- Messages
- 432
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 0
And it was all completely unplanned! (w00t)
This morning STARTED off pretty normal. Neil came home from nightshift at 7am and was complaining, once he was in bed, about not being able to warm up.....said he was going to put the electric blanket back on the bed until *and this is where he made his first mistake!* we once more had a whippet in the bed to warm him up.
I got up later on and had my usual shower and breakfast and switched the pooter on to catch up on various odds and ends. I was then naughty and did a bit of 'window shopping' Typed in 'whippets' on the Ad Trader site and *cough* found this!
I rang the number *Bad BAD Gill!!!* and the bitch was sold but the guy still had the dog. My first thought was ''No, Neil will kill me if I bring a boy home'' but then, as I chatted to the guy and heard the background to the dog I thought.....why not? I could always just go and look, couldn't I? What possible harm could that do? o
An hour later I found the house and sat down to a cup of tea and a chat with David. The dog was born on 1st January 2012 and was originally owned by an old lady who called him Demba Ba after the Newcastle Utd player
She had him living in a shed in a garden and being fed on one tin of Chappie a day :rant:
So Davy, who's had racing whippets since the 50's bought the dog for just £20 and got him fed up as he was pretty thin. Changed his name to Spot (the pics below explain why ) and had all his vaccinations done. The only reason he was selling his black bitch and Spot is because he's moving into a council place soon and they'll only let him have one dog so he's keeping his 10yo border collie. All he wanted was a good home and the price of the vaccinations so I got my gorgeous new boy for just £60 :thumbsup:
We had a lovely chat about dogs in general and Northumberland as he often goes fishing up this way.
It was a good 20 minutes or so of chatting before he decided to bring the dogs in (I must have passed the first test ) and the second I saw Spot I just fell in love!!! He's long and leggy, daft as a brush and reminded me SO MUCH of my darling Tina
I'd been completely honest and upfront about what had happened to Tina but he was ok with that.....accidents happen and, as I said to him, I learnt a VERY hard lesson that day about letting dogs off lead near fast-flowing rivers
After another hour or so of chatting away about dogs we put Spot into the car and I drove off. Got completely lost *as usual* but eventually found the sign for Gosforth and once I was there I knew my way onto the A1. Spot was great - just curled up on the passenger seat and went to sleep.
Got home and took Spot upstairs, telling him to be quiet and not bark and that was when Neil walked out of the bedroom to go to the loo *whoops* Spot just looked at him and wagged his tail and Neil just looked bemused LOL
I said ''You said you were cold.....I got you some heating'' Neil just laughed and said ''He's gorgeous'' and gave Spot a big hug.
I then took Spot out for a short walk to toilet and he was great - doesn't pull at all and I had some treats in my pocket to practise recalls (don't worry - he WAS on a long line) and he seems pretty good at that too
He's now asleep on a blanket next to my chair. I'm still not sure if the name Spot will stay....any ideas guys? Typically I can think of lots of lovely names fopr girls but nothing for a boy! >_<
I'm soooooooooooo happy......I GOT A DOGGIE
We went out at 7.20pm and had a lovely walk along the grassy cliffs above Boulmer beach. I had him on a long line and being a daft puppy he had a tickle in his feet and, on the way back to the car, decided he'd had enough sniffing around and digging at rabbit burrows and wanted to run instead
It was like having a flighty wee colt on the end of the line
He wasn't pulling though.....just being a whippet and trying to go from 0 to 40mph in a split second Luckily I remember the days of Tina trying to do the same so I was ready for him and distracted him with treats and cuddles. I've told him he can get off the lead for a run once he's proven he knows what a recall is.....so a few weeks yet. Davy said he was good with him but I'm still a complete stranger so I won't be rushing anything.
It was LOVELY to be out in the fresh air.....even if it was raining and windy and the tide was out so the smell of seaweed was very strong.....it was just HEAVEN! It took seconds to wipe Spot dry with a towel and he settled down on the back seat like a little angel. He's now had a light supper and is flat out asleep on his blankets at my feet I rang Davy up earlier to let him know he's settling and said I'll ring him again in a few days.
I just cannot stop SMILING!!!!!! I'm so happy it hurts!!!!!!! I've got my dog and I just feel SO complete and content now
This morning STARTED off pretty normal. Neil came home from nightshift at 7am and was complaining, once he was in bed, about not being able to warm up.....said he was going to put the electric blanket back on the bed until *and this is where he made his first mistake!* we once more had a whippet in the bed to warm him up.
I got up later on and had my usual shower and breakfast and switched the pooter on to catch up on various odds and ends. I was then naughty and did a bit of 'window shopping' Typed in 'whippets' on the Ad Trader site and *cough* found this!
I rang the number *Bad BAD Gill!!!* and the bitch was sold but the guy still had the dog. My first thought was ''No, Neil will kill me if I bring a boy home'' but then, as I chatted to the guy and heard the background to the dog I thought.....why not? I could always just go and look, couldn't I? What possible harm could that do? o
An hour later I found the house and sat down to a cup of tea and a chat with David. The dog was born on 1st January 2012 and was originally owned by an old lady who called him Demba Ba after the Newcastle Utd player
We had a lovely chat about dogs in general and Northumberland as he often goes fishing up this way.
It was a good 20 minutes or so of chatting before he decided to bring the dogs in (I must have passed the first test ) and the second I saw Spot I just fell in love!!! He's long and leggy, daft as a brush and reminded me SO MUCH of my darling Tina
After another hour or so of chatting away about dogs we put Spot into the car and I drove off. Got completely lost *as usual* but eventually found the sign for Gosforth and once I was there I knew my way onto the A1. Spot was great - just curled up on the passenger seat and went to sleep.
Got home and took Spot upstairs, telling him to be quiet and not bark and that was when Neil walked out of the bedroom to go to the loo *whoops* Spot just looked at him and wagged his tail and Neil just looked bemused LOL
I then took Spot out for a short walk to toilet and he was great - doesn't pull at all and I had some treats in my pocket to practise recalls (don't worry - he WAS on a long line) and he seems pretty good at that too
He's now asleep on a blanket next to my chair. I'm still not sure if the name Spot will stay....any ideas guys? Typically I can think of lots of lovely names fopr girls but nothing for a boy! >_<
I'm soooooooooooo happy......I GOT A DOGGIE
We went out at 7.20pm and had a lovely walk along the grassy cliffs above Boulmer beach. I had him on a long line and being a daft puppy he had a tickle in his feet and, on the way back to the car, decided he'd had enough sniffing around and digging at rabbit burrows and wanted to run instead
It was LOVELY to be out in the fresh air.....even if it was raining and windy and the tide was out so the smell of seaweed was very strong.....it was just HEAVEN! It took seconds to wipe Spot dry with a towel and he settled down on the back seat like a little angel. He's now had a light supper and is flat out asleep on his blankets at my feet I rang Davy up earlier to let him know he's settling and said I'll ring him again in a few days.
I just cannot stop SMILING!!!!!! I'm so happy it hurts!!!!!!! I've got my dog and I just feel SO complete and content now
Last edited by a moderator:
