Abandoned!

I knew something was up. Mum had been taking me to visit the nice men 3 doors down the road. They seemed very friendly and let me have a good sniff around their house and garden. We didn't stay long but it was nice to visit. THEN Mum took me there with my fluffy duvet bed, and my food, and my food and water bowls, and the extender lead, and the poo-bags bag AND SHE LEFT ME THERE!! HOWWWWWWWWLLLLLL!

She was gone a few days, they all blur into one now. David seemed to like me best and gave the best cuddles so I followed him everywhere. I was impressed when he pee'd into that big bowl thing Mum usually sits down on. I decided to sleep downstairs as their staircase is weird and goes round a corner. My duvet bed is lovely and comfy so that wasn't a problem and David came to let me out in the morning. They took me for walkies but kept me on the lead. Then Mum came back! I had to be careful not to seem to pleased to see her. I wanted to leap on her and cover her in licks, but she was the one who left me and went away!! She took me home, then I couldn't wait any longer and pressed myself up against her and stood on her feet when she sat down to cuddle me. Oh it was SO good to be home with her again.

Life since has been pretty routine until last week when she went out for hours on end, and that nice man Craig came to let me out in the garden and give me my dinner. He smells familiar and has been here quite often to visit Mum, so he must be a good friend. Mum was home every night so I slept well in her bedroom.
It is definitely getting harder to get up and down the stairs. I may start sleeping downsatirs sometimes at night. It is hard to get off my lovely comfy, warm duvet nest to go and pee before bed time and then try and get upstairs. It is much easier to just fall back on my bed downstairs, but I do like to sleep near Mum at night. I love those early morning cuddles when I jump up on her bed next to her and snuggle up.
The weather has been lovely for the last week or two and I've felt good and enjoyed running around the park. I've met Alfie a few times - he's a cute small terrier but is he yappy! He's always pleased to see me but is only really interested in his ball and making his master throw it for him. Yap yap yap! Pesky youngster!

There's always good smells around the park. Loads of dogs go there and leave messages for other dogs to sniff out.
There was a nasty encounter the other day. An uppity boxer dog decided he didn't like the look of this soft retriever type and attacked him. The owners managed to stop it quickly but it sounded dreadful and from the yelp I'm sure the retriever got nipped. If a dog gets nasty with me I just run away. But most of the dogs I meet are friendly or just ignore me. I went to say hello to this little hairy thing, I think Mum said it was a Yorkie, whatever that is, and the perishing little hairy rat growled and snarled at me! So much for being friendly! Oh well - it was too small to play with me anyway!
Mum's been busy cleaning round and put fresh bedding in the back bedroom - that means we've got a visitor coming! Hope it's someone nice!
I'll let you know when I know who it is.

A typical day

I sleep on a duvet beside Mum's bed at night. I have tried moving around to wake her up sometimes but the funny gurgling noises carry on and she doesn't move. I wait for her to wake up and head for the bathroom, which is my cue to get on her bed. I stretch out in her warm spot so there's no chance of her coming back to bed.

I find the stairs harder these days and go down them a lot slower. They are steep and close together for someone with long legs and a long body :o(
Lovely Mum has already opened the back door and my breakfast is waiting in my bowl. I go out and pee a couple of times in the garden then come in for breakfast. I had a sniff but didn't fancy plain bits. If I look suitably unimpressed she may crack an egg over it or grate a bit of cheese on it - result!
*Yawn* Time for my after breakfast nap. I humph my duvet bed around a bit to make it puffy then curl up on it. zzzzzZZZZZ

