Little Green Balls.

Have I shrunk? I'm sure I must have done...... last time I met up with Chrissie pup I was MUCH bigger than her! I had to just hold the tug toys for her to pull with all her might. Today she was almost as big as me and she was winning the games of tug! Oooh! It was fantabulous fun though!

It all started with taking Mummy workywalkies to the huge Tesco's near Puppa's home. There, we met Daddy and Puppa. Then we all got in the car and went on a bit of a journey. When we stopped my tail went berserk! We were in the driveway of the home of my Puppymummy and Puppydaddy Sue and Mike! Sooooo exciting! Mum accused me of erupting from the car when she opened the door! Well....I suppose I was a tad keen! Who cares that I was still half wearing my car-bra? !! Oops! Bra removed, some decorum restored....then we went into the huge garden.......Chrissie came out to meet us aaaaaannnnnddddd........WWAAAAYYYYHHHAYYHAAYYYYYY! It was riot time! Never mind greeting the humans, we doggies had soooo much fun to get on with! By the time we got a little bit tired, Chrissie had transformed from a pale creamy colour to a kind of speckled murky brown! Heeheee!

Of course, it was super lovely to meet and greet Puppymummy Sue and Puppydaddy Mike too! I always love to see them again.

After being dragged away from that fun, we got back into the car and rode to the same human yummyery as yesterday! There we met up with Rosie and minihuman Hallie again. That was time to snooze under the table - but with a vigilant nose towards Hallie's seat-on-sticks! My attempts to stay alert were rewarded! I got quite a nice feast of little green balls and a few long yellow sticks! Mmmmmm! It helped to restore some energy after the play exertion. This was followed by a visit to Rosie's house and a time of keeping out of the way while Hallie was to-ing and fro-ing with all sorts of toys. I did manage to wash up the hissing furball's food bowl. There wasn't much worth having in it but it was worth a lick!

Now, on the sofa with Mummy, I seem to be having a little trouble keeping my eyes open.......zzzzzz.......

 

Snarly little NoseNipper.

Cor! We've moved again! Now we are with Papa in Shoreham. I like it here. I get to snuffle as much as I like around the garden, I have to sleep on the sofa (Papa's instructions and I'm not arguing!) and he always has yummies for me! Mum says I would get porky if we stayed for long! I think she is talking daft!

The day, leading up to getting here, was eventful.

It all started with having a lie-in while Daddy took Mummy to have breakfast. I'd already been out to do what a doggy has to do first thing in the morning, then I got my brekkie and went back to bed. When Mum and Dad got ready to go, I managed to huff well enough to convince them to leave me! Well....that bed was sooooo comfy!

When they came back, i got to take Daddy walkies and we left Mummy to pack the bags. When we got back it was everything into the car and set off. We didn't go all that far to begin with. Daddy dropped off Mummy and me to do workywalkies along the pawmenade. I got a bit excited and rather hoped Mum was going to remove my harness and lead and let me go zoomies on the beach, but no. I had to work! That was OK though. I settled down to the idea and we began to enjoy a nice stroll together. I was doing my job so that Mum could look out to the big blue sploshy stuff and enjoy what she could see. This was working well until I got 'greeted' by a little pink fluffy snarly yappy ball of fury. I stopped dead in my tracks to try to work out what it was. It took Mum by surprise too. She said it was a tiny terrier wrapped in pink fluff. It was nasty to me! Snarling, snapping and yapping in my face. I was a good boy for a few moments and just stood there, but I got a bit naffed off and returned the compliment with a little growl and a single woof. It did work for a moment; it startled the little nosenipper into silence and it backed off a bit from me. Apparently it was called Felicity. That was what a lady human called out from the other side of the pawmenade. This lady human called me a big bully beastie! Hufffff! I did nothing except to express my displeasure at the little in-my-face nosenipper's nastiness! After a few yips between Mum and this ladyhuman, Mum picked up my harness handle again and we walked on. The rest of the walk was great!

We met up again with Daddy and the car and set off on the long drive. First stop was a human yummyery where we found long-lost humanfriends; Mik and Sue, plus Clinton and Joanne, and another nice manhuman that we haven't met before (Joanne's Daddy apparently). I maaaayyyy have got a littlle bit dizzy-excited to meet and greet them all again! Oops! Under table, while they were all munching, I think I managed to lie on several sets of back paws and I did a good round of knee-wapping with my tail too! Heehee!

