tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51952769357266470912024-03-16T07:08:23.907+00:00The Adventures of Oscar the AiredaleThe life and times of an English Airedale Terrier puppyOscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-43009674585091822892008-07-28T11:41:00.000+00:002008-07-28T11:45:24.612+00:00One year onIt's one year ago today since we lost our darling boy Oscar so suddenly and tragically. In some respects it seems so raw and recent, and in another it seems a lifetime since we snuggled into his fur and had him trotting around the house and garden with us. He still holds the most enormous spot in our hearts, and we miss him every single day. <br /><br />Oscar, our darling, sweet boy 28/05/2006 - 28/07/2007<br /><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-69.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=un&il=1&channel=216172782124302185&site=widget-69.slide.com" style="width:426px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:426px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&at=un&id=216172782124302185&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p1/216172782124302185/un_t014_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&at=un&id=216172782124302185&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p2/216172782124302185/un_t014_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&at=un&id=216172782124302185&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p4/216172782124302185/un_t014_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com204tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-59824268542420367412008-05-28T16:40:00.003+00:002008-05-28T16:45:41.005+00:00Happy 2nd Birthday Darling Oscar<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKkUR5JHaEJ9m64QGpPO_jpLrQpObZ7Zuc17HLl7s5CYBkbJ8NsQN49hU8RUUfPpip-1as53zcb4thMXGEWLjT-kLbvrrlgtmEIWwnKkHXgjHrZL8wsQBpmMxG8HQFiPCmhdaT57UwMKJ/s1600-h/Picture+822.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205470020484432850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKkUR5JHaEJ9m64QGpPO_jpLrQpObZ7Zuc17HLl7s5CYBkbJ8NsQN49hU8RUUfPpip-1as53zcb4thMXGEWLjT-kLbvrrlgtmEIWwnKkHXgjHrZL8wsQBpmMxG8HQFiPCmhdaT57UwMKJ/s400/Picture+822.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Happy 2nd birthday to you our sweet boy. We so desperately wish you were here with us, it seems so unfair that you only got to celebrate one birthday with you. We miss you each and every day. Harry and Cassidy are wearing your bandanna's in your honour, I hope they are doing you proud.<br /><br />We love you and always will,<br />Mummy & daddy xxxOscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-64481819976407761482007-10-11T11:27:00.000+00:002007-10-11T11:45:34.217+00:00Remembering Oscar Always<span style="font-size:130%;">We will never forget you darling Oscar. I hope you know how much you are loved and that we miss you every day. You were a one in a million special and unique boy. I hope you are pleased that </span><a href="http://www.cassidytheairedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Harry and Cassidy</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> will keep us company and teach us even more Airedale ways. They will never replace you, but have made our hearts happier again, which I'm sure is what you would want.</span><br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-69.