Hi, Pom now down under!

Hi everyone ...

I'm originally from London but now live the rest of my years down under in Brisbane, Australia.
I've been living here with my partner, 2 kids for just over 8 years now.

We brought our beloved 'Max' over form the UK, but unfortunately lost him to cancer a year or so ago ... ... he was 11.5 years old and prior to the cancer was as fit as a fiddle!  Max was our first dog together, and took me years to get my OH to consent to getting a Staffy as she was a 'little' scared of them, but once we had him (from 7 weeks) she was sold and loved him to death, we all did! ...

So yeah, the months passed without Max and altho we planned to leave it 2 years before we got another dog, but we just had a void that needed to be filled, and we searched for another Staffy to complete our family.

We viewed 'Duke' and fell in love with him.  He was the only boy from a litter of 4.  We viewed him (and 'Daisy') from about 4 weeks till the 7 when we collected them both.

I say both, as while we was viewing the puppies we considered asking for 2 from the litter, one WAS available at this time so we ended up taking a girl with us too ...

So we have 'Daisy & Duke' now and they're currently 11 months old, we adore them both VERY much, altho TBH we didn't realise how hard it was gonna be with 2 puppies at the start over the one, but then in the same breath, 2 can be easier with certain things, like first few nights were a breeze with 2 for obv reasons, but training is harder.  I foolishly thought one would see the other do something, get a treat, and think "yeah I'll have some of that!", but alas! ...lol

Anyway, just a little about us, I have HEAPS of pics as I always like taking pics of my dog/dogs.

Max, bless his soul!...



This is the current pair - Daisy & Duke.  This was only taken 2 days ago...



See you around!

Paul.

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Hi & Welcome from Flo and me, Paul   

A great introduction. Sorry to hear of your loss. Your two new additions look great and we do like pics here so post away   

-Ian- wrote:Hi & Welcome from Flo and me, Paul   

A great introduction. Sorry to hear of your loss. Your two new additions look great and we do like pics here so post away   

Thanks Ian ...

Aw your avatar is uber cute   Welcome from Iza and me.

Welcome to the forum from Meg and me. Max was certainly a handsome chappy. I can't see the 2nd pic   but the pup pic as your avatar is the biz!

Welcome from Marquez and me
Sorry to hear about Max - he was a very lovely looking boy. Daisy and Duke look beautiful

Hi and welcome from us and Suki

Hi from me & Katy, Max was a handsome boy. Your new furbabies are beautiful   

Thanks for the welcome ...

Yes Max really was the perfect dog.  He made no noise, never ruined anything, could be left up to 10 hours in the day without ANY probs, he was loved by all, and I guess only fault was he didn't like certain dogs, and jumped up on people, but this was probably our fault.  Well, the jumping anyway.

These ARE prob the best pics I have of Max, but no point showing the worst ...





I'll upload some more soon of the current troublesome duo! ...

A few of the oldest pics we have of the puppies.

Daisy was green collar and Duke blue...

Hiya from me and Vinnie, Max was a stunner sorry for your loss. Daisy and Duke are adorable, and great names   

hia from me and sasha   ,aww Daisy and Duke are soo cute and Max was just beautiful   

Hi and welcome from me and Daisy, max was gorgeous but so are Daisy and duke, obviously I'm quite partial to daisies!   xx

Max was gorgeous! Sorry for your loss. Daisy and Duke are very cute

Hi and welcome from me and my two

Yeah as I say Max was just perfect, and no trouble around the house. VERY territorial of his garden and would chase the bush turkeys or crows if they landed in HIS garden!

If cancer didn't get him he'd of lived to 15 I reckon. He was the perfect addition to our family and grew up with the kids ... They're both adults now and one of my kids have flown the nest, so Daisy & Duke are very much our babies now ...

Hi and welcome from the girls and me

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

So sorry to hear of the loss of Max he was certainly very handsome, I bet the terrible twosome keep you busy though.   

Welcome from Darcy and me, you babies are adorable, so sorry for you loss xx

Hi and welcome to the forum from me and the zoo xx

Hi and welcome from Oz and me

Hello to you all and a warm welcome from me and Stella  

Thanks for the nice welcomes ...

Kathy wrote:Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

So sorry to hear of the loss of Max he was certainly very handsome, I bet the terrible twosome keep you busy though.   

Yes they're a handful at times to say the least ...lol, and are currently fighting over an old ice cream container under the dining room table! ...  

hi ya from me and beau you a two eauties there mate sorry about your loss of max just lost my old pal wel in december andwe all still miss him so much his name was max 15 years young aswell had some wnderful times with him now we have beau shes 8 months and a brilliant dog so happy days

markrobo wrote:hi ya from me and beau you a two eauties there mate sorry about your loss of max just lost my old pal wel in december andwe all still miss him so much his name was max 15 years young aswell had some wnderful times with him now we have beau shes 8 months and a brilliant dog so happy days

15 is very good for a Staffy I hear ...