Next came a very nice time of freeerunning around a park near Rosie's house, followed by a bit of time in the house with Rosie and microhuman Hallie, plus her microfriend Bella and her humanmum Sian. I really am getting to quite like these microhumans now - they seem to rather enjoy feeding me with all sorts of yummies. It seems they were supposed to be eating those long crunchy things called cheese twists, but they both preferred to donate them to me! Yummmmmmm!

So that brings us to where we are now - and the nice comfy sofa! I am shattered just from recalling it all! Night night!

Tie Food!

Mmmmm... I got a sausage for breakfast! I'm not entirely convinced I was meant to have it but I couldn't leave it on the floor could I? Mummy blamed her eyesight for her messyness. She said she missed her aim with her shinystick thing that she uses to eat. That sent my yummy treat skidding off the plate and actually it was quite well aimed to me! Thanks Blinkie Mummy!

I then took Mum and Dad workywalkies into Poole shoppyplace. We wandered around a few shops and Mum got some new leg-cover fursubstitutes. Then, as we were walking back, we had to stop by the cage that comes down when a train goes by. I was a good boy and just sat to wait. At least for a few moments ..... but then I may have got a tad distracted when a featherball strutted across right in front of me. It was one of those funny craw-crawing headbobbing featherballs that steal yummies from pavements. It came really close to me and I thought maybe it could be a playmate, so my bum rather bounced up and misbehaved, powered by a waggy tail! I like playmates!

The manhuman and ladyhuman standing beside us were laughing at me. Mum had a little giggle too but then reminded me of my manners with "Oi! Where should your bum be?" I ducked my head in a quick 'oops' and my bum bounced back into its proper place and behaviour!

We've posted some more calendars off today but there is still a few left if anyone would like one - now half price. See my website www.guidedogoakley.org.uk/shop.html for ordering details.

This afternoon, I got a nice little freerun around the clifftop park and enjoyed a good game of chasie-zoomies with a rescued mixpooch called Boulder. Then, I had to take Mum and Dad to the clickyclundy ladyhuman Terri that they used to go a lot. Terri got them each, in turn, lying on her magic bed that tips them over and lies them down, then she did all sorts of clicks and clunks on their necks and backs. I got a bit worried but Mum assured me it was all OK. It was great to greet Terri again. It has been ages since we last went there.

The day has finished in a human yummyery. It smelled delicious but none fell my way! Huffff! So I don't know if I really like Tie food ..... or is it Ty..... Oh I don't know but I may left a slighly damp patch where my mouth was on Mum's coat! Oops!

A Quick Whine...

Beach again! Yayyhayy!

I've done a few little bits of workywalkies today but mostly I have had freerun funtime! A quick whizzy sniff around a park first, before lying under a table while Mum and Dad did a load of their yacketying at a 'meeting' (A doggy meeting is much more sensible - just a quick butt-sniff and then on with playing! Humans have no idea how to do a meeting!), then a bit of a car-ride, a while at Granny and Grandpa's old flat, including visitors. The next bit was the bestest though; we walked our old route from the flat - across the road to the clifftop park, then on down the long slope to the beach where the floor sticks out over the sloshy wet stuff, then back along the pawmenade, via a few zoomies across the sand, and up Middle Chine. It was soooooo good to sniff every leaf and post and catch up on all the local doggy-gossip!

I got some loves from a ladyhuman in the human yummyery bit of the humankennelblock this evening. This was because she thought I looked cute lying down beside Mummy at the table. I'm not sure what to think about being accused of being 'cute' but I am always happy to receive fuss and admiration!

Now, Daddy says he wants to go to get some whine. I am happy to whine for him but, going out to get it sounds even better.......Dad......out is this way.........

Squishy Donut!

Happy Barkday to me. Happy Barkday to me......

Please may I have a barkday every day?

I got a walkies with Daddy this morning, then a ride back in a posh car. Bags got packed into the posh car, then we set off for a long drive. I got to ride on the back seat again! I like it there. Of course, the seat was covered by a big towel so I don't decorate it with pawprints and fur, but that is fine! I was wearing my car-bra, clipped by its tail onto the human car-bra-strap, so I was all safe. So I just settled down for a comfy snooze.

