Meet me new Avatar... King Nelson.

If he can cope with our household of Rottis, horses, chickens and many cats, he can cope with a few drunken revellers in Zurich. Question is, could you lot cope with him?

Awwww <3 what a little sweety pie !

Awww, bless his little heart! What a wonderful think you have done. Bless you too!

I had the pleasure of meeting GG at the Basel Expat Expo yesterday and he told me about King Nelson (can't believe this is the first I'm hearing of him). What a beautiful story about an amazing dog and his wonderful family! I'm King Nelson's newest Facebook fan.

Nice to meet you too CHanuck and glad you found Nelson!

Here's a couple of recent pics of him getting around and meeting our new foal. We recently noticed that slippers, socks, oven gloves and soft toys were not in their usual places but were being found in all sorts of strange places around the house. We then realised that he grabs these things in his mouth and uses them as a sort of "skid" under his chin to help him slide around. He still doesn't like using his wheels but I guess we need to find more time to keep training him to accept them.

and a little video of him getting excited with the Rottis as we get ready for a walk. It's really funny how he bites Dylans leg, and gets no reaction! He is actually using his teeth a bit too much in play, also as a tool to help him climb up your trousers so we're working on that, he is also fascinated by shoe laces and can undo them in a flash as you try to walk past him.

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We recently noticed that slippers, socks, oven gloves and soft toys were not in their usual places but were being found in all sorts of strange places around the house. We then realised that he grabs these things in his mouth and uses them as a sort of "skid" under his chin to help him slide around. He still doesn't like using his wheels but I guess we need to find more time to keep training him to accept them.

...what a clever guy he is!

and he really looks so happy and full of life. It is a pleasure to see him so lucky and I must say that each time I see the pics or videos of him, I get a warm feeling in my heart. I am so happy for both of you.

Your other dogs are so good with him, he really has found the perfect home with you all.

I love the photo of him in the meadow, beautiful!

Awww... pics of Nelson - just the thing needed to brighten up a rainy day! He's such a happy-looking little guy, you just can't help but smile along with him.

He's looking fantastic, GG, as are your two gorgeous Rottis.

I just love this picture. I think these two are going to get along just fine.

You are ALL very special beings. Destiny (or whatever you may like to call it) has a way of bringing unique beings together.

that is truly heartwarming. Very special and just lovely. It's what real life is all about. Totally impressive. Keep up the good work

Nelsons doing really well, getting very affectionate and his favourite place in the evening when I get home is curled up on my knee at the kitchen table.

I thought I'd share a couple of photos, one I forgot about in winter (of course) and one taken this last weekend. It looks photoshopped but it really isn't. We've taken to putting t-shirts on him to protect his chest as he hops and slides around the farm and now he gets really excited when the t-shirts come out!

All joking apart you should get him on the Swiss news, i'll wager that the newspapers or even TV slots would do a small article on him due to the whole story being so epically heartwarming, its exactly what people want to see and read about on the way to work in the morning.

You should get him an English Forum t-shirt printed hehehehe.

He is adorable and fantastic pictures

King Nelson is gorgeous, and he looks lovely in his T-Shirt! Give him a gentle hug from me please Grumpy.

Soooooo sweet!

Does he have a selection of T-shirts?

So, it looks like Nelson will have a playmate of his own size fairly soon. Pusha was hit by a car in Romania and left to die in the street with a broken back, amazingly she survived a month before a young trainee vet found her, took her in and kept her alive.

She has absolutely no use of her rear legs but does get around and now has a harness and wheels. Right now Christina, the young vet, is trying to raise the money to have her sent to us, we will hopefully only be a foster home for her and we would like to find a permanent home for her here.

Just like Nelson, she is very friendly and immensely happy now she has some sort of life back. Speaking as someone who looks after another diabled dog, I can tell you we get more happiness from Nelson than any of our other animals (and that's saying a lot). Hopefully we can find a great home for Pusha with people who will also get a lot of satisfaction and joy from giving her a loving home. We probably won't be able to keep her (although I know my wife has other ideas) as my wife has a few other animals lined up who are also looking for good homes here.

The link below is to Pusha's facebook page where there are a few videos and more photos and the story of her. Christina is looking for very small donations (just $5 will help) to try to cover the cost of transport here and you can donate on this link.

The first photo was taken when Pusha was first found and the 2nd one after a few months of TLC.

Here is her intro on her facebook page, hopefully her lucky story wiull continue with us on our farm. (BTW, she needed a nappy as she couldn't control her pee but we've been told she has got over that now)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pusha/201030273343151

Pusha will make a wonderful companion for King Nelson - I can see them together now! Hope everything works out!

Yesterday Nelson learnt a valuable lesson about living on a horse farm. He wandered over to see the horses as he usually does each morning and as he got to their fence, he stood up to see where they were. His ears hit the bottom electric ribbon. It must have hurt a hell of a lot as his squealing could be heard all over the mountain. But he has spirit and before I could get to him to stop him, he went for the fence and bit it back. Which of course was even worse.

I guess he'll stay away from the electric fences from now on!

And here's another nice photo of Nelson

He bit the electric fence? Ouch!

Poor Nelson - by my oh my, he certainly has spirit! What a game little guy he is.

I love the pic.

(Nelson must have incredibly strong back legs - it really is amazing how adaptable dogs are.)

Any news on Pusha?