Woody's Dog Blog

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T17:15:00.002Z

Gemma and I have just got back from our Christmas hols with some lovely people at some lovely local kennels where we got some lovely Christmas presents. It's amazing that Santa Paws found us because we didn't even tell him where we were going!

Fireworks 2011

2011-11-06T20:30:00.002Z

Humans say that, during the Blitz of World War 2, the safest place to be, apart from somewhere else, was under the stairs. Well thanks to Ian and Julie moving the furniture around in the living room last year, I was able to hide undeur stairs this year while all those noisy fireworks were going off outside. Very safe, very welcome!

Gemma's Birthday

2011-09-25T13:20:00.002+01:00

Today is Gemma Lea's seventh birthday! That's according to Ian... However, it is actually the seventh human anniversary of Gemma's first birthday when she was nought. So really she is 8 years old in human terms and 56 according to the canine calendar, which makes her older than Ian :-)

People Training

2011-07-17T22:53:00.001+01:00

Dog Training with a difference today as I helped train would-be dog trainers in the subtle art of training dogs!

Birthday

2011-05-21T23:33:00.001+01:00

People can't believe I'm ten years young today because I'm still a puppy at heart :-)

European Football

2011-05-01T21:58:00.003+01:00

The reason dogs object to the kind of football matches Ian sometimes watches on TV is because those matches are played over two legs instead of four.

Woody the I.T. Wizz!

2011-05-01T21:42:00.004+01:00

You may be wondering why I didn't post until the very last day of April. I did try, but Ian failed to tell me that he had upgraded to Internet Explorer 9. Had he done so, I would have told him about certain compatibility issues and how to solve them. As you can see, my knowledge has been invaluable as the Blog is back!

Guard dog

2011-04-30T22:55:00.002+01:00

While Gemma's been abit pawly, I've been having to do double shifts at the window, barking at passing dogs to let everyone know what's what. Gemma's feeling abit less pawly now so she can at least lend moral support, and get back in practice by barking at me...

Haircut

2011-03-23T17:32:00.001Z

I went to the 'canine beautician' today to have my coat trimmed, and now I'm as smart as Gemma, who went a couple of weeks ago. Ian says I look pretty, but I'm ignoring that!

Sunny (dis) Position

2011-03-19T14:41:00.002Z

At this time of year, Gemma and I love to lounge about on various bits of the living room carpet. Strangely, the warm sunshine likes to lounge about on exactly the same various bits of the living room carpet at exactly the same time.

Social Media

2011-03-15T21:32:00.002Z

Finally, Ian has joined the social media generation I have belonged to for years. I have this Blog, while Ian has joined something that sounds like Facebark....??

Gemma

2011-02-11T23:07:00.002Z

Julie says that Gemma's new short fur style makes her look like a meerkat. Ian wonders whether he should set up a new website called comparethewestie.com.

Days

2011-01-27T21:19:00.004Z

Ian wants to know this: if the days are getting longer, and there are still 365 of them a year (plus a spare every four years) why is it that, as you get older, birthdays come around more quickly?

White

2010-12-16T20:24:00.002Z

We're having some decorating done at our house. Gemma and I get locked in the kitchen. The reason? Because, says Ian, we might get white paint all over us. Well, says I, who'd know!?

Fireworks

2010-11-05T21:16:00.002Z

Gemma got through a lot of barking tonight. I think she thinks that, if she barks long enough and loudly enough, the fireworks will take fright and fizzle out. And they do, so Gemma must be right!

Pony

2010-10-29T23:06:00.003+01:00

I have had quite alot of barking to do today and, this evening, Ian commented that I'd become a little hoarse. Hasn't he been paying attention? I'm not a pony, I'm still a West Highland White Terrier!

Tins

2010-10-24T19:55:00.002+01:00

Ian comes up with some unbelievable reasons why I don't like human food. Tonight He told me I didn't like kidney beans because they were in a tin! So what about dog food? That's different, said Ian, tinned dog food is in cans!

