Buster
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Our proudest achievement was with Buster. Buster a Boxer dog was adopted by Jules when he was about 18mts old from the Dogs trust in 2000. Buster was an abused, frightened dog who was destructive, aggressive with dogs & children. Before we took him home we had to sign a disclaimer that Buster would never be let off a lead, muzzled, never allowed near children & get behaviour training.
Buster & Mariah
With lot's of love, patience & training by Jules, Buster turned into a dog who no longer flinched or yelped as if he was going to be hit when you went to stoke his head, (that took 2 years), hid mobile phones in flower beds because the phone kept ringing while we we're out or dragged the clean washing off the washing line all around the garden, dug holes under fences to play (?) with next doors rabbit, buried bones in the flower beds, attacked the postman & post, got into the kitchen & pulled all the contents from the rubbish bin all across the living room, striped doors & windows of paint, pulled up carpets or did his 'business' in the house!
Buster - my baby
Buster turned into a lovable, happy, well behaved, child friendly dog who was never muzzled, always walked off the lead, loved to play football, walked with other dogs, ate out of children's hands & thank goodness was no longer destructive so i still had my mobile phone!!
Buster & his Grandma
Buster was in poor health though. In 2003 he caught pnemonia. In June 2005 he was diagnosed with spondylosis & was given 6mths to 2yrs to live. With metacam, vetzyme high strength flexible joint with Glucosamine for dogs & Oscars dog food which doesn't contain meat deritives he was a happy active dog again. I would never of believed there was anything wrong with him if i hadn't of seen the x-rays myself. Then he had an ulcer in his eye in 2007 where it started to melt away but with the brilliant help & surgery of an eye specialist in solihull she managed to save his eye. So we had a healthy happy Buster again.
Buster, Bailey & Sasha
That was though until June 2008 when Buster collapsed & couldn't stand up, his head was hanging to one side & his eyes were rolling. We took Buster for an emergency MRI scan at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket. They kept him there for 4 days. They found a mass in in his brain & an ecoli infection in his ear which sent him deaf. They also did a spinal tap to see if they could find out what the mass was in his brain but it didn't tell them anything.
Up until 7th Jan 2009 & Buster was still here. He couldn't walk very good as his back legs were not very steady & he dragged them a little so we had a dog trolley that we sometimes used to take him out with the other dogs in. Then due to the strong steriods he had been on since June 2008, they caused him to lose his fur & his stomach muscles wasted away a little so his tummy was hanging down & he was a little incontinent. Every morning when i went to work Buster was at the door waiting to come with me, he still loved his food & of course all the treats he could eat including humbugs he got off his Grandma & not forgetting he loved getting lots & lots of LOVE!!
You brought lots of happiness & joy into lots of peoples lives Buster.
The world was a better place with you in it.
Rest in peace my baby.