Soothsayer Alice Acrisius

Alice was born weighing 12 oz's from a litter of 11 pups.      

      Alice never put on any weight for the first week of her life,     

   and always seemed to be wet . I figured that she either had

   an infection, or her mum was neglecting her. It turned out

                        to be an infection which went on for months.                 

                  Alice was spending more time on anti-biotics than off.                       

                   While on them she would put on weight, but soon came                     

          down with another infection within days of being off                

      them. Vet said “kidney problems”. Short lifespan,             

                         was it fair to her.                               

                        Her chances did not look very good.                            

   I was not going to give up on her. I gave her kidney tablet,           

   green leaf and even cranberry tablets, to try and stop the            

     infections. As she got older she became incontinent when              

     she slept, poor thing had to be bathed every day, she never            

complained and it became part of her routine. But it couldn't   

    go on like this, a friend suggested that it could be hormonal.        

     I put it to the vet  who didn’t think that was the problem            

    but gave me something to try anyway. So Alice went on to              

            propalin, and never looked back.              

 Alice had her second season at around 16 months old, her           

    first season was pretty normal but her second one was anything      

 but normal. My vet was very unsure about getting Alice spayed    

  due to her incontinent problems, but after Alice was in full      

   season for 2 months and being unwell with it, she was booked in       

                        to be spayed.                            

 She was very small for a German Shepherd only 19 inches high      

   and weighs around 21kg, but has a very big attitude, and has        

     been referred to “as the poison dwarf” many a time.  She still        

     loves to sleep with hubby, and has many ways of telling us what       

  she wants. She never walks but trots everywhere , and her       

  favourite pastime is sitting in the window watching the world go         

                        by like a cat.                                

     Alice was 8 in December of 2009     

We lost her at around 1.15am the morning of

the 21st December 2009 just 5 days after her 8th birthday.

I rushed her to the vet's but the x-ray

showed she had a severe torsion.

I was devastated, it happened so quick.

Because of Alice's history I decided to let her go.

She gave us eight years and some very happy times.

She was so clever, and we miss her so much.

Goodnight our  Little Bit

Till we meet again xxxx

Alice 3 weeks old         Alice Asleep with hubby      Alice with her toy "Ross"

Alice takes her role of guarding                          Getting comfortable       

very seriously                                                            

  No one's looking, just rest my eyes                       ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz      

Feb 2009