3.4.2002 - 10.2.2012
RAY'S STORY
RAY CAME TO LIVE WITH US AT THE END OF MAY 2002, WE WERE SO PLEASED TO GET HIM, HE WAS PICK BOY OF THE LITTER.
BEFORE WE TOOK HIM HOME JEAN MENTIONED THAT HE SEEMED TO HAVE A SCRATCH ABOVE HIS EYE AND GAVE US SOME CREAM. THE NEXT DAY HIS EYE HAD SWOLLEN AND HE WAS REALLY OUT OF SORTS - IT WAS BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY SO OFF TO SEE THE EMERGENCY VET. HE GAVE US ANTIBIOTICS.
WE RANG JEAN AND TOLD HER, SHE IMMEDIATELY SAID BRING HIM BACK - YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COPE WITH A SICK PUPPY. WE REPLIED ONCE AN ANIMAL CROSSES OUR THRESHOLD AS OURS THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE, WE WILL DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN BY HIM.
THE NEXT DAY RAY WAS WORSE, SO BACK TO THE VETS, THEY CHANGED THE ANTIBIOTICS AND SAID TO GIVE IT A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET THEM INTO HIS SYSTEM. BUT HE JUST BECAME MORE ILL.
SORES STARTED TO BREAK OUT ALL OVER HIS HEAD, ROUND HIS MOUTH, ON HIS FEET - ALMOST ALL OVER HIS BODY AND HE BECAME VERY WEAK. NONE OF THE OTHER DOGS APART FROM ALF WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM AS HE WAS GIVING OFF AN INFECTED ODOUR. HE HAD BECOME JUST ONE BIG BAG OF PUSS WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT'S IT - HE'S JUST GOING TO DIE.
WE RUSHED HIM BACK TO THE VETS, BY THIS TIME HE WAS UNABLE TO STAND AND JUST PEE'D WHERE HE LAY
AT THE VETS THEY PLACED HIM ON A DRIP SENT BLOOD SAMPLES TO THE LAB AND WE WAITED.
THE RESULTS CAME BACK PUPPY HEAD GLAND OR AS WE NOW KNOW IT JUVENILE CELLULITUS.
THE ONLY COURSE OF ACTION THEY COULD TAKE WAS TO TOTALLY SUPPRESS HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH THE HIGHEST DOSE OF STEROID THEY COULD GIVE HIM AND THEN MASSIVE DOSES OF ANTIBIOTICS. THIS CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, SLOWLY REDUCING THE STEROID INTAKE.
JEAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN OUR CARE FOR RAY, ONCE HE HAD RECOVERED SHE PICKED UP ALL THE VETS BILLS.
RAY AGED 4.5 YEARS
UNFORTUNATELY RAY HAS HAD TO REMAIN ON 5MG OF PREDNISOLONE EVERY DAY ALL OF HIS LIFE, WITHOUT IT HE DEVELOLPS FLUID ON THE LUNGS.
HE HAD HIS BLOODS CHECKED AT 6.5 YEARS AND HIS LIVER AND KIDNEYS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING WELL - ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
DUE TO THE STEROIDS RAY NEVER REACHED HIS FULL POTENTIAL, HE ONLY MEASURES 30" TO THE SHOULDER, HIS MUZZLE REMAINS QUITE BALD AND HIS SKIN IS EXTRA SENSITIVE
BUT TO US HE WILL ALWAYS BE OUR LITTLE MIRACLE
AND HERE HE IS AGED 7 YEARS 9 MONTHS - NEVER TO OLD TO PLAY IN THE SNOW
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY - 9 YEARS TODAY - 3 APRIL 2011
NOT AS QUICK OR AS AGILE AS YOU ONCE WERE BUT STILL ENJOYING FOOD AND RUNNING IN THE PADDOCK
RIVENHOUND CHASE THE ACE
25.9.06 - 18.3.09
(ACE)
ACE WAS EVERYTHING WE HAD EVER HOPED FOR IN A WOLFHOUND. HE HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL TEMPERAMENT, A PLEASURE TO LIVE WITH AND HE WAS STUNNING TO LOOK AT.
HE HAD STARTED TO DO WELL IN THE SHOW RING, RECEIVING
RCC - HOUND ASSOC OF SCOTLAND APRIL 08 - LOUISE PINKNEY
CC - SKC MAY 08 - LIZ CARTLEDGE
WE HAD MADE ALL SORTS OF PLANS AROUND ACE BUT UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF THOSE WERE TO BE.
ACE - FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
HIBECK ZAM WESSELL AT RIVENHOUND
24.4.02 - 23.4.08
(SADIE)
SADIE WAS OUR FOUNDATION BITCH FROM JEAN MCDONALD, ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T THE TALLEST, SHE WAS A LOVELY WELL BALANCED BITCH BUT UNFORTUNATELY NEVER SHOWED TO HER FULL POTENTIAL.
HOWEVER SHE DID RECEIVE A 1ST AT CRUFTS 04 IN SPECIAL YEARLING UNDER BETTY MURPHY.
SHE DID US PROUD IN 2006 BY PRODUCING 10 BEAUTIFUL PUPPIES
THANK YOU SADIE
HIBECK MCTAGGART AT RIVENHOUND
27.8.98 - 6.9.04
(MAC)
MAC WAS NEVER THE MOST CONFIDENT OF HOUNDS AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET HIM INTO THE SHOW RING.
MAC AGED ABOUT 3 YEARS AND ABOUT TO BE JUDGED BY CHRIS AMOO. IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT HE DID GIVE HIM 1ST IN PGD.
MAC WAS ALWAYS A BIG HEALTHY BOY WHO NEVER REALLY AILED ANYTHING - BUT WAS CRUELLY TAKEN BY BLOAT AGED JUST 6 YEARS.
HIBECK MR WATSON AT RIVENHOUND
30.12.97 - 29.9.01
(FLYNN)
FLYNN CUTTING HIS TEETH ON THE GATE.
FLYNN WAS OUR VERY FIRST WOLFHOUND AND WAS THE MOST LAID BACK DOG WE HAVE EVER OWNED.
IT IS HARD LOSING ANY DOG BUT LOSING YOUR VERY FIRST WOLFHOUND IS HEART WRENCHING. THE PAIN STAYS WITH YOU FOR MANY A YEAR.