MISS RUBY IN HER PRAM

 

How sweet does Ruby look in her doggie pram? At 14 years young and can still move like a rocket when someone is at the door, lol. Dem fangs are sharp too. 

Attention doggie parents: Mimi and munch dog treats

 https://mimiandmunch.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOor-GndIhgXjIQAN8Cf0fbD0G45hrvmtfEo78ixyBH7j07-vtKKe

Hi I thought that I would share this website with fellow fur parents in Australia, as I do love to share things with others. These pocket treats used to be sold in Petbarn and they are great little pocket treats to take out with you when taking your precious fur babies out somewhere or just out for a walk. I bought a few of these to keep handy and I bought the birthday cake one for Miss Ruby to road test. She absolutely loved the Birthday cake treats so that is a keeper.

Last Christmas there was a Christmas dinner version and Santa brought some for his bestest best girl. Let's hope Santa brings more this Christmas. The little individual packs sell for $2 but a pack of 5 for $9.95 is great. Just throw them in your bag before going out or in your pocket and all's good to go. 

These are Australian made in Sydney too, bonus! I will definitely be buying more of these treats for Miss Ruby.  

Fur Babies: Miss Ruby turns 14

 Yay a big milestone for miss Ruby our loveable Jack Russell, our four legged daughter. Ruby is 14 years old today, and we are so proud of her. She woke up to birthday treats in bed with us on a freezing cold morning. Thankfully the heating came on to warm the house up as we can’t have our baby being cold. 

Being 14 years old in doggie years is like being around 72 to 78 in human years, so we take good care of her comfort. I actually thought that Ruby was 15 until a month ago when I looked at her veterinary records. The Vet has it calculated to the year, month and day on patient records, how cool is that!

We are taking Miss Ruby to visit to a doggie cafe is part of her celebration this weekend. She does love a cup of tea or two. 

Peanut Butter Stampede with Ruby

 Christ on a bike! 🤣🤣🤣 It was time to give miss Ruby our elderly Jack Russell some medication, wrapped in peanut butter. I just mentioned peanut butter to her and as if by magic her ears prick up, and she came rushing into the kitchen behind her daddy. She nearly knocked him over as she rushed past. Then she slams on the breaks and stood right in front of him. As she often does, lol. 

I had visions of the policeman from the Police Academy movies going head first up the horses bum 😂😂 She then looked at me to give me the nod, bring my treat over to the rug in the family room please. 

She gulped the peanut butter and three pills straight down, then licking the remainder off my fingers that fast that she nearly bit my fingers. Normally she is very dainty with being hand fed anything. I am so glad that she likes peanut butter because other methods of administering medication have never been successful. Little miss snarky, she is fast when she snaps, and things get ugly fast.  

I thank my lucky stars that I don't have to give her a suppository.  Life with a Jack Russell is never boring, and the don't slow down in old age, I can assure you. When anyone comes to the door, bam, she is off the couch like a fat boy on cake and splatted up against the flyscreen door ready to attack and going off her nut. You have to peal her off the door as she is going ballistic.

I swear she is the reincarnation of our late Gromit. He was a full on psychopath (Leo star sign, lol). Gromit would literally froth at the mouth and try to rip the door off its hinges. The person on the other side of the door had the colour drain from their face instantly. Gromit was a Border terrier with Silky terrier cross (cross, more like furious), hence the psychotic temperament. His eyes used to bulge as he went ape shit at the door. No chance of the postie getting too close to the door if either dog is around, lol. I will just drop the package here thanks, lol. 

Ruby is now snoozing on the couch with her minky blanket and totally chill. What a great life! 

  

Jack Russell Glitter, it’s a thing

 Anyone who’s ever owned a beautiful Jack Russell terrier knows how much fur they shed, it’s a lot.

My husband and I refer to it as Jack Russell Glitter, it gets everywhere imaginable. It’s bad enough on your clothes and carpets throughout your house, but get that fur in your car seats and interior carpets, and it ain’t coming out easily🤣🤣🐶

I introduced the term on a Jack Russell social media page and it’s now becoming a popular term, yay! Just like the fur, it’s spreading 🤣😀 Miss Ruby informed me, it’s spreading the love with every single hair. 