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=un&il=1&channel=216172782124302185&site=widget-69.slide.com" style="width:426px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:426px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&ad=0&id=216172782124302185&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p1/216172782124302185/un_t014_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&ad=0&id=216172782124302185&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p2/216172782124302185/un_t014_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">All our love forever fuzzy boy,</span></span> <p></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">mummy and daddy xxx</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-88105361163161731042007-10-01T13:32:00.001+00:002007-10-01T15:57:39.280+00:00The Name's Harry, Happy Harry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbmCFF1aXt17LBi7T-J3CVMnw_0-gR0ZxzZ2YwOmPq8kAi_uiSY4HLc7CFnMz5QvE1kkVm5CxmOw0v2LcrhAj9OEpS7a0Adb8DSeGJfPURFL_59rn2mRpYirOsfJa5NjgZxqtrIIAYWZ-/s1600-h/Harry+Boy.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116361613839335890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbmCFF1aXt17LBi7T-J3CVMnw_0-gR0ZxzZ2YwOmPq8kAi_uiSY4HLc7CFnMz5QvE1kkVm5CxmOw0v2LcrhAj9OEpS7a0Adb8DSeGJfPURFL_59rn2mRpYirOsfJa5NjgZxqtrIIAYWZ-/s400/Harry+Boy.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Hello old chaps and chapesses. Harry's the name. Absolutely super to meet you all. My new master and mistress have told me you're all absolutely fabulous types, so I hope you'll be pleased to meet me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As I said, my name is Harry. I'm 10 1/2. My birthday is 14th March, which Katy says is the same day as Oscar's girl <a href="http://www.faya-airedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Faya</span></a>. I have lived with my old family since I was 12 weeks old, but they have been having a few difficulties and I was no longer able to live with them and they needed to find me a new home urgently. My old family loved me lots though and found an Airedale rescue service and asked them to find me a simply marvellous home befitting an older timer like me. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I am a very fortunate chap I know, as almost immediately the rescue coordinator rang to say he had talked all about me with a lovely couple and that they had decided they would like to meet me with a view to offering me a home. They came to see me and talk to my family, and of course one they met yours truly it was a done deal.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I came to live with my new master and mistress Katy and Martin on Saturday evening. I must say they seem jolly nice so far, and they have a rather pretty old pusscat girl called Flakes who I think I could be very good pals with. They have told me that it gets better, and that in 5 weeks time a young whippersnapper named Cassidy will come to live here too. That sounds topper. I lived with 2 dogs and I do love a young pup to play with and keep me young at heart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As I said, I'm a bit long in the tooth at 10 1/2, but that doesn't hold an Airedale like me back. The old legs give me some jip but I still like a good stroll. My eyes are a bit cloudy but I still have darn good eyesight, and the hearing is a sharp as ever. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I grew up with children and love them immensely. I met master girls yesterday and reckon they're just super. They gave me plenty of cuddles and fuss, but know to leave me be for an afternoon nap. What more could I ask for?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I have been for a recce of the new patch and it seems jolly nice. Left some pee on every lamp post and tree to let the local boys know there's a new stud in town. Met a few dogs and had some good sniffs. I hear I am off out tonight to meet Poppy, a pal of master and mistresses darling Oscar. