Whitneys Diary- Are you the ones for me?

[Lisa]

This was our original and first appeal we sent out for Whitney around October 2003!





Hello my name is Whitney can you love me?

Im currently living in kennels where I have been for over two years as I have a few vices.

When I first came into rescue I had my son with me and we had always been together they tried to look for a home for us both together but it wouldnt work. He has now gone off to a home of his own. I dont really miss him but would love a family for me now who have the patience love and experience to understand my requirements.
My careers are currently looking for either a forever home with a couch of my own or a long term fosterer who will commit to making me more homeable and who knows may allow me to live my life with them.
I am very loving and people orientated and just wants to be with
someone who loves me back. Unfortunatly though I dont like C-A-T-S and being older im a bit wary of being around very young children to. I do walk quite nicely on the lead until I see small furries then I tug a bit.
Im also not very good at singing and apparently this is what I do when im left on my own and this upsets other people who dont live with me and I like to chew my bed!
I dont howl for to long but you would need to be around alot to help me overcome my fear when you go away. Im okay with bigger dogs but not to brilliant with smaller ones.


I cant tell you again how loving I am, I adore people and am spayed/vaccinated and microchipped. If you are around most of the time and think you could offer me the loving home I deserve can you please get in touch and consider me. I need a family to live out the time I have left and dont want to stay in kennels forever.

Whitney is currently in the Stoke on Trent area but can be rehomed in most areas of the country if we can aquire a homecheck. If you would consider taking Whitney as a long term foster also please contact us.

If you would like more information on her telephone Lisa on 01782544728 or email [e-mail]

Can I ask that no one posts on this thread please unless its someone who is specifically interested in offering Whitters a home!
If you would like any information on Whitney or feel you have a heart big enough to allow this very very special lady to share her last few years as part of your family please please telephone me for more details on 01782544728 or 07940573702 or email [e-mail]

This is where Whitney proved to the whole world that sometimes dogs can do there damdest to make that change that is needed to move onto a happy and forever life and this is where the story starts!

Hiya everyone im Whitney! You can read my old thread on the Timers section but this is a new thread for a new me a fully fledged new Whitney who is ready to come home
I left Stiles Meadows kennels for hopefully the last time yesterday not that I wasnt happy there I was but im heading into my peak years now and I need love a family and settee of my own! Im sure as much as everyone there adores me they would love not to see me come back!

So this is me Whitney now in my foster home with Auntie Lisa, Dizzy, Maisy and Tzar! Ive decided to keep a diary day by day of my progress to allow you to see how im flourishing how im changing and how im settling into the perfect little house guest that I hope to become before becoming part of one of your families! Im 10 but active and I think after waiting for three years at Stiles being seperated from my son and being overlooked its my turn now ;D

I will start the story yesterday when I made my way to my foster home

8th February 2004

Lisa came to visit me around 2pm she saw me on Thursday and she made me a promise that there was only three more big sleeps! I wasnt sure at the time what that meant but yesterday it all became clear!
I was taken in the car with Maisy one of the ladies I live with she is 14 and a real mare of a dog this will be the hardest home I ever have to adapt to as Maisy is hard work and spars me for a fight! We settled in the car easily together me with my face basket on and made our way home ;D

When we arrived I kept my face basket on considering ive never been into a home before I was the perfect house guest from the minute I arrived! I walked in calmly amidst the other three dogs and settled myself in.

Here are a couple of photos of me the first few hours I was there




This is me with Maisy the old cantancerous one I told you about!



Around ten o clock the first night I started to get really stressed not by anything or the situation just by the muzzle I really wasnt comfy in it! I felt vulnerable you spend ten minutes with Maisy and you will understand why! I became growly snarly and very very snappy.
My foster Mum was worried she knew if she took the muzzle off and I didnt settle or behave then she could possibly be beat a fight just wasnt an option not with two headstrong old ladies in the house.

There was nothing else she could do with close supervision it came off! And with it went my attitude I was so grateful so relieved and I settled down well with the other dogs interacting wagging and following them around.

At bedtime I was allowed to go upstairs with the rest of the pack there in the bedroom I found four beds one for each of us! Lisa kept trying to get me into the bed she had set aside moved seperate from the others! I didnt want to be seperate ive spent to much time seperate I wanted to be one of the pack or even more specially one of the family.
I settled down happily in the bed in the middle of Dizzy and Maisy and slept peacefully all night!

