Fergie's mum

Location:

Jersey. Channel Islands. UK

Occupation:

At home mum

Name:

Toni

Your dogs name/s:

Fergie and Lou Lou

Breeds owned:

Border collie cross

Other Breeds owned or previously owned:

Border collie cross
shih tzu cross Jack Russel

Has owned dogs for:

4 to 8 years

Dogs Owned:

2

I have trained dogs to:

An intermediate level (10 commands or more)

Believe in using positive training methods?:

Yes - but I will raise my voice if I have to

Have you ever shown any of your dogs?:

No I do not show

Have you ever bred your dog?:

no

Other Animals I own:

Marital Status:

Single

Children / Grandchildren:

• 1 Son
• 1 Daughter

Drives:

None

My Story:

Hi, my name is Toni. I'm a single mum, I have a teenage son and daughter, and my dog Fergie. I spend nearly all my time doing stuff mum's do with the help and hinderance of Fergie. We got him 6 years ago. He was very poorly when we got him weighing just 4lb in weight. He was covered in nips and cuts and we were told his pack turned on him as he was the runt of the litter. Well, my little runt is now 38kg of spoilt and loved pooch. He has a lot of ideas as to how our home should be run, but the main one is that he has to be first to know about anything. If we're gardening he likes to help weed. If we are digging he has to have a trowel of his own, so we can keep ours or he cries his distress to all our neighbors.(Lifes just not fair!). DIY can only be achieved if we keep toolbox closed, and tools we are using out of his reach. All post must be checked by him first and when we bring in weekly shopping he checks all bags to make sure we have his treats. We definitely enjoy our walks together and he enjoys when we have company visit, but dislikes being ignored. So much so that one day I was sat chatting to a friend at the kitchen table enjoying a cuppa when he fully jumps up on table, gets eye level with my friend and started moaning at her. As you can imagine it was a bit of a shock to us but not out of character. So now he seems to get included in most chats. Over all he is a wonderful, loyal and entertaining best friend to us all in our small family, (so long as things go his way to a certain degree). We of course are totally to blame, but we love him and thats how it should be. I'll not ramble anymore as i'm getting the look I usually only get from him when i'm reading, which is, how can that strange box (pc) be more interesting then me. Oh and yes ... he's known to steal my books too when I go to make a cuppa too!.