Duffy found my forever home

04/06/2023

Duffy hasn't posted anything for a while but my son took this photo yesterday & I'm sharing it because I just love that face.

26/12/2022

Duffy being cute in slow-mo, Christmas eve. He melts my heart every day.

12/11/2022

He's concentrating so hard on ignoring my breakfast.

23/10/2022

Practising our 'emergency' down. Now he can be off lead again I've started over with the easy asks and I'll build up the distractions and see if I can get him to down a bit quicker😁. But he's a very good boy ❤️

04/09/2022

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It’s nearly 9 months now since Charlie disappeared and in all that time there has been no news of him at all. I’ve been through a lot of dark days since he vanished but today is a new low as it’s 9 years today since I collected him from Manchester airport. Someone must know something. All I want is to have him back home with me, no questions asked. Charlie is a very special boy and it’s soul destroying not knowing what’s happened to him. If anyone has any information at all please get in touch.

13/08/2022

Duffy saw the specialist vet this week. He went through the MRI image with me pointing out areas of radius and ulna that had suffered necrosis but reiterated that the prognosis is good. Duffy has to remain on restricted activities building slowly up to November which will be six months of healing.
Bad news is that since he first met Duffy he's been looking at and examining one of his hind legs as he had noticed something when filming him in motion and he has said he thinks the hind leg has 'cruciate trouble brewing'. 😢
I'm hoping we can manage it and prevent the ligament rupturing. 🤞
Anyway here's the boy with a muddy face from digging up a goat ear I gave him about a month ago 🤢😷

02/07/2022

Duffy encountering the emergency barricade at the bottom of the stairs. Not a happy boy.
Sorry Duffers the vet says no stairs unless on the lead, no jumping off the furniture & definitely no activity that means sudden changes of direction..
We now have a diagnosis for his intermittent lameness, it's damage to the ligament joining the ulna & radius bones, probably caused by him racing about. Up to now we've been restricting his over all activity but for the next six weeks he's going to need more specific management but they say he doesn't need to be kept crated. Fingers crossed we see a lot of improvement in the next month or so.

02/06/2022

Quick update on Duffy, the xrays don't give a clear explanation of why he has been so lame. MRI scan booked for just over a week. Thank goodness for pet insurance.
We went to dog training as usual this week but kept it nice and chilled, looking for kibble in the paddling pool.

28/05/2022

Duffy has been displaying intermittent lameness on one of his front legs. He's had some rest a couple of visits to the vet some painkillers/anti inflammatories and yesterday some x-rays. What they have told me is he has some bone growth on his shoulder which is affecting the joint. Appointment this coming week with a specialist. Meanwhile its activities around the house and taking it easy.

27/04/2022

What's Duffy been up to this week? I'm glad you asked. He's been helping me plant up some flower pots & hunted for a mouse in the garden.

13/03/2022

Clay pigeon shoot near the Canicross route this morning, Duffy's tail went down & he was keen to get past the guns but he wasn't subdued for long as we headed towards the finish and a well earned rest.

06/03/2022

He's loving this canicross lark.
Despite his reactivity he was excellent around the other dogs & runners. Then it was home for a late breakfast and a very long nap.

27/02/2022

Caught in the spotlight, he thinks that's his best side 😂

27/02/2022

I know you love sunbathing but how can your face be comfy?

27/01/2022

08/01/2022

He can't believe it, a box of cats?!

15/11/2021

23/07/2021

Duffy's repeat blood tests for Leishmania & Ehrlichia came back clear today. 👍
But by the look on Squirrel's face I think what Duffy's just told him is that he got a bit worried having his ear infection treated at the vets this morning & pooed on the vet nurse. 🤭😂
He'd better buy her some chocs.

22/04/2021

It's a good job I love him 😂

13/04/2021

Brave Duffy freed his friends, Squirrel & Pig, from the dastardly shoe box & then set about teaching it a lesson it would never forget 😃

02/04/2021

Sunbathing.

19/03/2021

Checking out the beach, still too cold for a paddle.

08/03/2021

24/02/2021

Duffy (Tyke) has been feeling a bit stressed since the journey on Sunday, luckily he's now found the lavender bush in the garden, you can see it had a lovely calming effect on him.

20/02/2021

All these dogs starting the journey to their new lives.