[Lisa]

9th February 2004

Hiya its me Whitney again well what can I say!! ;D The whole day has been so strange, so busy and so exciting aswell as fraught at times! My foster Mum equated me to being like a 3yr old Child let loose in Disney World!
Im still clean and have been since ive been here! Im not daft im sure they think I am if I want a wee I go to the door and I let them no! Im ten im not a baby and I understand more than they think I do!

The only thing I dont understand is why these comfy beds just dont fit right



Im still free of my face basket and there hasnt been an issue well there was but just the one! I was lying on Maisys bed and she wanted to get on it there was plenty of room for her to share to walk round me and settle but she stomped all the way across my head so I snapped and told her off she went to have me back but my foster Mum had envisaged what was going to happen and she was in the middle and telling us off! We both accepted it and have now avoided each other all day there is enough beds and love to go around!!

Here is a picture of me today without my face basket on in the dinner que



Im the little one at the front can you see me? I was so good waiting but my belly was rumbling they dine a little later here than they do at the kennels and it was liver and gravy so I was really looking forward to it!

Here is me eating alongside the other dogs



After dinner I came into the livingroom we were all tired after our meal so we wanted a sleep here is me sleeping with Tzar the male of the house as you can see im quite happy in his company



Later today around tea time the humans needed to go shopping! They needed to get me Whitney some more liver as I enjoyed it so much apparently though im only allowed to have it twice a week as to much is not good for you shame that really!
I got to go with them in the car! They only needed to grab a few things and the Child I live with Jack was told to hang around the shop doorway and watch me to see how I behaved alone in the car! What did they expect me to do? Have friends round throw a party? I sat on my bum patiently and waited watching for there return! I was on my own for about 20 minutes and not bothered at all! I wagged like mad though when they came back! I really do like you humans your funny and do some strange things and every now and then you tell us off not nastily but a bit sharpish but I accept and understand the fact that we sometimes need to learn how to behave and stop petty squabbles.

Anyway they have had sausage for tea and shared Lisa split one between us and Jack split two so we were lucky!
Im going to be sleeping now for a couple of hours and relaxing before my evening meal! I will let you know what tomorrow holds for me and my new foster home! I will have sweet dreams tonight of finally laying my head down on a new pillow in a new home for the last time ;D

Whitney xxxxxxxxx

[Lisa]

10th February 2004 10.20am

Only me again needed to put this down! I was a little bit confused last night and im still not sure whether I was naughty or whether the male dog of the house Tzar was! We were eating in the kitchen last night and he tried to put his head in my bowl! I snapped at him a little and my foster Mum bawled! He ran out the room and I thought it was me who was naughty and hi tailed into the crate BUT she then told the male off and I heard her say that it was his own fault So now im slightly confused she left me in the crate with the door open and I stayed where I was for half an hour then slunk in the livingroom and no one looked or tried to talk to me!
I went to the male and gave him a kiss to show there was no hard feelings! I just wish I was a little bit more aware of how to be round other dogs but ive never had that pleasure before. Since then ive been even more chilled out and laid back round them as im trying so so hard ;D

I went for a walk to school this morning just me my foster Mum and the child I live with Jack. I had to have my face basket on and at first I was pulling on the lead! My foster Mum soon stopped that though she put me on the right side and held the lead in her left hand across her and put her right palm onto the lead everytime I tried to pull forward she gently pushed and brought me back into line with her leg! It only took me a couple of minutes to understand what was expected of me! I dont like C-A-T-S I never will but today when I saw them on the lead I understood that my human didnt want me to pull so I didnt She is very cruel though she makes me sit on a cold floor when we get to roads! Oh well I suppose its not to much to ask for if I get to come in and sleep again on the beds that dont quite fit right and I soon learned that when we reached a road im expected to sit down and I do it now without being asked! Im so good and so clever a real and my foster mum says a pleasure to have around.

Ive still been clean no accidents. Im going to have my breakfast now and a snooze and will update you all this evening.

18.30pm

Okay not alot happened today apart from ive been such a good girl! Ive not let out one growl at any of the other dogs today and ive been all waggy and kissy with them!

