Two Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers in Italy - now about to head to France
Friday, 13 March 2009
Digby and the last ball game of the day
Digby's hips are giving him problems, a common occurrence in Polish Lowland Sheepdogs - he loves to run with his brother through the fields but the hip dysplasia makes it quite painful for him and he simply can't keep up.He's on glucosamine at mealtimes which will hopefully alleviate some of the symptoms. In the meantime in order to keep him trim he gets special quality time on the grass in the courtyard by himself - without his big brother who hogs the ball and can be quite boisterous. Digby's as proud as they come when he gets the ball.
2004 - We sell the farm in Scotland and move to the warmth of southern Europe. 2 lively Polish Lowland Sheepdogs - Wilf and Digby - our patient and comical companions. After a year in Provence we head to Italy to restore a hilltop Roman watchtower . Following an unpleasant 'housejacking' in late 2009 we set off for new adventures in South West Franceto get to grips with a large and exceedingly rickety old farmhouse. Empty nesters life after the violence of Italy has a gentler tempo. Digby passed on from piroplasmosis in May 2010. HIs brother, despite being diagnosed with cancer and having become blind ,soldiered on for another two years. Bob and Sophie joined us in 2013. Bob passed on in 2019. Sophie enjoyed the fresh air in Scotland after we returned in late 2022 but ran ahead in the summer of 23. This blog records all those little things about living with dogs that are too unimportant to make it into a diary but which make life, life.
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