Don't tell anyone but............

............ our Brandy's knee hasn't slipped for 3 days now. Mum's been taking us on long walks again and our Brandy's been fine. We chase around the villa after anything and everything that moves whether it's a cat or a leaf - well, these leaves need to be taught a lesson just as much as the cats do. Brandy's even jumping up onto the bed to say good morning - but he still waits to be lifted down again, but I think he's just taking advantage.

It's good having my bruvver running around chasing things with me 'cos he can do fetch better than I can. This is him taking the moo cow back for Dad to throw it again.

Official Christmas Photo

Mum got all dressed up to go out today for her Christmas lunch with the ladies group she goes to, so she made us have our photo taken - I think I look pretty good in it - don't you?

Dad couldn't be in it because he was taking it! Sorry Dad!

Our Brandy's not havin' an operation

Our Brandy has finished all his tablets and still has a little problem wiv his leg in that it pops out a couple of times a day. But it doesn't stop him running around after me, chasing after cats when they come too near or jumping up onto mum's knee so I can't sit there. He still bullies me away from my dinner unless our mum's there and still follows after me when we are playing fetch and then takes the toy off me to take back to mum so he gets all the 'good boy' comments.

He sometimes pretends his legs poorly just to get more attention although I think mum and dad are wise to this as they never leave me out and I get lots of cuddles too. And it didn't stop him getting a haircut yesterday even though he didn't want one.

But it doesn't hurt him when it pops out, and it doesn't surprise him and he seems to know how to click it back in to place when it goes and until it's back to normal he just stands still with his leg stuck out at a funny angle.

So, mum has said he doesn't need an operation which we are glad about 'cos last time we had an operation it really hurt and we felt really horrible for a few days afterwards.

I still wish he wouldn't be such a bully at times though - he says he's not a bully, he's just 'top dog!' I've watched a film with mum called 'Top Gun' - is that the same sort of thing does anyone know?

We've got a new toy box.

Mum's always clearing our stuff up. We spend all day putting our stuff where we want it and then every night, she moves it back again. Anyway, she's been buying some new furniture stuff for when we move into the new house after Christmas. Well, when it got delivered, there was this big wooden box that mum says is a treasure chest for keeping our special things in - then she put all our toys in there. We couldn't believe it - our blankets went in there, our toys went in there and we cannot got them out unless Mum or Dad are there to get them for us. We are only allowed to have 3 or 4 toys out at one time - well we both have our favourites and sometimes it's difficult to choose.

One good thing though, Mum also keeps the bag with all our combs, brushes and scissors in there - maybe she'll close the lid and forget where they are so we don't have to be brushed all the time - nah, don't thinks so - the woman is obsessed with brushing us!!

Anyway, that's us above trying to choose the toys for today - I wanted Moo Cow 'cos he's really soft and squidgy.......and doesn't squeak everytime you grab him. Brandy let me choose 'cso he didn't want to jump up with his poorly leg.

An Update on Brandy

Wow, it's been a really scarey few days. Our Brandy's leg been sticking out at a really funny angle and when it does he just has to stop playing and wait until it goes back to normal. He used to yelp when it happened but he doesn't anymore - he says it doesn't hurt anymore. He says it did at first and it scared him incase his leg got stuck like that and he couldn't play anymore or go for walks with me. He didn't like staying at home while Mum took me out.

But he's been taking some tablets every morning and every bedtime, he's really good at taking them. Mum wraps them in a little bit of ham and I get a bit of ham with out a tablet in it. Anyway, the last couple of days Brandy's leg has only gone funny a couple of times each day and he seems to know how to click it back so today we've been out for a nice walk together for the first time since we went to the vets and he didn't have any problems.

Mum did some research on that Googly thing she uses and found out that lots of little doggies have this problem and in dogs like us 20-30% can have this problem. Mummy says there is a genetic degenerative problem called Patellar Luxation, see here for more information:

http://www.cavalierhealth.org/patellas.htm

We don't know for definite that this is what is wrong with Brandy's knee, it could just be an accident to his ligaments that the tablets can mend but Mum & Dad are taking us both back to the vets on Wednesday to be checked to see if they can tell whether this is what is wrong with Brandy and if I've got any problems with my knees. Mum says Brandy is showing symptoms just as describe in Grade 2 of the condition - so we need lots of fingers and toes crossed for our next visit to the vets 'cos I really don't want either of us to need an operation, especially not me!

