Monday, July 20

Seaside and Camping !

We had GREAT fun at the weekend on a camping trip with mum and a few friends, it's always a worry when we see bags being packed as this normally means being abandoned, but not this time - our beds and food were included in the packing! And this is where we ended up two hours later...

It was great to see Auntie Han again also, she always gives me lovely head massages, to show my appreciation I like to curl up on her lap, Mum says I'm too big and bony to be a lap dog but I disagree - look I fit quite well, utter bliss!

Humans and dogs (much to our disgust) generally sleep separately, but this rule also got changed, we shared what is known as a tent with Mum who had this really snugly, warm, cosy, comfy (yep you get the idea) thing she called a sleeping bag, now to me it looked like my new dog bed but I was put firmly in my place on this one and we had to fall asleep dreaming of being inside it, so unfair!


The campsite was fun and we were very well behaved, this is Ditto doing her morning stretches ready for some action:

We had a very important job to carry out, guarding our new territory and Mum's belongings, here we are keeping an eye on the rucksack and camera AND more importantly my new toy!
Hmmm no comment on this one, humans do the strangest things, a fancy dress party on the beach? Very odd behaviour.

Now I know why we were brushing up on our swimming last week, its lots harder swimming in the sea as there are waves, plus the water tastes funny, and not nice when it goes up your nose, but we had such fun retrieving out of the sea. Here are some photos of me:



As you can see I love leaping into the water, it was such fun. Ditto never gets a chance to water retrieve whilst I am there as she just isn't as quick, so I have to be told to wait, so unfair, whilst Ditto gets her chance to retrieve. She was a bit unsure of the waves but even I have to admit she was very brave and still fetched it each time.
Not sure if this is a very flattering photo of me, I'm rather tired and wet looking, with salt water up my nose!

Then the next day we headed off to a different beach:

Here we had a great game of fetch on the beach!
I generally get there first, but not always, one false step and Ditto is right there to snatch it from under my nose, here it bounced off the rocks, I look horrified to spot that Ditto is almost on it as I quickly turn in mid air
Then for the pounce

We both dive to get it
and Ditto gets there first, much to my disgust as she smugly trots away!

Ditto again, she always seems to pose at the same time as retrieve, must be a girl thing.

People always comment how cute and adorable looking she is

Where as I am more workmanlike and just get on with it with my usual high level of enthusiasm!

Even though I often get there first, we never argue and always remain the best of buddies.
A well earned rest

View from above

Must get Mum to take us camping more often!

Sunday, July 12

Swim practice

I took a sneaky look in mum's inbox and see there is talk of camping and seaside! So thought I had better get some swim practice in and show little sis how its done....

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Ditto swims a bit like I used to when I first started swimming - too high leg action, she'll soon get the hang of it. Very annoying though I had to sometimes stay on the riverside so she could have a go at retrieving, the things you have to do for little sis! It's not my fault I am so fast!

Friday, July 10

Beach fun

Today we went off to see the sea.. only we didn't see all that much of it as it was VERY low tide, I was sort of glad as I am sure mum had a swim session up her sleeve so I was happy to play on the beach instead.

We had great fun bounding up and down in the sand, as you can see I managed to remain ladylike and stay quite clean...

Unlike Dexter who seemed to get rather dirty... and to think I have to share a lift back home with him!

I wouldn't dream of getting myself so dirty. A word in his ear was needed and I told him exactly what I thought!

And even Dexter looked rather sheepish, but a bit too late now!

I practised my emergency stops to avoid getting my paws unnecessarily dirty...

And as you can see managed it quite well...

Somehow although I try to be ladylike I don't look quite as elegant as Dexter, such long legs and a size zero!

It was rather windy and we found if we twitched our nose our right ear stuck out.. luckily this effect didn't stick..

Then after more play it was time to head back home for a good kip!

Friday, July 3

Xrays....

Hi All.. firstly apologies for a lack of blogging (blame mum, always hogging the computer), plus we have been going on some fantastic walks just lately as mum has taken up running again, well that's what she likes to call it, sooooooo slow, snails pace if you ask me!

I've had a rough couple of days but pleased to say I'm feeling lots better now, always good to give humans something to spend their money on too, what else would mum want to go to work for if its not to pamper to my every need :)

I wasn't feeling too great on my walk on Wednesday evening and then was a bit lame afterwards... ok correct that to very lame (just don't like to admit these things in public!), I greeted mum on 3 legs on Thursday morning and despite the fact I started walking on it again when I heard her booking me into the vets she still insisted on taking me.

Hmmmm, next thing I know is I sort of wake up feeling not at all like I normally feel... apparently I had had a general anaesthetic and xrays, mum picked me up in the afternoon and I spent the rest of the day being unable to stand up without falling over, the only good thing about this was it meant I got lots of fuss and attention.

And as for Ditto... well... when she is ill such as when she went out of season (humans call it spaying, I call it no longer being quite so fetching and attractive to us dogs) I sat and nursed her, however she refused to come in the same room as me and left me in my basket all alone :(

This morning I greeted mum with a 2o minute story telling session and told her exactly what I thought about what had happened and not to take me to the vets again!

Apparently nothing showed up in any of my xrays, (mum could have spent £400 on tripe sticks and pigs ears instead,) so we are none the wiser as to why I suddenly decided to limp... I'm on painkillers for a week and then with luck back to normal.