The Old Boy Pulled Through

As you may have seen in the gallery this is Yorkie.
Yorkie arrived at Thorncroft back in 2010 where Michael took him on as a sixth month loan. Michael took him on having no confidence what so ever, with patience and understanding Andrea put up with the trembling fifteen year old on the end of the lead rope having vowed she would have Michael galloping him within a couple of weeks. This seemed a long way away but she had faith and literally within a couple of weeks there was no stopping them.

To cut a very long story short, Yorkie remains at Thorncroft stables back with his owner Olivia where he is so very happy roaming his lovely field and snuggling in his bedroom at night. When we took Yorkie on both his owners and myself were said to have been told Yorkie was sixteen by the dealer he was bought off but after having the dentist out Yorkie is said to be in his mid to late twenties. This came as a massive shock to us as he really does act like a three year old.

Recently Michael got an alarmed phone call of Olivia telling him to get to the field quickly were Olivia had found Yorkie lying down and reluctant to get up. Michael rushed down and helped her get the old man to his feet and remove his rug so we could have a look, it was clear he had colic and the vet was called immediately. What was a worry was that Yorkie didn't have age on his side. After being examined and pumped full of laxatives, it was a waiting game to see if he would pull through, see Yorkie never fails to surprise me, touch wood he is back to his normal self and trooping on like the tough old boy he is, look out for more updates on this very much loved grumpy old Anglo Arab.