Poodle Pals

Firstly, I am so excited that I have been nominated for a "Cutest Video" FIDO award at Dogs with Blogs! It's for my "Snow Bunny" video. There are lots of great categories to vote for, so head on over & take a look. If you like my video, vote Oscar for an Oscar, erm I mean a FIDO!

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I know I have mentioned my Poodle friends to you all before on my Blog. Their mum is Aunty Kim who did my grooming last weekend.

Now although I like all the Poodles a lot, Paddy, who is 2 weeks older than me, has always been a bit scared of me. It's probably nothing to do with the fact that I rugby tackled him to the floor & held him there the first time we met, right? Hmm...anyway, Paddy has always barked at me lots, bared his teeth & run to his mum or his Poodle brother or sister for back up whenever I've been around him. Mum & Aunty Kim were upset about this as they are really good friends & thought it was a shame that we are so close in age, live so near each other, yet didn't get on.

Well, Aunty Kim has been bringing Paddy to the same puppy class as me for a month or so now, so he has got used to seeing me there. When I went to get groomed last week, Paddy didn't do any barking at me, so mum & Aunty Kim decided to let us have a play date to see how we got on. They thought now that Paddy's more used to seeing me he might be calmer, and also now that I've lost my *ahem* " boy bits", he might see me as less of a threat.

So, initial contact was made. See what a big boy he is! I look a bit wary as he has a loud bark when he gets going.

So far so good. Paddy lines up for a good old butt sniff.

There's a Poodle on my bottom!

I decide to go in for a reciprocal sniff, but my timing really sucked! Pee pee alert!!

We had a play with the Kong, but neither of us was that interested as there was no food in it, boring.

I gave Paddy some tips on helping his mum & dad prune the garden shrubs.

When we were all played out we went to see what the others were doing. This is Daisy, Paddy's big sister. She is 7 years old. This is what she does 95% of the time, she's a proper lady of leisure. My dad loves Daisy a lot.

This is Jamie. He's a miniature Poodle & he's 15 years old. He has no time whatsoever for puppies, so I leave him to it, as for a little guy, he has a pretty mean growl. His eyes are all cloudy, but apart from that he's in pretty good shape for an old timer.

As Daisy & Jamie were being boring & snoozing, & the hoomans were all nattering, Paddy & I continued playing with a round of "bitey face game". Check out my gnashers!

A rare pause in play, and mum gets us to pose nicely. It's blurry as she turned the flash off to prevent "devil dog" eyes.

I was soooooooo tired by the end of the afternoon, but Paddy looks like he's got lots more play in him. Go Paddy!

I am so glad that Paddy has realised that I'm not a scary Airedale Terror, and I reckon we're going to have some great fun together!



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