Brandy's been to the vets and he'll be OK

OK, this is Mum typing!

We've been to see the vet this morning to see what is wrong with Brandy's back leg. It turns out he has inflamed the ligaments that hold the kneecap in place, so every now and then his kneecap slips round to the side and that's what causes his leg to stick out at an odd angle and needless to say, to hurt.

They have given him an anti-inflamatory injection which he was so brave about and didn't squirm or make a sound, as if he knew it would help. If it had been Brinkley having an injection, that would have been a very different story - he does not like needles.

Brandy also has a course of anti-inflamatory tablets to take for a week. If it doesn't sort out the problem, we have to go back next week and he may need an operation to fix the ligaments.

Here's hoping the tablets work. It's very upsetting to see Brandy in pain, but the injection this morning seems to have knocked him out a bit and he has slept since I brought him home.

Brinkley has been for a walk without Brandy for the first time ever - and didn't seem to miss him one bit. I think he enjoyed having his Mum all to himself for once. As soon as we got home though, the first thing he did was go and see how his brother was. As I was walking Brinkley, people kept stopping to ask where Brandy was, they are so well known around here - people even stopped in their cars to ask.

All we have to do for the rest of today is to try and keep the boys calm, easier said than done!

Brandy has to rest.

Over the last couple of days our Brandy has ocassionally yelped when we have been playing. Then last night while he was asleep he started to cry out really loudly and it scared us all. When Mummy got upto see to him he quietened down, but she said he had a poorly leg. Today, he hasn't been running around with me, he's only walked and every now and then he would stop and hold one of his legs off the floor. Mum said he was to rest and she'd see how he got on but this afternoon there was a cat walking past our gate and I went running down and started barking to tell the cat to go away. Our Brandy came down as well and he jumped up at the gate and really yelped. Then he couldn't put his leg onto the floor and had to be carried into the house.



Our Brandy can't remember doing anything to hurt himself, but he says it's really painful. Mummy has phoned Aunty Lucy and we are all going to the vets tomorrow (Aunty Lucy knows where to go 'cos she has to keep taking the cats she's looking after). I remember going to the vets when we were really little and it always used to hurt but Mum said it was to make sure we didn't catch any nasty bugs.



I hope they don't hurt our Brandy tomorrow. He's asleep at the moment and Mum says it's the best thing for him while his leg hurts.

We had a day out yesterday

You may remember a few weeks ago Mum & Dad did a Treasure Hunt and we went with them. Well, we did it again yesterday. I asked Mum why we were doing it again and she said it was because some people couldn't go last time and although we had a copy of the questions we didn't have all the correct answers, after all - Mum & Dad & Aunty Lucy got quite a few wrong, so we were having a drive round to get all the right answers.

It was fairly uneventful for us in the back of the car until we got to Aguilas harbour when we were allowed out for a walk around. We had to go to a nice park near the harbour and while Mummy was writing down some answers we got to have a rest in the sunshine. Then we walked into the main square in Aguilas and sat outside a cafe and had a drink. While we were there, this little black doggie came over to say hello. He was really nice and had a collar on and, although he looked really well cared for, he didn't have his owner with him. We were worried for him as there were lots of people and bikes and cars about but he told us he was a little spanish doggie and knew the area well, so he was ok and he didn't live too far away.

Anyway, after we'd had our drink we said our goodbyes and started to walk back to the car with Mummy & Daddy, but when we looked behind us, the little black doggie was following us. He followed us all the way back to the car and we really liked him but we had to tell him we couldn't take him with us as his Mummy & Daddy would be looking for him. Our Daddy gave him a drink before we left as it was really very warm and the sun was really bright.

Look how bright the sun was shining!