One thing I have discovered and ohhh boy do I love it! This kennel is a bit different to the one at Stiles Meadows it has a massive heater in it that I love im obsessed ive been warming my bones by it all day! I heard my foster Mum say that was good because she was a little worried as to how I would adapt to the heating here!

Here is a picture of my new heater! My foster Mum had to tell me because I nearly burnt my nose



Heres a rare picture of me totally vertical!! I tend to spend alot of time horizontal and arnt the easiest dog to take a photo of as my little white face shines! I think it shows it off perfectly as im so pretty



Later this evening we all went for a car ride again all four off us I had to wear my face basket havent got a clue why! Wasnt to happy and spent the whole car ride not growling at the others but using there bums to try and get it off! I cant wait for car rides without my face basket on I dont think it will be long.

When we got back we were tired and all crashed out can you see me sticking my head out from round the corner



I think I may enjoy another meal tonight ive just been begging curry! YUCK and YOUCH is all I can say once I tasted it I didnt beg it anymore! I cant believe I wasted my best neglected face and stillest sit for that! Why do you humans make lovely tasting chicken nasty with stuff all over it I will never know!!

Anyway I will sign off for today and see you all again tomorrow!!

A very well behaved earning big stars Whitney xxx

[Lisa]

11th February 2004 10.15am

Gooooooooooooooooood Morning!! Yes its me again!!
Im so excited I had to run here to tell you all! Today I got to go for a walk with just me and my foster Mum again! This time noooooooooooo face basket!!!
I was so well behaved I didnt pull again walked straight past three C-A-T-S! My foster Mum said I didnt see them though as im less keen and lookey on the lead now im getting out more! I had to sit at the roads again and walked nice and she let me have the lead a bit slacker!
I did get a bit concerned though when we left the human child at school and came away! My ears were right up and I couldnt understand where he was going and why I couldnt go with him I really do adore him my Foster Mum took a picture of me this morning washing his face before he went to school and will post it later!
On the way back we stopped to talk to Jayne a friend of Lisas who she has known for years! She has a ten week old staffy x puppy called Leo he was in the garden doing his business hes a bold little sod he kept barking and bouncing at me on the other side of the gate! At first Lisa wouldnt let me have a sniff at him because I didnt have my face basket on but and was holding me tight but I kept wagging and wagging and in the end she let me have a sniff but holding me by my collar but very gently so I didnt get the wrong signals! ;D Ohhhhhhhhh Puppieeeeeeee breath I forgot how good it smells! I gave him a big fat kiss and wasnt nasty with him at all! Once id had a sniff I stood really good and quietly while they continued there conversation for about 1/4hr! We then made the rest of the journey home! Shes taught me now that when we get to the house I have to sit have my lead off and wait until the door is open and she tells me I can go in!!

She hasnt heard a growl off me since Monday night! That was just 24hrs after I left the kennels. She said that peace and harmony reins. She leaves us all out in the yard together without her there and she goes off upstairs and has a bath and stuff and leaves us on our own! She said she isnt worried about me at all. Will be back later with the photos of me washing Jack and an update on the rest of the day

Sorry I didnt update yesterday well I was a bit disgusted to be honest with you! Lisa put me in the kitchen for a whole hour yesterday on my own and I wasnt to impressed! Dont get me wrong I didnt scream or howl I just whinged. The crate door was open and I could have settled down on the duvet in there but I stood by the dog gate waiting for them to fetch me out! Apparently im going in there again but this time with Tzar to see if I settle down when im with another dog! Hes my mate now is Tzar were the dastardly duo and real partners in crime If you find one you find the other!

Heres the picture of the boy I live with Jack letting me check his face before I left for school yesterday morning! He hadnt washed it I dont care what he said oh and I dont think he brushed his teeth either so I sorted both out before he left



Last night was uneventful apart from we had chicken, potatoes, carrots and green beans for tea with out mixer! I ate it all I really enjoyed that still no more growling or snarling or anything im settling down nicely! Slept well all night again and looking forward to what Thursday brings!

With love to my readers The Whit One xxxxxxxxxx ;D

[Lisa]

12th February 2004

Well its only 9.50am and im having fun today already! Lisa told me I should come share this mornings photos with you and let you know a bit about whats being going on!