Weather for walkies

2010-10-03T16:39:00.004+01:00

It was quite windy when we went walkies this morning. Ian said it was blowing half a gale, which made me wonder two things. First, where did the other half go? Second, had there been a slight breeze, would Ian have said "It's blowing half a wind"?

Black Labs

2010-09-24T15:05:00.002+01:00

Don't ask me why but I'm abit frightened if I see black labradors. Ian asked me what I'd do if I was a black lab. Simple - avoid mirrors!

The Darkness

2010-09-11T23:34:00.002+01:00

First, two statements: I don't like raw carrot, and I sometimes feel afraid in the dark. This evening, I accidentally ate, and quite enjoyed, a piece of raw carrot Ian dropped on the floor. He said not to worry as it would help me see in the dark. But do I really want to see what makes me afraid of the darkness?

Pesky Flies

2010-08-22T20:36:00.002+01:00

We've been plagued this weekend by flies flying round the house (it's what flies do!). I've been chasing them and trying to catch them between my jaws. Ian has encouraged this by urging me to "Catch those flies Woody and make it snappy!"

Disguise

2010-07-11T11:22:00.004+01:00

I've got a black smudge on my white fur. I got it by standing too close to the bag of charcoal during a recent barbecue session. In the Disney film 101 Dalmations, the dogs disguised themselves as black labradors by rolling about in some soot. I was trying to disguise myself as a Dalmation, but I didn't get very far before Ian put the charcoal away.

Diversion

2010-06-26T23:05:00.002+01:00

Today was hot so both the back door in the kitchen and the patio door in the next room were open. Gemma and I ate in the kitchen while Ian and Julie ate in the room next to it. The barrier between the two rooms was firmly closed so that we could not get through to mug Ian and Julie for their food too. Ha! As if that little ploy would fool us - Gemma and I simply left the house through one door and entered it again through another...diversion taken, problem solved!

Alergy Alert!

2010-06-20T22:48:00.003+01:00

Ian has made up a new rule: If, because of her allergies, Gemma isn't allowed a particular food then, by definition, Woody doesn't like that food. I'm working on the antedote...

Hot Dogs

2010-05-26T21:41:00.003+01:00

Last weekend saw tempatures soar where we live. Gemma and I did our best to keep cool, but in our fur coats, we now know what frankfurter sausages feel like wrapped up in soft buns.

De-Fence

2010-04-27T20:29:00.002+01:00

For some time, one of our garden fences (that is, one of the fences in our garden) has been leaning. It has now been removed so that the posts can be repaired. This temporary de-fencing means our garden and our neighbours' garden have become one, As a result, Gemma and I have to take Ian and Julie outside at the end of a long lead so that they don't accidentally wander over the boundary.

Time for bed!

2010-03-13T23:07:00.003Z

A couple of nights ago, Gemma and I were snoozing happily on comfortable chairs in a nice warm room. So why did Ian wake us up to tell us it was time to go to bed and to sleep...?!!

Food Bowl

2010-02-24T20:41:00.002Z

Ian dropped my water bowl the other day while changing the water. It smashed - the bowl that is, not the water! So now I am using my food bowl as a water bowl and an old water bowl as my food bowl. Am I bothered? Not at all - as long as there's food on offer, I'd even eat it out of an old boot!

Training

2010-02-19T18:43:00.002Z

While Julie was preparing our tea in the kitchen tonight, Ian accidentally shut us into an adjoining room so that we could watch but not get to our bowls until he said so. I don't think that's how it should be. I'm thinking about sending Ian on a course to learn how not to shut us away from where we need to be.

What's in a name?

2010-02-02T22:08:00.002Z

Ian and Julie sometimes call me Woods. This has nothing to do with golf: Ian explains that it is short for Woody. But wait! Woody contains five letters and so does Woods. So Woods isn't a short name at all - it's just a typing error!

