Dickie's Diary - Easy Peasy

I believe I can fly...

Dickie Hill here - puppy extraordinaire! We're near the end of my origin story (yes I do think I may be a superhero when I grow up!) and I hope you've enjoyed it. I sure enjoyed living it!

Mum told me that the updates on my brothers and sisters mentioned that they were taking naps. No one had found how to remove my batteries out yet, so I kept going. We visited the garden several times a day and there were so many interesting smells I just couldn't get them all. I also learned how to walk on different surfaces, like grass, wood, tin, plastic, shingle, stones, and wood chips. Mum led me to  a wobble board and across a swing bridge. Mum explained this would help me develop and build confidence. 

It was too easy peasy for me though. See you all soon!

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Competition Time - Guess the Teddy Bear's Name!

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Hi everyone! It's competition time and one of our generous supporters has donated this lovely Teddy Bear for a competition to raise funds for the German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund. They commit to not only rescuing vulnerable GSDs, but also to never euthanise unless absolutely necessary - and so also provide life long care for dogs with complicated health and behavioural issues.

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The competition ends midnight 27th March 2022 (UK time). If there is more than one correct guess, then the first received guess will win the prize. Please enter only the correct number of guesses, if there are too many then only the first will be taken.

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Tia's Pupdates - My New Home

My first foray out of the kennel

Hi everypawdy - Tia here with the conclusion to how I now live with the GSD Welfare Fund. I hope you enjoyed it, because it wasn't at all catty-tartic like I'd been told. Luckily for the hooman I'm too polite to say "I told you so".

We drove for a while and eventually arrived at a house. I heard lots of dogs barking but I couldn’t see any yet. It didn't sound welcoming and my fierceness and bravery had long slipped away. 

They carried the crate out from the van and placed it in front of a kennel. Before opening the cage door, they poked wire through the bars at me. What were they playing at?! Oh no! I bet they wanted me to be one of those dancing bears. Some bravery returned with that thought - they could think again! I was no dancing bear! So I pulled away from the wire, and the harness that I had been wearing since I left my original home slipped off in a flash of pain. But after that pain came soothing relief even though I was sore and bleeding underneath where the harness had rubbed me since my initial escape.

With the harness removed, they opened the cage, and I ran straight into cool darkness of the inviting kennel. The hooman didn’t follow, and didn't approach closer except to deliver food. This routine continued for a couple of days. She talked to me as she came by, and tossed treats for me but kept her distance and try didn’t try encouraging me to come closer. 

They were tasty treats too. Sosagies and chimkin. I can almost taste them just by thinking of them!  As far as I was concerned she could toss as many as them as she liked. On the fifth day I summoned my bravery and decided to approach her and see if she would be friends with me. It wouldn’t hurt to have the hooman as a friend if she had plenty chimkin for me. This went really well, and I realised that felt safe with her. 

She never asked me to do anything or didn’t try to do anything to me without me instigating it. The hooman can be a bit annoying at times. She isn’t much fun either, but I know she loves me.

Well that's my story and I appreciate my hooman assistant editing out that last part before posting it. We don't need the hooman to know everything - she needs to work at it. Anyway, back soon with some more fun adventures. Love Tia 

Dickie's Diary - And Then She Told Me...

And then she told me that I now had to poo in the garden...

Dickie's Diary - New Home, New Rules

The GSD Welfare lady took me home and there were lots and lots of other dogs there. I'll admit to being a bit worried, but I couldn't show them in case they thought I was silly. My mum didn’t let them come near me though, and she said that I needed time to settle first. That pleased me as by then I may have grown some. 

The first day passed in a strange manner. Although my mum seemed nice and already filled a huge part of my being, I missed all my brothers and sisters. I also missed snuggling up together. Instead, now I slept alone. A teddy at night to cuddle and a cloth smelling of my new mum provided company, but it wasn’t the same. 

Also, I'd always toileted whenever I felt the need. Now, mum seemed to want me to go while I outside. That's so much effort just to go for a pee, much easier to just let it out.

She fills my heart with joy, but also manages to confuse often. 

Thanks for reading pupsters and we'll carry on my story very soon - I can't wait to share some of the cool stuff I'm learning!

Dickie's Diary - New Mum!

As soon as our ears and eyes opened, there were lots of things for us to see and hear. People would come and play with us, and we were quite the celebrities. At 8 weeks old, they found homes for us all. One of the ladies from Welfare used to visit us often and I was quite taken with her. Every time she came, I made sure to make an impression on her and I could tell she liked me. On our last day in the kennels, we were all waiting to see who our new families would be. There were some super families waiting for us, we were all very lucky. I must have made quite a good impression though, as the lady from the rescue was going to be my new mum.

In the video we can see how much fun we all had on the day we met our new pawrants.

Welfare Welcome to Willow

Introducing Willow who recently joined welfare as her family were to lose their home. She's just starting to acclimatise to her new surroundings. She does react to other dogs, but only through fear. She is being cared for by Auntie Rose, and we all wish her a warm welfare welcome! If you'd like to learn more about adopting one of our rescued dogs then visit here for more information https://gsdwelfare.blogspot.com/p/adopting-german-shepherd-dog.html