We didnt get our early walk today to school because Jacks Grandad picked him up and took him! BUT it was worth it because he delivered a bin bag when it came! It had lovely squishy pillows in it and a big double dog duvet. Dunno what Lisas game was but once the other humans left she decided to cover the whole floor with it! She muttered someat about she wanted to see if I was ready to share yet! Ha Ha Ha bet she expected me to sling off and get on the chair!!! No way the others were on the duvet and I wanted a piece of its comfort to!!

Dizzy and Tzar got on and settled down and looked sooo comfy so I thought stuff it im going to get on with them! AND I DID!!! But I didnt just get on I rolled and rolled and rolled and roached all my legs up in the air! This attracted Tzars attention and he started to siddle over to me on his belly! Then he grabbed my head and neck and started to make silly noises! Soooo I grabbed his head and neck and started to make silly noises back! We then rolled and roached and rolled and played and both of our heads were soaking wet when we finished Lisa was laughing so hard at us! We kept bumping Dizzy and I think she was getting a bit peed off with us but we didnt care! Im not old and cantancerous anymore so its her problem if she caught it shes only 8 for goodness sake she wants to get a life!

Heres a couple of pictures of me with Tzar playing on the duvet and you can see Dizzy in the background she is the one with cantancerous now



This is me with my head disappearing right down Tzars throat its dark in there you know



My foster Mum says ive now got rid of the cantancerous and caught the Home Bod Bug! Grief hope that isnt worse than cantancerous and it doesnt upset my stomach!!

Im signing off now to go and eat just to make sure I stay strong im going need all the strength I have if im going to hold of the Home Bod Bug!

Will update you all this evening!

Not much more to report yesterday oh apart from the animal cruelty!! I got put in a crate in the kitchen for half an hour while she cleaned up! I wasnt happy you could tell by my face but I didnt protest! I settled down and accepted the fact that for whatever reason I was being excluded! She insists it was for my own good and to help me find my forever home but boy why did she have to lock me in somewhere?
When she let me out though I wagged and wagged and danced and pretended I still liked her although I was a little miffed with her to say the least!
Still not to worry I went back into the livingroom and dossed out with the rest of them until we went for a walk!

I ate my evening meal with gusto! I have been trying it on a bit can you blame me? They give me liver sometimes and chickens other times and then expect me to eat tuna and sardines at others poo hoo nooo way! Im holding out for chicken and liver!! Hope she doesnt read this or she will bust me wide open and then I will be stuck with fish which I believe is for C-A-T-S not us superior beings dogs!

There is only one thing giving me a problem in this home and its really stupid in fact im quite embarrased to admit it! Ermm they have a very fierce looking kind of think above me in the air and im not sure I like it at all! In fact I dont like it that much that I dont sleep I lie looking at it and sometimes fly off the chair with my tail tucked under and hide!
Its sort of got four arms and three eyes and a tail hanging down! If my foster mum pulls the tail the eyes light up!! It just hangs there with its glowing eyes and stares at me all day! If I stare back it doesnt break its gaze! Ive even tried rolling around on my back underneath it to let it no ive submitted but its not looking friendly still! My foster mum told me not to be silly and called it a Ceiling Fan! Hmm even the name doesnt sound friendly to me

[Lisa]

13th February 2004

Whooo hello folks! Well have I had fun this morning! Not sure my foster Mum did but me and the other hounds had a ball! Oh except for Maisy who it now seems is suffering quite seriously from cantancerous! Dizzy is cured as she was much more lucid this morning as our actions proved!

We got given toys apparently thats what they are called! They were nice bright colourful ones and squeaked when you pressed them! Ohh my ears were up and my eyes were bulging out of my head! I grabbed one and went one way and Tzar grabbed one and went the other! Dizzy stood in the middle barking soooooo we all stared at each other and then started to play chase!! We tucked up our tails and ducked our bums right under and we ran and ran and ran all the way around the livingroom snatching and chasing and grabbing toys from one anothers mouths while barking and rarrrr rarrring at the same time! My foster Mum was balling oyyyyyyyyyy settttttlllllllllllleeeeee down but we were deaf! She was flipping and doing this funny little dance on her feet to get out of the way while we passed her on each lap! We didnt care how much she told us to stop we were having fun! Maybe its not just dogs who can catch cantancerous maybe its humans to? What do you reckon?
Queen Maisy sat on her throne (the settee) and keep woofing at us to shut our faces I think! Sooo we play bowed at her and barked but we were chickens really because when she looked like she was going to lunge we legged it! Shes such a miserable old bean is Maisy! My foster Mum ended up laughing I think if she didnt she may have cried! The rug was chucked up the settee the cd rack got knocked over and a couple of toys lost there life Were a bit sad about that though as we didnt mean anyone to get hurt in the making of our playtime! My foster Mum said that the camera batteries were flat and so couldnt get any pictures! Im a bit worried as to why she wanted them! Evidence to the stuffie murder maybe??