After we'd been driving for a while we stopped again and this time we were next to the beach. Across the road was a lovely set of steps that were all covered with mosaic tiles, it must have taken someone ages to do. It was all up the side of this house,

all up the lamp posts and all up the steps and when you got to the top, there was even a seat which was done the same. Hopefully you can see some of the tiling behind us in this photo which we asked Mummy to take of us.

Anyway, after we'd walked all the way to the top we went all the way back down and posed for a family photo, well Mummy & Daddy like to have them done and we dont mind if we get chance to play on the beach - keep them happy, that's what I keep telling our Brandy, that way we keep getting treats and trips out.

Hey, don't we look good?

Are we allowed Cauliflower Cheese?

Mummy & Daddy often give us a little treat after they've had dinner - usually some of whatever they have had for dinner - after they have made sure it isn't harmful to us. Mum has a website she uses to check whether we can have different foods. Over here Mum says the fruit & veg don't last long unless they are kept in the fridge and today they had to use a whole Cauliflower at dinner time as the fridge was full from yesterdays shopping trip. No, none of this makes sense to me but Mum tells us these things all the time, we never understand what she is on about - but we try to look interested!

Anyway, after they'd had their dinner - we got the left over Cauliflower Cheese - and it was still a little bit warm. Now, although we have been having some really sunny days it does get quite cool at night and tonight we had a little bit of rain - so a little bowl of warm Cauliflower Cheese - it went down a treat and in a matter of seconds.

So we now have very full, very warm, not so little tummys! Yummy!

So much to do .......

When we were just puppies, all we did all day was play, sleep, have cuddles with mum and dad and eat. It was a good life.

Then we had a birthday - we were one, we had a nice party, we had lovely pressies and we thought we were the luckiest puppies in Terreros.

But we didn't know that being one meant we are officially no longer puppies and that we now have to work for our treats. Mum says it's like little boys and girls doing chores for their pocket money.

So yesterday, when we wanted to play out in the sunshine, mummy had us helping with the housework.

Our job was to take all the beds, blankets and toys outside so that the beds could air in the warm sunshine and mmmy could mop the floor.

And being a good boy,like what I am, this is me having done all my jobs. Brandy, on the other hand is noticable by his absence - I'll let you all draw your own conclusion to that!

And isn't it surprising what you find when you have a good clear out!

All party'd out

This is me, 1 today.

We've had a great day with lots of pressies. We had a long walk in the sunshine down to Delphins where Mummy and Daddy gave us Doggy G&T,

and some chicken pieces they had brought with them. Then they let us have a little bit of ice cream.

Aunty Lucy and her mummy & daddy were there as well and brought us some more toys to play with and some chewys and then this little boy was at the next table and we went over to say hello and we were nearly as tall as he was, because now we are 1 we are all grown up big.

Then we all went to another bar which was still in the sunshine and we met 2 more doggies and some more people.

And then we were all tired so we had a lift back home in Aunty Lucy's car and we were allowed to sit on the back seat with Mummy & Daddy as a special birthday treat.

This is me saying 'Thank You' to Aunty Lucy - she likes big hugs.

Now, we're really tired and Brandy is already asleep on his new bed and I've asked Mummy to add some photos so that I can go and sleep on my new bed.

It's really good having birthdays, I wonder when we'll have another?

It's our Birthday

We got up this morning and Mummy & Daddy sang a song to us. Then they gave us some new toys and a lovely new bed each. One has paw prints on and the other has leopard spots on. Our Brandy claimed one straight away and he's laid on it most of the day but they're both nice and they're from our Mummy & Daddy so I'm not bothered which one I have - they're lots better than our old beds which were getting flat and lumpy. Our old beds are going to be donated to 'PAWS' where they take in stray dogs to look after them until they can find new homes.

We're off out this afternoon for chicken and ice cream but not in the same bowl, says Mum. I think some of our friends might be there as well. I hope Mummy remembers the camera!

Now that I'm one, does that mean I'm not a puppy dog anymore? I hope not. I like being a puppy dog, we gets lots and lots of cuddles.

See you later

Brinkley

We've been playing on the beach today

Today, our Mummy & Daddy took us for a drive in the car and when we got out we were at a new place we've not been to before.

