. Though if he did chance upon a Hare I haven't the slightest doubt that he would still try his damndest to catch it :)

Tony & Mitch

Thanx for your comment! Greetings from Darcy!

Thanks Michelle you cant help spoiling them. Legolas dosnt look 9 at least hes having

a better hair day  hope his shoulder gets better

Thanks Michelle,  Hawk has only had 2 GM and 3 small seizure.  Last one was on 1/27/11 and it was a small one.  He is not on any meds as the seizures are not close enough and my vet and Dr. Jean Dodds want to keep him off anthing unless they become more frequent.  Keeping fingers and paws crossed that the seizures stay away.  Had planned on showing Hawk, put not with epilepsy, he is very birdy so we are going in that direction instead.  

Also hope things keep getting better for your lovely boys.

 

I am very sorry for Con... and I know what you are feeling as I have lost MC last year beginning of May. I joined ES later in the summer but could not manage to put pictures of MC during his life span since I was lucky to share his life for almost 14 years... I am really not good at grieving although MC was not my first dog, nor my only dog as we have Darwin right now, but definitively my very special soul mate. Soon I will stop confusing people and put a bit of order in my page. Many thanks for your nice and friendly comments about him.
What about Legolas? everything ok with his shoulder now? Have a very nice weekend Michelle and plenty of cuddles to your lads  :-)

Thanks for the birthday wishes Michelle....afraid I am being terribly indulgent this year....two days of being spoiled here, Hope you are having a great weekend.

Dear Michelle,

Thank you for all your lovely comments. I sincerly hope you are doing fine with your lovely dogs and your memories ofyour dear Connor!

Susan

I quite understand that it is all over, Jas is the same... from head to foot...I have been giving her a trim for her birthday....will try and take some pictures of her and post them for her birthday on the 7th...speak soon all the best Dee and the gang