We stopped after a while and, when I sat up and looked out the window, what I discovered made me squeak with delight: We were at Pets at Home! Woooohoooo! Daddy drove off and left me to take Mummy inside. She got me some barkday treats! I got a yummy gravybone from the nice lady at the checkout too!

Then, I got to guide Mummy through the familiar route of part on Newbury. It was good to explore old sniffing grounds again. We didn't go all that far - just into the market square and into the human yummyery. There we found Daddy again and I got to snooze on the carpet under the table. Mummy managed to shower me with yummy little green balls! I am pretty certain I successfully hoovered up her mess.

Next was more car ride, and this time it ended at Granny & Grandpa's old flat in Bournemouth. We went upstairs to visit but it was all empty and bare. Mum and Dad just checked around and collected a big pile of flappy rectangles.

The next bit was the bestestestest! We went for a lovely freerun along the pawmenade and beach! Yayyhayyhayyhayyyyyyy! It was fandabbydooozzyyy! Oh boy! Did I enjoy that energy explosion! BIG zooooomies on that huge expanse of sand! Just Bliss!

Now, we are in a human kennelblock room and I have had my dinner (a bit late but I survived the wait - just!), and Mummy gave me my barkday presents:

I got a cuddly skitter-jitter-tree-scamperer, a squishy donut, a giant sausage chewstick, seven biccies and seven baby carrots! Mum says that is one for each year. Now, I'm not complaining or anything but.......i am sure I've heard something about 7 in doggy years being something like 49....... now 49 biccies and 49 carrots........I shall dream about the rest!

 

10 photos in sequence!

 

 

Boneless...

It must be Sunday: Workywalkies to a church service, workywalkies back with built-in freerun (Yesssssss!), quiet snoozy afternoon. That is all great but there is something missing, a serious problem.......N..O.......B..O..N..E!!!!! I am not sure I will survive this! This is very very wrong! Mum says it is because we haven't managed to find a red and white stripey shop to get any recently! HOOOOOOWWWWWLLLLLLL........

A piggy lughole is yummy and kind of helps a tiny bit....but it isn't my BONE!

Compooperated!

Woohoo! What a great day!

Workywalkiesing, cruising, lock-working with built in freerun, crazy zoomies and humanfriends to help! All in one day!

First of all, Daddy cruised us all the way to the other side of the canal to the floatyboaty-squirtysnake-place. From there, I took Mummy workywalkies. We managed to end up (heehee) at the park! Well....that could only mean one thing.....freerunnnnnnn! Then it was back on harness again to continue workywalkies to find Daddy and floatyboatyhome. He picked us up a way further along the towpath and then we had a longish cruise.

We went down a little canal bit where the water was all black and stinky. We didn't get very far down there. Floatyboat kind of made a nasty growling noise and slowed down to a stop. Daddy had to get hold of its lead and jump onto the towpath to pull it backwards. Then a humanfriend appeared; the nice manhuman Tim that we met the other day in the yummyery. He grabbed another lead and pulled too. Eventually, we arrived backwards onto the main canal again and there we found Lindsay too! This made me a bit squeaky because I was trapped aboard and couldn't get to meet n greet my humanpals. Thankfully, this was soon rectified and I may perhaps have gone a bit zany in my greetings. Tim has such yummy ears! Lindsay is very tasty and loveable too!

The bestest bit was that Tim and Lindsay stayed with us and helped Mummy work the locks. This meant that I was off duty! This meant that I got to freerun almost all the way! OoOOOOOOhhhh!!! That was soooooo good to do! After a couple of locks, I kind of worked up to my full fun self and had a little session of crazy zooomies. It was soooo good to let out that energy and it made human mouths turn way up at the corners! Mum was bit of a spoilsport at a couple of places where there were some interesting piles of what she called rubbish that I could have had a good old rummage through. She recalled me and clamped my on my lead at those points! Huff! There were also a couple of places that were close to roads so I had to stay on lead there. The rest was great fun though!

We now have a new garden and I got to go explore a little of it while the humans all did some of their yacketying. Then we all went aboard our floatyboatyhome and I curled up on our guests' back paws while they all drank that weird hot brown water stuff.

Now, I am absolutely compooperated and Mum is on the sofa, so there is only one place I should be....... Mum.....leg here for my pillow please........zzzzzzzzz