What’s not to love about a Jack Russell though? They are little dogs with big hearts and energy to match. I would be lost without miss Ruby, she is the love of our lives. Spread your glitter miss Ruby!

Miss Ruby has serious health problems at present

 Poor Ruby has been having health problems since just before Christmas time, including a tumour on her body which has been bleeding profusely two days before Christmas. The Christmas holiday season has impacted her being able to see her vet, who is on leave at present. Thankfully there is a stand in vet that will see her tomorrow morning. 

I don’t hold out much hope given her symptoms which I am not disclosing here. To say we are heartbroken is an understatement, she is the most beautiful and loving little girl and a huge part of our lives. She is lucky to make it to almost 15 years old, that’s good going for a Jack Russell. 

Update: 22/1/26 Awaiting blood tests for Miss Ruby, on a good note, as we were talking to the vet I could see green and yellow in Ruby’s aura which is good. That means she is very loving, loves people and very intelligent. It also tells me she is happy, that is a very positive sign for me. 

Miracles, Ruby has had an ultrasound on her GI tract and another lot of blood work. Her GI tract is fine, no signs of bleeding. Age related fatty liver which we have been told to buy milk thistle pills for dogs and she has started them 2 days ago. She did have an UTI and is on strong antibiotics for that. We are so relieved to know that she doesn’t have cancer. Having had so many of our fur babies die of cancer, it’s been a huge worry lifted off our shoulders. 

The test for Cushions syndrome also came back negative, despite being told at Christmas she had it. But it still doesn’t explain the weird black shrivelled 💩 Perhaps that is due to old age , she has a reasonably good diet with chicken and red meat, the occasional fish, but under sufferance. She’s not a fish lover. 

Too much red meat can be a cause for blood in the poo according to the vet and online health reports. I must point out, spirit has told me we have 2 more years with her. I really don’t want to think about that to be honest. Miss Ruby is our baby girl and we love her dearly, this is wher upstairs really are insensitive to us in the physical world. Death is irrelevant to them , the spirit world sees things differently to us very sensitive souls in our world. There are things that we don’t want to know and that needs to be respected.

That is the reason why I stopped predicting deaths of famous people, just because you know something doesn’t mean you should mention it to others, especially such an upsetting thing like death. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone

 Wherever you live in this busy world, have a wonderful weekend and take it easy. 

                                  Miss Ruby looking very cute, the photo is an AI image done by a friend. 

Poor Miss Ruby was at the vet

Poor little Miss Ruby had to have teeth pulled out yesterday. As an older doggie of 14 and a half years old, she has never had any dental problems until now. We assumed it was only three back molars to be removed, however when under the general anaesthetic; the vet discovered two more teeth to be removed.

We bought her a cute Gingerbread man cushion while she was at the vet, which she can snuggle on or play with. We also found out she has Cushion's syndrome, but at her age she is doing well anyway. The poor little soul has been very sore and sorry for herself last night and today. Thankfully she has good strong medication to assist in pain relief and antibiotics. 

Last night she snuggled on the couch with her new Gingerbread man cushion and later took it to bed for comfort. In mummy and daddy’s big bed of course as usual. Ruby is a wee human girl after all, she only uses a doggie bed in my office as a lounge chair. She did sleep well through the night but woke up this morning whimpering in pain. She took her antibiotics and pain meds fine and was given a little ice cream as a treat. It’s going to be a couple of days before she can have her doggie chocolate buttons, and she’s not impressed. 

Ruby was rather unsettled today and wouldn’t leave my side for one minute or sit down for longer than a few minutes. She wants her normal treats but has to stick to soft foods only for a few days, and boy that’s a hard thing for her to understand. She walks over to the drawer where all her food and treats are and sits there, looking up with big brown eyes. Mummy I want something nice please! It’s so hard having to say no to her. We are making a huge fuss of her of course, gee, like when don’t we make a fuss over our beautiful little girl! We made sure that she went out to a dog friendly cafe the day before,  so that she had a nice day out before her dental procedure. She had some tea and a little bit of my scones just like at home, and got to explore the nice gardens around the outdoor cafe and visited a nice plant nursery where she got pats and treats. She is such a good girl wherever she goes. 

