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Quite a charming little fellow called Toby. A stray who was rescued after being attacked by a wild boar apparently in deepest Andalucia.I shall look after him in the finest chit chat tradition.He shared some our Iberico Secreto last night and seemed to enjoy it. 
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that backstory sounds contrived? 'Deepest Andulucia' are they importing wounded dogs into britain.. with quarantine rules?
Fake news.
Fake news.
I put him out for the night and let him back in this morning. It's a bit nippy at the moment during the night around Granada but the lad seems to have fared well.I suppose he's used to much worse.
You put him outside overnight, in the cold?
Would you like it if someone did that to you?
Would you like it if someone did that to you?
He has a basket outside. I think it's the way out here. When I was a youngster in South Yorkshire my dog slept outside in a kennel.
It might be the way but I don't think it's the right way to treat a pet dog.
Outside kennels (heated in cold weather) is ok for working dogs.
Outside kennels (heated in cold weather) is ok for working dogs.
I'm holidaying in Spain. I usually come out here in February.
Let him try your new mattress out tonight you cruel bar steward 
My dog would sleep outside all year round if I let her. As long as they have access to three walls and a roof somewhere in the yard, they're happy. Their circulation is completely different to ours.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2085646/Dogs-paws-warm-frozen-ground-special-circulation-system.html
The only reason I bring her in is that I'm happier that she's there with me to provide an alert against intruders, being deaf myself. And I need her to let me know the alarm's gone off when necessary. But it's a right pain getting her to come in of a night sometimes. She'd be much happier remaining out in the frost keeping watch for mice, foxes, badgers etc.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2085646/Dogs-paws-warm-frozen-ground-special-circulation-system.html
The only reason I bring her in is that I'm happier that she's there with me to provide an alert against intruders, being deaf myself. And I need her to let me know the alarm's gone off when necessary. But it's a right pain getting her to come in of a night sometimes. She'd be much happier remaining out in the frost keeping watch for mice, foxes, badgers etc.
I guess it depends on the type of dog
My old man used to buy 2nd hand sofas especially for the dogs to sleep on , as soon as one popped off another would jump up to take it's place , good idea if you have a few dogs , he'd just bin them after a while & buy a 'new' one for like £15
My old man used to buy 2nd hand sofas especially for the dogs to sleep on , as soon as one popped off another would jump up to take it's place , good idea if you have a few dogs , he'd just bin them after a while & buy a 'new' one for like £15
There is also the gata de casa to consider. She has the run of the house. There is a dog lead hung up here but I'm guessing it's had less use than Diane Abbots step machine!
Feb 26, 2017 -- 3:36PM, GoOnThen wrote:
I'm holidaying in Spain. I usually come out here in February.
can you tell me how u got on the forum? vpn? if so which! would like to know for when I go to spain myself
Some of them do have an obsession with accessing sofas.
25 years ago I got a couple of mutts from Heaven's Gate Animal Sanctuary in the Mendips, and decided that this time I was going to put my foot down and not have my furniture ruined by dogs. They were quite an old pair, 7 and 9 years old, and had been in the cage at the sanctuary for nearly a year, so I thought they'd have been weaned off home comforts. No chance. I opened the living room door to let them in, and before I had a chance even to suggest they might prefer the beds I'd provided, they'd trotted straight over to the settee, curled up together and never once used the beds in the subsequent 8 or 9 years I had them.
It became a matter of principle that any sofa was theirs. They were staying at my parents' once, with my dad on one end of their sofa and one of the dogs asleep next to him and no room for the other one. So the latter went and stood in front of an armchair, which had some luggage resting on it, and kept looking from the armchair to my dad and back again. In the end my dad got up to move the luggage, so the dog could use the armchair, whereupon the dog jumped straight up onto the sofa, settled down and shut his eyes.
25 years ago I got a couple of mutts from Heaven's Gate Animal Sanctuary in the Mendips, and decided that this time I was going to put my foot down and not have my furniture ruined by dogs. They were quite an old pair, 7 and 9 years old, and had been in the cage at the sanctuary for nearly a year, so I thought they'd have been weaned off home comforts. No chance. I opened the living room door to let them in, and before I had a chance even to suggest they might prefer the beds I'd provided, they'd trotted straight over to the settee, curled up together and never once used the beds in the subsequent 8 or 9 years I had them.
It became a matter of principle that any sofa was theirs. They were staying at my parents' once, with my dad on one end of their sofa and one of the dogs asleep next to him and no room for the other one. So the latter went and stood in front of an armchair, which had some luggage resting on it, and kept looking from the armchair to my dad and back again. In the end my dad got up to move the luggage, so the dog could use the armchair, whereupon the dog jumped straight up onto the sofa, settled down and shut his eyes.
