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Aussieflyer38

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  1. Excellent shot Iain, great time of night to fly. ๐Ÿ™‚ Don
  2. We have a friend who is blind and has a Lab. She has a new one, her previous dog (who is the splitting image of our Max) has been retired, he has done his job for her and is now having a well earned rest. Hey I forgot to tell you guys that Maggie had to have a "C' section to deliver her puppies. She was in labour for twelve hours, vet said too long bring her in now. Interesting thing is that when they have a "C" section they don't know what/who the puppies are, my wife and I spent a few hours gently rubbing them on her so they had her smell, even then it took her a bit to work out they were hers. From that point on, she became the best Mum.๐Ÿ™‚โค๏ธ Companion dogs? No way, I don't have it in me to do that. They are special, LIz takes hers everywhere, even on planes. She lives in Tasmania and she fly's over to see us. Marty just curls up at her feet and goes to sleep. Love dogs โค๏ธ
  3. She is about as good as can be expected. I really feel for her, she keeps running into the puppy room looking for them, sniffs around picking up their scent. I think it will take about another week before she settles and realise they are gone. Meantime my wife and I are giving her lots of attention, cuddles and treats. I know we won't, but I wouldn't do this to her again, breaks my heart watching her looking for her puppies. ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ I would never make a breeder, I'm too soft. I have just dismantled the birthing box and put it in the garage, I think this will help her as their scent will be gone. Thanks for your interest. Don
  4. Our pleasure Rodger, sharing our journey with you has been a lot of fun and nice to have the company of you all along the way. I feel a bit sad that our old friends that are no longer here I couldn't share this with. One of the things I learned from this, I'm 85, and you are never too old to experience the miracle of life. ๐Ÿ™‚
  5. Thanks Graeme. Yes they will bring a lot of joy and happiness to their new Mum and Dad for many years to come.
  6. Thanks Iain, it's been fun to share our experience with you guys and I think a couple of gals. Although we wouldn't do it again, we wouldn't have wanted to not do this, it a real experience in life. To see those little wet things when they were born and watch them develop into those gorgeous fluffy bundles of joy, is something I'll remember for the rest of my life. We have a lot of photo's that I'll revisit over and over. My wife asked me if I wanted mate our standard poodle with Max our lab, not sure what they call them, Ladoodles or something, and I asked her how a divorce sounded ๐Ÿ˜งand then reminded her about the two hour feeds she would have to do - she had a quick change of heart. But having said all this, I loved everyone of them, and feel a little privileged that I got to have this experience. Don
  7. Thanks Nick, good to know, mine was also zero. Don
  8. All over guys. Last weekend the puppies left us and went to their forever homes. We were very lucky to have very nice caring people to adopt them. ๐Ÿ™‚ Yes it was a sad day to see them go, I'm a tough old bugger, but had to swallow hard every time one went the door. When you are caring for them and feeding them four or five times a day, โค๏ธyou can't help but get an attachment to them, and of course lab puppies are so cute that doesn't help. But they are now gone, and we can put the tissues away ๐Ÿ˜‚. Don
  9. Great shots Adam, love 'em. Wonderful scenery. You'll have to do them in winter, so we can see those majestic mountains covered in snow. ๐Ÿ™‚ Don
  10. Great shots Adam, you never disappoint, always great. Don
  11. Nice shots Wayne, I have it and like it a lot. Don
  12. They have definitely done a great job on this Johnny, imho one of the best in MSFS. ๐Ÿ™‚ Don
  13. As I said to Tom, Rodger, it definitely won't be breeding puppies. ๐Ÿ™‚
  14. Thanks Tom, now I'll have to find something else to entertain you guys with. ๐Ÿ˜„
  15. Hi Tom, you're welcome. I will miss them a lot. I sit in with them every day, and they crawl all over me, bite and scratch me, my arms and legs are a mess, but it's all part of getting them used to humans, familiarization is very important, and I wouldn't miss doing it. They are typical puppies and love the attention. Maggie will miss them, she cries everyday if we don't let her in with them, and it's the funniest thing, they still try to latch onto her, not knowing the "milkbar" is closed, but she humors them, and walks around with them swinging off her titties. ๐Ÿ˜„ She will sleep with us for a few days until she settles. Will we go again, NEVER! The first few weeks are hell. As a new mum Maggie did well, but still was a bit lost as to what to do, so either my wife or myself had to be on hand to get her in the right position for the puppies to feed, and as they are blind for the first two weeks, if they can't find her nipples by instinct, you have to put them on, they are so helpless straight after birth. It was a team effort, me, my wife and Maggie ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Once you can stretch the feed intervals from two hours to around four it helps, sleep is a wonderful thing ๐Ÿ˜„. The thing with breeding puppies, is the work ongoing, mixing food cleaning up, oh the cleaning up is massive as once they are on solids, it goes in one end and comes out the other almost instantly ๐Ÿ™„we buy puppy pad packs (100) five at a time, and what you have to appreciate is the amount nine puppies do and how they spread it around - they walk through it and sometimes roll in it when they play. Yep I'm gonna miss them, but not the work, and once I recover, I might get time to fly......yeaaaaaa. ๐Ÿ˜„ Don
  16. Thanks Iain. Miss them? Yes we will, you can't help but get attached to the little sods. Today we opened up part of the house to give them a proper run, and oh boy the cleaning up later, still it was fun to watch them investigate, and then really run for the first time. Don
  17. Thanks Rodger, yeah they are gorgeous, can't help but love 'em. Maggies fine, and visits them every day. She's very patient with them, even when they try to latch onto her nipples. Funniest thing you've ever seen, she walks and they go with her still sucking. Of course nothing there, she is tapped out now. ๐Ÿ˜€ Don
  18. Thanks Graeme. We were surprised at only getting only two little black guys, Max (daddy) is so big and strong, we figured he would be prominent sperm wise. And they were the first to be sold and lots more enquires for black puppies. Looking forward to the peace, they are VERY noisey. Don
  19. Well it's now seven weeks guys, one week away from going to their forever homes. WE still have two to place, so if you're interested, we do express post I don't have many photos of them, my wife has, so if I can prise her phone off her ear, I'll post a couple more tomorrow. Have to admit they are lots of fun and trouble wish I could post a video, at meal time they scream and yell like you wouldn't believe, until they have a mouth full of food. Their bowl of food lasts about thirty seconds, and then they run around frantically cleaning up the spilled food - good for me, saves cleaning up.
  20. Yes thanks John, bit to learn here ๐Ÿคฅslight understatement๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™‚ Don
  21. Nice shots John, been looking forward to this update - and for a change all went well ๐Ÿ˜€ including the ATR install. Don
  22. Definitely mate, thats a place you wouldn't want to be breaking down in - long walk. ๐Ÿ˜„
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