Guarding

2010-01-21T22:59:00.003Z

I'm afraid I had to growl quietly at Ian tonight because I thought he was trying to get my rawhide from me. Then he told me he likes rawhide even less than I like cucumber...so that's alright then!

Rawhide

2010-01-15T20:56:00.002Z

As a puppy, I used to think that 'roarhide' was something I should do if I bumped into a lion...if the lion roared, I should immediately hide! In fact, rawhide is a delicious treat, good for the teeth, and something that Gemma can enjoy as well. And when Gemma leaves her rawhide lying about unattended, I can 'look after' it for her...

Flapjack

2009-12-27T23:08:00.002Z

Ian was eating a flapjack tonight so I went and sat by his feet. He moved to another chair and I moved as well so that I could still sit by his feet. Did I just want to be near Ian? Well yes, but really I just wanted to be within striking distance of that flapjack...

Investigation

2009-12-21T22:05:00.003Z

Ever wondered who investigates the investigators? I heard a bag with food in it being unpacked in the kitchen and went through to investigate what Julie was up to. Just under a second later, Gemma came through to investigate what I was up to.

Clean carpet

2009-12-11T18:25:00.002Z

You know how Gemma and I "aren't allowed on the furniture"? Well, we had a perfect excuse to lie on the settee and armchairs today - Julie cleaned the carpet so Gemma and I "weren't allowed on the carpet".

Sunday? More like Rainday!

2009-11-22T12:56:00.002Z

Shortly after we left on our walkies today, it started to rain. As we do when it rains, Gemma and I became soggy doggies. As we walked on, it began to rain more doggedly, and Gemma and I became soggier doggiers.

Snoozles

2009-11-03T21:17:00.002Z

Gemma and I like snoozling (snoozing for short) during the day. A snoozle is half way between complete wakefulness and total sleep. It's similar to a catnap but completely different - dogs don't catnap...

Fireworks

2009-10-31T20:46:00.003Z

Tonight was 5 November where we live with fireworks going off near to our house. Or so I'm told - I couldn't actually hear them because of Gemma's petrified barking.....

Television Packs

2009-10-28T21:36:00.002Z

Ian and Julie's television contains several packs of channels, such as Entertainment, News and Movies. Ian's favourite is Sport, but Gemma and I prefer Dogumentaries.

Tug

2009-10-27T21:27:00.002Z

Every time Ian comes home from work - and before he's even taken his coat off - he insists on playing tug with me. I know this now so, reluctantly, I wait patiently for him then, when he opens the door, I drop the tug toy at his feet. Naturally, Ian has a different version of events, but I prefer mine!

Time

2009-10-25T09:53:00.002Z

British Summer Time ended at 2 o'clock this morning. British Autumn Time started at 2 o'clock this morning by calling itself 1 o'clcok this morning. So there were two 1 o'clock this mornings this morning. I hope those people who usually go by the 24 hour clock have a 25 hour clock handy, because they'll need it today.....

Crisis Management

2009-10-24T16:47:00.002+01:00

What can one do when there are two crises going on at the same time? There was a dog walking past the front of the house that needed to be barked at and, meanwhile elsewhere in the house, Ian was eating some cheese and looking as though he was going to forget to give me some.

New Patio

2009-10-13T22:07:00.002+01:00

They're replacing the old patio outside our house and had to remove 6 inches of concrete. This meant that, for a short time, our house was farther from the garden than before Now the new hard core is down so, thankfully, the house is less high up and I don't have to jump to get in or out. The house should land for good in the next day or so.

Social Networking

2009-10-07T22:34:00.002+01:00

There's a new social networking site just for dogs. It's called Sniffer.

Team work

2009-09-27T21:20:00.002+01:00

Gemma and I (the 'W' and 'G' in WaG) often join forces in playing tug with Ian - Gemma starts off and I take over, just as in a tag match. We call it WaG tag (or WuG tug!).

