APRIL 2026

I went travelling with the Boss and the Mrs - they have bought me a new kennel. It’s white, has wheels and can travel wherever I want to go. There is room for my bed and also one for the Boss and Mrs who are lucky enough to sleep inside with me. The Mrs wasn’t sure about sharing the sleeping arrangements so made sure I had a thorough bath and spruce up beforehand. I was indignant about that but by the end of bath time she was as wet as me so we both had a spruce up!

We travelled to Wiltshire, stopping alongside a snake of a waterway. It was here I learnt that one is not allowed to dive into the canal but must walk sedately alongside while viewing all the longboat people who live on it. The Mrs walks me every morning and as each place is new there are a myriad of new smells to investigate and new people to meet.

This little walk along a ridge high above the canal was littered with many holes which I think were made by badgers looking for worms. Either there was a shortage of worms or they were very hungry as the number of holes in evidence was phenomenal. The Mrs had to be careful not to fall in one - which leads me to my grand misdemeanour when I inadvertently tangled my lead around her legs and tripped her up. Boy, was I in the dog house for that, especially as her best glasses got broken in the process. I am currently trying very hard to regain my position in her best books by being very sweet and good but I am not sure it will work until she gets her new glasses and can see my exemplary behaviour……

MARCH 2026

 Me and my mate Teddy.  Teddy and I went on another week’s holiday alone, staying with my girlfriends and I am happy to tell you that this time Teddy came back without a scratch on him.  I spent a most enjoyable week playing with their toys, being chased around the garden and then turning tail and chasing them back, or just running for the pleasure of it, something I never do with the Mrs….  While the Boss and the Mrs were sunning themselves on sunny shores I stayed home and was treated like royalty and presented with a new basket and bed with a soft insert and an elegant new mat to lay on. Although the Boss said they had nice sunbeds to lay on during their week abroad, I went one better and came home with mine – something they apparently were not allowed to do.  I wonder who got the best deal?

FEBRUARY 2026

 Dreaming of sunshine

This was me last summer when I was having a little snooze in the sunshine after running around like a mad thing and rolling in the dry grass.   I remember it was so hot that I had to eventually move into the shade.

 I hesitate to attach any type of animal sense to my playmate Bun-Buns as she is a stuffed toy, but as you can see, she somehow had the sense to lay in the shade from the get go.  The lawn was more like a field of cut hay and was a delight to roll in, scrunching and scratching when I wriggled about.  However the Mrs was not so happy when I traipsed bits of straw indoors with me. Bun-Buns got the order of the boot as well so we both ended up outside again.  I was only allowed in after a good brushing and Bun-Buns received an almighty shaking – poor thing, I am surprised she didn’t lose some of her stuffing, but like me and my playmates – we are made of sterner stuff.

JANUARY 2026

It’s nice to be included - the Mrs bought crackers that were themed for the twelve days of Christmas. The family arrived, all eleven of them, so I made up the twelfth. I also received a portion of turkey, lots of cuddles from the family, an exciting game of chase with my visiting canine girlfriends, and a new bone from the Boss which I have already buried in the garden……

I hope your Christmas was happy and your family safe and well. Happy New Year to you all and thank you for reading my blog.

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DECEMBER 2025

A warning: the contents herein may be of a macabre nature and cause distress.  If this happens please consult your best friend for some consolation...........

You may remember me mentioning that I had a new companion to play with - Teddy.  He was perfect until earlier in the year when he and I went to stay with one of my girlfriends for a few days while the Boss & Mrs went on holiday without me!  My newest girlfriend insisted on investigating the innards of my teddy.  By the time I managed to retrieve him she had destroyed his beauty, removing his glass eyes and instigated an appendectomy.  

She was eventually forgiven as she was only young at the time and not in complete control of her exuberance but it rankled with the Mrs who was not keen on continuously viewing a discombobulated teddy.  The Mrs was also perturbed by some of his insides floating around the house, so eventually she took it upon herself to find some soft velvet material to heal teddy’s hurts and return him to his dignified status.  Hence “Bandit Teddy” evolved and I can play with him again knowing that I can be his guide-dog and his insides are safely contained and not spilling out during our games...

Since this amazing recuperative needlework the floodgates have opened with the Boss suggesting the Mrs could perhaps resurrect some of his old socks with a bit of darning or turn a few collars on his favourite work shirts – to my knowledge these items have been discretely removed from his wardrobe with a quiet comment on the unlikelihood of this ever happening.  I blame Teddy! .....

In this photo I have his foot secured in my soft mouth with my paw holding down his leg so that he cannot escape.  Since wearing his Zorro mask he has become a bit of a rogue so I have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t wander off and also to protect him from marauding girlfriends…

NOVEMBER 2025

 

A dog can dream……of strange playmates, friendly girlfriends, exciting ball games, chewy bones, delicious dinners, golden horses…..Wait…Horses?  It’s funny what can suddenly pop up in your dreams – even daydreams. I dreamt of heavy horses being walked past our house dressed in all their finery; of seeing them in nearby fields on our walks, grazing or chasing each other in play.  I am snoozing and dreaming of running through the green grass with my friends, my paws hitting the turf in a rhythm that makes my limbs twitch and my dream seems so real that my bark lets out little chirps and grumbles.  This is when I usually get a prod from the Mrs and my full on gambol through the field stumbles into the reality of laying on the floor in the living room interfering with the hearing ability of the Boss watching his favourite sport on the TV.  “Quiet” says the Mrs with a calming stroke, “you were dreaming, making noises and twitching”.  I roll over, sleepily semi-conscious and find a cool place to rest my muzzle falling back into my dream while thinking to myself, no, I was running with golden horses, streaming through the air, flying in the wind, my ears flapping in the breeze as I chase across the grass………I open one eye as the Boss suddenly shouts “Yes” as the little white ball on the TV rolls over the green, bypassing the guy holding the flag, and falls neatly into the hole…..

OCTOBER 2025

I hope you all had a good summer.  I traveled a lot and swam a lot.  This summer I also sunbathed and as you can see – I have a lovely tan….

It was good to explore my second home again, sniffing all the boundaries and playing with my other toys that I had forgotten about.  I did slip away once as I picked up an enticing scent on the air which my instincts told me belonged to a lady dog who might welcome a bit of company. However, I was not successful and my escapade ended with an impromptu meeting of all the French neighbours in our little hamlet, instead of my dream of a romantic interlude. After travelling around the immediate area with my nose in the air trying to catch that scent I hadn’t gone very far when I heard voices calling. Unfortunately my French is a bit limited and I didn’t understand that they were calling me.   When I was eventually collared by Monsieur Louis and his wife Yvonne who trotted me towards home we came across all the neighbours who had been out looking for me – I didn’t realise I was so popular!  The Boss and the Mrs were relieved to see me and I had to sit and wait while they all had a jolly good chinwag.   Alas I never did find the lady dog with the enticing perfume – that’s why I probably look a bit sad in this photo…….