The Dogmother Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) No, I haven’t replaced Phil ! But we have a new dog… a rescue boy from Ireland who we’ve called Cyrus. His story is as follows; he lived on a lovely place deep in the Irish countryside but his owner and her OH are very ill and faced with the dreadful task of rehoming all their animals We’d been chatting by email and with several possible transport dates coming and going, he finally came over to England last week. Cyrus is roughly 4 years old and a neutered male, he is 1″ taller than Ruby and a gorgeous foxy red colour with cream tips. He currently has a scar on his flank after a small op to remove a lump of scar tissue. Cyrus has had the once over from my vet and been chipped, he’s very healthy apart from his teeth which will probably clean up with his new diet of mostly raw meat and bones. He is very shy at the moment and I’m still walking him on the lead except in the back garden and other enclosed spaces. He tends to scare easily at the moment and would race off if he wasn’t on the lead. A lovely, gentle and loving lad, he has good manners and loves a big cuddle and ear massage. 0 Phil took this photo of me with the dogs, by a huuuuge tractor tyre Edited March 10, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Gorgeous boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Oh beautiful! I'm loving that last picture of them together. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Oh how lovely, i love the one of him by the river, it looks beautiful there, im sure he will be very happy, how content he looks already in that last picture. Ahhhh Welcome Cyrus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 I think they'd just been playing 'raar raar bite yer face off' in that last photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Typical! first try to eat each other, then snuggle up for a cuddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Congratulations. He looks lovely and will be glad of a good home. Great name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 What a lovely boy, congratulations . They make a lovely couple . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 .....Great name. After Cyrus The Great. He seems to be half saluki and half whippet but his eastern heritage is very obvious, so he needed a "Ooops, word censored!"le and eastern name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Cyrus looks great Clare and very at home already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 he is lovely give him welcome snuggles from me cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 He looks gorgeous - has Ruby accepted him ok? Well done for taking him on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Awww They look great together! Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Oh he's so handsome, what a lovely pair of dogs. It looks like they get on well which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathybc Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 beautiful, and they seem in love already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henslaved Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Awwwwww he is so handsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 He looks gorgeous - has Ruby accepted him ok? Well done for taking him on. Yes she does, apart from the occasional dominance humping, which is to be expected. He has such a lovely nature and is a very easy dog. His only fault is that he was allowed on furniture and beds in his old home, so I'm having to teach him the' off command'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Nice one matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 How lovely! Such a beautiful pair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Cyrus is so lovely, he and the Rubester make a handsome pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What a handsome dog! He looks so elegant. Seems to have his paws well and truely under the table already too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thanks peeps His personality seems to be coming out now that he is settling and he's dying to get off the lead and run around with the other doglets we walk with. After a heart-stopping moment on his first day when he spooked and managed to slip his collar he is walking on-lead until I can be sure that his recall to me is good. We have had some off-lead walks with him in enclosed fields and a friend's manege, but I will test him at the weekend and if he's OK, the lad can go off running in the park too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 He's gorgeous! Love his name too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Ahhhh what a very handsome chap Cyrus is You have a gorgeous looking pair of dogs there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 He's lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