First cup of tea of the morning

 Here we go again, I get up early, and bright eyed and bushy tailed for a change and sit in my chair to enjoy my first cup of tea of the day, but I get the hairy eyeball, lol. Miss Ruby is on the couch staring at me, she won't take her eyes off me or my teacup. Come on mum hurry up and give me some of your tea, your know the drill. The Jack Russell tax must be paid with every cup of tea. 

She even took to sharp little barks to make me hurry up, sheesh, I never had this from our cats. Pushy is an understatement from this little tea addict.

The white spots are the morning sun coming through the awning, it looks like confetti 🎊 

Happy International Dogs Day Everyone

 Wishing all the doggies of the world a beautiful and happy International Dog Day, such beautiful souls deserve a wonderful and happy day every day of their lives. They give such pure and unconditional love to humans. Make sure you show your love to your beautiful fur babies every day ❤️🐶 

                                               Miss Ruby my little Empress ✨❤️✨

Happy 14th Birthday Miss Ruby

Happy 14th birthday my sweetheart ❤️🐶 the years have passed so fast with many beautiful memories and funny moments. Ruby is such a beautiful and loving soul and very much a big part of our family life. For a senior canine she still has plenty of energy to burn don’t you worry. She can move like lightning, especially if she hears someone at the door and puts the fear of god in strangers 🤪😂🤣 

Jack Russell’s don’t slow down not until their last breath. To be honest I would be lost without her, she is full of fun and keeps me on my toes, whether it’s stealing shoes to get a treat, doing the shopping bag inspection when we come home from the shopping or getting up to shenanigans. She love her food and treats, well she is royalty after all. The empress of the house  and a fine tea connoisseur to boot, she shares every single cup of tea with mummy and daddy, then drinks her own little cup of tea.The Jack Russell tax has to be paid with every cup of tea or every bite of food, and biscuit.  I just hope we have many more years with our beautiful girl, she is one in a million.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY  SWEET-PEA  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH ❤️🥳🥳🥳🍰🐶

Miss Ruby's Doggie Advent Calendar And Spreading Her Love

 

I bought the first doggie advent calendar this year for Miss Ruby. I have just never been lucky enough to find them in the shops until this year. So every morning Ruby has her Schmacko treat when she wakes and an extra seasonal treat. I sit on the floor so that she can see the little doors being opened and sees the treat inside. She gives the calendar the vacuum cleaner sniff of sniffs to examine the calendar and wonders what it's all about. The problem is what happens the day after the treats are gone. Will she think she is being gypped out of treats? I can assure you she definitely is not lacking in treats and goodies, she is spoiled rotten every day. 

Ruby wishes to send her seasons greetings to all fur babies  around the world spreading her love. Ruby hopes one day that all animals (fur babies) of the world will have a better life and have equal rights enshrined by law globally to be free from hunger, sickness, homelessness and abuse, and that no animals ever suffer. 

Happy International Dogs Day 26th August 2024

 Happy International Dogs Day to all the beautiful doggies all over the world. Thank you to all service dogs and therapy dogs world wide and those amazing military, police and and all our beautiful and brave dogs of the world. 

                                            Miss Rubby (Madam Minx) sends you all big doggie cuddles 💝🐕🦮

Warm and fuzzy hugs to everyone 

Alex

My Psychic Dog

 Damn, miss Ruby never misses a beat, every time that I make a cup of tea standing at the breakfast bar (kitchen counter or bench) she is right there in a blink of an eye. I don’t even hear her, she just appears. 

My cup of tea is an important thing 🤣🤣🤣 and she knows exactly every single time that I am making a cuppa. There is no tricking her, I swear she is psychic. I gave her little tea cup of her own which she drinks from occasionally and then she comes after my cup. Just now I have just made a fresh cuppa and right on cue she appears at my side. It’s not my ordinary tea, oh, no, it’s the T2 New York breakfast tea. 

Ruby is a doggie tea connoisseur and she just knows the good stuff. She hangs around like a shark watching and waiting for me to hand over the tea at the bottom of my cup. I will try to string this cuppa out as long as I can before she pounces. 