The water looked a bit like our swimming pool but bigger. And the water kept coming close to us and then moving away again.

Daddy took us for a walk along the sand, which was lovely and squishy and soft under our paws.




As we walked along we could see some holes in the rocks which we wanted to go and explore so our Daddy let us walk over to them

When we got over to the holes we found they were really big and we could both go in and run around. Daddy said someone would have lived in them at sometime and that further along the coast there are some more holes like these where the goat herder lives and looks after his goats.

We were having such a good time we didn't want to go home and when Mummy & Daddy went back to the car we didn't. Mummy had to come back and get us.

As we were driving away this other car came past us and Mum said it was the Guardia Civil and it was a good thing we weren't still on the beach as Mummy & Daddy might have got into trouble - and we wouldn't want that.

I hope we can go again another day, it was brilliant.

It's our 1st birthday soon - can you believe it?

Mum told me today that it's our birthday 1 week from today. Now I have no idea what that means but it seems important so I tried to look interested.

She got all soppy on me and started to look at our baby photos - aah, come on Mum, not those again!

OK, here's a couple of our favourites to remind you how cute we were.

3 weeks old

The family

We enjoyed scrambled eggs for breakfast from the very first day with Mum & Dad

And we've always loved each other

Our friend Ruby's gone home today

We waved goodbye to our friend Ruby today. Ruby is from Sheffield and has been to stay for a few days. She has played ball with us every day, taken us for walks and given us lots of cuddles. She tried to teach me to play a card game called 'Solitaire' but I couldn't concentrate for long enough because every time someone walked past our gate I would run out to see who it was, and to have a quick bark.

Trouble was, because I'm not allowed at the table she was showing us how to play on the floor, infront of the door and everytime me or our Brandy ran out, we ran across the cards and spoiled the game - apparently.

Thanks for visiting us Ruby, we've had lots of fun.

Brinkley & Brandy

It looks like a mop, but it barks!

Mum and Dad have bought this new telly and everything is really big. But now, strange things appear on it - like in this one, there was this mega-big moppy looking thing that barked - I went to take a closer look but I couldn't work out what it was. I barked at it lots of times but it didn't seem to be able to hear me 'cos all it kept barking was 'get me off this table, I don't like heights!'

The man with the moppy thing seemed very nice.

Our Brandy couldn't be bothered with it all!

It's cool here too!

We've been watching GMTV this morning wiv Mum and we've seen all this white stuff on the screen. Now, me and our Brandy didn't know what this stuff was but Mum reminded us that when we were little baby pups we did play out in it a few times and it was called snow and it only comes when it's really really cold.

She found some old photos out of when we were babies, you know, like Mum's do, so I thought I would share this one with you.

It's quite cool here today, it's only 19c and the sun is out, the sky is blue but it is a bit windy. We've just come back from a walk with some friends who arrived from England last night - and they are currently sitting outside by the pool relaxing.

Mum says I have to stop 'rubbing it in now' - but I don't know what that means! (Tee Hee!!! Aren't I naughty?)

Bye for now

Brinkley (I'm the one at the front) and our Brandy

We have new names.

Last night, Mummy came home and told us we have new names. It seems some of the men and ladies of Terreros have trouble remembering we are Brinkley & Brandy

so they call us

Bradford & Bingley!

They could have at least renamed us with new spanish names

How about Juan and José?

Just a quick 'HOLA for the weekend'

Not a lot to tell you today, it's gone a bit cold so we are playing inside (it's only 18c this morning) and yesterday we had loads of rain again so we stayed in and watched TV!

But me & our Brandy just wanted to say Hi to everyone and hope you have a good weekend!

We have friends coming to stay next week so we've got to help mum get their room ready but she's off to Garrucha market this morning with Aunty Lucy and Dad's at golf. I hope she leaves us a decent film on the telly, we're getting fed up with 'This Morning' with Fern & Phillip although we do have a good laugh at Loose Women!

Can't wait to see you next week, Ruby.

Have a good weekend everyone.

(Mum said I could have a biscuit if I did my blog - so, that's it, job done!)

Love Brinkley

x x x

Is this the 11th fairway?

