Hi Ellen ! I don't think any of us like getting older :) still I hope you had a good day. Rohan won his Junior Dog class today in Kilkenny, hopefully he'll do well in Waterford tomorrow too. If you go to the 'main page' Ellen, on the left hand side scroll down past the 'video' clips and the list of birthdays for the current & following day are usually listed so that's where you'll find them :) Another fairly decent day today...hope it stays that way!
Thanks Ellen for your words of comfort. Yes, Bajka was a wonderful and beautiful red girl. My first Irish. It was a luck to live with her for 15 years. Many funny days, great meetings, a lot of new friends:-)
I hope Finlay's health improved.
And belated but the best birthday wishes for you:-)
Hi Ellen, second place for Ro today, turned out a nice day too & not a long drive to Tramore either, I'd never driven there before , actually since I started showing \i've been driving to aloit of 'new' destinations :) Thank god for sat-nav :)
How's Finley keeping ? love the long hair on his ears, poor Ro's has to be all trimmed off for the shows. Take care...Michelle & the boys.
Hi Ellen, Thanks for the comment, Rio is a lovely chap, great fun, much admired and quite a character, I love him to bits and he has been a great comfort and distraction to me since my husband passed away the end of April. He is fantastic with all my nieces and nephews and insists on joining in with most of their games, three of my nephews are autistic to varying levels and were quite wary of Rio to begin with but he has gained their trust and he is playing a huge part in their develpoment and confidence, I don't think he knows just how special he is!. Bye for now Jennifer Martin
Morning Ellen, yes everything is fine here and really hope it is the same on your side with your "miracle" boy :-) I gather he is still doing great? We should never stop hoping for the best :-) We are busy showing our big pup, Mac, and I think he will start to love the shows ... nothing to do with the competition but for the fabulous games he can have after the show with very handsome Rohan from Michelle Walsh. Darwin really enjoy going to shows, he is only a spectator and keep a judging eye on his brother :-) Love from us all
Ellen thank you for lovely comments. I never had two dogs on my own but I think it was the best step forward. Jasper new pup is just wonderful and I can see that bought my boys loves their life what is the best thing for me and I really enjoy them every minute. Have a nice evening and nice to heard from you x.
Hi Ellen, good to hear from you, we are eagerly awaiting our new arrival on friday next week willsend pictures as soon as possible. My other two girls will have a rude awakening as they are getting on a bit. Georgia is 11 in sept and I think she will mother the new arrival. Becky is cock of the show at present so we will have to make a very big fuss of her.
Thank you for accepting my invitation! :-) Your dog Finlay is absolutely gorgeous!!! And I see that you live in Birmingham? I know Birmingham quite well and have friends that live there. Part of my mother's family lives in the Northampton/Milton Keynes area.
Ellen, I just read that Finlay is ill? With cancer? I'm so, so sorry to hear that! I also wish you and Finlay the very best!
What a terrible shock! Cancer is the last thing you would think of when a young animal like your wonderful Finlay starts limping ... We lost our Gordon Setter Orlane to cancer but she was already at an advanced age. It's a terrible illness. However, the fact that the vet was so wrong with his prognosis is reason for hope, as well as the fact that Finlay is well and happy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and wish you both lots of strength! Kind regards, Eileen
Hi Ellen, hope you and Finlay are doing very well and the sun in shinning in your area :-) You wanted to know about Mac, so here it is .. Mac is now an Irish Junior Champion!!!! Will put a blog soon when I can find some time to do it.
I don't know much about cancer ... although it does seem to affect all of our lives these days as we lose family members and beloved pets to this terrible illness. But it does seem that Finlay is still very much enjoying life and I hope that the two of you will still have lots of many wonderful times together! I also hope that the weather improves for you ... this summer really has not been good in northern Europe. We are currently in the rainy season here in Mexico, so it does rain nearly every day, and often the rain is torrential with thunderstorms like I never experienced them in Europe, but we do have some hours of sunshine every day which makes it easier. Much love and the best wishes, Eileen
Sorry to hear your IS is not well and yes he deserves a lot of care and attention after all the joy they give to us. When I got my 1st IS he was ajoy but when he died I vowed we would never only have just one again so we have had 2 ever since.and they are really good company for each other play and do everything together. the new baby will be our 8th so you have a way to go. Take care and I hope your IS is feeling better.
That's exactly what would have happened to me ... It's good that you are now able to enjoy your time together again. The main thing is that Finlay isn't suffering, from what you've written it sounds as if he's doing just fine. Let's hope that he still has a lot of time left. I think everybody who's in love with their dog, knows what you're going through, just thinking about losing Lucas brings tears to my eyes. We all know that in all probability our pet will leave us before we go (and in fact we wouldn't want it the other way round either ... who would look after and nurse our beloved pet as we will...?), but we only start to prepare ourselves for the inevitable when our pet has already reached a good age ... My heart and all my good wishes and positive thoughts go out to you and Finlay. Kind regards, Eileen, Lucas & Molly
Hi Ellen thank you verry much for Birthday wishes on Friday. We spent the day in Canterbury with a long lunch and some retail therapy, not something I usually get the chance to do at this time of the year with an influx of B&B guests. we booked the weekend off and then spent the rest of the time sorting out a long overdue garage clearance needless to say Hamilton and Micawber were only too eager to 'help'. How is your beautiful Finley?
Hi Ellen, many thanks for all your lively comments on my pics over the past few days. Very happy to be your ES friend :) Your big man is sooo beautiful, one very handsome but you have. Health to enjoy :) Hoe to talk soon. Take care. Hugs & kisses from Rufus & I xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Ellen ! I don't think any of us like getting older :) still I hope you had a good day. Rohan won his Junior Dog class today in Kilkenny, hopefully he'll do well in Waterford tomorrow too. If you go to the 'main page' Ellen, on the left hand side scroll down past the 'video' clips and the list of birthdays for the current & following day are usually listed so that's where you'll find them :) Another fairly decent day today...hope it stays that way!
