Yawn!

Life for me right now is pretty boring. I wake up and roll over for Mum to cuddle me before she goes in the bathroom. I snooze on the bed while she gets washed and dressed. I don't bother moving too quickly because she takes her time over it. When she turns off the TV I know it's time to move. I follow her downstairs and head for the back door. Mum puts my rubber boot on my pinned leg and I go out. I know how to wind up my mum - I just do a wee first off then come in and demand my breakfast. She takes my boot off and fills my dish with delicious IAMS. If I don't eat it straight away she tops it up with some lovely olive oil or maybe a raw egg, or even a little grated cheese to tempt me. No need for that because I am hungry anyway but it is fun to see what she offers me :) I scoff it all down then ask to go out again, just as mum's sat down with her coffee. So it's back on with the boot and out I go. I mooch around a bit, sniffing the smells left by the foxes over night, then take my time choosing where to poo today. When I've 'been' I head back indoors and wait for mum to take the boot off again. Hmm..what now? Mum's bed or duvet by the warm boiler? Mum's bed I think. I sneak off while she's eating some breakfast and finishing her now cold coffee. You know it was so kind of her to get that new mattress for the bed. It's so much more comfortable now and soft and warm with her duvet scraped into a nest for me. I could sleep there all day - and I often do! :-)
I was so deeply asleep I didn't hear her go out but I woke up when she came home. Shall I go greet her? Maybe not right now, it is so cozy here. I'll just close my eyes again for a little snooze....

Walkies? Did Mum say walkies? She's calling me. YES!! YES!! It IS walkies time! I jump down quickly - OUCH! that hurts. Slowly down the stairs now. I do hate this bit. My long legs make it awkward going down stairs :( But now I'm down and Mum's doing my boot and coat ready to go out. Now the black collar and lead and I'm ready to go! Come on Mum. Let's go! Now what? She's gone back in the kitchen again :(
Ahh a clean jacket and scarf. NOW we're off. I am really liking the walks down the road. I want to run around but it makes my leg ache just walking slowly so maybe I'll stick to walking right now. There's lots of new smells around today - lovely! Uh oh! Mum's trodden in something smelly and brown. It wasn't mine, honest! You picked mine up in that trendy new purple bag a minute ago. Looks like someone else didn't clean up after their dog and it was lurking under piles of leaves. My goodness me what a performance! Scraping her foot all over the place to get rid of the poo. Give up, Mum. It will need a wash when we get in! I've had enough for today. Let's go home.
The neighbour's fluffy cream cat was lurking over the road but he ran off when he saw me looking at him. YAH! Scaredy cat! GRR woof!
Mum gets my dinner ready when we get in, IAMS mixed with a tin of lovely smelly tripe. My favourite! I eat it as fast as I can, have a drink of water and head back to bed - Mum's bed :-D Time for the evening snooze! I stay there until Mum calls me to go out in the garden because it's bed time! But I'm already in bed! I do what I need to in the garden then dash to get upstairs before Mum. I needn't bother as she always goes in the bathroom first so I get settled on the bed before she does :-) She does sometimes make me move over. I left her a strip of bed and half the duvet, what's all the fuss about? I move anyway so she can make herself comfy and I curl up next to her. Now for some serious sleep! Roll on tomorow for more of the same :)

Woof, ruff wuff, woof to you all.

Darn foxes

My leg is aching. I've just been out for a pee and poo and I could smell the foxes as soon as Mum opened the door. It was very fresh and as I squatted to pee I heard a rustle in the bushes. I bounded across the garden towards the noise but couldn't see anything. Then I heard a soft, foxy bark from a few yards away. I went in that direction and heard another bark from further away. That darn fox was moving fast through the patch of brambles in the back corner. Then the chainlink fence rattled as he/she went over it. I couldn't get near it for brambles. Mum was shouting at me because I was leaping around the garden. Once I was sure the fox had gone I found a spot to poo then came indoors. I don't think the leaping about was too smart a move :( It aches now. I'm going to lie down by the boiler for a snooze. It's warm and cosy in there. Night all.

Woof grrr woof

W-W-WALKIES!! W-W-W-WOOF!

