Photography

Photography

Before working at the vets, I studied Art & Design & Photography at college for 3 years in total. I passed with double distinctions, I adore taking photos of my pets, I'm still using the same Canon Digital Rebel Xti as I did back in college.  Max & Ruby tend to be very easy to take photos of as they sit beautifully, Max cause he is instructed too & Ruby cause shes lazy. Floyd on the otherhand, if you catch him sitting still, its a very rare occasion!

Here's some photo's of the dog's, some are crap quality from a year or so back cause I lost the original files >.<

... Keep your eye out for my next post.... It has CUTE all over it. ;)

Ibstock Country Fair.

Had a brilliant day out yesterday at Ibstock fair, it wasn't a massive event, but it wasn't too small either, just right really!

They had many attractions such as classic cars, horses, falconry, farm animals, dog shows, stalls and more!

Our particular favourites was the terrier & lurcher show, where we met a great guy with a litter of pups... Enough said.

In the main arena we watched a few events, the one we were most excited to see was the Gundogs, but we also watched the steam engines, sheepdogs, some of the falconry and the hounds/beagles.

I didn't actually buy anything from the stalls bar food/drink, but I did do my bit for charity, woop woop!

All in all it was an excellent day and would recommend it to anyone local!

Ruby + Max Update

First off, sorry for the lack of posts! Had a busy busy busy busy busy busy time at the moment!

Secondly a quick Max update, he has ruptured his cruciate but wont be going under the knife, he is currently on 2 tramadol a day & 2 carprieve tablets. He should also be on glucosamine supplements but he got awful runny poo last time he was on them, so we are waiting to bring them back into his routine slowly. He's still so eager & full of life, bringing toys to you, wanting to go for his walks (although they are restricted). Its such a shame as he is only 7 & full of beans still, however he seems to be managing amazingly well.

Right... The last article about the dogs.. Ruby! If you have found this blog, its probably through Ruby's twitter page, so lets get on with the show!


Ruby

Age: 5yrs 
Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Likes: Misfits treats, walks, Mums bed & FOX POO >:(
Hates: Trimming claws, other cavaliers(!!!!) & feeling poorly.


Ruby, Ruby,  Ruby, oh where too start... The day me & my Mum went to view Ruby at her home, we didn't know what we were letting ourselves in for. She was beautiful, a bundle of cavalier cuteness, at 3 years old she wasn't a puppy but was still a youngun'. She lived with another cavalier, who had obviously been used for extensive breeding, its coat was quite a state & the owner just claimed 'she loses condition everytime she has a litter'. Ruby has never had a litter but it was quite clear that if nobody purchased Ruby, she would face the same fate. We snatched her up, she was... expensive to say the least!!! She came with no papers, when I think back it was quite irresponsible to take her without any documents, we did try to get some but the owner claimed she never had any... good start!!  After we had exchanged the money, we picked her up & were ready for off, that's when the owner piped up "oh yeah.. she urm, gets excited when she goes out"..... Understatement of the YEAR. She SQUEALED, you would of thought we were strangling her, oh my..

At the time when we had her, we had 2 retired greyhounds, they weren't bothered by her, they just thought she was a bit of an annoying fluffy thing. Once we had her home, the first thing she did was go to the toy basket & found a squeaky toy to play with. In the weeks after having her we had to go through the grueling process of training her to walk on the lead.. it was quite obvious she had never had any experience of going out. Even to this day she finds going on a walk an amazing, exciting experience, with a few squeals & barks for good luck! She is also obsessed with her lead, she walks with a piece in her mouth for the first few minutes, shaking it like mad! 

Over the years shes blossomed into a beautiful pet, shes full of beans for Cavalier.. shes out there, you imagine most cavaliers to be sat around on their owners laps, but no, Ruby is... in her mind a greyhound, she lives life in the fast lane, which probably can be explained by having 2 boisterous brothers to keep up with!

The vets I work with recently confirmed she does not have a heart murmur, which is brilliant for a Cav! Time will tell whether she will go down with heart troubles as many Cav's do, but right now, shes full of life! 

Just a quick extra, as many Cavaliers she does have a tendency to put on weight, Burns high oats has literally gave us a new dog, shes much more trim! She's off JUST high oats now & has all the flavors, her fav. is Pork & potato!