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EmmaSemple · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject:

Today Rolo has turned a corner. Very Happy

Here he is with Rachel. He is a new dawg as you can see...

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ali12345 · Core Member Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 919

So happy for him! Well done Emma for giving him a chance.
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MBNAD woman · User Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 24 Location: UK

What a lovely clip! With the beautiful Conker and Stan in attendance. Loved the bit where Stan shoved his nose under Rachel's elbow so he could get a cuddle too. Very Happy

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Jilly Allen · User Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Posts: 178

Amazing footage Emma you must be so proud of him.

He is a beauty just desperate to be loved. It brings tears to your eyes when you know how he has been treated in the past and yet all he wants is human love and attention.

Well done all of you for giving him a new start.

EmmaSemple · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject:

Gah! He won't leave me alone!!! Since he has realised that life is good in a home, he has turned into a complete pain in the bum!!! Laughing

Daily routine goes something like this...

Get up in the morning and let him out of his crate (he still sleeps in the crate because otherwise he tends to stare at you all night from the floor!) Breakfast time whilst trying to step over him whilst he is jumping into every spot that you try to put your feet. Back in the crate briefly to have his food and first lot of pills for his skin infection and out he hops again.
I have a shower and get dressed with Rolo waiting outside the door desperate to get in, so when it comes to putting socks and shoes on he is allowed into the bedroom and presses himself against me the whole time trying to get a fuss, licking me and expecting a head stroke the whole time.
Finally manage to peel him off of me and try lamely to get down the stairs without tripping over him although he happens to be walking wherever I do.
A few bounces too and fro in play bows and into the car and ready for work. Up he hops into the car in his designated place and sits firmly down and now has no problem with me tethering him safely in the back of the car for the journey. To begin with he was very suspicious about the whole thing!
Off we go to work and then he gets an hour to frolick, run off some energy in a large enclosed field and socialise with up to 9 dogs at a time at the moment (my four, my work colleagues Collie and all my current rescue dogs looking for homes at the moment.)
Quiet time for a couple of hours and then out for another run for an hour or so and finally he gets his lunch. He has a great appetite and loves Naturediet, so that is what he has. Smile

At 5pm we all go home and stop enroute for a quick run in the woods. He is very good off lead and his recall is great. He is too busy watching me to run off anyway!
Home time and he gets his second lot of pills in a chunk of Sheba cat food.
This is when he should relax and chill out? Nope! He insists on doing the feeding rounds for all the animals. He is confident that I may drop a smidgeon of food and of course he is more than happy to clear it up.
Finally bedtime and he has trained me well really. He will go into the dog crate IF there is a handful of biscuits in there!
Then he sleeps like a baby, waiting for it to happen all over again!

Emma
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ali12345 · Core Member Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 919

Sounds idyllic for him. You'll never get him to leave!
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Sharonr - Admin · Site Admin Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 2609

Your thread made me laugh - I have a springer/collie cross - wants to please and be praised all the time and very food focused. Will even eat seed off the bird table!

One advantage of that though is they are so easily trained. She has been the most obedient and loyal dog we have ever had Very Happy

Someone is going to be very lucky to have Rolo in their home.

PS Can tell you just love it too! Smile

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EmmaSemple · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

I was told when I first got Rolo that he was trialled as a sniffer dog and although he was great, he failed because he couldn't be trusted with people (how wrong were they???) I have started a new game with him and he has to work a bit for his treats now. I hide them all over the garden and when you say find them he roots out every single one. His mind is ticking away all the time and lspending his whole life in a kennel/on a chain must have sent him slightly crazy! He really is an intelligent lad and has had much of his precious life wasted.
I have had a few enquiries for Rolo but from people who have never had an abused dog and dearly wanted to love him but didn't quite have what I was looking for. One of the enquiries was a definate possibility, but it is down to the 'Ok' from hubbie!

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EmmaSemple · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject:

Rolo has been reserved to go to a new home. Cool

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Sharonr - Admin · Site Admin Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 2609

Wow, fast work Emma, thrilled for him Very Happy

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