Best wishes to you & Finley.
Hello Ellen. Thank you for the friend invite. Love too. Hugs to you and Finley.
Rhonda Kerry and Murphy.
Thanks Ellen for your words of comfort. Yes, Bajka was a wonderful and beautiful red girl. My first Irish. It was a luck to live with her for 15 years. Many funny days, great meetings, a lot of new friends:-)
I hope Finlay's health improved.
And belated but the best birthday wishes for you:-)
Hi Ellen, second place for Ro today, turned out a nice day too & not a long drive to Tramore either, I'd never driven there before , actually since I started showing \i've been driving to aloit of 'new' destinations :) Thank god for sat-nav :)
How's Finley keeping ? love the long hair on his ears, poor Ro's has to be all trimmed off for the shows. Take care...Michelle & the boys.
Hi, Thank you for your lovely comments.
Hi Ellen, Thanks for the comment, Rio is a lovely chap, great fun, much admired and quite a character, I love him to bits and he has been a great comfort and distraction to me since my husband passed away the end of April. He is fantastic with all my nieces and nephews and insists on joining in with most of their games, three of my nephews are autistic to varying levels and were quite wary of Rio to begin with but he has gained their trust and he is playing a huge part in their develpoment and confidence, I don't think he knows just how special he is!. Bye for now Jennifer Martin
Morning Ellen, yes everything is fine here and really hope it is the same on your side with your "miracle" boy :-) I gather he is still doing great? We should never stop hoping for the best :-)
We are busy showing our big pup, Mac, and I think he will start to love the shows ... nothing to do with the competition but for the fabulous games he can have after the show with very handsome Rohan from Michelle Walsh. Darwin really enjoy going to shows, he is only a spectator and keep a judging eye on his brother :-) Love from us all
Beautiful pictures of your baby I love that.
Ellen thank you for lovely comments. I never had two dogs on my own but I think it was the best step forward. Jasper new pup is just wonderful and I can see that bought my boys loves their life what is the best thing for me and I really enjoy them every minute. Have a nice evening and nice to heard from you x.
Hi Ellen, good to hear from you, we are eagerly awaiting our new arrival on friday next week willsend pictures as soon as possible. My other two girls will have a rude awakening as they are getting on a bit. Georgia is 11 in sept and I think she will mother the new arrival. Becky is cock of the show at present so we will have to make a very big fuss of her.
Kind regards Sandra
Thank you for accepting my invitation! :-) Your dog Finlay is absolutely gorgeous!!! And I see that you live in Birmingham? I know Birmingham quite well and have friends that live there. Part of my mother's family lives in the Northampton/Milton Keynes area.
Ellen, I just read that Finlay is ill? With cancer? I'm so, so sorry to hear that! I also wish you and Finlay the very best!
Hi Ellen,
What a terrible shock! Cancer is the last thing you would think of when a young animal like your wonderful Finlay starts limping ... We lost our Gordon Setter Orlane to cancer but she was already at an advanced age. It's a terrible illness. However, the fact that the vet was so wrong with his prognosis is reason for hope, as well as the fact that Finlay is well and happy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and wish you both lots of strength! Kind regards, Eileen
Hi Ellen, hope you and Finlay are doing very well and the sun in shinning in your area :-) You wanted to know about Mac, so here it is .. Mac is now an Irish Junior Champion!!!! Will put a blog soon when I can find some time to do it.
Thanks Ellen, big hugs given and appreciated :-)
Dear Ellen,
I don't know much about cancer ... although it does seem to affect all of our lives these days as we lose family members and beloved pets to this terrible illness. But it does seem that Finlay is still very much enjoying life and I hope that the two of you will still have lots of many wonderful times together! I also hope that the weather improves for you ... this summer really has not been good in northern Europe. We are currently in the rainy season here in Mexico, so it does rain nearly every day, and often the rain is torrential with thunderstorms like I never experienced them in Europe, but we do have some hours of sunshine every day which makes it easier. Much love and the best wishes, Eileen
hi Ellen,
Sorry to hear your IS is not well and yes he deserves a lot of care and attention after all the joy they give to us. When I got my 1st IS he was ajoy but when he died I vowed we would never only have just one again so we have had 2 ever since.and they are really good company for each other play and do everything together. the new baby will be our 8th so you have a way to go. Take care and I hope your IS is feeling better.
Sandra
Dear Ellen,
That's exactly what would have happened to me ... It's good that you are now able to enjoy your time together again. The main thing is that Finlay isn't suffering, from what you've written it sounds as if he's doing just fine. Let's hope that he still has a lot of time left. I think everybody who's in love with their dog, knows what you're going through, just thinking about losing Lucas brings tears to my eyes. We all know that in all probability our pet will leave us before we go (and in fact we wouldn't want it the other way round either ... who would look after and nurse our beloved pet as we will...?), but we only start to prepare ourselves for the inevitable when our pet has already reached a good age ... My heart and all my good wishes and positive thoughts go out to you and Finlay. Kind regards, Eileen, Lucas & Molly
Hi Ellen thank you verry much for Birthday wishes on Friday. We spent the day in Canterbury with a long lunch and some retail therapy, not something I usually get the chance to do at this time of the year with an influx of B&B guests. we booked the weekend off and then spent the rest of the time sorting out a long overdue garage clearance needless to say Hamilton and Micawber were only too eager to 'help'. How is your beautiful Finley?
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