'DANCERS SHEPHERDS'

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A LITTLE ABOUT US

OUR NAMES ARE COLIN & MAGGIE AND I'M SURE BY NOW YOU WOULD HAVE GATHERED  THAT WE LOVE GERMAN SHEPHERDS.   WE HAVE BOTH HAD DOGS BEFORE WE MET, SO IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT ONCE WE SET UP HOME TOGETHER WE WOULD HAVE MORE.   FOR US IT STARTED WITH BRUCE, WE HAD GONE TO THE BLUE CROSS TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD, AND SAW THIS WHITE DOG IN IT'S CAGE LOOKING VERY SAD.

NEITHER OF US HAD EVER SEEN A WHITE SHEPHERD BEFORE SO WERN'T TO SURE WHAT THIS DOG WAS  BUT WE THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE A SHEP. IT WAS COMFIRMED THAT HE WAS, AND HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR 4-5 MONTHS, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE LOOKED VERY VERY SAD.  SO WE TOOK HIM FOR A WALK TO SEE HOW HE WAS, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.   WE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM FROM THAT MOMENT AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. 

WE ONLY HAD BRUCE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR,  WHEN WE FIRST GOT HIM WE WERE TOLD THAT HE HAD THE START OF HIP DYSPLASIA.  AFTER ABOUT 10 MONTHS OF HAVING BRUCE WE NOTICED HIS WALKING WAS GETTING WORSE AND WE NOTICED HE WAS DRAGGING ONE OF HIS BACK LEGS.    SO OFF TO THE VET'S WE WENT.    

BLOOD TEST'S WERE DONE AND X-RAYS ON HIS HIPS, AND THE DAY CAME THAT WE WERE TO GO FOR THE RESULTS.  NOT WORRYING TO MUCH BECAUSE WE'D BEEN TOLD THAT DOG'S COULD NOW HAVE HIP REPLACEMENTS.    HE WAS SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES AND HE CAME EVERYWHERE WITH US, EVEN ON HOLIDAYS, SO WE'D WANT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FOR HIM.   EVEN IF IT MENT NEW HIPS.

WE CAME DOWN TO EARTH WITH ONE BIG BANG WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT FOR A DOG OF 7 HIS HIPS WERE PERFECT.    SO IF IT WASN'T HIS HIPS WHAT COULD IT BE?   

WE FELT LIKE OUR HEARTS HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT AND OUR LIVES TAKEN AWAY FROM US WHEN WE WERE TOLD HE HAD  DEGENERATIVE MYLOPATHY  AND IT WAS SO FAR GONE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.   WE WERE TOLD TO PREPARE OURSELVES BECAUSE  BRUCE WOULDN'T BE WITH US FOR MUCH LONGER.   JUST A MATTER OF MONTHS.    WE HAD 8 MORE WEEKS WITH OUR LOVELY BRUCE BEFORE HE WAS SO BAD THAT HE HAD NO MOVEMENT IN HIS BACK LEGS AND WAS DRAGGING THEM AROUND.  THE TIME HAD COME TO SET HIM FREE, TO A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD SUFFER NO MORE.

BRUCE NOW SLEEPS UNDER  THE CHERRY TREE IN THE GARDEN WHERE HE WOULD LOVE TO SHADE HIM SELF.

BRUCE WAS THE START OF OUR LOVE FOR SHEPHERDS, AND NOW WE HAVE THREE.

HECTOR

( Adopted July 04 )

 WE RESCUED HECTOR FROM  BIRMINGHAM, WHERE HE LIVED WITH 3 OTHER SHEPS IN A SMALL 2ND FLOOR HIGH FLAT,  WE ALSO TOOK ON HIS (SO CALLED ) DAUGHTER.   WE NEVER INTENDED TO KEEP EITHER OF THEM AS WERE JUST FOSTERING THEM.  BUT HECCIE GROW ON US AND HE GOT ON WELL WITH SADIE, SO WE KEPT HIM.  HECTOR CAUSES US A FEW PROBLEMS AS HE IS NOT VERY SOCIALABLE, HE IS VERY FRIGHTENED OF STRANGERS AND DOGS HE DON'T KNOW, SO WILL BARK AT THEM. 

TO US THOUGH HE IS A VERY LOVING DOGS  AND WE WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT HIM.

UPDATE ON HECTOR  dec 05

Hector, through lots of love understanding and trust is now not half as bad

as he used to be with strangers and other dogs.

We would not be able to do rescuing and re-homing  our selves from our house if this

was still the case. We are very proud of the way he has turned out.

We even managed to take Hector to the WALCSS dog show

in dartford earlier this year and entered him in a class,

with  no trouble at all.  He was as good as gold, even with all the

other dogs around him.

SADIE

( Adopted July 04 )

SADIE WE GOT FROM THE BLUE CROSS.  AFTER BRUCE'S DEPARTURE,  WE WERE FEELING LOST WITHOUT A DOG. SO BACK DOWN THE BLUE CROSS WE WENT.  LUCKILY FOR US SHE HAD JUST BEEN PICKED UP ONLY 2 DAYS BEFORE AS A STRAY. WE FELL IN LOVE  THE MINUTE WE SET EYES ON HER, BUT HAD TO WAIT TILL SHE WAS SIGNED OVER TO THE BLUE CROSS ( 7 DAYS LATER ), JUST INCASE ANYONE HAD CLAIMED HER.

NO-ONE DID SO WE ENDED UP WITH THIS FANTASTIC GIRL!!

MAXIMUS

(Adopted November 04 )
MAXIMUS WE FOUND THROUGH A FRIEND OF OUR ( SAME FRIEND WHO ASKED US TO FOSTER HECTOR, SHE RUNS A GSD RESCUE).  HE WAS ONLY 4 MONTHS OLD AND WAS LIVING WITH A FAMILY WHO'S DAUGHTER WAS ALERGIC TO HIM.   TIME WAS RUNNING OUT FOR MAXIMUS AS THE FAMILY COULDN'T SELL HIM ON SO WERE THINKING OF PUTTING HIM INTO A RESCUE CENTER.   AS SOON AS WE HEARD  WE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN AND GOT HIM. MAXIMUS HAS CAUSED US SOME GRIEF,  CHEWING, DIGGING & WHAT EVER ELSE COMES WITH A PUP    BUT HE HAS GIVEN US LOADS OF LAUGHS  AND PLENTY OF LOVE!   New addition to our family CASH August 06 Cash came to us at the age of 4 1/2 - 5 months old because the owners at the time felt he needed  new owners that could give him more time and attention.  They had another dog that had behaviour problems and they felt it only fair to give cash up while he was still a young pup and concerntrate more on the other dog. The other dog was starting to have an effect on cash ( then called Max ) and it was thought the other dog was bullying cash at meal times so cash was a little slim when he came to us.  I have never seen a dog gobble his food as quick as cash did the first few days he was with us. He soon learnt that no one else was going to touch his food.   He has put weight on nicely!  We had no hesitation in keeping cash, as he was such a good dog, and well mannered, although he has picked up a few bad habbits from our others.  You couldn't ask for a dog to be more loving, he is good with the other 3  and wonderful with our young granddaughter.  What more could we ask for?     we are all just................... one big happy family!     ''Dont BREED or BUY While homeless animals SUFFER & DIE Adopt and SAVE a life''   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~