Update on Ruby’s eye surgery

 Well today miss Ruby had her surgery for the tumour on her eye lid. The thing actually popped a couple of days ago and I rang the vet to let them know. I was advised to bring her in today for them to check her out. So the vet told me that her tumour is on the lower rung of tumours but would quickly fill up with fluid again, so it would be better to operate today. 

All went very well and she is home resting. Oh, and with one of those Elizabethan collars and she is not amused one bit. She was drowsy when she came home but boy did she did ham it up as she started to get back to normal. Then there was the woe is me mummy, and she played me like a fiddle 🤣🤣 Mummy I can’t reach my food with this fang dangled collar on. But the moment daddy put some chicken on the floor she hoovered it up. I offered her, her food again and she played the woe is me act again. So daddy said give her more chicken, so I put it on top of her normal food and she hoovered it up and her wet food. 

Talk about spoiled, she has no problem eating when there is fresh chicken on offer. However to get her medication into her I have to bribe her with a doggy chocolate and then put the stuff in her eye while she is chomping on her chocolate button. The pain killer is liquid and fed by a syringe, it doesn’t taste very nice so she gets a doggy chocolate after that too. She also has to have artificial tears in her eye also to stop any irritation. She is not tolerant of of anything near her eyes so I have to bribe her with a treat for this too. 

Having to wear the Elizabethan collar for two weeks will not be pleasant for her, especially at bed time so I guess we will have two weeks of intermittent sleep all around. You should have seen her with her “get well soon“ treat. I forgot that she may have a problem trying to hold it to eat. However she did manage to pick it up and carry it through the house. She just can’t jump on the bed at present. So we have to pick her up.  

I have just discovered that I am allergic to her fur this week. I have never had a problem before but this week her fur against my skin results in a huge spotty rash that is so itchy. I have an 180mg Telfast tablet every morning and it won’t stop this rash. When I took Ruby  to the vet a few days ago for her consultation on her eye, I noticed a rash suddenly developing on my arms at the surgery and thought that’s odd. Today the same thing happened but also on one of my feet too. One thing crossed my mind was grass seed in her fur or forget me not seeds, but she wasn’t outside today and it has rained since last night non stop so I think it’s her fur that’s causing the problem. 

I didn’t think that I would have an allergic reaction to her fur as we have had other dogs long before Ruby was born and she is 11 years old now. I did have a reaction with our late cat Garfield’s fur and he had the softest baby fur. Garfield was a Persian tabby cross. His fur used to hurt my face and was itchy but I never had a rash from his fur. So this is something that I have only just developed. 

Peanut butter beef hide treat for being a brave little girl 🐶❤️

Miss Ruby in the bedroom going up to the window with her treat to hide it. To the left is a blanket box with her cover on it. She suns herself every afternoon on the blanket box. 

UPDATE: Well after a sleepless night, miss Ruby is a bit shirty today and has spent most of the day in bed or barking at the wind. She jumps off the bed with her usual vigor but is clearly not a happy camper with the collar on.

 

Miss Ruby is having a tumour removed

 Today I took Ruby to the vet because she has a lump on her lower right eyelid. The vet informed me it is a tumour. I expected it to be a benign growth but I wanted it removed because it has gotten bigger over the past two weeks and Ruby was starting to rub it. 

I assumed it was like a skin tag, and the lump has been there for a couple of months. So Ruby is going to have surgery to remove this tumour on Wednesday morning. I just pray that she will not have any more problems. We love our little princess and want her to have a wonderful life full of love and happiness. 

She is happy in herself and has heaps of energy as an 11 year old dog should have. I am not sure how she will take to the E-collar after surgery though, she must wear it for two weeks so she doesn’t scratch her stitches. In the meantime she has a gel to put on her eye 3 times a day. Poor puparino, we will have to make sure she is happy and comfortable when she comes home from surgery. Thank goodness she is not going through surgery like poor Tolstoy did. He had his right hind leg amputated at the hip from bone cancer and he was only 10, he got 4 extra years with us. It breaks my heart to see animals or children ill. Losing them is horrendous though. 

I will update everyone on Wednesday afternoon and hopefully there won’t be any further issues. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and cuddles to your children and fur babies.

