[guidedogchat] Re: Introduction
- From: pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 09:59:09 +0000
lol mel aw that's lovely. my pet dog and cat get on well. if anything our pet
dog is warey of the cat probably because she got a swipe from the cat when she
was a puppy. my guide dog treats the cat like she is another dog. she brings
her toy over to the cat probably wanting the cat to play tug with her lol.
pam
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> On 5 Jan 2014, at 01:13, "Melanie Akpotu" <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Pam!
>
> Ok! Well the animals kind of rub along together. My pet dog is an
> 11-year-old Toy Poodle who is now rather deaf! He and the boss cat despise
> one another and if the cat comes near me, the Poodle will jump on him and
> chase him off but the cat actually just sits there and then the dog doesn’t
> know what to do next, it’s quite funny. Time was that they used to stand on
> their hind legs and box, but it always scared me as the cat could have taken
> one of the dog’s eyes out easily.
>
> Last year on 2nd January, we had a house fire in which one of my cats was
> killed. My mum has been doing cat rescue work since I was a kid, and a small
> cat had been found stuck up a 50 foot tree all day waving around in the wind.
> My mum took me out in her garden to see her collection of foster cats
> waiting for homes, and to see my own 3 who had survived the fire and were
> being housed with her, as were my dogs and I (my sons had to go to their
> dad’s), for 4 months, while the house was refurbished and we had to
> completely replace everything via insurance. Anyway, I thought this little
> cat felt like my old one, her coat, the one I had lost (who was my favourite
> incidentally), so I asked if I could adopt her. So she came home with me and
> has settled in really well, but the Poodle makes a great game of chasing her.
> She doesn’t seem overly bothered really, and what is funny is when she is
> sitting on my lap or on the arm of the settee next to me, and he is about a
> foot away on the other side (yes, as he is a Poodle and does not really shed
> hair, he is allowed on the furniture and my bed!), and as he is so deaf now,
> he can’t hear her really ultra loud purring, so has no idea she is there,
> till he turns round and sees her, and then she usually flies before he lunges
> at her!!
>
> I have 2 other cats: they are mother and daughter, the mother is a feral cat
> so very nervous although I can touch her and she is not spiteful, but she
> cringes when you touch her. The daughter is not that friendly with humans
> either but they really love one another, and I gave them a home from my mum’s
> rescuing, as very few others would have wanted them as they are.
>
> My guide dog Nyle gets on with everyone. He is just a simpleton in a fur
> coat bless him!!
>
> Mel.
>
> From: pam
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:34 AM
> To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: mailto:guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Introduction
>
> mel
> she is some sort of terrier. we got her from our local animal shelter so not
> entirely sure what breed she is. i think she is part schnauzer though. do all
> your animals get along well with each other?
> pam
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 4 Jan 2014, at 02:01, "Melanie Akpotu" <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Pam!
>>
>> Nice to meet you. What breed is your pet dog? Your house sounds almost as
>> mad as mine!
>>
>> Mel.
>>
>> From: pam
>> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 2:27 PM
>> To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: mailto:guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Introduction
>>
>> hi mel. nice to meet u. i am pam and live in ireland. i am working my first
>> guide dog callie also a lab x golden retriever. she is 2 since july. i have
>> 2 kids as well a boy aged 7 and a girl aged 9. i have a pet dog and pet cat
>> also.
>> pam
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On 23 Dec 2013, at 01:52, "Melanie Akpotu" <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I am Mel from the UK. Been on the list for a week or so but just not had a
>>> chance to go through my emails for a while. I am working my 6th guide dog
>>> Nyle, a Labrador x Golden Retriever. I had my first girl (Uma) when I was
>>> 18 and at university. She did not work out and had to be withdrawn
>>> eventually, and another boy (Hudson) did not work out because of spending
>>> problems when my children were very young, not indoors but in harness and I
>>> was not able to keep stopping with my buggy and having to let go of my
>>> other child’s hand, in order to clean up after him. I only had him for 2
>>> and a half years. All the others have worked out their normal lives with
>>> me. Nyle will be 6 on 1st January. He has epilepsy which first displayed
>>> itself 2 years ago, but it is completely controlled with medication
>>> and he is still working very well and the medication does not affect him at
>>> all in a negative way.
>>>
>>> I have 2 sons of 21 and 16 respectively, both of whom live at home with me
>>> still; I am divorced and remarried to a lovely man. I also have a pet Toy
>>> Poodle of 11 and 4 cats.
>>>
>>> I already know some of you on here, and hope to get to know more of you
>>> soon. In the meantime, I hope you all have a very merry Xmas and a happy
>>> new year.
>>>
>>> Mel.
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