I was getting really bored at home. I mean sleeping most of the day and night on a soft duvet bed is ok for a while, but I am an athlete and I'm losing my muscles! Mum has been giving me massages which I love but oh how I long to run again.
Yesterday I thought I'd try my old system and it worked!  When it was time for walkies I used to get up and dance around the living room, givng little woofs. I have been trying to say 'walkies' but all I can do is w-w-w-woof. Mum is very clever though and understands me now. So yesterday when I tried it she said 'YES!' . She got her shoes and coat on and put my boot on my bad leg and my nice fleece coat on me. She managed to find my outdoors collar and picked up the pink lead. We were off! I was a little disappointed we didn't go in the car to the park I love so much, but a walk down the road was ok. Mum can't walk fast which suits me right now. I so wanted to run off down the road but I soon realised a slow walk was all I could manage anyway. It was good to sniff all the smells on the walls, posts and trees. Loads of new smells for me! My nose was dripping after a few minutes because I sniffed so hard to get all the news.
My biggest news though is that I am back sleeping on my upstairs bed! I love that bed, and, although Mum insists on sharing it with me at night, I have it all to myself in the afternoon. It IS difficult getting up and down the stairs, perishing leg won't bend now, but I am ok taking it slowly. Coming down is the hardest and Mum helps me by walking down just in front of me in case I slip.
All the nasty cold stuff has gone and the garden is just wet now. I did like the white stuff when it was new and fluffy but the last bits were hard and slippery and made it difficult for me getting around because my boot slipped on it.
I had another trip to the vet Monday, and I got special pats from him because I was so good. I was out the back waiting to go home when I heard my mum's voice through the grill in the door. I called to her but she didn't come. It worked on the nurse though and she brought me out to mum :) Mum had to pay the bill and I was bit in need of a wee and poo so the nice nurse took me outside. She was very nice to me. Mum then took me home and gave me a delicious bowl of fish and rice.
When I went out in the garden next time I could smell foxes. They think it's their garden and keep peeing all round - it stinks! I then go round peeing to put MY scent everywhere, but it's nowhere near as smelly. One day I will catch one of those pests and tell 'em what for!
Time for a nap I think - hmm duvet and rug in the lounge or  a stagger upstairs for the bed? Mum's heading for the pooter so I think I'll stay here with her.
Woof woof for now.

getting stir crazy

I am bored, bored, bored. Mum and Jen went out today so I just slept, and slept some more. Warm and comfy of course and I had a good breakfast earlier but I so want to get out, sniff some smells and run around a bit. I nearly had the chance to chase a squirrel today but mum shooed him away before she let me out. She is spoiling my fun!

I had to spend a few hours at the vets yesterday. They made me all sleepy again and redid my leg bandages. I did not get any breakfast before we went and I was starving hungry by dinner time when Mum brought me home. I had to wait while she cooked me some lovely steamed fish and boiled rice. I got a big bowlful and it was lovely! I was hoping for more of the same today but it was back to IAMS kibble and tinned tripe. Oh how I love that tripe! Licked my dish clean :) I even got a tasty lump of pate later as a treat. I just swallowed it whole. Usually when I do that, Mum moans I can't have tasted it, but this time she seemed pleased. There's just no understanding women! Mind you I have had the occasional treat that's had a nasty lump in it and tasted awful when I chewed it. I spat it out and Mum was not amused. Well, would you eat something that tastes horrible? At least she's given up on forcing my mouth open and trying to shove things down my throat! That was awful! I became expert at spitting it out sideways :)
I'd much rather have a lump of pate any time.
I can't wait to go for a proper walk again. I hope it's soon. Mind you I don't want to go out in this cold wet stuff. It freezes my paws off! It's bad enough going in the garden to pee and poo. The white stuff is not as bad as it was but it's till deep in places.
All I need to do now is decide which duvet I'm going to sleep on tonight. Mum's getting ready for bed now too. I know what's coming...she'll push me out in the cold garden and won't let me in until I've wee'd - not nice! It's cold out there Mum!
Goodnight all.

A big woof and lick to Jack in Ireland!

A warm night

Do you know my Mum went out last! Without me! She gave me my dinner before, yummy tripe with IAMS, and made me go out in the garden! Brrrr! Still loads of white stuff around. I came back in and headed for the boiler room. Mum's put an extra duvet in there for me and it's like sleeping on a warm cloud. It puffs up around me and is soooo comfortable. I just went to sleep and don't remember a thing until she came home. I was too warm and sleepy to bother to greet her. She fussed around trying to get me to go out in the garden again but I didn't want to. I'll let you know when Mum! It was too warm there, I didn't want to get frozen again.
She was all settled in the lounge when I decided I DID want to go and then she moaned and grumbled at me. There's no pleasing some people! Anyway I slept well on my duvet bed by the boiler and woke Mum up when it got light. The garden had fox smells around so I had a good sniff about while I was outside. I did sniff a bit hard at one point and got a nose full of white stuff, it made me sneeze and felt awful!
I am getting frustrated I can't go upstairs to sleep on Mum's bed. She comes and goes OK so why can't I? I'm sure I could manage to get up the stairs even with this big stiff leg. Oh - I suppose coming back down might be a bit more difficult :( But one day I'll get up there again.
Mum has definitely got the best bed in the house. I used to sleep there at night on one side and I let Mum sleep on the other side. She does make funny noises in the night though, snuffling, grunting, and noisy breathing. Wakes me up sometimes! I just stretch out my legs and push her in her back, that usually does the trick and it wakes her up so she goes quiet. At least I don't have her sleep noises to bother me when I sleep by the boiler.
I am really missing my walkies now. Not been for a run in ages. I know I couldn't run much with this stiff leg but just wait til it's back to normal and watch me go! I miss all the news too. Always lots of good smells at the park. I wonder if my friends miss me. I miss playing with them.
*Yawn* I feel sleepy again and that duvet bed is so warm. Time for a snooze I think.
Bye until next time.

