Don't they know what the time is?

I had a very peaceful evening, no trick or treat people came round and rang the doorbell, but tonight is the official Halloween so I’m taking precautions again tonight and getting into my bed nice and early. Very strange day today, everything seems to be at the wrong time – I can’t work it out. I’ve been for a walk but they tell me it’s not time for dinner yet but I feel hungry already, AND it’s getting dark outside so it must be dinner time. Humans are funny they just don’t have the same understanding as we do about these things – I definitely know it’s time for dinner but they just say “No, it isn’t time yet you’ll have to wait.” So I will, but I know they are wrong about this. It’s also rained a lot today and I hate getting my feet wet, although I will make an exception if it’s to do with a romp over the fields; that’s different to just getting wet feet, it has a purpose and is fun. Just going out for a cock of the leg in the rain is no fun at all. I’ve been at home today with my friend Louis and we’ve spent a lot of time in between the showers just hanging out and looking around. Here we are on the steps with a strange friend – he never moves at all from this position but he is good to cock my leg on !
Have a quiet and safe evening everyone……… See you tomorrow

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone...............do you like my friend, he looks frightening but really he's just a softie! Halloween can be fun but also it can be another scary time for us pets. I do enjoy all the dressing up and I like the idea of tricks or treats – if I'm very lucky I might get some treats but I’ve been practising my tricks,just in case! I know it's not the same as fireworks night and hopefully those dreadful small humans won't be letting off bangers or anything, but there might be a lot of noise and ringing of the doorbell and it's all very disturbing for us dogs. You never quite know what they might do, after all the whole idea seems to be to frighten people - and dogs! I suggest that you keep indoors and have some extra Scullcap & Valerian tablets a couple of hours before it gets dark, just in case. Be Prepared is my motto – I always wanted to be a boy scout but they wouldn't have me for some reason; shame as I'd love to wear a woggle or whatever it's called.......

The Pet Event - I was left at home again !

I’m a bit put out as I was left behind again yesterday when my owner went up to London to go to the Pet Event in the House of Lords. It was all to do with Hero Pets and there were lots of doggie heroes there, but not me – I may be a celebrity but apparently haven’t done anything really heroic (I think that helping pets overcome their firework phobias is pretty heroic but that’s not what it was about apparently). They had lots of support dog organisations there – Guide Dogs, International Search & Rescue dogs, PAT dogs, Dogs for the Disabled, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, Explosive Detection Dogs, Canine Partners, Lowland Search Dogs, and of course Hounds for Heroes, who all went along to meet MPs and Peers and explained what they all do to help people in all sorts of ways. It was organised by NOAH and hosted my Lord Soulsby who is a big dog fan I’m told. Some of these dogs had worked in Afghanistan and during the bombings in London – so they are real heroes and do some pretty scary stuff. So I’m not complaining but I would really have liked to have gone to the House of Lords – do you think I could have worn an ermine gown? Talking of dressing up, my owner tells me that she talked to Marc Abrahams, the funky TV vet, when she was there and that instead of wearing his usual blue vet scrubs he was wearing a snazzy pin stripe suit and black and white brogue shoes – my, I bet he looked dapper! Just as well he doesn’t live down here as he’d get those shoes muddy for sure. Nice to know he made the effort though……… I would have been very impressed indeed. He's doing some great work to publicise how horrific puppy farming is for us dogs and remind people to always buy a puppy from a reputable breeder and to see the puppy with its mother - so I say "Well done funky vet, we're all behind you on that."

The French Fancies

Just a week to go – I hope you’re all feeling nice and relaxed and prepared. If your owners are being a bit slack and haven’t contacted Dorwest yet then for goodness sake make sure they do – I find that leaving leaflets lying around where they can see them really does help. Humans are very curious creatures and always pick up things lying in strange places, so just leave them all over the place where they wouldn’t expect and you can be sure that they’ll read them – they says cats are curious but humans are worse I think. I went to visit my French fancies yesterday, two black miniature Poodles called Lola and Lily – my they are a feisty lot, always on the go, I just don’t know where they get their energy. If anyone needs to relax a little, they do, so I told them all about the Scullcap & Valerian tablets but it turns out that they know all about them already because they are given them before they go off to the grooming parlour for their monthly haircut. What a palaver that must be, I’m glad I’m a terrier and don’t have to go through all that fancy stuff, although I must say they do look very, very smart when they come back and with their sparkly collars on they make good pin ups. I must put their picture on my wall. It was good to see them again, nothing like a couple of young, black French ladies to give a boost to your ego !

Get with the music

What a lot of rain we had yesterday, I really don't like getting my feet wet but they forced me outside on the wet grass and then I had to hop around puddles on my walk. Fortunately they didn't want to get wet either, even when they're all dolled up in their wet weather gear, so I only had short walks which suited me fine. Today the sun's out and things seem back to normal, thank goodness. So this morning I'm sitting outside playing with my ball - nice and relaxing. I must say I do feel relaxed too, must be the Scullcap & Valerian tablets beginning to do their work. Right, now for today's project for you all - it's time to get the music sorted out. Rock, classical, country & western, blues, rap or whatever rocks your boat. You need to decide what you like best and when you’ve decided get your owners to play it for you over the next couple of weeks. It’s a good idea to play it when you’re home alone or in your bed having a well earned afternoon nap! There’s two things about music that are good – it can be very calming and reassuring, especially the classical music or the crooning Frank Sinatra type, which if it’s played when the fireworks come will do a good job of chilling you out. If, like me, you prefer something a bit more rock and roll or rap and hip hop, then the noise will help to cover the noise of the fireworks, especially if it’s nice and loud. Either way music is good for the soul and good to help at this time of year.

10 days to go...........

Just 10 days to until 5th November , that’s when the bangs, whizzes and things that terrorise us all will begin. That’s just the start as being a Friday I’m sure that there will be even more fireworks going off over that weekend too. I’m already taking the Scullcap & Valerian tablets, they give me 2 tablets every morning and every evening with my meals – to be honest I don’t even know I’m having them as they just go right down with my food. I’m sure you’ve all got very clever owners and they’ll have already got their supply of tablets in, so now all you have to do is to make sure that they give you the tablets twice a day as well. If they haven’t got around to buying them yet, then tell them that Dorwest have got special offer prices on Scullcap & Valerian tablets and Valerian Compound which go on until the end of the month – so they should get onto www.dorwest.com and check the prices out. Remember the saying “keep taking the pills”, that’s just what you all need to do starting as soon as possible.

Thank you Lily's Kitchen...................

I’m glad to say that they didn’t forget me when they were up at the London Vet Show, they brought me back a present – some of the new Bedtime Biscuits from Lily’s Kitchen which they sent as a gift especially for me. So I’m not sharing them with any of the whippets – they’re ALL MINE! Lily’s Kitchen are following my blog and we often chat on Twitter too – so thank you Lily’s Kitchen, much appreciated. My these biccies are jolly tasty too, I quite look forward to going to bed now and what’s more they give me TWO at night time. I think that having a really tasty treat all ready on hand that your owners can give you when the fireworks start would be really good. It would keep my mind off the bangs and whooses so I’m sure it would with you too. So that’s another tip to pass on for you all.