Author Topic: Poppy the Cockapoo! (Read 54413 times)

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #100 on:** 24 November, 2010, 04:16:22 pm »

Poppy has been spayed today!

The house was weirdly quiet after we dropped her off at the vets. We're used to her collar jingling (she wears a cat bell) as she follows us around from room to room. Lucy the dog clearly enjoyed the peace and quiet.

She's now back. She's got a very dirty face and ears (wet dog food) and is incredibly sleepy (see pics below).

She had to have two baby teeth removed, her upper canines - the adult ones had come through and not knocked out the baby teeth so they were taken out. She was also microchipped.

I like sleepy cockapoos! Not so keen on the bill though...

Oh, and here are a couple of videos from earlier in the week:

And here she is yesterday before her face haircut.

Can you tell where she's sitting?

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #101 on:** 25 November, 2010, 02:12:26 pm »

Poor old Poppy. After a good night's sleep she was still moaning rather a lot this morning and kept licking her underneath.

I checked her wound and could see some fishing line at the bottom of it - presumably those famous internal stitches. The vet said bring her straight round so they had a look at her - apparently the vet who did the surgery yesterday didn't quite tuck the stitches away properly so they will need to be trimmed in a week's time. In the meantime, the vet cleared her anal glands (they were full and he thought that was encouraging her to lick) and told me to get a child's t-shirt for her, rather than give her a lampshade. So a quick trip to Tesco and here she is:

A nice Thomas the Tank Engine t-shirt. I have no idea if she's into trains, but as she likes bicycles and boats I expect she would be!

She seems much more lively this afternoon. Sigh. But the t-shirt is taking all her chewing attention and she hasn't looked at her belly since we got home!

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #102 on:** 27 November, 2010, 03:38:44 pm »

Another trip to the vets this morning.

Poppy kept sitting down oddly as she was doing two days ago (when her anal glands were full). She did a couple of tiny poops and yelped in pain with both of 'em. I decided that as the weekend was approaching, but the vets are open Saturday morning, I ought to get her checked out again.

It turns out she was a bit constipated so the vet sorted her out (yuck) and advised I make her drink more water. She has also been scratching her belly which is because her wound itches - I bought her a bigger babygrow that I could do up properly so that any scratching will just get the babygrow and not her wound. Of course she's irritated by wearing her t-shirt but generally seems to be settling down now. Here she is with me demonstrating how it does up:

And here she is demonstrating the hole I cut in it for her tail!

Let's hope she's OK from now on. The vet said I shouldn't really be walking her (I have taken her on short roadwalks) so she's confined to the house now for a couple of days. Which will be fun.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #103 on:** 06 December, 2010, 07:53:29 pm »

Video of Poppy playing with a walnut...

little miss mac · « **Reply #104 on:** 06 December, 2010, 10:19:58 pm »

Love the Poppy updates

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #105 on:** 04 February, 2011, 05:18:44 pm »

Poppy now in the newspaper in an article about my trike. She wasn't included in the final copy but is in the photo!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #106 on:** 04 February, 2011, 05:22:46 pm »

Spiffing! Autographs all round tomorrow?

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #107 on:** 04 March, 2011, 10:06:12 am »

Poppy Sunshine, nine months old today

Riggers · « **Reply #108 on:** 04 March, 2011, 10:15:57 am »

Just look at that face! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

delthebike · « **Reply #109 on:** 04 March, 2011, 10:44:18 am »

Is she still snack size?

Feline · « **Reply #110 on:** 04 March, 2011, 11:45:34 am »

Ah bless! She has grown up to look remarkably like my Google only black not brown!

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #111 on:** 04 March, 2011, 12:53:00 pm »

Quote from: delthebike on 04 March, 2011, 10:44:18 am

Is she still snack size?

6.25kg and the size of a cat.

So yes.

But a rather sharp, bitey mouthful I expect.

Indi and Poppy will have to go for a walkies together very soon to see what they make of each other. Poppy has two Alsatian friends that she's a bit wary of when they run quickly towards her but otherwise she's fine and much bossier than a dog of her size has any right to be.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #112 on:** 07 March, 2011, 04:22:23 pm »

Someone wanted to come cycling:

...so she did. She rode on the back for three miles, then ran beside the trike for the final two miles. She's pretty quick for such a small thing!

Feline · « **Reply #113 on:** 07 March, 2011, 09:23:39 pm »

Go poppy!

peliroja · « **Reply #114 on:** 13 March, 2011, 01:48:59 pm »

Hehe, what a good Poppy.

Dez · « **Reply #115 on:** 20 March, 2011, 12:17:51 am »

Some photos from Helen and Poppy's brief visit today:

TimO · « **Reply #116 on:** 20 March, 2011, 09:30:58 pm »

She's barely bigger than Talisker, and in a matching colour, but I don't think he'd approve.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #117 on:** 31 March, 2011, 08:50:33 am »

Poppy poorly so off to the vets in an hour. She was sick yesterday a few times, including all over James's side of the bed, and looks very subdued and unhappy this morning - she's spending all her time in her crate rather than running around.

I'm off to London at 11:30 and James is working until 4 so I can't leave Poppy as she is for four and a half hours. Hopefully the vet will sort her out!

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #118 on:** 01 April, 2011, 09:05:41 am »

Poppy appears to have had a bout of gastroenteritis, poor thing. She was very under the weather all yesterday, just sitting in her crate looking mournful or sleeping. We didn't give her anything to eat yesterday and she didn't look like she wanted anything anyway. This morning she's perked up a lot - she's still more quiet and dozy than usual but ate her breakfast (specially-cooked rice and white fish) and has kept it down so far, plus had a short walk.

delthebike · « **Reply #119 on:** 01 April, 2011, 09:15:54 am »

Good news.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #120 on:** 01 April, 2011, 09:18:33 am »

It's a real relief - dogs are normally so bouncy that when you suddenly find your dog is ill it's such a contrast.

Good thing we've got a Vax, too, to clear up all the vomit.

I'm hoping she'll be right as rain tomorrow.

alexb · « **Reply #121 on:** 01 April, 2011, 11:47:59 am »

I've just realised that it was poppy that I was playing with outside the Rose Cafe at the end of the FNRttC a couple of weeks ago. I simply had not put two and two together. What a lovely dog!

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #122 on:** 01 April, 2011, 03:16:52 pm »

Thank you Alexb. And which cyclist in Lycra were you? ;-)

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #123 on:** 25 April, 2011, 10:34:39 am »

Poppy has now done 150 miles in the bike basket and, apart from woofing at dogs we're whizzing past and occasional squeaks at people, seems to be fine with it. We take her to the farm shop 3 miles away and she gets to run a bit of the way home along the country roads.

We now have a little boat (whilst we try to sell our big boat!) and until last week it was on our front lawn being fettled. Poppy enjoyed standing on it and being up high so she could see over the fences:

And here she is with skipper James

Boat is now at Brightlingsea. The plan is that Poppy will go for little day sails with James but we'll have to see how that goes.

In the bluebells last week (taken with mobile phone camera so not so good!)

Easter Day having a rest from the sun under James's legs:

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #124 on:** 03 May, 2011, 01:46:35 pm »

Poppy clearly not a fan of Rachmaninov, or at least as I play it.

Camera is filming the cushion on top of the piano as I can't point camera at dog and play piano at the same time!

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