Yeah they don`t stay small for long eh
Maya is 20 kg now at 17 months old, but she should start levelling off now
Yes, and being able to virtually see them growing from day to day is in itself quite alarming - no wonder they get their loopy spells! One day her head is too big, next, she's all legs, and then her body lengthens ..and for a few days, she's in proportion, before it all starts again
She's 18 weeks now, but I seem to recall Sophie putting 2 kg per week on by this age ...the 2kg per week stage certainly lasted for a couple of months. But, she was a big example of the breed (32kg when grown), so hard to say how heavy Hetty will be. She's got thickly boned legs, and her Dad is Sophie's cousin ...so we'll see.
She can certainly eat! Half a pot of vanilla yoghurt, then 3 large handfuls of kibble (JW) with 50g of Rinti tray food - for her tea! She has similar for lunch, kibble and chopped boiled egg for breakfast, and plain kibble for supper
- and not an ounce of fat on her. We've been told to just let her decide when to drop a meal as she's growing so fast.
She's walking really well on her Halti collar now, and stops at the kerb for traffic very nicely ..that was after only two outings too.
Maya must be just about fully grown now ...with perhaps a bit of 'filling out' to do?
Poor bugger has been hiding behind the couch with all the fireworks
It's really unfair on pets and wildlife ..and a lot of elderly people too. We've been lucky, and never yet had a dog afraid of firework or thunder noise. All we do when they look at us alarmed is smile and reassure them that all is fine. We did give Hetty a 400g dose of Zylkene at lunch time though, and so far she's fine. May be worth you trying a small pack of them for Maya before News Years Eve (I do wish they'd either stop the public having them, or at least stop them making loud bangs!). The Zylkene is perfectly safe - a milk peptide - so absolutely fine, and they sorted Sophie out with the seizures she had when the groomers were coming.
What do you mean about the ivy Trish ?
Within days of Hetty arriving, she had a really upset tum, and despite vet visits, probiotics, special diet food, and lab tests (clear), it persisted ...I though it just had to be something she was ingesting, and as she was only getting plain kibble, I searched through lists of toxic plants ...yes, we have a few, but there was only one that she had access to daily, and that was English ivy on the 3' high fence along part of the rear of the house with a gate into the garden.
The ivy had been there for 20 years or more, and thickly covered around 12' of the low fence. It had never bothered Sophie, but I did see Hetty pulling leaves off it now and then, and the symptoms fit with her upset tum etc., So, we removed the ivy - took two full days, and caused red skin and sore noses! - and then the low fence, which was replaced with a 4' one - she's bolder than Sophie, and was bound to try jumping over a 3'one at some point.
3 weeks today since the new fence was put up, and she hasn't had an upset tum at all since, and is eating a normal varied diet now!
I reckon I got a list of around 10 plants/shrubs/trees/bulbs we have that have toxic or even poisonous qualities. The Yew bush is perhaps the most poisonous (can apparently cause a horse to collapse in 15 minutes if they chew it!) so we'll watch that when she goes in the garden - even old clippings remain fully toxic. Another is the little green berries found at this time of year on laurel hedges ...of which we have a high 40' long one! The stone in the middle is the most toxic, and contains a form of cyanide which can build up in the body if ingested and not eliminated. We've been picking them up off the side paved area where the dogs go every day, Hetty does eat the berries if she can get them, but seems to leave the stones!
It's amazing how many toxic/poisonous plants etc. there are.
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Re the High Court Ruling:
Thinking about this talk of the judges independence being a 'good' thing (by the remainers), but
is it? Yes, they're independent ..and quite possibly, all 'remainers' ...so how would that
ensure an impartial & fair judgement? They can easily disrupt the leave vote by doing what they have done, and it seems could cause quite a lot of problems down the line.
Surely, they're too easily able to overturn a promise made by government to millions of people if it suits their own preferences! Makes a mockery of the very word Government!
This pesky woman and her cronies have asked the judges to prevent the government triggering article 50 when they want to, but the government are merely the vehicle to carry out the decision of the majority, and as such she is most certainly preventing us, the voters, from getting what we 'won' in a fair vote.
Many people thinking about corruption in high places - big money talks in very loud whispers, and pulls very hefty strings.
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