The only downside is now we fear we may starve to death! As weve been at it all morning on and off playing and chasing she still hasnt given us our meal she said someat about bloat!

Maisy isnt impressed though that she is having to starve aswell Will be back later to tell you how the rest of the day goes!!

Apparently Carl is coming tonight with his twins whatever they are and they are human girlies and 10! Sounds like fun more faces to wash though my job is never done ;D

[Lisa]

Just a bit of a side note from me not Whitney ! Although I feel Whitney would be happy and cope fine in a home with no other dogs but someone around most of the time I do feel its becoming more and more increasingly obvious by the second that she would enjoy more being in a home with other dogs ! When Whitney first arrived she looked to me for guidance every split second she wanted constant looks to say its alright your safe no one is going to hurt you! Ive noticed over the last couple of days that she hasnt got her eyes trained on me all the time anymore but instead she is starting to look to the other dogs to get what she needs!
Shes gone from being unsure and not being able to read there body language to getting quite profuse in understanding what there gestures and actions mean. She adores Tzar and has worked out that he is the pushover hes good for the beat em up type games and the ruckuss around the garden! She learnt and now understood that Dizzy is a sweetheart! A real mother of a dog who is good for cuddles and will offer a reasuring nuzzle when needed! She learnt full stop that Maisy is to be avoided at all times Mind you that ones not hard and most dogs suss that out after 20 seconds of being in this house!!
I guess what im trying to say is that Whitters would fit easily into an existing pack! I think she would happily settle with most breeds! She loves the hounds and greeted another greyhound out on walks with gusto this morning!
She is a cracking little all round girl who will go with the flow!
She is already happy to be left for short periods of time in the kitchen with Tzar and settles down nicely! We will be working on the leaving more now over the next couple of weeks! The issues with other dogs we can safely say are resolved and put them to bed!

If anyone is reading this and even remotly thinking about offering Whitters a new life please do ring me and discuss it further! Im more than happy to give you anymore information or answer any questions! Her diary has been an open and honest account of this special little angel warts and all

Lisa x

[Lisa]

13th February 2004 16.00 hrs

Okay after my foster Mum rudely hijacked my diary to explain how perfect I was which im doing a good enough job of myself I thought I would continue todays entries on a fresh page! ;D

Weve been playing all day long and its lots of fun in this house! The toys havent been taken off us because we have played so nice! Were all shattered now but thought I would share with you a couple of photos of me the first one is the one I promised to show you of me and Dizzy all cuddled up and the others are of me playing!!

Tzar is relatively normal and I expect him to play but erm me thinks my foster Mum may be slightly demented! The second playing photo is of her grabbing my bone in her mouth and trying to pull it off me! Are you humans normal or what!

Here is me and Dizzy snuggling



Oh er we look a bit white dont we??

Here is me with one of the toys a spider that Tzar had for his Birthday



and here is one of my foster Mum being a weirdo and mugging me for my toys



She is certifiable!!!! Im not sure her behaviour is at all acceptable!!

More updates later!

[Lisa]

Friday 13th Night and the weekend 14th and 15th

Sorry ive not updated ive had a very busy weekend! I will get it all down here now for you to read! Its been a real tough and hard time in parts but things are settling back down!

Friday night I found out what twins were! I will show you a picture later of me sharing the settee with them! The house was alot more busy and fraught though as three children one 9 and twin girls 10 was a real hive of activity.

