Thread: Poppy

Well folks,thought it was about time I typed up our journey so far...
after our annual May holiday chasing ducks around,the Mrs said we were off for a drive tomorrow,to Ranfurly to pick up a new pup.
we duely arrived at the fine old farmhouse,Mrs leaps out to go and see the pups around the side of the house,I stayed at wagon,setting up cage and keeping the big dog happy,when this little black ball of energy came screaming around the corner to great me,no stopping no hesitation,just straight up and over to say gidday,I saw the red collar and knew it was poppie...red collar =Poppie Iris=Purple collar ,I didnt tell Mrs at that point in time but I didnt even need to see Iris...Poppy had found us and by golly that was good enough for me.
we spent a good hour with Julie and hubby,watched pups,saw the bitch that had them...and Popcicle came home with us....well she got into crate with big dog Meg looking on in discust and we set off homeward..... no need for the radio,we had a howling going on in the back...oh boy was Poppy letting the world know she had been abducted and wasnt happy about it...I covered cage with my old polarfleece coat and she semi settled, we stopped in wakawaiiti and let both Bitches out for a wee stop....on lead,no worries...
I hung on to Poppy in passengers seat and she settled immediatly.... oh the silence was great.
we made it home happily and she settled in OK.
we placed the cage in lounge for her to sleep
the cat was NOT IMPRESSED by this little black licky bouncy thing...I was terified cat would swipe and take out eyes,absolutely terrified but we were OK. a wee pat /tap or three from cat on her nose and message was recieved.
the two bitches were getting on OK but Poppy was full on scragging Meg,she put up with it really well but "something" happened outside Megs kennel, almighty scream from pup,then more almighty yelping,Meg slunk off.Poppy came over to us,face all crooked and blood pissing out of her mouth...HOLY SHITE... whats happened, into wagon off to vets.
Lovely lady at vets was awesome, she had venison jerky nibbles at a treat for dogs,at this point we learnt what is going to be a big part of Poppies mentality...and a saying was born.."the labrador is strong in this one"...
she was very very sore pup with crooked face,we werent sure if she had broken top jaw or what ,she was swollen and unsettled,wanted to eat but sore. Vet gave her some anti inflamitory jab and jabs that were due anyway and we went away home...2 hours later swelling has gone down and I believed the top fang was stuck through top lip...so off back to vets we went...
now this is where another of my wee idiosincrocies came in... I had decided right from beginning that Poppies safe place was going to be across my shoulders..so thats where I put her as went into vets,and I kept her there,lovely vet lady came out,i just stood there relaxed,vet looked then brought out the venison nibbles to distract pup,grabbed lip,and quick short pull down and out popped her fang and everything back to normal.....a few nibbles got inhaled down and two very releived folks went home.... crisis over for today...
Meg and Poppy were still buddies and it seemed Poppy hadnt learnt a thing...
now it has been an interesting journey with Meg as she was taken off Mum far too early 5-6 weeks then went to little childs home and got all sorts of shit done to her,we got her as a damaged 11 week old with issues. I can still cower her down and make her pee just by raising voice, she would pee if put up on furniture pee if put in front seat of car...obviously places she had encountered stuff that hurt... and hadnt learnt to be a pup..or how to growl in warning... she doesnt growl just bites... well Poppy has actually TAUGHT the big dog how to be a dog,its been fun to watch,there have been 3 occasions the pup has been monstered,last time she was dragged forwards as Meg had a hold of her lip..but I saw it happen and why it happened so let it be... no damage done and Meg has had scabs around her neck from pup scraggings for last 3 months,patience of a saint can be pushed too far...holy smoke Poppy gives her a scragging,grabs big mouthful of neck skin and shakes shite out of it..and Meg takes it.. .they romp around like twits,crash into each other at full run,leap over each other and generally frighten the crap out of me...LOL.