Charlie

CHARLIE

CHARLIE is a lovely approximately 3 year old lady. She, unfortunately, needed to have a couple of teeth removed possibly because she was hit by a car or even kicked. She was, initially, very sad.

IN HER NEW HOME

Lucky Charlie has gone to live with another IRR dog, Daisy, and they are getting along very well together.

Apparently, poor Daisy kept getting humped by her and Daisy could jump on the bed out the way as, at first, Charlie could not get up there because her hind legs were a bit weak but she has now managed it and, on the way to the vets for her tooth op, she got in the car without help.

Maggie says " She has her feet under the table already. She has pinched the best dog bed and beheaded Daisy teddy but today, while she was at the vets, Daisy, who never chews up things (Miss Goody Two Shoes) beheaded the duck that Charlie came with."

After her op, Charlie had a good night's sleep. The next morning, she went for a small walk then wanted breakfast which was cooked to order !!! scrambled egg and pasta. She was still a bit wobbley but seemed happier. No doubt her teeth must have been painful for her. The vets say it may take her a bit longer to be back to normal as she was so under nourished and does not have the body fat to fight back with.

Maggie says "She is such a trusting dog, considering what she has been through, all she does when you speak to her is wag her tail".

UPDATE ON CHARLIE AFTER 3 WEEKS

Maggie, her forever mum says "We have had Charlie 3 weeks this Saturday and she is turning out a very good girl and has put a smile back on Daisy's face. She has also stopped humping Daisy!!!.much to Daisy's delight".

"I don't really know were to start about her !!!

She loves all the toys and one of the favourite postions is on her back with the toys in her paws but she spends a lot of time chilling out on her back anyway".

"The vet did say she may have been hit by a car or kicked because of her teeth We do wonder because of her reactions when you call her although I know dogs do have selective hearing when called. We did get her hearing and eye's tested at the vets, just in case, but the vet said all is well. I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt.

Charlie looks like her eyes and ears do not respond at the same time it's the same as when you give her a treat she takes it very gently but her mouth is not lined up with your hand and she looks sideways at you.
Also when she walks towards you she looks a bit spaced out as if she is on dope !!! bless her.

She is so funny the way she talks to you. Daisy talks as well so its funny when they both start, which is normally first thing in the morning. It sounds like they are having a conversation with each other.

We were told she may not be completely house trained but there have been no accidents at all so far and she is very good being left in the day. Charlie does not move things round in the way Daisy likes to, which I am pleased to say, Daisy has started to do again. Also Daisy has not hidden under the hedge in the back garden since we have had Charlie.

We were told Charlie may be a bit food aggressive but, again, so far so good. She is very good with food and so is Daisy. You can pick her food bowl up and put your hand in the bowl with food in there and she does not growl at all. Charlie did try and take a chewy out of Daisy's mouth but Daisy would not let go and there were no grumbles at all over that".

"Charlie was in the garden the other day (she does love being in the garden come rain or shine) and it was a bit quiet so I wondered were she was, as she cannot get out so I knew she had to be somewhere.I went to have a look and she was standing on top of the log pile at the top of the garden looking very pleased with
herself. She could not have done that when we first had her as her back legs would not have let her climb up there.

Last Saturday, I thought I would have a bit of a lay in for a change until 8am but Charlie had other ideas. We always open the patio door early so she can go out if they want to. First it was next door's cat that got chased then I heard her barking, and I didn't know what she was barking at and she would not shut up and it was early and I didn't want to upset the neighbours, so I jumped out of bed, grabbed my dressing gown, and ran up the garden. She had found a bumble bee and was trying to get hold of it so I took her in then had to rescue the poor bee.

She loves hers walks very much. She gets very excited when you pick her lead up. She hardly pulls on the lead at all now and she is getting much better with the horses and cows. We did manage to let her off the lead, for the first time, last weekend where it was safe. She was not too bad but we would not let her off all the time yet.

All that have met her say what a lovely dog she is and we are very pleased with her. She is a very gentle, loving and laid back dog so thanks IRR for another excellent dog".

TOO MUCH CHRISTMAS CHEER???????????

UPDATE APRIL 09 – THE AMUSING ANTICS OF CHARLIE

Maggie said,“We have just come back from our Easter break in the caravan and Charlie did not let me down !!!

1st. We were walking in the high street in Whitstable and Ray went in a shop. I stayed outside with the girls and Charlie thought she would have a lay down right in the middle of the pavement and would she get up - NO. Good job she had her harness on, people were laughing at me trying to get her up.

2nd. We were half way round the walk we were doing in lovely grounds and we came to a style. Daisy scrambled through and Charlie tried but got stuck. She reversed out and then just lay down as much to say ‘I can't get through there’ so I had to push and Ray had to pull. The same thing happened at the next style.

3rd Sitting on the pub garden and there were ducks on the pond. She was barking and trying to get to them then a cat jumped over the wall. Well poor Ray - I saw the legs on his chair go in the air but he managed to hang on to her and the chair did not go over and yes I was laughing, he wasn't. Don't know why!

3rd Just finished an 11 mile walk and we were walking down a country lane, the girls were hot and Charlie spotted a very big muddy puddle and before Ray could say NO she was laying down in it looking very pleased with herself.

The one of them in the pub garden is not the one with the ducks and cat but Daisy enjoyed hunting in the garden while Charlie took it easy. And Charlie enjoyed her dip in the sea it was a lovely warm day.
The girls were quite tired after their long walk.

But we all had a good time.”

LATER THAT MONTH……

We have vertical blinds in what we call our sun room. Daisy loves lying in there at night she is a real night owl - she looks out looking for anything that moves. Charlie loves her bed too much but last night next door’s cat walked by and Charlie was barking like mad. We let her out so she could see but the cat had gone.

An hour later we were asleep and we heard a very big bang which woke us up and we wondered what on earth had happened. We jumped out of bed, Daisy ran out with one of her furry toys in her mouth she was trembling and we found Charlie looking a bit dazed. She must have tried to run through the shut door as we also have a fly blind on there as well that we use when the door is open. I think she thought (knowing how thick Charlie can be) that Ray had opened the doors and
pulled the fly blind across I don't think her eyesight is that good either.

Charlie had made a good job of breaking them, the track at the top was all twisted and one of the panels was down and the beads from the bottom had come off. So there was Ray at 3 am in the morning trying to pull them back again.

Poor Charlie looked a bit sorry for herself. Ray sent her in the lounge, I said it’s not her fault she thought the door was open. I went to check her out and gave her a cuddle and brought her back into our bedroom and she then went in her own bed. I bet this morning she has one big headache. Tonight after her dinner she looked at me and I noticed she did have a small graze over her eye - and Ray did eventually manage to mend the blinds