Bark-alympics

2009-09-09T22:05:00.003+01:00

I have been known to bark abit after lights out at night time, but I haven't barked four nights running now. Ian says that makes me the new world champion at 'not barking after lights out at night time'. Since records began three weeks ago, the previous record had been one night. I held that record as well, so I'm not the new world champion at all - I'm the same one as before!

Alert!

2009-09-06T14:21:00.002+01:00

As I sat in front of Ian, concentrating hard on the piece of cheese he was holding, he said to me, "Are you alert?" Quite clearly, the answer is No - I'm a Westie (a Westie who likes cheese!).

Sunday shopping

2009-08-16T15:28:00.002+01:00

Gemma and I have just come back from our favourite pet superstore. We like it there because the staff always make a fuss of us, and give us treats. We had such a busy time directing Ian and Julie to the right shelves that we're now exhausted and snoozing (Ian is writing this entry on my behalf because even a clever dog like Yours Truly can't write in his sleep!).

Cucumber?

2009-08-02T16:29:00.002+01:00

As you know, I don't like cucumber. Ian gave me a small piece of "Yogurt and Cucumber" crisp today. It was delicious! Mind you, I like yogurt, so maybe there's more yoghurt in the crisp than cucumber, and it masks the nasty flavour of cucumber. Or maybe the "cucumber flavour" doesn't taste of cucumber at all?

Where is it?

2009-07-11T21:56:00.002+01:00

Ian laughed at me tonight. There was a dog on television barking in the distance. I marched up to the screen and, not being able to see the animal, peeped "around the corner" to see whether it was lurking behind the TV set.....

Patio Door

2009-07-05T15:53:00.003+01:00

The patio door was slid across today because it was warm outside. Gemma walked up to it and just stood there looking through what she thought was a window into the garden. Yours truly had to jump straight through where the patio door wasn't to convince her that the window was open.

Hot and Cold

2009-06-29T20:30:00.003+01:00

England is having a mini-heatwave, which is not much fun for those of us in fur coats. So here's a question: why do they boast about how hot it is, in Fahrenheit, but complain about cold weather in terms of celsius?

Home Alone

2009-06-23T23:10:00.002+01:00

Julie has just come back from a two day course. Gemma and I have just come back from two enjoyable days in kennels. All of which means Ian was Home Alone for two days. Gemma and I have carried out a quick inspection of our house and garden and Ian seems to have kept them going, although I'm glad we're back now to keep an eye or four on things.

Cucumber

2009-06-15T22:43:00.000+01:00

I don't like cucumber. Ian knows this and has now started telling me that the things he likes that I think I also like, all taste of cucumber. Nice try, but when exactly did they start making cucumber-flavoured digestive biscuits, for example?

Multi-tasking

2009-05-25T21:15:00.003+01:00

This evening, there were some sheep on the television which needed barking at. Simultaneously, a dog was walking its human past the window at the other end of the room, and that needed barking at too. When I returned to the TV, the sheep had gone. When I returned to the window, the dog had gone as well. Job, or rather jobs, done!

Birthday 2009

2009-05-20T19:39:00.006+01:00

Today is my birthday and Ian says I'm eight years old. Tomorrow is not my birthday and I say I'll still be eight.

Fish

2009-05-02T08:58:00.003+01:00

Because Gemma has to be careful what she eats, she has become rather partial to haddock, cod and tuna. In fact, as Ian noted yesterday, she's abit of an a-fish-ianado...!

Waggy Tails

2009-04-25T08:44:00.004+01:00

Gemma and I sometimes wag our tails so much that Ian and Julie tell us they'll fall off! But I'm sure that, even if they did, and even in these difficult economic conditions, we could still walk into town and, somewhere, find a re-tailer.

Getting dry

2009-04-13T22:46:00.002+01:00

After a long runabout today, I had to have a bath. The problem with baths is that you get rather wet. Afterwards, I set about solving this problem by shaking myself near Ian and rubbing myself against his trousers: so as I got drier, Ian got wetter!

