Meg, all's well that ends well for Pansy

Cute pups ! :)

Lovely to see Meg and Rosie out and about enjoying themselves. x :o)

What a difference! Not sorry for herself now, is she?
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Glad to see Meg is none the worse for her op. You had more of an ordeal than Meg did Bornagain. She will not have any more problems, be glad of that.

Oh its really good to see Meg and Rosie out and about and havind fun, we always seem to suffer more than them and Meg has not a care in the world..............

Glad to see her enjoying life again with Rosie.

Lovely, happy pics! :-D Great to see them looking fine and dandy.

Henry is always trying (or succeeding!) in rolling in something...YUK! Get the hose out!

Oh, BA, she is SO happy! How wonderful! Little things like this make the earth a better place to live on, not just for lovely, lively Meg, but for ALL of us!

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She looks really happy BA! Amazing aren't they?

Dogs have scent glands in their feet, they are scenting the ground, leaving their mark, when they do that scuffing thing!

Just a few words of advice on Rosie, if you don't mind! Spaying avoids possible problems in later life with womb infections, which they can get as they get older. Then they may need to be spayed anyway to remove an infected womb, and the older they are the more risk there is from anaesthetic....Just some facts that may make you feel easier about having her 'done'...and Meg is proof of how quickly they recover! :o))

Thanks everone for your caring and kind comments. It is probably true that we suffer more on their behalf than they do, but it doesn't seem so at the time does it? Yes animals do make our lives so much happier and ask for so little, the love they give is humbling. Potty I am always grateful for advice, it's just that I have a problem with removing a healthy organ and I'm also terrified of losing Rosie. Her seasons seem to have very little affect (apart from blood on our bed darn it!) and a few days when she can't go to the fields. She only comes into season every 9 months as well. I will think some more about it and as you can see Meg is fine now. Maybe next year when I'm over it:-)

Glad she's back to her cheeky self!

thanks Fluff:-)

Glad to see her back to normal

thanks Blodyn:-)

Pleased she is doing fine.

thanks Clarice:-)

Oh BA thankyou for showing the pictures of Meg's recovery, so pleased she is back to her normal mischievous self , can't believe the difference in just a few days. Its great to see her and Rosie enjoying all the lovely doggie behaviours even if some of them are smelly and mucky, Polly was a great fan of sniffing and rollling in the most vilest depositsand would have loved to have joined your pair. Now that you have seen how quickly Meg recovered from her op it will help you in making the decision in deciding whether you will also eventually have Rosie done too, if like Potty says it could help prevent any future problems for Rosie Any way just enjoy seeing them both healthy and happy enjoying life!

Thanks Pansy,I hope you're feeling better now and filling your time happily:-)

Getting there BA had a lovely break but little hiccup in Bakewell met a couple with a one year old Scottish Terrier could have been Polly. just wanted to take the lead and take her home, but hey if I didnt have these lapses I wouldnt have cared, loved and lost

After our last dogs died, we decided to have no more. After 3-4 years (holidays abroad) I started getting broody and eventually talked my husband into another dog (Rosie) then I worried because she was so upset if we ever had to leave her. She needed a friend, enter Meg. Maybe one day Pansy you will be ready again for the patter of little feet:-)

Im ready now its just our ages that are the barrier BA .

What about an older one? :-)

Scent glands in their feet?!?

Not too sure if I could cope again at the moment if any illness occurred. think its too soon at the moment but time may change our minds.
Regarding the soil scraping, I always imagined Polly saying Look mum what Ive done, clever doggie arent I!

When we first had meg we gave her a treat each time she 'performed' in the right place. She didn't take long to learn although she was at least 3, probably older. We still reward her when she 'goes' on the lawn so you may be right pansy and she's just attracting attention and waiting for her treat! :-)))

Yes Ba we also used to give Polly a treat so could be abit of both!

Lovely blog your dogs look so happy.It's a sad time in our house at the moment .one of our dogs went to the doggie heaven last week. she had cancer.but she had such a good life before that. going on long walks even going up mountains with my son. when she was first diognosed 2 yrs ago the vet gave her 3 months,but she proved him wrong.When she stopped enjoying life as she had , that was the time for us to say goodbye to a faithful friend.So enjoy every momentyou have with them.

I'm so sorry for your loss Tulsalady, every day I think myself lucky to have them they're such wonderful little dogs and have brought us so much happiness. thanks for your kind comments:-)

My daughter checked SheppardsSoftware.com on dog behavior re: scenting foot pads: "When a dog wags its tail, surrounding muscles press on scent glands, releasing pheromones that signal the pooch’s age, sex, and social status." So scruffing about marks their passage/ territory.
Very sorry, Tulsalady26: one of mine passed Sept 8th. Ahh.

It's a funny thing, but most dogs don't do this after urinating and many don't do it after pooing (is that how you spell it?) It does seem to be quite a terrier thing though:-)

No - Henry does it quite often! Not every time, but frequently!

terriers, labs...we could start an unscientific survey here:-) perhaps its field and hunting types? When I was little my old terrier cross used to do it in a slow menacing growly way if there were other dogs around. My poodles never did it not even my standard and I suppose they were originally hunting dogs. Oh well ruined my own theory, back to the drawing board:-)

Terra, if you see this, do Conker or Truffle do it?