A week's progress

Well life is pretty boring right now. Each day is much the same as the rest. I have found it warmer sleeping on a duvet near the boiler at night cos mum turns the heating off but the boiler is on. I don't understand it but who cares when I have a warm soft bed to lie on?
I do feel better better in myself and my leg does not hurt at all. It is awkward sometimes when I catch my toes on something but I am practicing walking on 3 legs and I can move quite quickly like that. I would have had the fox the other night if Mum hadn't taken so long to get my boot on and been so noisy opening the door. The fox had a ton of time to vanish before I got out there AND Mum kept me on the lead anyway. Spoil sport!
I must admit Mum is well trained in giving me tidbits but some do have funny hard centres - I spat it out the other day and mum was quite cross with me. But she then gave me an even nicer treat in the form of a lump of pate. I didn't bother chewing that, I just swallowed it down. That pleased her no end. Hey Mum! I'll eat pate any time you like - it's lovely.
I don't like Mum going out of sight and I get upset when she goes upstairs without me. I have tried to get upstairs but Mum has put her shopping trolley across the stairs so I can't do it....YET!
Mum took me to the vet on Monday and they gave me a needle which I hate :-( but it made me go all dopey and happy :-). The nice man took off the old yellow dressing and bandages from my bad leg and washed it all down. The young lady was lovely and petted and stroked me while the vet did his job. They gave me a new dressing and wrapped it all up in a bright red bandage! Mum came and took me home again after and I just slept on my rug when I got home. Mum insists on lifting me in and out of the car but I think I can do it myself now. Certainly getting in. But it is a bit of a drop getting out. I am a big dog for mum to lift up and down so I keep very still for her.
I went out this morning to do a wee and poo and it was all covered in that cold white stuff again, like a couple of weeks ago. I didn't play in it this time BRRR too cold on my paws. I ran, well limped, back indoors and shook to get rid of any cold white stuff.
A snooze by the boiler sounded good to me, after I had my breakfast.
I've slept in different spots during the day. Mum moved my rug into the patch of sunshine and that was nice for half an hour or so.
Uh Oh I need a pee. BRB!

Brrr that was cold!! The white stuff is still everywhere and very cold on the paws! I was sure I could smell fox and put my nose close to have a better sniff. I sniffed hard and got a nose full of cold white stuff! NOT nice! brr I need somewhere to warm up now. Off for a snooze by the boiler I think!  night night for now *licks*

They call me Hopalong

Lord knows what they did to me, but at least the pain has gone. I'm stuck in this kennel thing with a bowl of water and some horrible dry dog food. My mum sprays mine with some lovely olive oil, makes it taste really good. The girls here are very nice and stop by for a pat now and then. It is very difficult to stand up as I've got this huge 'thing' on my hurt leg. They keep sticking pills down my throat which I hate. Mum gives me mine inside a piece of sausage and she thinks I don't know it's there but I do. Usually the sausage tastes so good I don't mind the pill inside. But sometimes I hang on to the pill in my mouth and spit it out when Mum's not looking. No chance of that with these nurses. At least I have a nice comfy bed to lie on.
Ooh they are taking me out of here! Can I stand up? woo it's wobbly but I'm up. Walkies?? Like this?? you have to be joking! But now you come to mention it I could do with a wee... now would be good! This must be the place .... aaaah! that's so much better! Back to my kennel - slowly. Not only is my leg fat and heavy it's also longer than the others! This is going to take some working out. I got up but how do I get down again on my bed? Ok - it's back end down, then drag the heavy leg forward and slip down on the other leg. I'm down! Not moving for a while now! Feeling sleepy...zzzzz
Time is passing slowly in a haze of sleep, drink, pee's. Don't feel hungry but they brought me some chicken and that was nice.
Now that nice man has come for me. Where to this time? A different door... and my Mum!!!!!!!!!! Oh Mum look what they've done to me!  Take me home please! Oh thank goodness we're going to the car! The nice man lifts me in. Ahh familiar smells - apart from my rug - it's all clean and fresh. Not sure I can manage lying down here but it's not good standing up. Here goes... made it. Take me home Mama!
At last! Home sweet home! Oh no - Mum's trying to lift me down - CAREFUL! Ow! Ah firm ground and I'm ok. I need a pee! That grassy bit will do nicely - thanks mum.
Oh so good to be home! I am so looking forward to sleeping on mum's bed again!
Oh no! how the heck can I get upstairs???  Mum's blocked the stairs off now :( does this mean I have to sleep downstairs? Looks like she is sleeping down here with me tonight awww. Roll on tomorrow.