Faolan was a 5yo crossbreed. German shpeherd X border collie. Very, very smart boy too. He originally came from an Irish pound at 10 weeks old so his background and true cross will forever be unknown.
Faolan arrived in July 2016, a new addition from a friend. He'd been with her from puppyhood but sadly had an inbuilt fear of children, and had serious reactivity to the front door which despite her putting a tremendous amount of work into, was only getting worse with the constant stress of living with four children and a busy household visitor-wise. He'd nipped numerous people and it was beginning to escalate so for everyone's safety and his own mental health, he needed to move on. Here, he had no children and almost no visitors to deal with, and a lot of dog friends!
Faolan slotted right in - we had some rough moments with Ren at the beginning, but on the whole she accepted him far faster than any other dog apart from Willow, and she got on better with him than her.
He was such a character and much calmer here - it didn't take long for his true nature to really shine out and for him to start seeking fuss from people on walks. He was such a comical, endlessly cheerful dog!
Sadly though, a long life with us here was not to be. Fay developed fibrosarcoma in his upper jaw back in March, but it presented oddly. It looked at first like gingivitis from trauma - one canine was dying and that looked like the trigger but later we would come to realise that the tooth was a symptom, not the cause, and was killed off by the cancer lurking around its root. By the time it was recognised for what it was at the end of April, it was far too late - it was already growing into the bone of his face, tracking slowly up the bridge of his muzzle and growing out from his snout. By early September, it was the size of a grapefruit, starting to block up his nasal passages and pushing his right eye to one side as it swelling along the inside of his eye socket so I had to let him go. He's the first dog I've lost young and it was absolutely gutting. He had so much potential for all sorts of things, and he was so happy here after being so stressed there. Utterly unfair.
Faolan arrived in July 2016, a new addition from a friend. He'd been with her from puppyhood but sadly had an inbuilt fear of children, and had serious reactivity to the front door which despite her putting a tremendous amount of work into, was only getting worse with the constant stress of living with four children and a busy household visitor-wise. He'd nipped numerous people and it was beginning to escalate so for everyone's safety and his own mental health, he needed to move on. Here, he had no children and almost no visitors to deal with, and a lot of dog friends!
Faolan slotted right in - we had some rough moments with Ren at the beginning, but on the whole she accepted him far faster than any other dog apart from Willow, and she got on better with him than her.
He was such a character and much calmer here - it didn't take long for his true nature to really shine out and for him to start seeking fuss from people on walks. He was such a comical, endlessly cheerful dog!
Sadly though, a long life with us here was not to be. Fay developed fibrosarcoma in his upper jaw back in March, but it presented oddly. It looked at first like gingivitis from trauma - one canine was dying and that looked like the trigger but later we would come to realise that the tooth was a symptom, not the cause, and was killed off by the cancer lurking around its root. By the time it was recognised for what it was at the end of April, it was far too late - it was already growing into the bone of his face, tracking slowly up the bridge of his muzzle and growing out from his snout. By early September, it was the size of a grapefruit, starting to block up his nasal passages and pushing his right eye to one side as it swelling along the inside of his eye socket so I had to let him go. He's the first dog I've lost young and it was absolutely gutting. He had so much potential for all sorts of things, and he was so happy here after being so stressed there. Utterly unfair.