Our new dog, Soul,

[Zed]

One of the best moments in raising a dog comes when he outsmarts you, the kids or another dog.  You've got to love their bizarre wiring and the amazing schemes they come up with to solve the problems you throw in front of them.  If he takes after his collie side he'll be faster than anything you've encountered before, and he'll be able to think even faster.  Consider yourself warned! 

Def

   i dont think he will be as fast moving as the 2 lurchers i had but i know he will be very clever as collies are highly inteligent dogs, my friend has got a 14 week old collie so walks could be fun  Im ready for it Def     

[Zed]

It always amazes me how forgiven and adaptable animals are, he has chilled right out at our house and has been playing nicely with the girls and sleeping when he is tired, he has become a new member of the family very fast , he was sleeping earlyer in his new bed and put all his new toys in the bed  he probably has OCD like me  and now he is running around the dinning room,

[Sparky415]

 

Looks like he has settled in very well Mate 

[Zed]

 

Looks like he has settled in very well Mate 

Amazingly well tony, he is still chilled out in his new bed, angie was gutted as was supposed to finnish at 2pm today but ended uo working late so she's not home yet and i know she cant wait to see him, 

[Zed]

well we was put in his bed in the kitchen at 10pm after he went out and winged till 12 but then slept till we went down at 6am, the kitchen all in one peice and he was in his bed and no mess  he has been chilled out today and playing and sleeping and now im off as i can see him eating the flowers     

[Sparky415]

   Give him an Opie to chew on Mate
 
 

[nuphoria]

Brilliant - great to see him in his new home

[Zed]

I think ill keep anything wooden away from him Tony as he also likes the bottom of the chairs  rather them than my opies   

Yeah he is very happy here chrissy, he is having a snooze now after his tea and the girls are at rainbows so he is taking advantage    me too 

[Zed]

well its going really well with soul, walks are going well and sits well and heals getting there  he gives me his paw and its like he is giving me a high 5    he is getting big quick, so all is good 

pics from a week back



and him now  :tu:with his good friend rabbit 

[enki_ck]

Great pics and a handsome puppy. Nice new family member you have there.

[nuphoria]

Awwwwww

Thanks for the updates

[MultiMat]

well its going really well with soul, walks are going well and sits well and heals getting there  he gives me his paw and its like he is giving me a high 5    he is getting big quick, so all is good 

pics from a week back

and him now  :tu:with his good friend rabbit 
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Soul looks a ripper mate . I wish our new dog, Bruce would learn to heal  , he is better than he was but he still has a ways to go.

'Good friend Rabbit'  . I remember our other dog , Kipper's , good friend 'Teddy' . Poor old Ted ended up getting shagged by kip & then his head fell off ,  Kip would run around the back yard with Ted's head in his mouth  , quite the disturbing image I can tell you  . Still makes me & my eldest son  when we mention it though . No more soft toys for kip after the Ted experience  ,poor Ted 
I hope Rabbit does not go the way Ted went 

[Zed]

well its going really well with soul, walks are going well and sits well and heals getting there  he gives me his paw and its like he is giving me a high 5    he is getting big quick, so all is good 

pics from a week back

and him now  :tu:with his good friend rabbit 
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Soul looks a ripper mate . I wish our new dog, Bruce would learn to heal  , he is better than he was but he still has a ways to go.

'Good friend Rabbit'  . I remember our other dog , Kipper's , good friend 'Teddy' . Poor old Ted ended up getting shagged by kip & then his head fell off ,  Kip would run around the back yard with Ted's head in his mouth  , quite the disturbing image I can tell you  . Still makes me & my eldest son  when we mention it though . No more soft toys for kip after the Ted experience  ,poor Ted 
I hope Rabbit does not go the way Ted went 