Mum and Dad play golf.....a lot! Now, me and our Brandy don't understand what golf is but today we went on a really long walk to a new golf course that is near where we live. It's not open yet so we were allowed to walk around it - well, really Mum and Dad wanted a look to see what the new course is like.

Me & our Brandy were allowed off our leads so we could run around and we found this green stuff - now, we don't have green stuff on the floor here, it;s all sand, or concrete, or tarmac, or what I think is volcanic rock - well, that's what it looks like and feels like.

Our Brandy says he can remember some green stuff from when we really young and lived in the other house and that it's called grass, but I don't.

Anyway Dad said it was a fairway and we weren't to run through the bunkers (the what?) but we had a great time chasing each other across the fairway and we decided if this is what 'golf' is then we can understand why Mum and Dad enjoy it so much.

I hope we can go to golf again soon.

New neighbour, new friend?

Mums been telling us for a while that we will soon be making new friends and we thought it was because we were moving again. But, I have to admit, there is no frantic box packing or moving things around like before and no sign of any green dots so maybe it's not us that's going anywhere.

Anyway, this morning I went out of our front door as normal and right across the path was a new neighbour, peeking through the fence - just how cheeky is that? I mean you would never catch me and our Brandy peeking through fences at people......well, OK maybe you would - but we'd be much more discrete about it. And, we find it easier to go up onto the roof anyway!

So, let me introduce you to our new neighbour........

Of course, at the moment we don't know how friendly he is, just that he's very cheeky!

Wot the 'eck?

Well, wot a night we've had! I remember mum telling us a story ages ago when we were babies about chicken licken and the sky falling in and we really thought it was happening last night.

We've had some storms since we've been here, we've even been out in them but mainly we've watched 'em through the window. But at 2 this morning me and our Brandy both woke up at exactly the same time and started barking like mad at all the noise, we thought the roof was coming down and that we should tell Mum and Dad.

Mum and Dad gave us a cuddle and told us we was ok and could go back to sleep 'cos it was only thunder and it was outside and we was safe, so we did.

I feel sorry for them next door, they only came out yesterday 'cos they got a cheap flight and fancied a bit of sun and they say there isn't any where they live - well I want them to go back home 'cos I think they've brought their weather wiv 'em - and we don't like it, it's scary!

New tricks!

Now that we've grown up we've started to find we can get to things we couldn't get to before. Mummy & Daddy couldn't work out how we were doing things for ages - then mum spotted us.

One night they'd gone out and left a newspaper on the dining room table. Now, we worked it out that if we stood on our back legs and rested our front legs on the seats of the dining chairs which could get to from the side, we could just reach the little bit of the paper that was peaking out over the edge of the table - yep, a little bit of a stretch and we had it - welcome home mum & dad, we've shredded it - all over the floor.

Next trick - we managed to get one of the table mats off the table and mum couldn't find it when they came to have dinner 'cos we'd hidden it in our travel crate - she found it eventually but it was funny while she was looking for it. If we could whistle nonchalently, we would've!

So, they started to move everything away so we couldn't reach anything and we had to find something else to do.

So, we did!

First of all, we went upstairs to the roof terrace, 'course we had to wait until all the rain had stopped first.














Then when we got to the top we had a look to see what we could see, but the walls were in the way, so.......

















.....we went across the roof terrace and jumped up to see what we could see .............and a whole new world opened up for us. We could see the cats in next doors garden, we could see other doggies as they walked up the road and we could see lots of people walking around, it was great.





















And as long as we don't bark (too much), mum and dad don't mind.

Now we go up there a lot and it's not too hot anymore so we don't have to worry about getting sun stroke.

It's dead good having a bruvver to play with on a rainy day!

Yep, it's still raining and although we don't mind going out in it, Mum makes such a fuss when we come back in, chasing us around with towels to dry our feet and rub our coats, it gets dead annoying. Then she won't let us go out so we have to play inside. But today me and our Brandy's had a brill time. We got one of our old toys out that our Uncle Andy got us for Christmas.

