{"id":9006,"date":"2014-02-16T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T15:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2014-03-05T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T17:08:00","slug":"toby-the-king-charles-spaniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/toby-the-king-charles-spaniel\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby the King Charles spaniel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Toby has now found a home !!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>progress update: 16\/2\/14<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;ve had Toby for a couple of weeks now and he is a real character.<br \/>\nBefore he settles down for a nap he looks around for something he can take and guard, \u00a0paper, tissue, plastic bag, hat. glove, towel, anything.<br \/>\nHe then takes it to bed and looks at you as if to say &#8220;come and get it&#8221;.<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t, we wait till he falls asleep and then take it.<br \/>\nYou can stroke and pet him when he is guarding as long as you don&#8217;t go near it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He loves his walks and gets very excited and now he has lost a bit of weight he can even get all four feet in the air.<br \/>\nToby loves to meet other dogs and will run the length of the field to say hello, but then usually looks to see where you are and then I can signal to him to come back as he is quite deaf so calling is no good.<br \/>\nHe will chase the cat but he knows he shouldn&#8217;t as he runs away so could only live with a confident cat.<br \/>\nToby makes me smile at least a couple of times a day with his foibles.<br \/>\nHe would make an ideal companion for an older person who doesn&#8217;t have young children because of his guarding as he will snap if challenged.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>progress update: 12\/2\/14<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9159\" alt=\"Toby KCS (6)\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-6.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-6-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9160\" alt=\"Toby KCS (9)\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-9.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-9.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-9-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9161\" alt=\"Toby KCS (5)\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-5.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Toby-KCS-5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>progress update: 31\/1\/14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He&#8217;s quite a nice dog, gets on well with other dogs and although a bit possessive it&#8217;s not unmanageable.<br \/>\nI let him of the lead today and he came back easily enough.<br \/>\nHe would suit an adult household.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just arrived approx 8yrs old King Charles Spaniel, bit overweight so plenty of exercise needed.<br \/>\nMore to follow once he has settled in with us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toby has now found a home !! progress update: 16\/2\/14 We&#8217;ve had Toby for a couple of weeks now and he is a real character. Before he settles down for a nap he looks around for something he can take and guard, \u00a0paper, tissue, plastic bag, hat. glove, towel, anything. 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