November 2023

I may look a bit hangdog but I am relieved we can resume our normal walks and I am allowed to chew Teddy again.  We have spent the last few walks stopping at every sign post and tying signs to it, followed by untying them all again after the weekend.  All I want to do is have a good sniff and see if it is a suitable place to leave my leg lifting messages but the Mrs make me sit and wait till she has finished her mission. 

I had a bit of trouble last week when the Mrs found one of her paint brushes with a heavily chewed end.  Honestly I didn’t realise it was not for chewing, it being a a long stick with hair at one end, howeveer once found, I was in big trouble and Teddy was confiscated for a few days until I repented and helped her tie her art notices around the village.

At the weekend the house suddenly became very bare with all paintings removed.  I wondered if, in my shame, she had taken my portrait down as well but it was a relief to see it still hanging.  The miniatures came with many cakes and the Boss couldn’t believe his luck on viewing all the delicious confectionery delivered from many kind people.  I thought I might be in for a feast but unfortunately for me it was all, along with the paintings, transported to the Village Hall. I was a little peeved when the Boss explained to me, while dishing out my kibble, that the cakes had all been eaten and there was none left for me.  Had the Mrs suddenly ditched her diet and devoured the lot?  But no….it was explained to me that they were all sold for charity.  The paintings did return though, minus a few, and the house is now back to normal.  Walks have resumed on a normal basis and Teddy has been returned so I can relax with him and search out some hairless sticks to chew….

Ps: The Mrs wants me to pass on her thanks for the support she and her friend Pat received at their art sale and is very happy to report that over £600 was raised for Wellington & Dummer Riding for the Disabled Association where one of the Miniatures goes every Saturday morning.

 

MAY 2023

Teddy!  Or what’s left of him…..he’s my buddy, my comfort and my playmate.  Getting thinner by the day he can be trailed all around the garden to play, returned to my kennel for snoozing with, or alternatively be left out in the rain to get a good soaking but whatever state he is in he never fails to be my friend.

Originally I believe he belonged to one of the elder of the miniatures but they never really bonded so when I came upon the scene Teddy was given to me.  He loves a good tussle but is also quite happy to have a good cuddle.

I have successfully removed most of his torso as his weight was a little on the heavy side especially when wet.  He never complained but when I first decided to reduce his circumference the Mrs was not pleased at having to comb the garden every so often collecting  bits of white fluff from every corner.  She considered it a mess whereas I thought it looked quite pretty. At first she tried to fatten Teddy up again by stuffing it back inside him and sewing him up but I was much more successful at reducing Teddy’s weight than the Mrs has ever been trying to reduce hers (a sore subject in this household) so she has now become resigned to Teddy’s  svelt form.  I have been threatened that if I remove any more from Teddy he will be unable to play with me anymore.  He does look a little deflated now so I have left his limbs in tact so that we can have a good game of hauling him round the garden but the Mrs has refused to allow me to invite him indoors as she says his aroma is worse than mine and he is for outdoor play only.  The Boss thinks I am a big baby for setting such store on a playmate when I have himself to entertain me but I like to keep my options open for when the Boss is ‘resting’ his eyes or training them on the square box indoors – then my Teddy is there, ready and waiting to play.