Ted    i can see rabbit going the same way mat  but then i think any of the girls soft toys would if he could get hold of them, it took soul 3 weeks to decide to come up the stairs as he has the whole of the down stairs at night other than the lounge as we close the door, he didnt like being locked up in the kitchen as kept us awake, we had to put a stair gate on the stairs    i thought we saw the end of those things  he has got a fetish for internet cable though so i had to mod that so he doesnt chew it  i think the healing part can be one of the hardest things mate, soul heals ok until he picks up the scent of the girls school and then he pulls and he does the same with the house scent  but im sure ill get it sorted before he is bigger    im really enjoying the walks as its one of the things i missed when my last dog passed away, i chat to everyone including a couple of homeless guys the other day down the park,for me its the good part of owning a dog is the getting out as i do night shifts and with being tired i tend to hide away in doors so he gets me out and about 

[Zed]

His first time at the beach today, he loved playing with every other dog he could catch up with  but he wasnt too sure of the sea  he is now very asleep    some of the pics dont seem to be working    ill try again later 

[Zed]

A little update on soul, his training is going great, a few pulling ussues solved with the harness but everything else is perfect, he is a great walking companion and the girls love him and him them, so all going good,   

a new pic, he is getting big 

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[nuphoria]

They grow so fast!

Still gorgeous though

[Zed]

All the kids at the school love soul he has such a gentle nature 

[Grant Lamontagne]

He's growing into a fine looking animal!

Speaking of decapitated toys, if you want to have some fun with your dog, buy a plastic severed arm- most store will have put them away with the Halloween decorations by now, but ask around, and check thrift and novelty shops for them.  You will laugh your arse off seeing people's reactions when they see your dog running along with something in his mouth.  At first it's "Look at the happy dog, isn't he so cute?" and it's followed by "Oh, what's that odd shaped thing in his mouth?  It doesn't look like a ball, stick or frisbee?  Some new kind of toy perhaps?" and finally finishes off with "OH MY GOD IT'S SOMEONE'S ARM!"

I swear you will wet yourself when it happens....

Def

[Zed]

He's growing into a fine looking animal!

Speaking of decapitated toys, if you want to have some fun with your dog, buy a plastic severed arm- most store will have put them away with the Halloween decorations by now, but ask around, and check thrift and novelty shops for them.  You will laugh your arse off seeing people's reactions when they see your dog running along with something in his mouth.  At first it's "Look at the happy dog, isn't he so cute?" and it's followed by "Oh, what's that odd shaped thing in his mouth?  It doesn't look like a ball, stick or frisbee?  Some new kind of toy perhaps?" and finally finishes off with "OH MY GOD IT'S SOMEONE'S ARM!"

I swear you will wet yourself when it happens....

Def

   that would of been great on halloween    he did have a little witches hat on though 

[Sparky415]

He's growing into a fine looking animal!


Def

+1             



 

[Zed]

  we keep the loo well shut tony. 

[Sparky415]

Just an excuse to use another emoticon 

[Zed]

Just an excuse to use another emoticon 


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[Zed]

well a little up date on soul, he pretty much walks off the lead and even does tricks  you can see the border collie in him intelegence wise , ive not had a dog so clever, so training is going great,went backwards for a week or 2 but now back on track since the kids off school, he is around border collie size and i dont think he will get much bigger, we found out he is a border collie lab cross and came from the farms in ireland where they work them, he loves the kids and herds them up and keeps them together  and he amazed me the other day when i told him to stay with the girls while i went over to a bin for a poo drop off    he stayed sat there the whole time  anyway a pic of him yesterday 

[Gareth]

He's turned into a very handsome lad Paul.

[Zed]

He's turned into a very handsome lad Paul.

Cheers mate  im really enjoying training soul and my brother in law who does shooting and trains dogs was impressed when he came around xmas day  for 6 months old he's doing well   

[Sparky415]

He's turned into a very handsome lad Paul.

+1 Mate 

[Taxi Dad]

a friend of mine had a 'shepherd mix' that looked just like that, but it was as dumb as a rock ! (friendly but stupid as !)
while my mate was painting his house the dog got free ! yellow maisonry paint will not come out of a dog like that, be warned

[Zed]

Cheers Tony we will have too meet up in 2013 

LOL yeah masonry paint and black hair 

[nuphoria]

He's still gorgeous, but much bigger!
So good to see him looking happy and healthy, and obviously turning out to be a wonderful family member.

Thanks for the update