Now when we first had them they were huge. We used to sleep with them in our beds 'cos they kept us warm. Uncle Andy got us one each, this is me with mine when I was a baby - all together now......

aaaahhhhhh!

Now that we're bigger than them, we can pull 'em around and kill 'em and it's right good when we both pick on the same one, it don't stand a chance!

Sometimes, we need to have a rest, but we still keep it pinned down ready for the next attack.

And when the day is finished and it's time to go to bed, we always make sure we're together 'cos our Brandy's my bestest friend and I'm his.

I luv my bruv!

When's it going to stop mum?

Just a week ago we were outside with our shades on. It was sunny, it was warm and it was dry.

When Mum told us we were moving to live in Spain she told us it was the driest part of Spain, it hardly ever rained and we would be able to play outside all the time.

Well guess what? She lied!!!

It rained so heavy on Sunday night we couldn't go out for our walk before bedtime.

It rained on Tuesday, so heavy we couldn't go out for more than 2 minutes without getting drenched - but it was only for the morning and then it was sunny and dry.

Then it started again last night, and it rained, and it rained and guess what - it's still raining now. So we've not been for our walk this morning and we're still waiting. We keep checking and Mum says we can go out but we have to use a 'brolly' - go on then, how are we going to hold onto one of them things? Besides, all them other dogs would think we were soft lads.

And when it rains here it really, really rains. Luckily we live on an 'ill so it all runs down towards the sea, but it's like a river and me and our Brandy are frightened we'll get swept away.

Oh, hang on - it's stopped. Got to go, I can hear the jangle of my lead.

See ya!

Good Luck Girls!

We have some friends, Jane & Angela, back in Sheffield who are covering a new job today, for the first time while another of our friends, Marilyn, is on holiday in the Lake District. So this is just to say

JANE & ANGELA

Well, thanks very much mum!

Yesterday, we called to see Aunty Lucy and she told us that we were all going out today, our Brandy, mum and Aunty Lucy ..... and that she just might have a surprise for us.



This morning, mum said we weren't going for our usual early walk 'cos we were going for a walk along the promenade next to the beach with Aunty Lucy.



We were really good about not going out for our early walk, even though we really like going out early. We were really good when mum took dad to golf, we were even really good when she came back and STILL didn't take us out. We love walking down by the beach, we love our Aunty Lucy - we were happy to wait.



AND THEN IT STARTED TO RAIN!



Now, if you've read mum's blog, you'll know that at the moment when it rains, it's raining sand and that everything is getting covered in a thick brown layer of dust so guess what,



it starts to rain ......



AND WE DON'T GET TO GO OUT!!!









But wait, it gets worse.



Not only do we not get to go out BUT......









MUM WENT OUT ANYWAY - BUT WITHOUT US!



When she came back she brought us a new toy that Aunty Lucy had got for us, but trust me - it didn't do it for us. We were looking forward to our promised walk...






Thanks a lot mum.

So, what's been happening lately?

This is me just waiting for something to happen.

Over the last few weeks something was always happening, and this week it's all stopped. We did go shopping on Sunday to a place nearby called Villarricos, a nice little place with boats. The market was good 'cos there were loads of doggies there, some of which were really friendly and this old man stopped and stroked us. We couldn't understand what he was saying because he spoke that Spanish language that mum's learning, so she spoke to him for us.

And when we came home we had to go a really daft way round town to get home because there was this event on called a triathalon, where they were swimming in the sea and then bike riding and running along the promenade but we didn't think much to it - mum said there were lots of very fit young men - whatever that means.

And when we were in the car we got stopped in a long queue on the road while this procession of floats crossed over near Puerta Rey 'cos they was havin' a festival on the beach, Dad says they were probably throwing something into the sea, 'cos that's what they normally do.

And when we were coming home from Aguilas we had to go through a lot of police who were stopping cars, but they didn't stop us, Dad says they were only stopping posh cars.

And on Sunday we all went to a party at Rags's house, but Rags isn't very well and has had to go to the vets today and stay in to have some stuff dripped into her. Rags is a lovely doggy who lives next door but one, she was a rescue dog and has got some really nice people looking after her now, but she's been poorly before this with a bad eye and so she is really unhappy.

