On The Streets

This week has seen me out and about. I am meeting and greeting lots of new people on my walks around the village. Of course lots of comments on how beautiful I am and then people say 'but what is she ?' Most people don't seem to have heard of my sort before !
There again most people look at Mopps and think she is an odd looking Poodle with a funny tail and she's an Irish Water Spaniel.
I had great fun in Ampthill Park yesterday with my half sister Honey from another Gunfield litter. It was absolutely freezing and all white everywhere but we kept warm going mad together. Mum wondered if we would know each other when we met. I was a bit over the top to start with, being a week older than Honey but then Honey held her own. Am looking forward to seeing her again for some play time. (Honey is in pink and i am in red)Nice to meet an old dog that didn't mind me putting my face in its face aswell. Mopps still isn't impressed when I want to be nice !

12 Weeks Today !

Pictures: Me getting caught 'gardening' and on the skids, but I caught the ball ...

A busy week. One of the two legs has been home all week with what mum thinks is Pig Flu. It has been great as I have managed to snuggle on sofa hidden under blanket most of the time with the sick one.

Had my 2nd jab last Monday so am up for some serious socialisation as of tomorrow. Hurrah for that. I had put on stacks and weighed in at 7.28kg and mums proper vet said I looked absolutely great.

Today I had a visit from 2 men dressed in Army clothes. They smelled absolutely yummy. One talked to me a bit funny and then he showed me this furry thing, which mum said was a rabbit foot. I don't know what possessed me but I nearly ripped the man's hand off. Mum said I must not be so naughty, this man is the man who is going to teach me how to behave properly when I go out to work. He thought I was very clever after I showed him all my nose poses and sat for him and went crazy in the garden looking for this rabbit foot. The man said mum can take me next week for 5 minutes to sit and watch while he shoots. I don't think I can wait.

I have to admit that I have been quite quite naughty this week. I can manage to jump up against the work surfaces and pull anything that happens to be on the edge off the edge and onto the floor. Mum has been less than impressed with this trick. I have also managed to turn the hob on, but only once while something was on it .... burning handbag doesn't smell too sweet.

Eating Words And Other Things

Mum has been eating her words from last blog after getting 24 hours of what I had. I on the other hand have been absolutely great for a whole 5 days after having to take Pro Kolin to calm my tummy. It's miracle stuff. Mum should get a tube for herself instead of a big tube of Minstrels .... I am putting on weight and eating twice as much as I was before, no wonder I am growing fast. Obviously this gives me the added bonus of far more energy, not only to wander up the new path but to be as naughty as I can be. The word 'DOWN' has been featuring a lot, 'DOWN' from jumping up anywhere I can jump up although I have realised that jumping up to people is a big 'NO - DOWN' and after getting a few squirts in the face from a water spray I have been getting better. Today I have been helping out in the garden with some pruning and playing spot me if you can ...

Walking On Water And Other Tricks

Well what can I say about the last few days ... Yesterday I went to the vets for my 2nd jab but because I have been so poorly with my tummy I wasn't able to have it. The vet said that I don't behave poorly and my temperature is fine but I must have some stuff for my tummy and see how I go ... jeez, I have been 'going' and now need to stop. The vet wasn't very happy that mum had ordered the medicine online as advised by my old mum. Mum wasn't very happy either but managed to keep her mouth shut until we got in the car and then said she didn't like that vet at all and he always looked drunk and doesn't speak coherently ... hmm, I think I prefer mums proper vet as well. He said a word mum understood last week and she replied that I didn't have any and they both laughed. So until my tummy gets better my life out on the streets is delayed and I am doing so well on the lead as well, what a blow.

Today I have mastered a number of tricks ... Firstly this morning I was doing well with my 'come' command when my mum forgot that sometimes I do manage to run in a straight line, and in between me and my mum was the pond. I managed to 'skim' the top and float until mum stopped laughing and picked me out. So I had a nice warm bath and snuggled up with a hot water bottle and jumper. This afternoon I worked out that my food is kept in a container on the side, the smell in the air when I do my regal nose look is just too much, so I now can walk on my back legs for a few seconds either backwards or forwards in the hope that one of these days I could be big enough to reach up to that container .... then mum put it in a cupboard ... another blow.

One trick I am back on with and one mum had hoped I would literally grow out of is getting through the stair gate into the lounge. In my first week I could do it easy as pie, early last week I had to admit defeat but today, due to my weight loss, lovely long legs and growing into my feet shape, I am back into the space .... Mum says she needs a bit of what I've got ...

New Horizons Part 2 ...

