Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => One Life, Live it, Celebrate it! => Topic started by: LynC on October 22, 2015, 09:52:37 PM
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Reached this stage in life and had the overwhelming urge to buy a Chihuahua puppy ? Is it that last bit of maternal instinct wanting something to mother because I know I cant have babies? Even tho I didnt want anymore babies lol. Just saw a video of my friends chihuahua and felt like I HAD to have one ! ;D ;D ;D .
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I'd rather have a floppy eared, doe eyed spaniel. However, it will never happen. Hubby allergic to cats & dogs.
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Awww thats a shame. I have one of those and he is adorable. He is a cavalier king charles and was supposed to be a lap dog but he is not! He is a wild crazy thing who tears around on the beach and digs holes all day and prefers to sit on the floor rather than my lap :(. Altho he does follow me everywhere and sulks when I'm not at home bless him.
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Cavaliers are all spaniel under that coat ;) …… my friend picks up his 10 week old Tri-pup in the morning :-*
We are surrounded by cockerpoo pups too - so no need for me to get broody ;D
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My mother had one.....we dubbed it the rat with long legs.
Cuddly they are not, sweet tempered they most definitely are not.
Hard work they are, oh and difficult to feed as they are so picky.
Not my favourite breed.
If you want a little dog that is a lap dog, that is soft and cuddly then look at a teacup Poodle. They are lovely.
Honeybun
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A Teacup Poodle is a size of poodle that when they are pups will fit in a teacup. They are just lovely.
I have a Bichon who loves a cuddle. She will lie on my lap like a baby on her back....for ten mins before she is off causing havock. ;D
Honeybun
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Who says Prana: we have sled dogs down our street and they are fine. There are all types of first cross being bred, puggles are sweeties (beagle/pugX). Like all breeds one should consider what they were bred for originally: i.e. JRs chase and kill rats, sled dogs and dalmations will run miles for hours ……….. at a regular pace, slightly quicker than a man or in my case, are able to ;D.
We have chichuaasss (sp) locally and they are sweeties but I couldn't own one 'cos I can't spell it ::)
I've always fancied a macaw ………. or a Harris Hawk ::)
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I had a similar urge last year, but for a little ginger kitten. I think it was turning 43 and accepting I'd never give birth. Needed to mother something. Needless to say, I now have a very naughty, very much loved red lion (sitting on my lap as I type). Rules the roost, but I don't mind ;)
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What made you stop at one kitten ;D ……. we had 2 ginger kittens followed by 3 cats 10 years later followed by ;D and now there are 4 cats in one house and 2 in the other ……….
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And they come to visit you....best of both worlds ;D
Honeybun
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No Vet. bills. No dirty dishes to wash up …….. no fur balls sicked up in the middle of the night :whist:
Boa constrictor then Cubagirl? ;) they give good cuddles; apparently.
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Wow this thread has grown since I've been away :)
As I said I have a Cavalier King Charles spaniel but we also have a Boxer, 3 very old cats (ages 20,14 and 13) and 3 mini lop rabbits. Still have this longing for a tiny tiny lap dog tho :) My friend has a gorgeous Chihuahua who is affectionate, sweet and freindly and very good with little kids. So I might try to go to the same breeder if and when time comes :)
My daughter in law loves pugs but I think she ought to get on and have a real baby first lol.
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My friend collected a new Tri-colour Cavalier Boy last week - we hope to see him this week :-*
Pugs are great …….. as R French bulldogs …….. fit in a rucksack on long walks ;)
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Awww hope you get to see him :) A friend of mine has just got a Cavachon thast a cavalier x Bichon Frize. He is adorable, looks ore like a teddy bear than a dog ;D
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Interested to know which gene has come out in that mix ::). Usually a Staffie gene shows through ……. I met a terrier today the owners tried to tell me it's a border terrier ……..NO WAY ::) more like a Lakeland but in 'grey' …….
We had breeders locally who kept the tails on their boxers ;) they were so proud :-*
When will you hear the patter of tiny paws?
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Well I have a long wait. We are hoping to move house and downsize a little in the spring . So I won't suggest another dog until that is done :). My husband is not at all keen on small dogs so I have my work cut out. lol
Our Boxer has a tail. It became illegal to dock tails here in I think it was 2007. He does look better with a tail but it is a dangerous weapon ;D He can clear a coffee table in one sweep !
My friends Cavachon has looks like a Bichon but has the colouring and the eyes of a cavalier.
I recently found online a Boxer & Chihuahua cross !! Can't imagine how that even happened !! ::) ::)
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Stepladder ;D
I had a JR when I first met my future husband, she Worshipped the ground he walked on - he couldn't stand small dogs ;D
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;D ;D ;D
My husband didn't like dogs at all until I persuaded him to get our first Boxer. Now he can't be without his dog ;).
I know I will get my way in the end but its going to take time. Once we are settled in a new house (hopefully next summer) and life is less stressful then I'll make my first move, Watch this space ;)
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Shall we save newspaper and old towels then :D ;)
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I've always had large dogs too. But last year having lost all my 'girls' I was left with the Lurcher and the 'special needs' Labrador both boys and 'daddies boys' at that. So we went to the dogs home just to look .... you understand................ I had in mind a small cuddly dog, I needed a little companion dog.
We reserved the little white staffie who is on my sofa now. She is called rhubarb but she could also be called panic attacks, as she has helped me with those since the day she arrived :)
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Rhubarb ::) ………. I LOVE Staffies …….. never met a bad 'un yet ;)
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Shall we save newspaper and old towels then :D ;)
Yes please :D I'm already looking for knitting patterns for chihuahua jumpers :)
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;D
There's something special about a ginger cat - we had 2 in the 1980s. Horty torties (tortoiseshell) have attitude ::)
We have a ginger that visits; lithe, heavy, determined ……..
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We have a ginger cat, who was a rescue cat. He loves a lap, talks all the time and is just gorgeous. :cat88:
My OH and youngest would love to have a dog but I'm terrified that our ginger boy would run away and we'd lose him :'(
He's very sensitive and needy but we love him to bits.
Any thoughts?
Libby
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Don't. Dogs are much more work. The neighbours' have a puppy hence their 2 cats moving here for most of the day. I had 3 cats and brought a dog ::) ……… all were pts within 22 months 18 years later :'( ……..
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……… all were pts within 22 months 18 years later :'( ……..
What do you mean? Sorry I have meno brain today ;D
Libby
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I knew what I meant. One cat was pts in the June followed by the next two the following July/Aug., [11 days apart] followed by the dog the next Feb.. I was shattered!
Now we have been adopted by various cats from down the street ;D …….. 3 like watching the birds in our garden :o …… but the birds can see them too.
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Thanks for the advice girls. It's obviously still a concern, I'm more than happy with my ginger boy but may get talked into a dog next year by my youngest. I've never had a dog, only cats so I'm not that keen anyway :-\
Libby
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When I left home I adopted 2 kittens, then eventually got the ex to agree to a puppy - puppy was fine with the cats as they put her in her place, I had that puppy over 12 years.
With the current DH when we had the 5 dogs, we managed to adopt 4 of them the same age, adopted over the years so we didnt even consider their ages - until we lost 4 of them in 18 months all aged 12 :'( We still have the last of the 5, he is 12.5 now and was the puppy of the group. We also lost a rescue Labrador age 4 a couple of years back to bone cancer. It has taken me this long to realise how hard each loss hit me, hopefully I will learn to grieve better in future and not bottle things up.
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We don't get time to grieve when caring for several ill pets at the same time, I was in and out the Vet Surgery every week ::)