International Dog Day 26 August 2023

 Wishing all the doggies in the world a beautiful International Dog Day for all the pure unconditional love from your hearts to our hearts ❤️ 

Miss Ruby has freshly baked biscuits made for her to enjoy, well I actually made them a couple of days ago and let her have some already. She is so worth spoiling with her sweet little face and exuberant personality. May all dogs world wide have a beautiful day every day for the love that you give us unconditionally ❤️❤️❤️ 

Funny meme and memories

 This made me LOL, I remember many years ago when my house was being extended and at the end of a work day one of the tradies (tradesmen) had left our gate open. It was a cold winter night and I suddenly realised that out Jack Russell, Sparky was missing. 

His nickname was Puss, and that came about because as a puppy he had gone under my bed and wouldn’t come out. I was in a hurry to pick my small children up from school and this was just what I didn’t need.

So after trying to coax Sparky with different sounds I just went Puss, Puss, Puss and he came bolting out and ran to me. I laughed and thought, no way. So I did it again and sure enough he responded.

So after that we all called him Puss as his nickname. Anyway back to the story, this night he was missing in action, I went around the streets looking for him calling Puss, Puss, Puss. And all these cats came from all directions 🤣🤣🤣🐈. It’s amazing what we don’t know goes on after dark with animals. All of these cats around me, heaps of them. There is me saying, no I am not looking for you guys. 

Quickly distancing myself from all these cats that had been distracted from their nocturnal social activities. Eventually I decided to go home. And then I thought what about looking under the house. Sure enough. He was right at the little door trapped and waiting to be rescued. Poor little Sparky, he obviously had followed a tradie under the house at some point in the late afternoon and the man was unaware. 

Just as well it wasn’t summer, just imagine being in a small crawl space in shorts and a cold wet nose touches your read end. A sudden jolt in shock and a bang on the head from the wooden beams inches above you, lol. 

Let sleeping dogs lie!

 Let sleeping dogs lie they, say it will be fun they said. In my house Miss Ruby rules the roost, but she is ever so cute and does it in a very adorable way. Making the bed after stripping it to wash the sheets, I have to do the remaking of the bed in stages; mustn't disturb the baby after all. There she is on top of the bed lying on a big European pillow with a soft minky cover on it for more snuggling of course. Oh and don’t be fooled, dogs and cats know what is soft and what isn’t soft. They can tell the difference between a cheap minky cover and one that is like touching air. I kid you not, straight away if you put a soft blanket or jumper on the bed or on a chair, within minutes either a dog or a cat in my house would be in like Flynn. Move over human I have to test the quality and softness of this. 

But when changing the bedding it’s look out for the plush toys, Gingerbread man, Froggie and of course Squirrel. Hidden under the European pillow are two pigs ears, as Miss Ruby likes two on the go at the one time. Meanwhile she is curled up in a ball on top of said  soft minky cover on the pillow. I start putting the sheets and pillowslips on the bed and she gives me that look with one eye. You know the one, one more move and I will tilt mum, but in reality she will growl her displeasure and get up and move if she has to.

Today she is determined not to move, the top half of the bed has the pillow slips on the pillows, the fitted sheet is on and the flat sheet and thermal blanket are on the bed, just waiting for madam to shift her bum. But nope, Miss Ruby works on her time not mine, lol. Got to love her though because she is just so cute.

The bed making in my house is like being a nurse, where the patient is bedridden and nurses actually change the bedding with the patient still in the bed if they are too ill to be physically moved. It’s a tough gig I tell you and Miss Ruby wants all her pigs ears and any biscuit put right back where it was, she just knows you know 🤣🤣🤣🐶 I must admit she is not the only dog or cat in our house over the years to be this precious. But I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. I am such a big sook (softie) with my fur babies. I like them to enjoy their creature comforts. Ah, the joys of life 😍😍🐾🐶

Miss Ruby had an early visit from the Easter Bunny

 Easter Bunny came early for Miss Ruby 🐣 some tasty doggy biscuits with Easter designs on them a carob bunny and a doggy lollipop. We spoil our little girl, I am so glad that retailers actually make pet treats for seasonal events and birthdays. Why should we humans have all the fun?