teresa

Tricia that is good to hear. We plan on taking our two cocker spaniels over with us next year, they are young dogs and I believe they will adapt ok. How did the existing Turkish doggy population take to your dogs? That is the one thing I am a bit nervous of. The local dogs are lovely and are not aggressive but they do have their different territories.

Any advice?

Teresa

tricia

Teresa,

It's quite comical really. My dogs just want to play and the street dogs are trying to protect their territory. My dogs will go bounding towards them, no fear and tails wagging, and the street dogs just back off. It's as if they react differently to domesticated dogs. I was a little concerned one evening when we came accross a pack of about 6 of them and luckily mine were on their leads. One of my dogs started to growl, which is unusual and worried me even more. I simply roared SHOO at the pack and they scarpered!
I hope this reassures you and if I can help with anything else, just let me know.

Tricia

teresa

It does make me feel a bit better. My husband said he had never seen the street dogs go for one on a lead. I unfortunately have a phobia as I had a lovely little 12 month old cocker and she was attacked buy an English bull terrier that had been trained to kill and was off the lead. I got my hand bitten trying to rescue her (had to have my wedding ring cut off as well). I did get her away but she died some months later and I am convinced it had something to do with it.

I love the street dogs but get nervous when my dogs meet up with others, I know it is a phobia because prior to this incident I have had other dogs and never panicked when they met others. My husband is not bothered, and I have gradually got a bit better but it is still raw even after 3 years.

Your words do encourage me and the Turkish dogs do seem as chilled as the Turkish people.

Merv perhaps you could move us to a Dogs heading as this thread started as Cats[:I]

Teresa

tricia

Teresa,
I can understand you being a little uncomfortable after what happened to your little dog and hope this reassured you enough.

Tricia

kadin

mmm yeah some good point's teresa you don't want your dogs getting battered when they go out by the local doggy yob mobs, I'd be worried too.

I must admit although animals never bother me in general I do make a point of not stroking any of the cats and dogs out there for fear of disease. If cats in my UK neighbourhood can pass on feline flu and feline leukaemia with just a bite or scratch then I dread to think what they got over there. I feel sorry for them and my heart bleeds for them sometimes but its a hard heart you have to develop coming from a nation of pet lovers that is hard.

I have a cat and if I had to take her she would be in the house permanently incase she got battered by the local moggy gangs!

I guess you just have to make sure they have had their injections and keep them on a lead all the time.

tricia

Yes, Linda, it's important to keep up to date with injections etc. and, so far, I've found the vets here very helpful. The other thing to be aware of is parasites, as we discussed on another thread. I wasn't as careful with flea spray as I should have been and had to remove a few ticks - ugh! I won't make that mistake again.

I keep my dogs on a lead a lot of the time, but there's plenty of open space for them to have a good run and we only had a minor problem once. That was when they came across a herd of sheep and goats. They thought they'd like to "play" with herd. They frightened a couple of sheep and the shepherd, but they came back to me as soon as I realised what was happening and no harm was done.

Teresa, if you take a walking stick with you, as a lot of Turkish people do, then if anything does go wrong you can protect your dogs.

Tricia

Aladin

Teresa - Sue and I did see one fight down at the Berlik - a group of Germans came down with their own pack of dogs who were not on leads and they all went for Maurice and Co and it was sometime before the lads from the Berlik got their dogs away. The Germans did nothing to break it up.

Lynda

hi there. Long time no chat.... I have two dogs here and have no problems with them or the street dogs. Both dogs are from Turkey. One I have had 9yrs the other my husband rescued from the street 3wks ago - a real cutie. I have to have them shaved in June/July or they get to hot but then have to be careful they do not get sunburn!

teresa

I clip my own dogs now, I used to have a man come to the house to do it but decided I would have to try some time. They do look rather as if "mum" cut their hair after I have finished but I figured they would have to get used to it.

We will not be taking our dogs to restaurants with us Sinbad, we we don't take them over here (although they probably wouldn't mind). Lulu is actually the one that bothers me as she already thinks she is family - I am happy for her to continue as family as long as she settles with our two. We will have to get her spayed though.

Teresa