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Talking of Oscar, I believe he had a hand in making sure I found this fabulous new home, so thank you Oscar. Even though I didn't now you, I am learning lots about you and you sound like an amazing young chap. If I can make your mum and dad a tenth as happy as you did I'll feel blessed indeed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Katy says I can share <a href="http://www.cassidytheairedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Cassidy's</span></a> blog, as she wants Oscar's to be mainly about him and a tribute to his memory, so please come on over there to learn more about me and hear about the young 'un.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I'll leave you with a few piccies of the first day of my new life. I am charmed to meet you all and hope we'll become firm friends.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Here I am with Martin getting plenty of ear scratches. I may be an old gent, but I just love lots of attention and love. Nothing wrong with being an old softie I say!</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsCHhteEYS8VRGCpPuf2rzxjcel_aTgU_E2fZGchTSRZ7Ig5NJj33j8msH0l8QHpCConmAOI9vvR0KqBxZzuFGksljHMhcFxGlmRlsxm5sY4aeoPV5fWTfDtltIxU9YKnFDsm1FdGO2Ac/s1600-h/Harry+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116361618134303202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsCHhteEYS8VRGCpPuf2rzxjcel_aTgU_E2fZGchTSRZ7Ig5NJj33j8msH0l8QHpCConmAOI9vvR0KqBxZzuFGksljHMhcFxGlmRlsxm5sY4aeoPV5fWTfDtltIxU9YKnFDsm1FdGO2Ac/s400/Harry+1.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Here I am trying to persuade Flakes that I'm a good egg. I think she is semi-convinced. I'm sure my charm will win her round soon.</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qqm46XwJaIwcr9AxNMytuARnilRSbrKDurLKUSclDzI28F1Kruvt1Q1Ng6id8PLQZY-tyPpuGMGterT9VUVLJemtRK7WcEV_f0ZpM3Eqjqu-eni7BZWp41pYiYrlYPEttpPkiOvWQ_3h/s1600-h/Harry+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116361622429270514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qqm46XwJaIwcr9AxNMytuARnilRSbrKDurLKUSclDzI28F1Kruvt1Q1Ng6id8PLQZY-tyPpuGMGterT9VUVLJemtRK7WcEV_f0ZpM3Eqjqu-eni7BZWp41pYiYrlYPEttpPkiOvWQ_3h/s400/Harry+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">I have been out every day to pay my respects to Oscar. I really do think he got me here and I will forever be in his debt.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnC2et0OsbweilrCkmTD_6OX6KUuPep7q1Hg4vFmYsyOFZ-fv-G58mv6ilM6Mpe074O9e7jafqtT8MaWEQZSJ85JD3HbdKYQSdhTdFGHCGxahlakpGEMQ8TtCmGIRV1FvNURS4-dkkDVak/s1600-h/Harry+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116361622429270530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnC2et0OsbweilrCkmTD_6OX6KUuPep7q1Hg4vFmYsyOFZ-fv-G58mv6ilM6Mpe074O9e7jafqtT8MaWEQZSJ85JD3HbdKYQSdhTdFGHCGxahlakpGEMQ8TtCmGIRV1FvNURS4-dkkDVak/s400/Harry+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Toodle pip for now,</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Harry x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-53638201521793471032007-09-19T14:35:00.000+00:002007-09-20T09:30:51.150+00:00WESWATC Fun Day 2007On Sunday after lots of indecision, we decided we would go along to the <a href="http://www.airedaleclub.org.uk/"><span style="color:#006600;">WESWATC</span></a> annual fun day. We had planned to go with Oscar, and we decided it would still be nice to go and see his friends.