Play Time

The Brindle is back!

Today he's going to share with you some of what he and his lambiekins get up to.

WHAT?! I forgot lambiekins!

Ok, we're good, I've got him.

No... you can't have him.

You can look but be quick, we need to run.

Here we come!!!

Thundershirts

After my various posts about Calming Collars I thought I should, in fairness, also do one about Thundershirts. I sent out a request to the BML for photos and also received some reviews.

Thundershirts work by applying a constant gentle constant pressure which is believed to have a calming effect on the nervous system.

The reviews I received, while mixed, were mostly positive. Those people who have had the most success using a Thundershirt for their dog can't say enough about it. For those that may not have had as great of a success for the most part they believe it has helped to some extent as well. To quote one of my contributors "your mileage may vary".

On to the fun part, dogs in shirts!

Chezney is afraid of thunderstorms and fireworks but wearing her jacket helps so much that at the first sound of either she runs to get it off the door handle so she can put it on.

Dudley wears his to the vet's and for thunderstorms but his mom finds it only helps a little. She sent to me "I would like to get Duds one of those Calming Collars and see if it can have a special Wonder Twins power when coupled with the forces of the Thundershirt"

Bella, posing as her alter ego Model Dog.

Harley is a special case. Paralyzed due to a spinal hematoma that burst Harley had to undergo weeks of physio therapy in order to learn to walk again. His shirt helped to keep him calm during all of the strangeness of his treatement.

Another Ollie

People on the BML of course know who Ollie is, my co-admin's Brindle guy who is Ollivander from the Harry Potter litter.

The other day though I got some photos of a different Ollie along with the following explanation and what a great story this is.

"I got an email June 15th showing this 4 month old white partially deaf Boxer at one of the worst shelters in the DFW area.  I called about the pup asking if either rescue had tagged the him. They had but the shelter wasn't going to release the puppy to rescue because they knew they could get him adopted and make the $80.  So June 16th I go there 45 minutes before they opened the doors at 10 am being first in line and adopted Ollie myself.  I had him 11 days before handing him over to rescue.  I know they'll find him awesome home!"

Enjoy the photos, who can resist a Boxer pup?