FAME!

I think I need an agent (anyone got Max Clifford’s number?). First there was my blog, then a video, I’m on Facebook and now I’m featured in the NAWT Christmas appeal! Wow, I’m famous! Who’d have thought it – I’m no pedigree, I have a dodgy heart and I was picked up by a dog warden! Just goes to show, everyone gets to have their fifteen minutes of fame. If it hadn’t been for my NAWT family none of this would have happened – I owe them big time! Now, can anyone recommend a good stylist?

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I’m not a morning dog

Resting during an early morning walk

I’ve decided - I’m not a morning dog. The breakfast bit is worth getting out of bed for (full English would be better, but I’m not holding my breath on that one!) but it’s the morning walk I’m not too keen on. I get to the end of the drive, look around and think, no, not today thank you. I know I need to go, but I struggle with my walks so they have to be very slow, with lots of breaks for me to catch my breath and that’s not much fun now the mornings are getting darker. Sometimes I get carried home to make things easier for me because I’m having trouble breathing and my back legs have gone wobbly, but once I’m home I soon recover. I go for another walk in the afternoon and can’t go as far as I’d like, but at least I’m out in the fresh air and I can have a good old sniff around and sometimes bump into the neighbours. I’d like to be able to do the same as other dogs and go for long walks around the fields and chase balls, but can’t so I make the most of other things. I’m fine in the house and garden (as long as I don’t get over excited and end up collapsing!), enjoy quiet fun and games and get loads of fuss and attention, so all in all, life’s pretty good - even with a duff heart!

My Day Out

My day out in the Cotswolds
Well, it was more like a few hours really but I did

window shopping

people watching

and bird watching
but not much walking!

How to extract tip-bits from a tube!

Under the weather

Hello Everyone,

I’ve not made an update for a while because I’ve been a bit under the weather. It gets everyone worried in view of my condition so I went off to see my new vet. She checked me over and said that I might have an underlying infection. I left the vets with two lots of tablets and I think they are working as I’m pretty much back to normal now, although I’m a bit reluctant to take one of them. It’s a horrible little pink thing that I have with my food but I’m quite adept at eating around it. It has to be crushed up in something nice, little bit of peanut butter I think, to get me to eat it. The other tablet is chunky and nice; I have no trouble with that one. It’s for my heart apparently.

I keep being told to calm down and take it easy - boring! I’m still having fun though. Hunt the teddy (calmly!) is fun but my nose isn’t that good so I usually need a shove in the right direction! Now if they hid Schmackos …………


People reckon it’s a good job I didn’t have pups if the way I carry my teddy is anything to go by!

And I met the resident Hedgehog the other night – not sure who was the most surprised!

Anyway, thought you might like to see a few more photos of me.
Bye

Car

I love the car – you never know where it’s going to take you next! We went to somewhere called Sainsbury’s last week. They must trust me now ‘cause I was given the task of chief guard dog. Don’t know what I was supposed to do, but I sat and watched everything and tried to look important. Must have got something right because they said I was a good girl when they came back.

We’ve also been for a walk along by the river. It was great – lots of lovely new smells. There was lots of water but I decided not to try walking on it. It didn’t work when I tried it on the pond in our garden and I ended up with a wet foot. Reckon I need a bit more practice before I try that again!

Just as I thought I’d got the routine sorted - three walks a day, two meals, play time, a few cuddles then hop into bed – they introduced something called ‘a weekend’.
Much as I love having people around, I do like having the mornings to myself. I think they got the message after I shot them a couple of black looks, so they went out. A girl needs her sleep.

I’m getting into fresh veg these days. Tomatoes and runner beans are good but you can keep the carrots thanks. But my best food discovery so far has been yoghurt! I licked the pot round ‘till it was clean and spotted the new one as soon as it came out of the fridge the next week. Now if they could grow that in the garden …….