My Fire

2009-04-08T21:17:00.003+01:00

I like sitting in front of my fire - a gas fire with real flames. Tonight I was sitting in front of my fire when Julie commented that the fire wasn't on! So why do humans call a fire a fire even when it isn't?

BST

2009-03-29T15:14:00.004+01:00

British Summer Time started today so Ian and Julie have been putting all their clocks forward by one hour. As I faced the back of my favourite easy chair, Ian said, "Spring forward, Fall back." If I'd sprung forward, i'd have bounced back! So I didn't: what's the point - they'll only put the clocks back in October to the time they were yesterday...

New Trick

2009-03-26T22:37:00.002Z

Julie thought she was teaching me how to lift my front paw (well one of them - I've got two!) up to my nose this evening. I decided to change things round by training Julie to give me a tasty treat when I picked up my lead. Ian thought I was making up my own tricks now but no...it was nearly time to leave for dog school (silly!).

Toy Tub again

2009-03-22T14:45:00.003Z

I managed to retrieve a toy today without tipping the entire tub over. When I'd finished playing with it, I left it in the middle of the room. Ian said all they needed to do now was to teach Gemma and me how to put toys back into the tub. Why, thought I, we have staff to do that for us!

The 'Off' Button

2009-03-20T20:45:00.002Z

When something comes on television Ian and Julie don't like, they groan and watch it anyway. When something comes on television that I don't like, I jump up at the screen and have just worked out how to switch it off. Another problem solved!

Toy Tub

2009-03-15T23:00:00.002Z

In an effort to keep the place tidy, Ian and Julie have introduced a small tub into which all our toys go at the end of the day. Gemma and I find it difficult to retrieve individual toys when we want them, but I've now worked out how to retrieve all of them at once...by tipping the tub over! Problem solved!

Snow

2009-02-07T21:53:00.002Z

I spotted this headline today in Ian's newspaper: 'Councils wave white flag in face of Arctic onslaught'. Good thinking Councils - White Flag against a white background...now that's what I call High Invisibility!

Moving Home...

2009-01-30T22:00:00.002Z

...but only virtually! It's taking time to transfer to a new webhosting company and make sure that the web address stays the same. If the screen goes blank for a short time, rest assured we'll be back, and Ian assures us we won't notice the difference!

Cookies

2008-12-17T21:54:00.002Z

My American cousins tell me that cookies are tasty things that Woody dogs would enjoy eating. Ian tells me though that he will not "enable cookies" on the computer until Microsoft starts calling them biscuits...

Teatime

2008-11-23T17:50:00.002Z

Gemma and I followed Ian into the kitchen this evening as he was checking how Ian and Julie's meal was coming along. We then followed him out of the kitchen...unfed. "Look at Woody" said Ian "looking at me as if to say 'It's teatime'!" Well actually, I wasn't "as iffing" at all - I was pointing out that it was teatime!

Dog minutes

2008-11-16T20:05:00.002Z

It's official - a dog minute consists of only 30 seconds! This evening, Ian told Gemma and me that it would be our teatime in "twenty of your doggie minutes". As he said this, he held up eight fingers and two thumbs...

Bonfire Night + 3

2008-11-08T20:24:00.002Z

The local community "fireworks fright night" took place tonight. Gemma and I were so busy though, playing tug with Ian to take his mind off the noise, that we completely forgot to be afraid.

Sharing food

2008-11-02T13:13:00.002Z

Ian's justification for not giving us a bit of his bacon and egg sandwich this morning was that we never give him any of our doggy biscuits. I ask you, what kind of excuse is that!

Cheese day

2008-10-25T09:42:00.003+01:00

Gemma and I got a tiny bit of cheese with our breakfast today...Julie called it Cheese Day, but we called it Saturday!

Credit Crunch

2008-10-19T19:35:00.002+01:00

Credit Crunch or no credit crunch. People still seem able to find money to waste on noisy fireworks, which terrify me, Gemma and other animals. Last Friday, a couple of fireworks went off while the sun was still out... And it isn't even Bonfire Night yet (it's not even November).

