The vet came out and gave the pig a steroid injection but this morning he was no better and he died in his sleep before the vet arrived to euthanase him.Poor old piggy, there are just 3 left now.They must be quite old as I inherited them 6 years ago and they had been here for several years before that, nevertheless the loss of any animal old or otherwise is always distressing.
It looks like Elliot our little deaf cat is going soon, a lady from London is taking him, poor little Elliot also has respiratoty problems and isnt the bonniest of cats but a dear friendly little cat who will thoroughly enjoy his new home especially as his prosepective owner is thinking of taking one of his companions too.Once again thanks to the catchat website we have homed one of our more difficult to home animals.
Today the sun is shining and from the office I can see the ponies enjoying the sun on their backs, Marigold is cantering round the field followed closely by Minnie and her daughter Georgie Girl and Leroy the shetland.This little group is not up for adoption for various reasons.Marigold, a very pretty Welsh pony took a long time to settle here and is still very nervous of strangers, she thrives on familiarity and is very close to her companions. Minnie and Georgie Girl are permanent also, Minnie has had a very hard life at the hands of several owners/horse dealers and after 5 years here is still very mistrusting of people.Her daughter Georgie has been here since she was 2 weeks of age and has never known abuse but as Minnie has lost other foals, we decided to keep them together and they are seldom far from each others side. Leroy came from the Shetland Islands where he was saved from the "meatman", we dont know his age but he is quite an old chap.generally we dont try to home the oldies, most have been through too much change in their lives and need a settled existence which they find here.
Its a nice day to exercise the dogs, its not much fun walking them on the fields when it is raining , cold and windy, we are so exposed here and the higher up you walk with the dogs the colder it becomes. Its quite a performance exercising the dogs, One of the collies Sally doesnt like cats, so before she comes out we have to round up as many of the cats as possible and shut them in the conservatory until she returns from her walk.Needless to say the cats do not always take kindly to this round up and it can be very frustrating, as soon as one is popped in the door, another races out, this can go on for half an hour until we are red in the face and almost too tired to walk the dogs.We all take turns to walk them, I do the early morning shift usually, first out are the littlies who live with me, them the big dogs, Molly and the rest of The Golden Girls.Then Sally and Pal, 2 longterm collies and last but not least old Tara who really just wants to potter round the yard.
Rambam our rescued sheep has just been castrated earlier this week, and we let him out a few days ago, hours later he vanished from his field, the girls went looking for him and today had a sighting, he has been seen next door where our unpleasant neighbour resides (he was the one refused to help the old horse in a ditch next door to him on the other side!)and what happened- surprise surprise, he saw the girls on the public footpath which runs between our properties , drove after them and asked what they were doing and then gave them verbal abuse. What makes people so unpleasant? I believe they must be very unhappy people to spend so much time causing aggravation and distress to others.he used to make me very angry but nowadays I just feel sorry for him(except when he refused to help the neighbours old horse!!!)
Anyhow no rambam yet but at least we know he hasnt strayed very far so well keep trying to get him back.
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