We arrived in France December 12 just in time for Christmas and the snow, my 4 Old English Sheepdogs although they have been many times before had to make themselves known to all the village charging around in the snow thinking it was great until the ice froze to the fur under their paws if they had held the legs stiff i could have pushed them around as though on skis, another source of amazement was when my order of 75 bags of dog food arrived from the UK and was dropped off in the centre of our very small village and had to be carried into my garage one by one, explaining to the onlookers that even with the transport from the uk it was still at least 10 euro per bag less than a good food here, already orders are being received for the next shipment, the local vet is starting to see me as an welcome boost to his income, Harry was bitten by possibly a spider with painfull results and Barney went head over tail in his excitement running down the field causing a leg injury the two girls just sit and look at the pair of them being silly
Good luck with the house hunting, we are in the Tarn lovely area but god its cold had a scattering of snow this morning dont tell your lot or they will want to come over, agree totally stay with what you know suites none of this they like a change had OES since the 70s it took me a while to find a food that suited all of the dogs always one that has to be difficult
John
Hi Sandy yes we are here full time for better for worse no going back, OES dont gambol its more of a full on charge woe betide anyone that gets in the way, i have been on the floor more than once the victim of an over enthusiastic dog taking my legs from under me , meat content in food is a problem coming into France i have used Vitalin Active for years being chicken base and found it to be excellent for all my dogs after trying different food including tripe , yuk, then hosing down the dogs and patio area, get my meaning, rather messy as most OES tend to have a funny tummy,plus my UK vet was more than pleased with the condition of my dogs having searched in France and found the cost of dog food frightening especially having 4 large dogs i use 15kg + a week so at 40 euros per week cost will soar i contacted Vitalin who were more than happy to broaden their horizons as long as i had a full pallet so mixing it with a variety of food ordered for friends including cat food and special diet all from Vitalin it was delivered to my door within 3 days of order being placed i now have 12 months supply with some to spare and a saving of over 1500 euro i believe skinners is available here what the cost is ? as for raw meat maybe an abattoir a bit of research is required there , where are you moving to in France
John
Didn’t feel the need to make a new topic for this, so posted it here…
Dogs are certainly survivors, in many situations, and this is a fascinating doggy tale about three lost dogs’ homecomings in rural Alaska, one crossing sea ice in the Bering Straits, lost for four weeks.
Click on the Facebook link scrolling down, to what seems to me, to show two of the previously lost but found dogs, racing across the snow to their waiting human family, and the third, lost for four weeks, arriving by plane a few minutes later.
There is a fairly local dog, Nala, that has been missing for over a month now. Huge amount of local publicity, but no sign so everyone fears the worst now. I find these histories quite heartbreaking (on a par with Tory’s hens).
My cat Sam went missing, gone for 12 months, but I would always look along any tractor trails when passing by, on the off chance - and then one day, there he was. He was a kilometre away living in a cow barn. Took him home and he and his sister were inseparable. Never strayed again.
Hope springs eternal.