If you don't let your dog out at night, where is it supposed to get its food from?
The villa has wifi. I log into the forum just the same as I would at home.
I'm here...
http://www.rusticblue.com/holiday_villas_in_spain/zm33.php
http://www.rusticblue.com/holiday_villas_in_spain/zm33.php
That second shot - did you know the dog's made a mess on the carpet.
Just got back from Bedford, dog sitting my brothers 2 Yorkies whilst him and his missus were in Cape Verde. Such lovely little munchkins the pair of them, it was a pleasure to take care of them both. 
It looks a very nice place.
But I hope you're not letting the mutt jump all over the furniture while you're renting the villa.
But I hope you're not letting the mutt jump all over the furniture while you're renting the villa.
You're doing good work SB.
I stayed in a nice e place on Friday night, Cortijo Sabila, featured a few times on TV. The owners have 4 dogs, two airedales brought from the UK, one abandoned dog from the local town, which they brought back home after a couple of shopping trips, and one neighbours dog who'd worn its teeth down trying to bite through the metal chain it was tethered to 24/7.Some kind people out there. Let's not despair. Toby will be sleeping inside if he rocks up tonight.
I stayed in a nice e place on Friday night, Cortijo Sabila, featured a few times on TV. The owners have 4 dogs, two airedales brought from the UK, one abandoned dog from the local town, which they brought back home after a couple of shopping trips, and one neighbours dog who'd worn its teeth down trying to bite through the metal chain it was tethered to 24/7.Some kind people out there. Let's not despair. Toby will be sleeping inside if he rocks up tonight.
Are you saying you don't even know where Toby is? 
Thank you M_D, I love dogs, had them in my world all my life. They become part of the family and it was a pleasure to look after my brothers dogs, both of them very cheeky chappies! It was a joy to take care of them for my little bro who is also my best friend in life It was great to get out of London for awhile as well, peace and quiet in a little Bedfordshire village.
It was great to get out of London for awhile as well, peace and quiet in a little Bedfordshire village.
Toby is in the next Cortijo, some 300mtrs away, with the son of the Villa owner. I do hope you are now suitably enhanced in your virtual signalling deficit.
Wow! What a beautiful villa!
I'm now worried Toby could fall into that pool
I'm now worried Toby could fall into that pool
My little Pomeranian is in the wars, chemotherapy at Fitzpatricks again next week. He is wobbly on his pins again but I'll do whatever it it takes to get him well 
Sorry to hear that, Slippy. Hugs to your little dog x
I'll do everything possible to look after my little Pip.
Pipsqueak, when I got him my niece named him Pipsqueak, as he was the size of a hamster. My lovely little dog, love him to bits.
In the end my dad got up to move the luggage, so the dog could use the armchair, whereupon the dog jumped straight up onto the sofa, settled down and shut his eyes.
Having slept for the last two nights on a leather winged armchair by the fire, tonight El Tobster has decided to leave the building of his own volition and curl up in his basket on the outside terrace.
My dog died four weeks ago. She was being sick on the Saturday, and died in the early hours of Sunday morning. I obviously wish I'd took her to the vets, but it didn't seem too bad at the time. I also wish I'd been offered/asked for a post mortem to be carried out, because the not knowing what killed her is quite hard to take.
It's amazing how much a dog can become part of a family.
It's amazing how much a dog can become part of a family.
Gutted for you s.kenbo, I'd be in absolute bits if I lost my dog. I know he won't make old bones but it is a day I'm truly dreading.
Commiserations, Kenbo.
Don't be hard on yourself. If we took our dogs to the vet's every time they puked, we'd be permanent residents there. It's one of their charms that they consume just about anything, seemingly relying on vomiting to sort out what they shouldn't.
And these things ALWAYS seem to happen on a Saturday, so we think, if it's still the same on Monday morning, then I'll know something's wrong, and I'll go to the vet's then. Just about every time they turn out to be right as rain by Sunday morning. I don't think anyone would have done anything different to what you did. I certainly wouldn't.
Don't be hard on yourself. If we took our dogs to the vet's every time they puked, we'd be permanent residents there. It's one of their charms that they consume just about anything, seemingly relying on vomiting to sort out what they shouldn't.
And these things ALWAYS seem to happen on a Saturday, so we think, if it's still the same on Monday morning, then I'll know something's wrong, and I'll go to the vet's then. Just about every time they turn out to be right as rain by Sunday morning. I don't think anyone would have done anything different to what you did. I certainly wouldn't.
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