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xristine · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

Here's a slightly better shot... cropped her ear off though... Crying or Very sad

She really is small. She fits into my JTRX's bed. Just measured her with a ruler... she's not scared of rulers! She's 17" from tip of her toe to her shoulder...

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xristine · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:

Tara sleeps so quietly! Whenever I go downstairs for some tea she follows me about. She knows that Karen disappeared from this house and she isn't letting another human being out of her sight. Anyway, here's a sweet shot for you all and I promise to stop. I think she lived with a photographer before because the camera doesn't faze her at all. She has walked passed Hektor's cage now several times and doesn't even glance at it. She did like my gardening gloves though and I had to tell her to leave! She didn't hurt them, just picked them up and them gave them back. What a nice tidy girlie!!

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xxlynne · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject:

Wonderful! those pictures have allowed me to take those terrible first pictures off they so weren't Tara and these ones so are!
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xristine · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject:

@xxlynne
She's wonderful! She sooo wants to please. I've just had my dinner and there wasn't a murmur out of her. She now waits outside the bathroom for me instead of trying to come in there as well. She's stopped grabbing the lead when I take her into the garden. She waits so patiently for it to be attached to her. She's taken her antibiotic without a fuss.

I left her for 15 minutes when I went to buy her some chicken - I'm a vegetarian. There wasn't a peep though she was pleased to see me back. I let her look in the shopping bag and told her it was 'specials' - she was very waggy!

Her only fault is that when she drinks, the kitchen gets washed as well! Wink

@Karen - appetite is back! I cheated though and used some of the food to play treasure hunt Laughing

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karen · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject:

I cannot tell you how much it means to see those wonderful photos, read the lovely write ups and know that this little girl is safe, warm and loved tonight Laughing

I love looking at the last photo - really captures what a wonderful little girl she is. She will benefit so much from her weekend with you, Xristine, can't thank you enough Exclamation

xristine · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject:

Karen – I can’t thank you and Lynne enough for letting me have her for a few days. She’s a real sweetie. She’s totally unfazed by anything. There are fireworks tonight and they’re have been children making a racket in the road – I guess that’s Halloween! She isn’t bothered by the phone, the door bell though she did check out my grandfather clock! She was pleased with her chicken supper and took her pill (on a small treat) without any fuss. I had chicken stuck to my fingers so gave them to her to lick and she was so careful! No snatching and grabbing. I picked up the bowl to help her clean the last few licks because it was travelling around the kitchen and there wasn’t a murmur from her, she really is the sweetest doggy ever! She’s stopped grabbing the lead and now waits sweetly while I put it on. My mother has fallen in love with her and she hasn’t even seen her! I think she is the most fabulous dog. She’s still very young and she so wants to please – all that when she has a high temperature and is clearly unwell. I’m expecting to have to help with crowd control when she’s better because if there isn’t a queue then the world is mad. You couldn’t ask for a sweeter dog nor a prettier one. She’s a real Kate Moss of the staffie world and the only problem might be that her new humans might get pursued by mad photographers like me!! And tiny!! I can lift her without any hassle at all and she fits on my lap.

She had a little woof at our reflections in the conservatory tonight – literally woof, woof… so I growled a ‘quiet’ and she stopped. I tell you. She’s perfect! She wants to learn and the difficult stuff has already been done.

I’m intending to take her for a little walk early tomorrow and then a little drive in my car… She’s a real girlie girl so I’m hopeful she’ll like the Streetka!

I want to get some more photos when she's a little better. Her nose is still dry. Janet's photo of her sitting and looking up is so her! So I'd like to get something like that. As soon as you ask her to sit she wants to give a paw! Ohhhh and she loves laughter. Whenever I laugh she wags her tail.
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xristine · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:52 am Post subject:

Tara is less hot today - her ears were very hot yesterday but are cool this morning and her nose is damp. She has coughed a couple of times this morning but is very waggy and pleased. She likes scrambled egg which she had mixed with her dried food for breakfast. Again, she took the antibiotic without any fuss.

