DILLY - 11 YEAR OLD DEERHOUND X LURCHER-DECEASED

[Christina]

What a lucky girl Dilly is ;D , of course you can teach an old dog new tricks! They especially learn where the biscuits are, where the food is, and where is the best place to get under your feet! As well as other more mundane things! Have fun Brenda and Brian.

[brendatwort]

Dilly was not having a good day today .Did not want her breakfast ,was not even interested in a treat ,she just went and put it on her bed .She was just so much more tired today .She didnt even get excited when she saw her lead .
I have noticed that she does pant quite a lot and it is not due to exercise or heat .She can be just laying down and it starts .She also coughs at times .I am not sure if that is because she had her kennel cough vaccine 11 days ago .I hope it is just that .
She seems a bit better this evening as she has just had some dinner .I put some smelly fish oil on it and she woofed it down .
I expect she will have off days at 12 .She goes back to the vet on the 26th and if this panting and coughing continues i will discuss it with the vet.
We love her to bits and wish we could give her a good cuddle but she is not ready for that yet .
Brian will lay on the floor for her to come and lay with him ,she will come and lay near him but not with him .Little steps .

[Mimsmum]

Yep.. little steps Brenda.
Also, if she does have a heart murmur, she will pant and also cough a little. Esme sometimes has a rasping session. and an inverted sneeze and cough.

[brendatwort]

Do you think it maybe a heart murmur .would she be given medication for it or is it just left .
It is probably because she has been having some major dreams and wearing herself out .I think she is reliving her youth as she is racing in her sleep and her back legs are going ten to the dozen .Bless her heart .

[brendatwort]

:)Dilly Doo among the daisy's, taken yesterday ;D

[brendatwort]

All this is thanks to JANE

[jane33]

...only the photos!!

Dilly's happy face and more confident stance are totally down to you two

She looks so lovely xx

[missysmum]

You can see a smile on her face, such a lovely girl xx

[sallybeth]

Lovely photos !! She really does have a smiley face !

Pleased you have got the hang of Photobucket (with Jane's help) and look forward to lots more pics !!

[brendatwort]

:)Yes we finally ,well Brian finally got the hang of Photobucket ..Poor Jane was on the phone to him for 1 hour .She went through it step by step untill Brian got the it right .No good telling me ,i would have been in tears on step one . :'(Im just no good with computers .
Thanks to everyone who has helped us by putting photos on the thread for us .You have all been so kind and helpful .
Now we can do it ourselves

[brendatwort]

Hi, Here are some pictures of Dilly that we took whilst on our walk this afternoon. As you can see she now likes to be touched, which is just great!!!!

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[brendatwort]

:)Dilly at home, what a face !!!!

[sallybeth]

Lovely photos !! Her face is a picture !!

[naners (Nanette & David)]

I love that she is smiling in her photos. :-)

[brendatwort]

:)Well, Dilly has been for her makeover today, what a champion she was, no bother in the beauty parlour and now look at the GLAMOUR PUSS!!!The groomer has done a brilliant job only leaving some old hair where Dilly's tumors are. She is now a beautiful brindle whereas before she was a dull grey colour. All the old hair had to come off as it was all dead. She can now walk up the road without her nails clipping and clopping on the pavement. She used to sound like she was wearing stilleto heels.Whenn Brian picked her up she ran to him and pushed her head straight into him, wonderful!!
Since we bought her back she SAT DOWN for the first time ever!!!
Hope you admire our new girl ;D ;D

[brendatwort]

;D ;D ;D here she is again without all her smelly dry old hair. Her coat is now so soft and she must feel so much better !!!

[sallybeth]

Wow, look at that colour !!

She's truly beautiful and lovely that she was so happy to see Brian !!

More piccies please ;D

[Romi]

WOW! She looks fantastic. ;D
Makes me wonder what Angus would look like with a makeover.
So glad she is relaxing and becoming more affectionate.