My foster Mum had noticed over the last couple of days that I was really responding to getting close to the other dogs and that if I was on the dog bed first then I would be happy to let the others on and share. Maisy however the headstrong one of the house will at times and wont at others! Friday night I was settled on the dog bed and Maisy came and joined me! We settled really well and spent all night together no grumbles no growls we were fine!
Then things changed! I stood up to stretch my legs and turn round and I accidently stood on Maisys toe! She didnt take to kindly to it and she flew at me and split my chin! I told her back but didnt hurt her and my foster Mum was right in the middle and bawled at us! I had already left it anyway! Maisy though wasnt as forgiving and she still wanted to get at me (as my foster Mum says its not Maisys fault she is an old girl who was undersocialsed and very set in her ways she is top dog no to ways about it) I was so scared of the combination of raised voice and being bitten that I went flat to the floor and weed myself! I was very upset and distressed! My foster Mum was crying her eyes out for me as up until that point in time she had reaslised that I was fearful and nervy but she never realised till now that it was quite obvious that sometime before reaching Stiles Meadows I had obvioulsy been very roughly handled if not beaten! She said it all tied in now the starting to duck under things that were over head! The direct eye contact between me and her! She just cried and cried and cried and told me that it was alright and that I was going to be alright! I didnt want to eat my meal when it was served in the crate so I covered it up with my blanket I was so worried that the others would take it!

It made my foster Mum realise that I would adapt very well to a mixed dog household as long as there wasnt a very dominant bitch already in place who would bully me or I would just end up with a broken spirit rather than it healing! Im not a defensive dog and I dont look for trouble I settle down well play with the others and just love the reasurance that other well balanced dogs can offer! Im learning everyday!

I was upset to see my foster Mum so distressed and went to try and make friends again with Maisy I went over very submissive but as her temper was flared she wasnt in any mood to make friends so I left it till morning!
I Just want to please, be loved and live a peaceful life


14th February 2004

Well todays been a strange one! Auntie Anna I like her ive met her before with her dogs Ruby and a dog she walks called Fallon came to visit! Today they set out and I got bundled in the car with her and my foster Mum! I nearly fainted when I realised I was going to Stiles Meadows! I think I was a little bit worried that I was going back to kennels as I say I was happy there but I love the home life. My foster Mum reassured me we were only going to say hiya and I chilled out a little bit then! Once back there and out of the car and into the excercise paddock I was back up in my roost and I enjoyed my time there sniffed round and made sure there was no changes being made! It was a bit funny to see another dog in my old kennel! Id had it so long! It was a beautiful mongrel who came to us with her dinner bowl in her mouth! Wont be long for her I bet!

It turns out that we were there to collect a lurcher puppy who was coming into Greyhound Gaps care via a foster home! She was beautiful!

We left the kennels and I relaxed back down! I had to have my face basket on in the car though as the puppy was only four months and we had to travel together! I sulked a bit about this arrangement but ho hum!

The puppy came back to our house and had a bath then she left with Auntie Anna about 2.30pm!!

The rest of the day was uneventful no more fall outs but Maisy is sort of twitching around me and she scares me now and its making me quite stressed! Most of the time im still happy here though and everyone else loves me to pieces just wish Maisy would be my mate! ;D

15th February 2004

Today has been a bit boring Lisa has been very busy working away all morning! We had a short walk and other than that ive not done much apart from play with Tzar me and him are great muckers now and we just play and play and play it never gets nasty!

If I could find a home where there was just me and a young male I would be in total dog heaven! Lots of boys would be bliss I love them! Although as I say im happy with the girls there has been no issues between me and Dizzy she is nice to me! ;D

More updates and photos to follow soon!

[Lisa]

16th February 2004

My Foster Mummy says that a very nice lady with a very big heart will be meeting me this weekend and should things pan out she may be willing to offer me a forever home! Im very hopefull but will continue to keep my diary on a daily basis! I think my foster Mum seems to think this is possibly the best news she has ever heard to date! Her name is Jayne and I think I may be going to like her! If things look to be working I may be going to stay with her in a couple of weeks and her lurcher lady Sally!
My foster Mum is speaking to her again on Friday!

Grief today has been quite again and bar a walk ive spent most of it snoozing on my chair!! Im not leaving any food anymore I eat all my dinner up now!
Me and Maisy are still avoiding each other and we are getting along just fine again when in close proximaty I think we are finally beginning to form an understanding!

I went shopping again this afternoon in the car apparently I needed to prove that I could behave again they always park near the door and I see them hiding behind the Fairy and Daz and peeking at me! Honestly such weirdos at times! When they came out I was driving! Got sick of waiting if id been there much longer I would have hotwired the car!!