We went for a short walk late last night, she walks very fast which is fine because I do too. She doesn't pull but she keeps the lead taut. A police motor bike and police car went by with sirens blazing and she took no notice. We had an unscheduled encounter with a cat and she seemed more interested than aggressive and came away when I told her to leave. I'm not sure if she understand some of the words I use but she seems to understand what I want and does it! This morning she has asked to go outside - she hasn't done that yet because I've been taking her out every hour. So I'm convinced she's been house-trained.

Last night was rather touching. As we came towards my drive she turned into it - she'd remember where she is living at the moment. She came to the door as if she's lived here all her life. She is going to fit into family life so well. I'm convinced by her whole demeanour that she once had a loving home and now she needs another one but this time one that's for always!

I put her bed in my room last night. She thought that I needed a companion in my bed but I explained I liked sleeping alone so she quite happily settled down in her own bed only jumping on mine to say good morning at 8am today! She's not an early riser. Laughing

Hope to get some more shots of her later today. It's pouring with rain - she doesn't think much of that!

BTW Hektor doesn't think much of her at all - he was busy swearing for about 5 minutes last night undoubtedly because he is aware of a dog in the house! Rolling Eyes

Just as well he doesn't need rehoming! Laughing

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Dee · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:01 am Post subject:

Aw how wonderful. Thank you so much for offering her this time Xristine.

Confirms so much of what we all felt about her.

Thank you xxxxxx
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xristine · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:32 am Post subject:

@Dee
It’s a pleasure. She’s a sweetie. Someone has worked very hard with her. She just needs the polishing. She’s unwell so I don’t want to hassle her by trying to teach her some new commands. I don’t think she knows Down in the sense of lying flat on the floor. But she seems to know Off! And Leave! And No! stops her from doing whatever it is she is doing. Quiet! In a growly voice stops her from doing a woof! She’s fine with Hektor the hamster so could live with rats and mice as well I should think. I don’t think the cat interest is aggressive but she does show interest so someone would have to do a little work there. I don’t get the impression that it would be difficult. I trained my JRTX to accept next door’s cat and she’d sit with her and share a basket. But my JRT never let off wanting to eat the thing! Tara doesn’t strike me like that. She’s very sweet and affectionate. She was a bit bouncy when she first arrived but she was unwell, had been crated in a car and then arrived at a strange house to stay with someone she’d never met. If you arrived here today you’d think she was ‘my’ dog and that she’d been with me a lifetime. She’s started looking at me for instructions and she wags her tail when I talk to her. She has really soulful eyes – she could melt stone! Effectively, she’s a young dog without the hassle of puppyhood and with the most difficult bits of the training already done. Even though she’s a long way off well, we’ve been laughing a lot she and I. She strikes me as the sort of dog who will want to be part of everything but I have to say that she’s very good at sleeping in the arm chair in my study! I haven’t seen her with kids but she’s heard children in the road and her ears prick up with interest. I can imagine her with a family but she’d also be good for someone like me who wants a doggy companion. I think the loss of her first family has made her determined not to lose another one! But she isn’t neurotic about it. She just wants to know that you’re coming back. I’m making her spend some time in the kitchen on her own just so she knows that humans don’t walk out on you. I want her to realise that there will always be someone there for her. I know all the dogs in RR’s care deserve homes but little Tara is totally without hangups and problems. She’d be a really easy option for someone who wanted to rescue, but doesn’t have a lot of dog experience. She doesn’t bother around food, she waits patiently to be fed, she doesn’t grab, bark, growl and she hasn’t touched anything of mine except my gardening gloves and she gave those back! I don’t know what she will be like in the Streetka… I’m hoping it will stop raining and we can give it a go.
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xristine · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

Here she is again... this shows her beautiful coat. Even though she's not very well and has lost some weight she has the most beautiful coat. I hope this shows how small she is. I fear my pics have made her look large. She isn't - she's small and compact and neat.

I found a sachet of dog wipes I had for my JRTX but never opened. Anyway as I don't have a dog brush I gave her a once over with the wipes and again she doesn't mind. She even let me roll her onto her back so I could do her tummy which is freckled by the way! Really cute!

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