Freddie Moore

Sad News – 15 February 2021

Freddie’s dad, Simon, said:

“Fred has passed on today (15 February 2021) at the ripe old age of 15 1/2 years of age. Over the past year, he struggled to get about as his arthritis had become more severe, on Saturday he lost the use of his back legs and was only able to get up with assistance. After seeing the vet today and being given limited options we made the difficult decision to let him go.

He was a fantastic dog who brought years of joy to all our lives. Myself, Jacquie & my son Tom will miss him dearly, he’s leaving a massive hole in our lives.

He was gorgeous. funny, stubborn, friendly, clever, vocal, and deaf when it suited him to be. He could smell a dog biscuit from 20 paces away and no dog walker was safe from his begging and this was when his deafness was at it’s worst because my calls would not move him. He’d grumble & talk to us if he felt ignored, he’d tell us when he felt he hadn’t had his share of a meal, when it was time for a walk or when he wanted to play.

Rest in Peace Fred, you’ll be in our thoughts forever.”

History

A SAD HISTORY

Sandie had said “Freddie was advertised in a Free Ad publication for 80 euro, ono. When I spoke to the owner I asked the usual questions, “is he house trained, good with kids/cats, good on the lead” etc. I was told that he’d had no training whatsoever and that he was wild.

To cut a very long story very short, I eventually got Freddie and the first thing I noticed was that he had an entropion and that he looked more like a 5 year old than 20 month old. I had him neutered and made an appointment at the veterinary college with Dr Terry Grimes, a very eminent eye specialist. Dr Grimes examined Freddie and his conclusion was “this is the mother, father and grandfather of entropions amongst the worst I’ve ever seen”. Not only are both Freddie’s eyes affected, but his eye lids are too long so they have to be operated on too.

Freddie is always blinking and keeps his eyes closed at lot of the time, he has deep wrinkles in his head, not unlike those of a Shar Pei”.

“To add to Freddie’s pain, he was trying to lick his neutering wound. As he had a Buster Collar on this proved extremely difficult for him but it was the collar itself that caused his testicles to swell and his wound to open which bled continuously. His eyes are continuously running and sticky.

As soon as the swelling subsides and he’s fully recovered from his neutering op, Freddie’s eyes will be operated on. He’ll be in the college for a few days recovery period and then back to Sandie’s house until he’s fully recovered then he’ll be looking for a very loving home after that.

By the way, Freddie is in no way wild – au contraire, he’s actually very calm despite all his pain and discomfort. He’s getting better with the house-training, only 3 accidents in 5 days and they were 5 days ago. Although he gets on well with my eight dogs, he tends to be a bit indifferent to them preferring the company of humans. He is absolutely useless on the lead and very strong. A harness will have to be used for Freddie to prevent pulling on his eyes”.

UPDATE FROM SANDIE 26.7.2009

Freddie has really come out of his shell and is playing endlessly with Monty. He’s a totally different dog from the one I picked up a week or so ago, who was actually closing down. This dog would definitely have been dead within a year. He has no bad traits as far as I can see. He certainly isn’t food aggressive as he now feeds from the food bin whilst I’m filling the bowls. He’s a monstrous thief and he and Monty are just hysterical together – flying around the garden at high speed.

Hopefully he’ll have his operation next week.

See Freddie on Irish TV with Pete the Vet

THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN RESCUE

Freddie has now had his eye operation (5.8.09) to correct his bi-lateral entropion and Sandie has been told by Dr Grimes of the Veterinary College that he requires a very calm environment for his recovery and cannot be moved for several days. As Freddie and Monty are about the same age and play together relentlessly all day long, Sandie has made the ultimate sacrifice and, with a very heavy heart, has decided to foster out Monty for a few weeks until Freddie has recovered and is able to make the journey to the UK.

To this end, Monty has travelled back to the UK with Andy and is now in foster with Simon. Naturally, Sandie has informed Simon of all Monty’s “characteristics” which Simon was actually delighted about as, for once, they are getting a known quantity. As Sandie’s other seven dogs are a lot older, they are not going to trouble Freddie and he should make a speedy recovery. All our good wishes are with him.

UPDATE 7.8.2009

Poor Freddie now sees me as the bad guy who has hurt him and is backing away from me. Hopefully, he’ll come around again in a day or two.

Gerry, who does our kenneling, has loaned me a huge cage but thankfully I haven’t needed to use it. Freddie has even been in with my dogs and nobody is bothering him at all. He’s sleeping a lot which will aid his recovery of course.

UPDATE 8.8.2009

I’m happy to say that Freddie is back to his normal self and is on top form – thank god. Now the problems really begin, trying to keep him calm & quiet!!!! He’s already taken an empty wine bottle from the container into the garden and is looking to play with my other dogs, so thank god Monty isn’t here.

His eyes are still swollen and look very sore but are slowly going down – he hates me putting his drops in them and I hate doing it to him. He was really excited about his food this morning and ate it all in one go which is great. I’m going to have a hell of five weeks in front of me.

UPDATE FROM SANDIE 4.9.2009

I’m just back from the college with Freddie and am happy to report that all is well. Dr Grimes is extremely pleased with him and says that although the eyes don’t look perfect, they could settle down a lot more and if not he could have another operation in a few months but given the extent of his entropion he’s fantastic. His eyes will have to be monitored by a vet just in case the lids do start to turn in again which can happen sometimes. He’s also lost a kilo, weighing in now at 30 kilo.

Although his coat is a million times better than when I got him, a good healthy diet will bring it on a lot more. He’s one fantastic boy with bags of personality and will bring a lot of joy to someone’s life. One thing to warn potential new owners about is that Freddie is a terrible thief of enormous proportion. The upside of that though, is that it turns you into an extremely tidy person.

God bless you my darling Freddie it’s onward and upward for you now and you have a long, pain-free and happy life to look forward to.

Just one other thing, Freddie has just been tested with cats and didn’t seem to bothered – although I suspect he may want to play/chase them if he’s off the lead.

FREDDIE HAS FOUND HIS FOREVER HOME

Simon says. “Freddie joined our family initally as a foster dog but from the moment he got out of Sandie’s car we knew he was the one that was going to have stay with us forever. It’s not a decision that we made lightly and so we gave him a few days to settle in so that we could see his true personality and to give him the chance to tell us that we’d become his forever family. That moment came when one night he decided that he’d jump on our bed without any encouragement from us for a five minute play and cuddle before then jumping off the bed and settling down for the night in his dog bed. This has now become a regular routine before sleep which we thoroughly enjoy and so does Freddie.

Freddie and our two year old son, Thomas have become firm friends and are very rarely apart as you can see from the photographs. Freddie is more than happy to receive fuss from Thomas and be involved in his games, it’s a joy to watch how gentle Freddie is with Thomas. Our two older children enjoy Freddie’s company and are eager to take him a walk by themselves but we’re a bit wary of that as Freddie’s recall isn’t very good at the moment.

On the lead Freddie is super and is quite happy to walk just in front of you without pulling on his lead. He also enjoys carrying his lead in his mouth and I’ve put this habit to good use as he now walks Candie our Shih Tzu whilst I walk him so we have a bit of a daisy chain going on. lol

So Freddie left us with no choice but to ask IRR if we could give him his forever home to which they kindly agreed so our sincerest thanks go to them for making it possible for Freddie to join our family.”