I'm back!

Hi folks...it's been some time I know...and I guess a lot of you have given up waiting for me to write again. My apologies. Emma's phone broke first and I couldn't upload pics of myself...and then i became a little minx and refused to give Emma any time to herself...and then Emma became an auntie and our paws have not touched the floor this entire weekend! James Elliott Tatnall is a cute baby...not quite as furry as I would have hoped but a perfectly formed tiny human. We all went for a walk in the park...only my second walk ever -it was very special to share it with him. So as of tomorrow I am officially allowed out for walks...I'm all up to date on my injections and ready to go go go! I think Emma is hoping that I'll burn off some of my minxy energy and not stamp my paw quite so often...I remain undecided on the topic...I quite like seeing how far I can push her buttons without getting shaken by the scruff of the neck! Watch this space :-)

Hee hee hee!

I must tell you what happened to Emma on her first day back at school! She had been out in the garden clearing up my poos and I had been helping (she called it prancing about in the mess, but I don't know what she meant!) When her neighbour looked over the fence to say hi she picked me up so that her neighbour could see me. Then she finished off the clearing, had lunch and went to work. Apparently on her way to Rufforth she realised that she had forgotten what time she started...and was fifiteen minutes late instead of fifteen minutes early...but the head teacher was really good about it, because it was just recorder club that she missed.

As she left the headteacher's office, Emma looked down to see mud all over her cardigan! Embarassedly rubbing the mud off, she realised to her horror that it was not mud! She knew she had been able to smell something when we came in from the garden and had spent hours examining my paws for signs of poo before it got walked into the house...unfortunately she did not check a little bit closer to her nose...it was all over her cardigan! Thank goodness she was wearing a cardigan so she could take it off before standing in front of a class of children!! Meanwhile I was fast asleep in my crate...hee hee hee!

The stuff of dreams!

The most amazing thing has just happened. Emma and I have just been next door to meet the neighbour on the other side who has just moved back in after a long spell in hospital. She is a lovely lady, and still quite ill, but would love to have had a dog. Unfortunately she feels she is not up to walking one now, but she had seen me out of the window and was very jealous. Well, she is living on her own for the first time, like Emma, and she said she would love to have me round to play sometimes - she's had dogs in the past, so she knows what she's taking on! It is wonderful news for me, because it means when Emma is out for a long time at school, I can go round there and have company and give company to someone who really needs it. I feel all overcome by the idea of being shared with someone who by necessity is at home quite a lot. I'm going to be the most loved dog on the street!

First night downstairs

Tonight is my first night downstairs. I surprised Emma by going out in the garden about 10 when I usually do, then coming in and settling down in my crate which was in the lounge. I curled up and went to sleep and when she zipped me in I didn't make any fuss at all. So far I have not so much as squeaked...which its more than can be said for her! I think I can hear her whimpering upstairs because she misses having me sleeping in her bedroom...honestly, I'm 2 months old, have had injections at the vet today and had to get used to sitting in my crate while Emma teaches and she's the one feeling sorry for herself... humans!

Bye bye Brixham

Well, tonight is our last night in Brixham. Everyone else has gone home - its all very quiet, just me and Emma. Strange not having the other two dogs drifting about the place, but its quite nice to have so much space to myself! Now if I romp in the living room, I don't knock into people and dogs! And knocking into Freya was never a good idea...the whole room knew about it if I did that! Miss her though - I quite liked the challenge of snuggling up close without getting growled at.

Shame there won't be any more walks by the sea for a while - I have had it good - fresh air, sea breeze and I didn't even have to get my paws muddy! Although I have to say I am looking

foward to getting my paws muddy again...after my little run near the water I rather enjoyed getting sea and sand all over Emma's top! Only another two weeks of being carted about after Tuesday. Emma says I am getting heavier...she also says my ears are growing! The question is, will I have big dangly crinkly ears like my Dad or little soft ears like my Mum? Its all rather exciting! I'm pretty sure that I like the sea though...next time we come to Brixham Emma has promised me a swim!

I am writing this while curled up in Emma's lap - she is sitting cross-legged on the floor. It is bliss!

Spot the dog!

Sleeping

Emma seemed quite impressed with me this morning. I think it was because we went to bed earlier than usual...around 10pm and I didn't get her up at all to go to the toilet! I slept until 7am...then I thought my bladder was going to burst so I whined until she woke up and we went downstairs to the garden! I was impressed with myself actually and I can't really understand why she looked a little bit peeved at having to get up and have a mad game with me! I gave her time to put her dressing gown on! I don't understand these humans...they should make the most of the sleeping time they have available during the day and then they wouldn't need so much at night!

I found a brilliant place to sleep yesterday:-

I thought I would chance my luck and creep in here and curl up, and Emma didn't seem to mind - result! Its soft on the elbows, smells comforting and its just the right size! Shame I'm not allowed to sleep in here at night...Emma keeps insisting on zipping me into my crate. Oh well, I don't mind it in there, and I have Chris moose to snuggle up to (he's bigger than I am) so its almost like... something I vaguely remember in the past... I'm not sure what...

Sometimes when I'm asleep I apparently make little suckling nosies which I believe is also a memory from a previous life... the thing is I'm so contented now that I can't quite remember where I came from now...