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW9ifDW6vI3XgiWGqc0JxFMHI5unkpC-oThtg28R8y69nfaiMGfs-KXS4SVNeZ4JwkkM9qNPILSFJdJItjku4VNRqNDUyx76p1kPROywi8PEvLE_j9BZP1Txq7JfL1A2PO9tpeEKFaEGE/s1600-h/Group+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925633465283522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW9ifDW6vI3XgiWGqc0JxFMHI5unkpC-oThtg28R8y69nfaiMGfs-KXS4SVNeZ4JwkkM9qNPILSFJdJItjku4VNRqNDUyx76p1kPROywi8PEvLE_j9BZP1Txq7JfL1A2PO9tpeEKFaEGE/s400/Group+8.JPG" border="0" /></a>We arrived in time to see the egg and spoon races. In this photo you can see from left to right <a href="http://www.mojoairedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Mojo</span></a> and her dad, Russell, another Oscar, Archie and Willow.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw8vMVUIum8y9-YpH3KVOtqUq0wGJzphyphenhyphen5Tg0qazkIg0qEphalHHnh1II1yHFLMUcvVVCddd8DefKN5-HMTHDv3Fs5mIuI6lTBl5pHKc6s8Gcfz6-nUxrossMUz4Kq14hF_9GiIPObnac/s1600-h/Egg+and+spoon.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925526091101042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw8vMVUIum8y9-YpH3KVOtqUq0wGJzphyphenhyphen5Tg0qazkIg0qEphalHHnh1II1yHFLMUcvVVCddd8DefKN5-HMTHDv3Fs5mIuI6lTBl5pHKc6s8Gcfz6-nUxrossMUz4Kq14hF_9GiIPObnac/s400/Egg+and+spoon.JPG" border="0" /></a>Here is Oscar's good pal Archie. They met up at grooming, walks and other club events and got up to all kinds of mischief together. You can't really see too well, but he's wearing his polka dot bandanna from Oscar.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuAVG5GBwnshOUgjXgX6gsdbjZ8-WEtc4-XnNuwtyjfpQSNWBlx9vJT_CLqLkqUrsuWDf2X4EIdOZsrTTwPh8JTjWyw4f6HDxEtmGSFUInYyqiZyoK7jk1ftBcHAv5hJARw9qj4ve2v-L/s1600-h/Archie.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925526091101058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuAVG5GBwnshOUgjXgX6gsdbjZ8-WEtc4-XnNuwtyjfpQSNWBlx9vJT_CLqLkqUrsuWDf2X4EIdOZsrTTwPh8JTjWyw4f6HDxEtmGSFUInYyqiZyoK7jk1ftBcHAv5hJARw9qj4ve2v-L/s400/Archie.JPG" border="0" /></a>This little cutie pie is Ruby. She was a darling. She's been very poorly so is a bit small and skinny for her age, but she still had great time, not letting anything hold her back in true Airedale style. I had lots of cuddles.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlTyLm47JCC9uCvFKe3FjynpN9rYPQklmCN647XYUPSuSWKV-aZaHMRKqBUrucHTLTwTM32UL6BqqEUUjJgrz1ME1P9hxuXC7B2oB7dizRETWFxdSPJOYIN-X3OsvyrqsRwPuHXOqDGxC/s1600-h/Cheeky+Ruby.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925530386068370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlTyLm47JCC9uCvFKe3FjynpN9rYPQklmCN647XYUPSuSWKV-aZaHMRKqBUrucHTLTwTM32UL6BqqEUUjJgrz1ME1P9hxuXC7B2oB7dizRETWFxdSPJOYIN-X3OsvyrqsRwPuHXOqDGxC/s400/Cheeky+Ruby.JPG" border="0" /></a>She almost fell asleep on my lap. She had the sweetest fuzzy little face. Hopefully now her medication is sorted out, she'll stay healthy and happy.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9sULILnv1oZUKEATGXLqIJJ_y6DY4Ar_HMzCBWExUaO3yjuCy2DezglPi3uJwELc7SXF7UFvqmR_Be-yt5_I6YghZHSnZ_Hkpbs3BdrLzkG_BaMd9d3hAtVeKE_6fZVBOt4l79aJQSqj/s1600-h/Ruby.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925530386068386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9sULILnv1oZUKEATGXLqIJJ_y6DY4Ar_HMzCBWExUaO3yjuCy2DezglPi3uJwELc7SXF7UFvqmR_Be-yt5_I6YghZHSnZ_Hkpbs3BdrLzkG_BaMd9d3hAtVeKE_6fZVBOt4l79aJQSqj/s400/Ruby.JPG" border="0" /></a>We took E and J with us, and they really enjoyed playing with all the Dales. Here's J getting Ruby to sit for a treat. I think they are now quite excited about our new puppy after being quite upset and confused about Oscar's death.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3STWx2jE3ZES5VGyKw-yqNcR1BTjhi-pzr5rA1c5UZnlyc5QHhMzPv1eaQvgzWNF-ynm8IXNHbDQODpHZZ4Z6xH7z_9e6XRWKb1kGTmWn_stqAQR3Yr71R6P6gHQosaGMjzrqKmSDLqo/s1600-h/Jess+and+Ruby.