Gentle dog left home alone

Tina is an elderly dog with a sweet nature, she is a bit of a worrier though.  When her owner became ill and went in to hospital she was left on her own.  Tina was brought in to us and we’ve reassured her and made her comfortable  Although she was stressed at first, she has begun to settle and likes her walks and tasty meals.   She isn’t a greedy dog so a bit of chicken went down well to start with.   Tina’s owner has been unwell for some time and hasn’t been able to walk her so her feet needed attention and her nails were very overgrown.  Walking wears the nails down and so if dogs aren’t taken out they are in trouble.

Tina is still nervous and doesn’t like having her nails clipped so we’re doing it a bit at a time. They are badly deformed and can only be sorted out gradually.  Tina is a good little girl – a collie x terrier perhaps – maybe a bit of whippet in there as well.  She is clean and well behaved, gentle and quite dainty – a real little lady.   The vet thinks she’s about ten years old, hopefully her condition will improve and we’ll soon have her running around and playing.  It will be good to see a smile on this worried little face.