mathilda,me + niece:first time meeting pic...
Submitted by Pegsy on April 25, 2012 - 9:51amas promised here's a pic of mathilda,myself + my catherine...i called her tildy
a few times yesterday,myself...,lol,...not the clearest pic it's from my cell, pls disregard the thumb
at the bottom left hand side...that belongs to my bro!lol
but i promised myself that i'll try and take more pics of my new bugaboo +myself(god willing all goes well)
b/c i never got the chance to take one of myself w/my archie...although he would pose by himself like noone's
business!!! enjoy!!!
Cute!
Everyone looks very excited! When do you find out if you get her?
well first there have to be
well first there have to be several meetings as we were and will be observed
w/our interactions...her w/us ,us w/her...she will begetting sterilized this week
but will be recovering w/her foster mom-which is fine w/me b/c i'was having anxiety attacks
esp w/what happened after my archie's surgery-i'm still very traumatized!!!...then when her foster mom is convinced
and satisfied on both ends and all around...i will be able to foster her which i will be on a trial basis...then
i will finally be able to adopt her!so ,so far so good...*fingers crossed*
Sounds like a sound process
I agree with you about not wanting to be around for the surgery. Can I ask what happened to Archie - feel free not to discuss if you don't want to. Sounds like you lost him during a surgery... I lost my first boy when he went into be fixed at 7 months old - TOTAL trauma.
I really do hope everything works out for you and "Tildy". :)
you made me smile when you
you made me smile when you called her tildy...i felt like that yesterday...
yes ofcourse,talking about him and what happened certainly has made things better for my mind and psyche...
well i got archie from kijiji...he was rehomed and i have to say in excellent health!i got him a month after i separated
so he was the greatest therapy in the world!!!
as he wa getting older and more attached to me...his alpha was emerging,slowly at first then head on...
although he was w/my dad all day when i came home that was it-he disregared everyone...i was master!
he developped being territorial which was fine at first...then it was getting a bit worse,not all the time but more often then i liked!
he bit my dad...which i can tell you coulda been for any reason but as we all know there is no excuse and you certainly don't bite the hand
that feeds you!!!on jan.1 in the evening he attacked my dad where he required 7 stitches!!! although my dad was lying down on the couch
he dragged off!!!to say i was beyond horror stricken is putting it mildly...and even more so it happened in front of the kids!!!
well i don't need to tell you the crapstorm it caused everyone was on dividing lines!!!but still and i love my dad for that where he could've
been completely adamant in getting rid of him which he was completely justified,he was still willing to do whatever it took to have him
get better!!!he knew what my archie meant to me...so after lengthy discussion w/his vet...we decided on getting fixed and then get a trainer...
there was definitely work to be done w/the trainer but we would see through it...i/we were determined...when he went for surgery he was not observed
well,he was given back to us several hrs later...although we were told he eventually get out of his stupor he never did and he suffered celine...
my only consolation was that he died at home w/me in his favorite spot...sorry but i'm all riled up b/c i keep seeing in my mind that buycher's report
and i'm beyond furious....she had reservations when she first saw him b/c he was in a state of panic and she even wrote in her report that in hidsight
she shoulda called us to go pick him up as he was being prepared....
Good grief!
Poor Archie, baby! We learned our lesson with our first boy too. We just brought him to a local vet, assuming he would be fine and that she would know what she was doing. NOT.
So, when we got Stella, we travelled all the way to Toronto to have her spayed by the No. 1 bulldog vet in Canada at the time. NO MESSING AROUND! "Two million dollars" later in vet bills and hotel/restaurant costs, we had our girl safe and sound with us.
If we get another, you can be sure she'll be going to a vet with a lot of bulldog experience. Maybe even the same guy in Toronto, if he's still able to fit us in.
So sorry about your tragic story. :(
i'd like to say i'm shocked
i'd like to say i'm shocked by the amount...but it was money well spent on something
that was precious to you...so yeah i would do the same thing all over again in a heartbeat!
and thnq yes it was tragic...but although he will NEVER be forgotten even though i had him
for such a short time...it has for sure gooten minimally better w/time...
I was kidding about the two million
But just barely :) Really, though, I think it cost us about the same it would have here. We just had to add the gas to travel to TO and back, and stay in a hotel room for two nights.
That was Stella's first hotel stay. We started by putting her in the other bed by herself. After about 20 minutes of dense staring, I went and joined her. The staring continued until daddy joined us as well. Loneliness taken care of - time to snooze! Silly thing.
*giggling*...she sounded like
*giggling*...she sounded like she was amazing...as i'm sure she was...
i still think that pic of you and her where you're kissing her,sitting on the grass
is absolutely gorgeous and captures your love for each other...kidding or not
about the money involved in their care or health...is irrelevant as i'm sure we would
all spend a king's ransom just to make sure they are healthy,safe and happy...
considering how they make us feel, :)))
in total my dad got bitten 3
in total my dad got bitten 3 times...myself once....
and he did know that he did something wrong b/c the first time i went
change my dad's bandage he came right up to my dad and patted him w/his paw gently
as if to say i'm sorry...k i got emotional and i'm tearing b/c he really was great!!!!
the day that he passed jan.24 5:15am ...my dad was in actual denial...he preferred to think
that my archie was in a coma than dead....despite all that celine,despite being bitten by him
next to me...which i can really and truly say my heart will never mend from his loss....it was my dad
that cried the most...and my father has only ever cried 3x for in his life....the third being losing my archie....
if i didnt love my freedom and my family so much...believe me when i say i would not hesitate a fraction of a second
going to do that butcher real harm...to think she's a professor at a very well known college...pls excuse the aggression
and the need for violence b/c that strong urge will never really/fully go away...and that is how i lost my archie
on apr.4 he would've been 3 yrs old my beautiful baby boy...
YAY!
It sounds like you've got this one in the bag!! Hopefully the next meetings are just as good! And I pray that she has a safe surgery. Good luck!
(((hugs))) thnq!
(((hugs))) thnq!
Yippeeee!!! sooo happy for you!! what a GREAT time!
Thanks for posting this......looking forward to LOTS more piks and stories!!!!!!!!
Our sweet Archimedes "MEATY" Bones (or as we say...boneSHHH!) ---born 11/28/08---- our first bullllyyyy!!!
And SOPHIE Bubbles *Rapscallion* (LOL!) ---born 4/3/11----our second bulllllyyyy!!!!
(((hugs))) thnq!!!
(((hugs))) thnq!!!
Happy family :)
I hope you get to be Mathilda's mom!
(((hugs))) thnq!!!
(((hugs))) thnq!!!