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Operation A Dog Named Sue #28

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The last couple of days has seen a lot of photos of Ace, plus a short video clip. In this post I’m going to share the update that came in last night plus all of the photos. I’ll save the video clip for another day when there are more clips to go with it.

“Hi! Here are some pictures of Ace in The Village :)

Wound is closed but with the minimum contact with the boot over night it opens a little bit

Today we are doing laser on the wound to help healing

We will see how it appears tomorrow morning to see if he is able to pass SENASA on Monday

If not, we will need to posponed the departure some extra days”

I love as a Prisoner fan that they call the place Ace is staying The Village. It’s almost apt.

Operation A Dog Named Sue #27

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I know the last few posts have all been dog related. To be fair that is the most important thing going on in my life at the moment. There will be other content soon I promise.

Last night Kate asked how Ace’s paw was doing. What I present here is the resulting exchange that was interspersed with photos and video.

“He’s healing well, and we’re keeping a very close eye on him”

“Good he seems very friendly and good with the other dogs.”

“Yes, he is very friendly with everyone !”

“Ace has been friendly/playful with other dogs and people.”

It is very obvious from the photos, now and previously, that he gets on well with other dogs. I have to admit I find these photos hard because I want the other dogs as well. They too deserve a loving forever home.

The one thing I am unsure is whether myself, Dolly, and Loki are ready for Diogo and Ace playing!

Looking at the paw in the video I don’t think next week is out of the question for Ace completing his journey to us. Then I can start getting excited again.

LiveFromPeru Part 16

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Tuesday saw Diogo have his second pickup and train session with Heidi.

As usual Heidi takes the odd photo and video of Diogo to show how he is doing throughout the lesson.

This time he spent time in the main park in Wisbech.

Obviously there were other dogs and even joggers there. He’s still reacting to other dogs, but his recovery ie stop reacting is improving.

Diogo even took treats from Heidi this time!

Diogo even had his first ever pup cup from the local Costa. Something I wasn’t aware they did. That did feel a bit like missing a child’s first word to be honest. It also means road trips to walks in the area just got expensive!

It does appear, no it’s obvious that Diogo is enjoying these sessions with Heidi, and a trust is building up between them.

Diogo has another session booked in two weeks time.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #25

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The great journey from Peru to his forever home here in the UK with me and the monster squad, has started for Ace.

Ace is currently in Lima (as an update below will confirm) going through the “usual” checks required for him to leave Peru and enter the EU, before then coming to the UK.

Here is the latest update and photo drop of Ace. Which is a combination of photos of him at the airport and at the foster home.

“Ace is a very loving dog. He has a limp on that foot. Sometimes he drags that paw and he’ll hurt his nails. These days he’s been nervous. Thank you for all the care.

I recommend to order his boots for when he arrives to England. I’ll send the size I previously ordered on Amazon.

But that’s why his boots will end up getting messed up with holes very quickly.”

Naturally when I read that update at 4am (what was I doing awake at that time in the morning? Old person bladder issues, and I’ll leave it at that) I was onto Amazon and ordering the suggested boots.

However…

“There’s been a hiccup he has a sore on his paw. He’s in Lima now.”

So my first job of the day is to get a visit to the vet booked in for Ace.

I also need to get the vet to tell me how I can get Ace’s medical records transferred to them digitally because they are too large to just email.

Because Ace is limping I will need to get him to a specialist orthopedic vet hopefully near me. But these have to be through referral so I will be asking the vet to do that also.

Let’s end this post on a high with some video clips that were also shared with me.

LiveFromPeru Part 14

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I thought I’d share photos I took of the socialisation walk Dolly and Diogo went on at Shouldham Warren.

Yeah I actually remembered this time.

Quenching that thirst
The remains of the rifle range

There were three other dogs on this walk.

Yeah we had the initial vocalisation of excitement from Diogo at the start. But being a food oriented, and bribable young dog. I was able to keep that to a minimum. Although not perfectly.

But on the walk round Shouldham Warren itself they both were really well behaved. Even when other dogs came the other way, and at the end. Yes he barked but was better.

There is another socialisation walk that master blaster (yes that’s my nickname for Dolly and Diogo) are booked on next weekend. Followed by a pick up and train session for Diogo.

Looking forward to next weekends walk.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #24

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A couple of days back some basic information was required by the transportation company bringing Ace over to the UK.

The first bit was how big was Ace so that they could send the right sized kennel for him to travel in.

Once Ace is in Lima they will review the kennel to make sure it is the correct one for him.

He has a lot of time in that kennel so I appreciate that they are making sure he will have enough room to be comfortable.

The other bit of information they needed was some photos of Ace’s paw for their vets.

I have uploaded those and put them on the end of this post. Which has been the post with all the healing progress.

I think that the paw is looking good.

We are literally just over a month away from him joining his new family and being in his forever home. That’s so exciting.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #23

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We have an official arrival date!

That had to be a heading.

A couple days back now things started to get real.

We now have a date for Ace’s arrival in the UK of 8th October.

This is what Ace’s journey to his forever home looks like.

Flight Cusco-Lima: October 2nd
SENASA inspection (Lima): October 5th
Flight Lima-Amsterdam: October 6th
Flight Amsterdam-London:October 8th

Yes that’s a long journey. But he will be in good hands during it. And I can’t wait to meet him and start our journey together.

52 Days left

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #21

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This latest video came in the later part of last week.

I shared it on the socials in preparation for posting here. But I waited hoping that there would be some news on his progress and some photos.

However neither appeared.

Which is a little disappointing.

I do love receiving photos of Ace.

Anyway here is the latest short video of Ace being happy.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #20

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Whilst playing in a SWU prerelease last night some new photos and a video came through of Ace.

“This is the last report of Ace but he looks a lot better. I don’t know how they’ll do the kennel but it would be nice if he can get used to the kennel so the flight is smooth for Ace.

Other boots were bought for Ace as he ended up making some holes while picking at his feet

Here’s the new one they bought”

So I’m not sure if this means no more photos/ updates until Ace is ready to make the journey to join us.

I hope not and that we will see more photos and video over the next couple of months.