This is me with Buffy.
I live in a provincial city called Mount Gambier on the bottom tip
of South Australia near the Victorian border. I have three daughters and
four grandsons. My interests are writing and art and I have now published
two books at Lulu.com and have another in the publishing process. I also
do tee shirt art and posters. My artwork is now mostly digital and
photographic.
Here are the girls - Melissa, Rebecca and Linda
I have been breeding and showing Australian Terriers since 1979 and
Buffy is the first diabetic I have ever had. Nearly four years ago
Buffy became very sick with pancreatitis and nearly died - this is when
she became diabetic. She was on vetsulin at first with disastrous
results and is now on NPH three times a day. She seems to be very
insulin sensitive and it is a balancing act between food and insulin but
we do alright. I don't breed or show any more - my last stud dog was my
champion Aussie Terrier Teekay Drinking Mate otherwise known as Boodley.
He passed to the rainbow bridge March 2007 at aged 17 years and four months.
We just have girls now. In addition to Buffy we have Rocky and Wendy (10
years old in May -[litter sisters] Wendy is Buffy's mum. Kate and Folly
both almost 17years old. They are all retired now. We also have two cats
Stimpy (a manx) and Winsome Winnie (a fluffy tortie)
Diabetic Pet's Name: Buffy (Curaduk Vampyr Slayer)
Breed: Australian Terrier
Birth: August 24th 2000
When Diagnosed: June 10th 2004
Age Diagnosed: Nearly four years old
Weight: 6kg [around 13 pounds]
Kind of Insulin and Amount Per Injection: 2.5 units NPH tds
Food: Home cooked - lean beef, mixed vegetables, pearl barley,
broccoli. Buffy has 2/3 cup of the mix three times a day with her
injections.
Webpage: http://www.caninediabetes.org/jo.html
Buffy is always a happy-go-lucky laid back little girl.
Here she is smiling.
Check out
The Journey by Josephine Tuckfield
http://www.lulu.com/content/849644
The Second Lesson by Josephine Tuckfield
http://www.lulu.com/content/1843672
The Itching Dog Tee Shirt
http://www.cafepress.com/jackdoolan
Jo did her own who is email and did a terrific job.
If you would like to participate in the Who am I? emails
Then contact one of the moderators listed at the bottom of this email
write an introduction, send a picture of your pet
The moderator will send you the blank questions to fill in
Then the moderator will post your email for you....One will be going
out every Monday Morning....This way each pet is the star for a week.
Michael will take the email and turn it into a pdf file and upload
it to the yahoo groups files and I will turn it into an html file for the
website
Judy Dick
Email: queenie@mnsi.net
Karen Baldassarre
Email: kbal37@comcast.net
Michael Jay Smith
Email: smithmj@clearwire.net
Bonnie Iovine
Email: biovine@comcast.net
Josephine
Email: curaduk@aapt.net.au
Jane, Lee and Margo have a lot on their plates right now so the above
moderators are available to do the Who am I Email?
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