And last night we went to visit Rusty, another of our doggy friends. She's another resue doggy - actually nearly all our friends are rescue doggies, mum says it's because there are a lot of doggies not looked after properly over here.

Anyway, me and our Brandy are just waiting around for something to happen, 'cos it's really quiet at the moment!

Our Brandy swims out on his own......but not for long!

Our Brandy really loves being in the pool, he will swim out from the step himself and fetch back toys - he's really good at it

However, I got fed-up running around the edge of the pool rather than being in with him so I asked mum to help me.....

And now we can do synchronised swimming (but I still let brandy get the toy, I haven't worked out how to get it yet - when I try it just swims away from me, I think I would have to put my face under water, and that's not something I'm keen on!)

All back together again

Mum and Dad came back a few days ago and although we have really liked Aunty Lucy and Uncle Chris looking after us, it's not as good as having our mum & dad back. We didn't know they were coming home and just thought Uncle Chris was coming to stay the night when we heard the gate close, and then when we looked out of the window mum and dad were coming up the drive. Me and our Brandy were running around all over, we didn't know who to say hello to first.


Mum sat down on the settee and then we could both get close to her to say hello and she hugged us both really tight. Then we went to see daddy and he gaves us a big hug too.


Since then, we haven't wanted them to go out incase they didn't come back again. But we've had lots of walks and played in the pool a lot, our Brandy can fetch our new yellow spikey toy out of the pool when mum & dad throw it in, I can't do it 'cos I can't swim as good as our Brandy.And anyway, I think the water is getting colder so I don't think I want to go in it anymore. I heard mum saying something to Dad about it being cooler than before they went away. I don't understand what she was saying about centigrades and things, I know about centipedes but I've never seen a centigrade!

Anyway, we still see Aunty Lucy, we called last night on our way back from our walk to say goodnight and she was really pleased to see us, and mum says we can go and visit Uncle Chris tomorrow for a doggy G&T, 'cos he spoils us a lot. He thinks he's giving us something really special so I don't like to tell him it tastes just like our water at home.

Now Dad's gone and Uncle Chris and Aunty Lucy are looking after us

Well, no sooner had we got used to mum not being here but now dad's gone as well. We have Uncle Chris, who gives us doggy G&T's when we go past his place on walks, well he's staying with us at night and makes our scrambley eggs for breakfast, and then aunty Lucy comes to takes us for a walk and we go and spend the day with her. They are looking after us really well. They've told us mum and dad will be back next week but we know we will get lots of hugs and biscuits while they are away.

They told us that mum's daddy who was really poorly has passed away and that mummy is really sad, which is why daddy has gone to be with her. When she comes back we're going to give her lots of hugs to make her feel better 'cos we know how sad we feel when she's only gone for a few days and Aunty Lucy said that mummy won't ever be able to see her daddy again, and that's so sad.

Mum's going again.

We've just been told that mum's going away again to visit her dad, who lives along way away, so we won't see her for a while - and I won't be able to write on here, but please come back in a week or so, she should be back then - please, please, please, we hope she isn't away too long - daddy looks after us really well but we really miss mum when she goes away.

Today, we went to the top of the world!

It's really hot at the moment and mum wanted to take us for a walk somewhere there would be a breeze so it was more comfortable for us.

So, we were off in the car - only about 10 minutes and when we got out we were on top of the world -and it was windy up there - it felt nice.

We could see all the way down, there was a good path to walk on but Dad wouldn't take us. He said it was a long way down - and while going down was ok, coming back would be a problem - and, having discussed it with our Brandy - we reckon he was right. We had a walk around the top instead and then when we got home, we went visiting to a nice lady who gave us lots of cuddles - and beef BBQ crisps! We like going visiting, every one thinks we're so cute they spoil us.

A few days practice and look at him now.........

I think our Brandy's getting too good in the water, now look at him - hitching a ride with mum!

I don't like going in but I do just to please mum. I let her hold me and take me in to the water but as soon as I feel I've been in there long enough - I swim to the edge.

However, I do join him for a drink now and again.

That's me on the left. Cute, aren't I?