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Cyril

Cyril has now found a home !!

progress update: 4/4/14

Hi Helen
I thought you would like to know how well Cyril is doing.
Basic training is going well he now sits and waits for his food, will sit to have his lead put on and is responding to commands to leave the cat (shame we can’t train the cat to stop hissing and spitting at him!) and is coming in from the garden when called.
We are having to be very consistent with him as he definitely has a wilful streak and will turn away if he wants to ignore you.
He really is a much loved addition to our family and I am really noticing the benefit of our daily early morning walks.
Thank you to all who helped to rescue him
Ann.

progress update: 11/3/14

Hi Helen
Cyril is settling in well, he is a real joy.
Everyone loves him except our cat!
He has had a trip to the vet and treatment for struvite crystals but this seems to have settled now.
Kind regards Ann

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Mystery dog Illness confirmed Puddletown / Wareham

This came via Lynwood Veterinary Group:

Kirk, the black Labrador has been a recent victim of cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy also referred to as New Forest Disease and Alabama rot.
Kirk sadly lost his battle with this disease on 6th March 2014.
Kirk was walked in the Dorchester and Purbeck area.
In the light of this further case we would like to highlight to everyone to check your dogs regularly for any unexplained wounds on the legs and face and to seek veterinary attention if you notice anything.
Cases only seem to occur between December and March and only small numbers of dogs are affected overall.
As Kirk was only walked locally in the Puddletown Woods and Wareham Woods, we would like to highlight to dog owners that this disease is not restricted to the New Forest.
Therefore it is important to check your dogs regularly for any wounds and monitor particularly for lethargy and reduced appetite.
If you have any concerns please do not hesitate in contacting your local branch of Lynwood Vets.

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Babar

 

progress update: 27/3/14
Geoff has now had Babar for a two weeks and has reported that he is a delightful dog.
Getting on well with his dogs and putting up with going to the pub with Geoff every evening for socialisation. Babar is accepting with good spirit all the yakking on and on that Geoff and his cronies indulge in every evening.

Babar will need an active home as stated before and not with young children because in his enthusiasm to say Hello he will knock them for six like ten pin bowling pins.
Small screaming humans are not fond of this and their parents less so as Babar realises but just can’t help himself in the rush to say Hello to new people.

Babar is a 15 month old Weimaraner, very good with other dogs and people.
Bouncy and lively and loves to play.
He will need an active home.
More to follow as he settles in with his foster Dad.

Teddy ( a.k.a Tad the Lhasa x Shitzu )

REHOMED !!

progress update: 25/3/14

Hello Helen,

I am very happy in my new home and have settled in very quickly.
John and Lynn are very impressed by my good behaviour,
and I have not had any accidents at all which they are particularly pleased about.

I went to the vets last Monday and had my first vaccination and am going back next Monday for my follow-up.

I’ve been walking up to work with Lynn and I have made new friends with loads of other dogs that I meet on the way.
It’s a brisk 20 minute walk but I have to slow down every now and again to let her catch up with me, but I don’t say anything – that’s humans for you!
I have attached a photo of myself having my tummy tickled which i just what I like after a long day at the office.

Please pass on my thanks to Pat for looking after me and taking me to the groomers to take my old coat off. The new one is growing back really well now, and John is taking me for a bath and a trim in a couple of weeks.
Please also thank Jackie for taking care of me while I was waiting for a new family.

John and Lynn have decided to change my name to Teddy, so you may need to let the chipping people know.

Thank you for everything.

Woofs and licks,

Teddy (formerly Tad)

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Mystery Dog Illness New Forest update

NFDOG and Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists are very grateful for all the donations (totalling over £10,000 now!) they have been receiving for the aim of furthering research into ‘Alabama Rot’.
Two projects have already been undertaken and although nothing positive has been detected, a few more possibilities have been ruled out.  Urine toxicology tests have been carried out on a number of sick dogs in an attempt to identify a toxin that may have been ingested, but nothing definite was discovered.
A very kind and grieving family agreed to a full post mortem on a dog they had sadly lost, hoping that this would help the cause.  The knowledge base continues to be built.
NFDOG Chairman, Heather Gould, said “We are not expecting any exciting break throughs in the medium term, but believe that every test that rules something out is a small step forward.  The research fund is open to any vet who wants to research something specific about the illness and applications should be made via Anderson Moores.

The Forestry Commission have asked for our help to make more information widely available to the public. They have a downloadable poster at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/eng_NF_AlabamaRot_Mar14.pdf/$FILE/eng_NF_AlabamaRot_Mar14.pdf  and would like members of the public to print out and display this in areas of the Forest that do not already have it up. If posters are to be displayed outside of the New Forest, the FC logo must be removed please.

Please keep an eye on Anderson Moores website – www.andersonmoores.com for updates on the illness and a table of confirmed and suspected cases can be viewed here – http://www.forestry.gov.uk/alabamarot

Sent by NFDOG. Contact:

New Forest Dog Owners Group
Racecourse View
Lyndhurst
Southampton, Hampshire SO43 7AQ

Storm

Storm has now found a home !!

progress update: 19/3/14

Storm has proved to be a wonderful dog, we are very happy she has joined the family,
even Murphy the cat seems to have accepted her!!
She is getting lots of lovely walks & walks well to heel & is extremely obedient & well behaved!!

progress update: 15/2/14

Storm is a fantastic dog, she’s very well behaved and is a real couch potato!

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Storm is two years old and a mixture with a dash of Lurcher in her.
She is good with children and other dogs.
This is her with Lola her sister.