purplebumble
Warren Veteran
we made the mistake when getting Bif from the rescue not to bond her to us so much as get her bonding with oscar..Elaine said the ride home in the taxi should do it no need for neutral territory when we got home( wel id read up and i knew that was wrong!) But they were real good whilst we accomadated the cages..oscar had his doggy crate the small one we have altho argos said it was a large dog one!! Bif had the savic cage which monique from sidlesham said was fine for temp housing whilst bonding. Bif was scared but she let me pick her up to check she was ok after getting honeymoon bum! she used to binky running free on her time for exercise around the lounge..we didnt let her out too long purely cos she wasnt litter trained but she was learning..she came up to us to Bif us withher head and runoff..we couldnt bear to see her cgaed inthat cage for 3 weeks so once oscar had his dental we restarted the bonding process. Once bonded she went every where with him and would let us scrith her head quick once she initiated the attention.
She really started coming out of her shell wed had her 6 months..then Oscar and her got sick and we lost Oscar..shes never really recovered..shes run from us ever since..
she bonded withbertie he gave her some life back..as she lay down to die 3 days after losing oscar..
bertie is a frenchie very laid back and very nosey and up for a nse and head scratch and cheek rubs and a massage!
Bif has suddenly got brave enough to bif my foot 2 nights running and shes let nikki strok her head..bertie usually pins her down whilst we stroke them..hes almost trying tosay dont run..its nice..!
The last few days Bertie is ecoming more like Bif..im hoping its cos of his feet but even then he loved his evening cuddle on the settee. now he gets up and then gets back down again and doesnt want to be fussed over..
i did all the floor level stuff when we first got bif like ive done for all ur buns..and id id it with bertie..but things are going in reverse..they are becoming more unfriendly and aloof..
did i do it all wrong..is it too late to correct it..if so how?
Is it cos we are sick with sore throats etc and they dont like being near sick folks they are prey creatures dont want to be at riskby mixing with sickly risks?
or is it that bertie and bif had enough of all the vet trips and medicating and they dont want us around anymore..or is cos theres allend and page left and i refuse to top it up with anymore science selective?
sigh please help!!
She really started coming out of her shell wed had her 6 months..then Oscar and her got sick and we lost Oscar..shes never really recovered..shes run from us ever since..
she bonded withbertie he gave her some life back..as she lay down to die 3 days after losing oscar..
bertie is a frenchie very laid back and very nosey and up for a nse and head scratch and cheek rubs and a massage!
Bif has suddenly got brave enough to bif my foot 2 nights running and shes let nikki strok her head..bertie usually pins her down whilst we stroke them..hes almost trying tosay dont run..its nice..!
The last few days Bertie is ecoming more like Bif..im hoping its cos of his feet but even then he loved his evening cuddle on the settee. now he gets up and then gets back down again and doesnt want to be fussed over..
i did all the floor level stuff when we first got bif like ive done for all ur buns..and id id it with bertie..but things are going in reverse..they are becoming more unfriendly and aloof..
did i do it all wrong..is it too late to correct it..if so how?
Is it cos we are sick with sore throats etc and they dont like being near sick folks they are prey creatures dont want to be at riskby mixing with sickly risks?
or is it that bertie and bif had enough of all the vet trips and medicating and they dont want us around anymore..or is cos theres allend and page left and i refuse to top it up with anymore science selective?
sigh please help!!