Posted by Chris on July 15, 2009
Now Cache was really really a non planned baby 
We were busy driving in the bush close to a river when we spotted this little puppy walking in the middle of no where. It was so out of place that for an instance I didn’t recognize it as a doggie, but rather as another animal. As we got closer and I stopped next to it, she just went to lay down from exhaustion.
She was wrapped up in one of our jerseys and Bernadette put her on her lap. The only thing we had with us to drink was Energade, so we gave her a bit of it. We spent the next hour driving around the bush looking to see if there wasn’t perhaps a mother doggie laying somewhere with more puppies. She didn’t look underfed, so we guessed she must’ve come from the nearby suburb. But she would’ve had to walk really far to get there.
We drove to the suburb and started asking around if anyone knew the puppy. At the community centre we also left our details together with a description of the dog in case someone came to ask. At this point, although neither of us said anything, we knew we would keep the puppy if no one claimed her. Taking her to the animal welfare would just break our hearts.
At home we fed her a bit, and got her clean and took her to the Vet. She had a lot of fleas on her. We decided that we’ll name her Cache in the meanwhile.
By this time Tux has had to deal with so many newcomers to our household that he didn’t even worry anymore. They got used to her very quickly.
Then she started walking into things. When it became more often we realised that she was blind. Shame, I felt so sorry for her. But she has adapted very nicely and very quickly. She is now our little princess and acts like one too! Mommy’s girl.
Cache
Cache
Posted by Chris on July 15, 2009
Our second doggie that we got was an English Bull Terrier, and we named her Lexi.
Lexi's First Bath
I’ve always loved this breed of dogs, and grew up with them. Most people are scared of them, but I think they’re the most lovable dogs that you can get.
The day we brought back Lexi to meet up with her new brother Tux, Tux was not a happy dog. He someone probably knew he was going to have to only get half the attention he used to get. They got on so well right from the beginning.
Tux wasn’t happy when Lexi started to outgrow him, I think he liked being a bit higher than someone else for a while.
Lexi and Tux
When Lexi was a bit older, she and Tux used to fight every now and then, but we got them over that quickly. There were no casualties, just doggies trying to sort out who is the boss. Tux likes laying close to her to get some warmth.
We’ve also never had a problem with Lexi being aggressive towards us or any people that visit us. A few times though you can see she’s not happy when strange people walk past the house.
Unfortunately as she has gotten older, she’s developed a little heart problem. It’s manageable now, but in the beginning we stressed out quite a bit. It happened when we took them for a walk after not having gone for a few months. The reason for stopping was because of all the attacks on people and animals by dogs that walk around in our neighborhood. So the first time we took her again, she passed out after going a few metres out of the yard. It was the most horrible feeling going over me when I saw that – her just passing out.
We knew that she was just very excited, so we wrote it off as a panic attack. The next time it happened again we decided to take her to the Vet. He checked her out, and couldn’t see anything wrong. In the end we took her to a specialist who monitor her for a day. It turns out the this specific breed has a problem with their hearts with some of the females. There is an option to put her on heart pills now, but that will make it even weaker, so we decided to rather try and manage it by keeping her calm.
I want to go to School
Since then (about a year ago) there’s been about 3-4 incidents. When we take her for a walk, we make sure she keeps as calm as we possible can keep her and it’s worked great. It looks like the exercise is actually making it better, because I can rather further and further with them each time.
Lexi