Me and Tzar have played till were pooped again but im still nervous when Dizzy tries to join in to as I worry that they may gang up on me! Dizzy is a loud mouth though when she is playing my foster Mum called her a gobsh*te but im not all to sure thats polite! She is a real Mummies girl though but loud as anything she barks to go out barks for her food barks for bed barks to play! I thought us lurchers were suppose to be noisey and the greyhounds were quiet?

Had a good snigger to myself today though because Maisy got told off she pinched a slipper of Mums and did a victory lap round the livingroom with it! Apparently they werent normal slippers but expensive ones Mum had for Christmas of friends with herbal stuff in them to help heal her ankle where Tzar the clump broke it last year!

Only had one nervous episode today! I just wish I could let go off the fears I have but im sure in time I will! We went out for a wee not long ago and I was the only one out there someone walked past the gate so I let em have it woof waaa woof woffo woof! Tzar ran out and Dizzy to offer me assistance in telling them to get lost and Foster Mum shouted for us to shush and come in! As we were making out way back in she went to get Tzar by the collar as he was just about to hi tail back out for one last woof just incase! As she leaned to get him I hit the deck cringing! I think im going to have to stop doing it though because everytime I do I get cuddled but sometimes I see her eyes leaking slightly!

Im watching a film now well actually im pretending im watching it as Maisy keeps looking at me funny! If I watch the tele she cant make eye contact and upset the balance again! Im sooo clever!

Your one and only possibly with a forever home special Whitters xx Mwa mwa to all my fans

[Lisa]

17th February 2004

Well I feel a bit silly the last few days trying to update my diary! Its not because I dont want to but its because I dont have much to report! However I do feel that this has to be the best sign in the world!

If I dont have anything to report then this is obviously because ive settled down well fitted into the pack and learned to be a house dog! Im not having issues with any of the others and have learnt to avoid Maisy! The kids arnt new im use to them! I still havent had so much as one toiletting accident in the house and I run out and bark at strangers passing now like one of the pack!

My days are spent on walks, sleeping on my chair and playing with the others and a couple of meal times a day!!

So as not to disappoint my readers I thought I would share a few more photos of me doing the normal housey type things that us normal happy house dogs do!

Firstly here is me on the settee cuddling the twins told you I knew what they were!



This is one without me on I was watching my Foster Mum is in there somewhere can you spot her??



This is me trying to instigate play



This is me nibbling my boyfriends ear



I got bored of nibbling so decided to have a chomp



Mum told us off so we decided to play dead



Me showing my big lugs off



My foster Mum gutted the childs bedroom! I couldnt find my favourite toy so thought I had better check the rubbish she put out from the room



If I stare at him long enough he will hand it over



Seeeeeeee told you all the steak for Whitters!



Hope all this gives you an insight into what a fantastic family pet ive turned into!

Im so excited and looking forward to Saturday when Jane comes to visit me

Whitney xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Lisa]

I will try and update on Whitneys progress a little tonight its been very busy this week and not had five minutes to do it

[Lisa]

29th February 2004

Just to wrap Whitneys Diary up if there were guests who were reading this and werent privy to the information that members of the forum were! Its taken me until now to be able to complete Whitneys story without being chocked!
The last few days that Whitters spent in our care passed uneventfully just lots of fun and love from a very special lady who had an amazing will to live! Everything she did was with enthusiasm and each new day she greeted with more newly awakened confidence and understanding!
Her journey ended on 22nd February 2004 when she left our care and made her way to her new home! She joined a family in Wolverhampton and is now Whitney Montgomery finally after all these years the little princess has a much earned surname.
She is settling well with the resident lurcher Sally and her first week in her new home has passed resonably uneventfully her and Sally are begining to form a bond and become pals! She is much loved and has hopefully packed and laid her suitcase for the last time!

Whitney was the only foster in a great amount of dogs to pass through our home to really get to us! She got to us to the extreme that if it had been feasable for her to make her life here with us or we could have offered her all that she needed then she would have stayed!
We wish her and her new family lots of love and luck for the future. ;D

TO ANYONE OUTHERE WHO FEELS THEY HAVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING SPECIAL TO OFFER TO A DOG LIKE WHITNEY PLEASE SEARCH THEM OUT FAR AND WIDE! THERE ARE TOO MANY WHITNEYS IN RESCUE THE LENGTH AND BREDTH OF THE UK AND THEY TO DESERVE THERE CHANCE!

Lisa xxxxxxx