Mum has got that noisy sucky machine out she pushes round the room. I hate that thing and move out of her way, but she will insist on bringing it near me again. Time for another trip to the garden. Having to open the door stops the noisy sucky thing for a bit.
There's a weird smell in the garden! Someone's been here! It's that stinky fox again! I keep peeing and pooing where he's been but he does the same :o(
Time for mid-morning snooze :o) a bit more bed arranging then I curl up and doze off again. The little thing with an annoying ring wakes me up and I hear Mum muttering something about call centres, whatever they are. Back to sleep again.
Mum's on the move, collecting bags together and givng me a pat. She's going out! Time to give her the soulful look to make her feel bad about leaving me at home. The door goes click as she goes out. My cue to nip upstairs for a nice nap on her bed. :o)
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
What's that? A car? hers? Yessss - quickly down the stairs and do my 'missed you so much' whine and greet her as she comes through the door. I am sure she thinks I've been waiting by the door since she left. Boy, this display of love is tiring. Just time for a little snooze again.
Mum's had her food and has the noise and light box on again. Sends me off to sleep nicely.
*Yawn and stretch* mmmm time for a pee I think. Mum grumbles when I ask to go out, but when you've got to go......
It's lovely outside and I think I'll just have a snooze in the sun for a bit.
What's that? Did I hear Mum say walkies?? I'd better show willing. A bit of leaping about should do it and a few squeaks. She's put on my walkies collar and I'm ready to go. I hop in the back of the car and we're off! I watch which way we go and it looks like the usual park by the harbour. Great! just time for a nap before we get there.
The park looks pretty empty so I can have a good old sniff around without some pushy dog sticking his cold nose on my bum.

While Mum is picking up my poo I am heading off and away to check out the far side of the field. Lots of lovely smells mmmm. Wait... where's Mum? I can't see her! Where is she? Oh no! Has she gone and left me? Oh phew! There she is and she's calling me and flapping her arms, I'd better go! Look out Mum, here I come!
This run feels good so I run round Mum and head back round for another lap of the field. Mum's heading for the car so it's time to go. Just time for a nap before we get home :o)
Right. I'm inside the front door. Where's my dinner? I want it NOW! Come on woman! Gimme! Oh she is so slow sometimes! I can smell the tripe mix. Mmmmmm lovely!
Ahhh that's better. I've got a fat, full tummy now *yawn* I think it's nap time again.
The noise box sends me off to sleep nicely and Mum is settled for an hour or two.

Ooh it's dark now. I need a pee again and Mum lets me out the back. What's that? I saw something move round the side of the house. It's that *!&@ white cat again! I'll catch him one day! I run at him but he's already under the back gate and running down the road GRRRR Better check all round the garden. I can smell that fox again!
 *Yawn* time for my before bed sleep :o)

 All too soon Mum is telling me it's bed time. Good! I am tired out and ready for a good night's sleep ;o)

Goodnight all *licks*

Paws for thought

What a dreadful night! All those nasty bangs and whooshes from the time it got dark until my bedtime. Heaven only knows what was going on. Mum even had the blimming noisy things on TV! I spent the whole evening hiding away by the boiler. At least it was warm and the noises were not too bad until just as we were going to bed. There was a terrible burst of bangs and flashes very close to our house up on the recreation field. I was desperate for a wee but no way was I going out with the bangs still going on. Mum said wait 10 mins then it should be all quiet. So we sat down again and Mum gave me lovely cuddles for a while. I adore her bum rubs, she is gentle yet firm and it gets my thigh muscles going. I love tummy tickles too. If she stops I give her a nudge to carry on. When Mum let me out to pee before bed, I could hear some very faint bangs but I was so desperate to go by then I didn't care. I dashed out, squatted and pee'd forever!

I slept on the floor bed last night. Mum was making funny noises and smells so the floor seemed safer. It was not cold and I slept really well. Mum got up and went to the loo when it was just getting light then back into bed. Boy can she snore! All sorts of weird gurglings and snorts until what seemed quite late.
I was hoping for a nice walk this afternoon but it's not looking good. I've just been out for a pee and it's raining again. It's not at all cold out but I hate getting wet with rain. I love splashing through puddles and ponds but rain is dreadful.
Mum did take me with her friend Linda and that hooligan Yarna to the beach yesterday. At least Linda had her dog whistle with her so could get Yarna to come back when she went off chasing other dogs. That left the beach clear for me to run on *woof woof*. It was great! I felt so good I did my crazy backwards 'helicopter spin' before setting off to run big circles around on the sand. I don't know why but there was a small bunch of people on the promenade watching me and laughing at my spins. They watched me running about. I LUUURVE running on the sand. It grips and yet is soft. I have not run so much so fast for a while. It just felt so good. Yarna had a good time romping with other dogs and digging in the sand. I'm not sure what she sees in digging but she seemed to enjoy it. I did find my leg aching by the time we got back to the car :( and after I'd had my dinner I was ready for my bed. It all seems fine today but I don't think we will be beach walking today :(
Hope you get all the walkies you want, and lovely dinners too.
*woofs and licks*