September?

2008-10-04T21:01:00.002+01:00

I was unable to dogblog last month due to a computer failure which resulted in Ian having to reset the factory settings. Consequently, as I type this, it is late November 2007...Hey, I'm a Time Dog!

Telephone

2008-08-20T22:39:00.002+01:00

Ian and Julie were entering numbers into their telephones tonight which reminds me - 'phone' is doggie rhyming slang for 'dog and bone'!

Doggy Chews

2008-07-27T15:27:00.002+01:00

I found a tasty old doggy chew today and was munching away happily when Julie gave Gemma a new chew. All of a sudden, my chew lost all its flavour, and I kept a beady eye on Gemma in case she left her tastier chew unguarded for more than five seconds. Ian assured me that Gemma's chew was exactly like mine...only different...

Food dogs like

2008-07-06T19:43:00.003+01:00

Everytime Gemma and I sit there looking hungry while they eat their supper, Ian and Julie say Woody doesn't like this or Gemma doesn't like that. Well how do they, or we, know that until we've had a taste? I think I shall have to check on the Interweb by typing "Food dogs like" into the search engine DOGoogle....

Barbecue

2008-06-29T21:42:00.003+01:00

Ian was cooking some delicious smelling food on the barbecue today, and I was lurking nearby in case he dropped any and needed help finding it. He told me not to get too close to the fire as there was no hot dog on the menu!

The Beach

2008-06-22T15:00:00.002+01:00

We have just come back from a few days on the Norfolk coast. Ian and Julie would take us down onto the beach but, one day last week, Gemma and I took Ian for a walk of his own. On the way to where we were going, we tried leading him to where the steps go down to the beach, but he pulled in another direction. We tried again on the way back from where we'd just been but, again, he missed the hint. How can someone miss something as big as the beach - TWICE!?

Thunderstorm

2008-05-28T22:00:00.002+01:00

This morning, at 4.00am, there was a thunderstorm outside. Gemma and I had to bark loudly, hysterically and for a long time so we could warn Ian and Julie, who were fast asleep upstairs, about the impending end of the world. Ian came downstairs and we rushed past him and up the stairs so that we could look after Julie (and Ian once he'd given up looking for us downstairs!) and make sure they didn't get frightened.

Birthday 7

2008-05-20T21:08:00.002+01:00

The problem with having a birthday on 20 May is that, sometimes, it falls on a Tuesday. So my birthday had to wait until Ian and Julie had been to work and back and, I'm afraid that for a full report, you'll have to wait until Ian writes it :-(

A Different Tunnel

2008-05-05T12:44:00.002+01:00

Because it was sunny and warm today, both the patio door and the kitchen door were open. Gemma and I could go out through one and in through the other. It was just like running through an open air tunnel!

Supervising

2008-04-20T21:01:00.002+01:00

Ian and Julie had roast chicken for supper today. I love chicken: so does Gemma, but she is allergic to it so Ian and julie have to be very careful. Julie was cutting up the left overs left over from supper, and Gemma and I were supervising - very carefully. Cutting up chicken leftovers is a skilled job these days, but I'm afraid Julie isn't as good at it as Ian. You see, Ian tends to drop bits even though he shouldn't and tries not to... I suppose I'll have to start supervising by myself in future!

The Wrong Outside

2008-04-19T18:03:00.002+01:00

Someone was delivering something to one of our neighbours today. From our front window I watched in guarding mode. Gemma and I then persuaded Ian to let us out into the back garden so we could find out what was going on. He said something about it doing no good, as "the outside outside the back door was the wrong kind of outside for investigating something happening in the outside outside the front window."

TV Shopping

2008-04-14T21:29:00.003+01:00

Have you noticed how there there are loads of television stations these days that just sell things to people? Everything for everyone except anything for dogs! When will someone launch the Kennel Channel!?