I have been happily romping in my garden today discovering the undergrowth and sampling a new delight that my mum tried to hook out of my mouth when she caught me chewing. When she pulled out her finger she made a funny noise that sounded like she was choking and said I was a foul thing and told me off. It seems that I had got the wrong fowl and cat crap does not come under 'fur or feather' I will try harder next time. I have also discovered a whole new world beyond my back garden gate. My world is really quite big. Mopps has been going off through the gate at the end of the garden and last night my mum held me up to look through the trellis to watch Mopps. I shook and shivered in her arms and tried to scramble out to follow Mopps. Mum carried me through the gate and WOW ! I have another garden that is just massive and mum says that when the grass seed grows a bit more I can run and hunt some things. While I am little I must stay on my lead and walk on the path with mum. When I am big I am going to run more mad than I do already and I am going to try to hunt the fowl stuff mum says I should. So mum doesn't have to shout when I am off 'hunting' she has started with a whistle today. I have to do all my 'work' at the sound of this thing hanging around her neck. When I heard the word sit and the whistle straight after I had to sit. Later mum blew the whistle and I sat quickly. Mum wasn't sure if this was just me sitting because I wanted to sit anyway but she gave me a big fuss for being clever and I jumped right up and grabbed the whistle. Mum says she needs to know the whistle command for stop being naughty ...

Leggy Bird

My mum says I am getting a 'leggy bird' but I am still waiting for the Heron that flies over every morning to touch down in my garden so I can find out what a leggy bird is all about.

My mum also says I am big trouble and very naughty. I have been opening the lounge door and that is a 'NO' but I have been ignoring that word a lot over the weekend, it is getting quite dull. Mums friend had a clever idea to fill a milk carton with stones and shake it every time I did something mum classed as 'naughty' - that worked for an hour. Now she has adjusted the stair gate on the lounge door and I just cannot squeeze through any more so pointless bothering with the paw hit door trick. I have been scuppered.

I am pleased to report that Mopps has started to be a bit more accommodating with her bed and also offered me my toy back - I think this was a peace offering and was so surprised that I didn't know what to do so the toy just sat in the middle of us like some kind of Berlin Wall pre demolition.

I am sleeping in a bit more in the morning too which mum is pleased with and happy in my crate when it's bed time. All in all, things are going good.

New Experiences

What a day,
I have been so busy with so much new stuff and I am knackered. Would you believe I let my mum lie in bed until 8.30 this morning ... she came down to me happy in my crate, covered in crap. My mum thinks the smell had knocked my senses out so I could not do my usual whine to wake her up. Anyway, after breakfast and a big run around the garden my mum said I stunk and I was dumped in the sink for a bath. I loved it and after getting nice and dry I went off to my crate all wrapped up in a dry towel to sleep. When I awoke my mum had what she called the hoover out. This was interesting and I followed mum around trying to chew the hose. She said not to get too used to this new toy as it's not out very often. In the afternoon there were lots of visitors both 2 legged and 4 legged. I met up with a chocolate labrador who is 7 months old and massive. After an initial tail between the legs episode I got very brave and Rolo let me jump up into his face which Mopps won't let me do. Poor Rolo had to stay on his lead as the two legs were worried that he may squash me. Straight after that visit my mum said that the 2 'shits' were here. Actually, after almost a week of diarrhea and top tip from my old mum Kate on what may stop this awful affliction I hadn't even been once so far today. Then these 2 hairy things with squashed up faces appeared. Now these were more my size but they seemed unimpressed with me hanging onto their tails so mums sister took them home saying they were being 'abused' whatever that means.

P.S. This picture is my 'hanging out with the big boys' look

What Sleep Deprivation ?

Well my mum was very pleased with me this morning. I didn't bother letting her know it was about time she got up until 6.15 a.m. I went straight out and then had breakfast of chicken and rice as my tummy is back to urghh with just a bit of my old food. Mum rang the vets yesterday and they said to feed me this yummy stuff for another 2 days and if my tummy doesn't improve she will have to take me back for some tests. I am behaving like there is nothing wrong with me and I am getting bigger by the day but they have to make sure. As for life in general, I am liking this place. I have to do a bit of 'work' which involves sitting down when I am told and fetching whatever someone throws down the garden so then I have to run off and find it and bring it back to them. They say I am so clever for doing this stuff. I do get very tired after such hard 'work' so need to sleep. My preference is a bean bag in the play room where the boys camp out. In the day I can have a whole one to myself and my pal Mopps has the other. When the boys are home I have to share with Cain but he lets me sleep on his lap and watch his gaming even though he says I make his score rubbish. I am thinking though that when I get bigger he is going to have to find another place to sit.

Yep, I have been here for days and she hasn't bothered to let anyone who may be madly clicking the refresh button for fantastically exciting news know that I have arrived.

After all the hassle of last week with my new pal I finally got here on Sunday afternoon. Today is Thursday, so what has she been doing all week to not update this on my behalf ? Well ..... apparently not sleeping a lot because of MOI - what can I say ?

I Have Arrived !

New Horizons ...

Out in the garden with my brother and sister, you can recognise me by my blue collar. What you see is excitement at being out and about (experiencing some of those new horizons I was on about yesterday) and certainly not being naughty in anyway at all.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunfield/4100581440/

Today I should have been home with my new family but my new pal who lives where I am going to live is sick. She has kennel cough and it is very catchy so I am still at my old place - Get Better Soon ....... I need to start broadening my horizons !

Yep This Is ME !!!