Liver cake

2008-03-18T22:33:00.002Z

Julie has baked some special liver cake treats for Gemma, made with liver (obviously), egg and wheat-free flour (Gemma is allergic to wheat). The smell of the liver baking swept through the entire house and was so good that I will have to taste a treat first to see whether the rest of them are OK for Gemma. Judging by Ian's reaction, he doesn't like baked liver treats - humans can be such fussy eaters!

Television Stars

2008-03-10T18:55:00.003Z

Ian showed some camcorder footage on the TV yesterday of me, Gemma and Julie. Gemma barked at the two new Westies in the house making a fuss of Julie, but I could see who they were. The only thing that confused me was how Gemma, Julie and I could be in two places at once. Ian said something about how I needed to start thinking outside the Box...!

B-A-T-H

2008-03-03T20:30:00.001Z

Having had a bath tonight, Gemma the Westie became Gemma the
Wettie...!

Chief Taster

2008-02-25T21:59:00.002Z

Because of her allergies, Gemma has to take a tablet each day at the moment. To make it more take-able, Julie wraps it in a tiny piece of turkey. Now I know instinctively that tablets don't taste very nice, but I insist on testing the turkey before Gemma has any. After all, as top dog, I wouldn't want Gemma to swallow anything I wouldn't swallow - apart from tablets of course!

Walkies

2008-01-13T13:56:00.000Z

Many years ago, the BBC used to broadcast a radio programme called Music while you work. Today, when Gemma and I took Ian out for some fresh air, he took his MP3 player with him. He calls it 'Music while you walk'!

Turkey

2007-12-25T20:13:00.000Z

As Ian ate his lunch today, I took up position by lying down just to his right and, bingo, he dropped a small piece of white turkey meat. I didn't even have to move in order to eat it - I thought it was Christmas! Oh wait - it is! I'm glad he dropped turkey though instead of a brussel sprout!

Mini Snooze

2007-12-23T16:51:00.000Z

Ian was enjoying a cup of coffee so I clambered up to lie across him and have 40 winks. However, I found it so uncomfortable, I could only manage seventeen!

Nice work Santa!

2007-12-11T20:19:00.000Z

It never fails to amaze me how up to date Santa Paws' Sat Nav and Contacts folder are, given the number of new houses being built in the UK alone and the inevitability that some dogs will be uprooted from their cozy rug in front of the fire in one house and transplanted to the same cozy rug in front of a different fire in a new house on Christmas Eve...

It's a Rollover!

2007-12-04T20:31:00.000Z

Gemma has a new trick. It is to lie on her side, then on her back, then on her other side, then back to how she was in the first place. Julie calls it a rollover but, as Gemma sometimes performs this trick but sometimes does not, I call it a lottery!

Armistice!

2007-11-11T21:43:00.000Z

Tonight, the first time for a long time, there were no fireworks to frighten Gemma or me. Paws crossed, but I think the three-week long fireworks night locally has finally come to an end. Thank Dog!

Fireworks

2007-11-05T22:00:00.000Z

Is it me, or do fireworks get louder the more people campaign to make them quieter? Poor Gemma has been terrified (her frightened bark is nearly as loud as the fireworks!) and I spent alot of time hiding although, when possible, I would sneak out just to make sure Ian and Julie were OK!

I'm back!

2007-10-30T22:18:00.000Z

So did you miss me?! Ian's just bought a new computer and has been offline for a couple of weeks or, as he put it, he'd lost his internet connection. Gemma and I sniffed here and sniffed there but even we couldn't find it until, on 26 October, it turned up again - on the new computer! Now how did it get there!?

Northumberland

2007-09-30T15:49:00.000+01:00

Last week, we travelled from our home in the flat Fens of East Anglia to a holiday lodge in hilly Northumberland. Gemma and I are exhausted after climbing all those hills, which always seem to slope upwards! Presumably, all those contented-looking hill sheep have two legs shorter than the others!

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