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925534681035698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3STWx2jE3ZES5VGyKw-yqNcR1BTjhi-pzr5rA1c5UZnlyc5QHhMzPv1eaQvgzWNF-ynm8IXNHbDQODpHZZ4Z6xH7z_9e6XRWKb1kGTmWn_stqAQR3Yr71R6P6gHQosaGMjzrqKmSDLqo/s400/Jess+and+Ruby.JPG" border="0" /></a>The mummy dog game is a popular one. Basically you have to wrap your dog in as much toilet roll as possible in 2 minutes. Little Willow was quite relaxed about it all. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1it4Ss6T_bwnng2HH6nQevG_TUXG08lEF6BUon7rUoLLLXfmeK9L1GzLRUB869iqTvNbdceEOc9EsOUeIas7F01SlopLqo_OVISD_d7Wl4gvG4Ajno80m_W5tpJ_Tsfhlgm7i23oMqhC/s1600-h/Mummy+dog.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925281277965122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1it4Ss6T_bwnng2HH6nQevG_TUXG08lEF6BUon7rUoLLLXfmeK9L1GzLRUB869iqTvNbdceEOc9EsOUeIas7F01SlopLqo_OVISD_d7Wl4gvG4Ajno80m_W5tpJ_Tsfhlgm7i23oMqhC/s400/Mummy+dog.JPG" border="0" /></a>Her big brother Jasper looked a little embarrassed about it all.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivMa88qF2I3BvlIjpHmSnlwTiSvuK3uEdEc9iosUgd09LnTNkY8kd5u81GFmels5YCD-gPPveL5logVCoH7-rrhDgv_8XGAP1WIM5qmw35cg0aDXMrXnxFBZyrVubUeRukXKRfPM-bEz1/s1600-h/Jasper+mummy+dog.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925281277965138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivMa88qF2I3BvlIjpHmSnlwTiSvuK3uEdEc9iosUgd09LnTNkY8kd5u81GFmels5YCD-gPPveL5logVCoH7-rrhDgv_8XGAP1WIM5qmw35cg0aDXMrXnxFBZyrVubUeRukXKRfPM-bEz1/s400/Jasper+mummy+dog.JPG" border="0" /></a>And feisty young miss <a href="http://www.mojoairedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Mojo</span></a> was having none of it. As soon as her dad got one piece wrapped around her, she whipped round and tore it off. They eventually managed to get some on her tail in a last ditch attempt! </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ007bhve9JktmAFfYNNs-IYiO04tsTXOvQdz-sDg1bhV-u8AxFe8oA8m7RECwihNPejJEac5aUtyz9eTN1X9TcbdOWFAcwawxgG-Uc8zCmKzJ2UCb-lRZmJzaKZ6CEBAawKY4RJn8x-IJ/s1600-h/Mojo+mummy+dog.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925289867899746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ007bhve9JktmAFfYNNs-IYiO04tsTXOvQdz-sDg1bhV-u8AxFe8oA8m7RECwihNPejJEac5aUtyz9eTN1X9TcbdOWFAcwawxgG-Uc8zCmKzJ2UCb-lRZmJzaKZ6CEBAawKY4RJn8x-IJ/s400/Mojo+mummy+dog.JPG" border="0" /></a> We took Oscar's cowboy outfit along, as we had had it made for him by Butchy and Snickers' mum to wear today. We asked Mojo's mum and dad if she'd like to wear it in his honour. Even though it was very large for her, she still managed to carry it off with a certain <em>je ne sais quoi </em>and scooped 3rd prize.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6KX0pAlg9L_S4UMXdph7nn9e1YCVQ8tXIiZyIyDzIpc2Sk9rp70uDXGjZ9MO5rzq31oheLsR0TVDFnCOw8NA78EkxwBPAV4nHhl8eUPrBErWeCIl-1I8dzVxtuY5OC_yINBo1-t0K-c9/s1600-h/Mojo+cowgirl.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925126659142418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6KX0pAlg9L_S4UMXdph7nn9e1YCVQ8tXIiZyIyDzIpc2Sk9rp70uDXGjZ9MO5rzq31oheLsR0TVDFnCOw8NA78EkxwBPAV4nHhl8eUPrBErWeCIl-1I8dzVxtuY5OC_yINBo1-t0K-c9/s400/Mojo+cowgirl.JPG" border="0" /></a>There was some pretty stiff competition for the title as you can see. Bob Marley Dale.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4ioAIhJEgqYzi4LZi51QTcULWqayZI2ZuUAsKBXNeHM0WxFxMC9ulu561fMEjOGsTqmDJ6gyfzoBNDtsuDnH534lHbazD3LWcPbu6HpYpFL6vayNpTwywRdVY4LWDSIIzrkCFSiwYD2X/s1600-h/Rasta+dog.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925126659142434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4ioAIhJEgqYzi4LZi51QTcULWqayZI2ZuUAsKBXNeHM0WxFxMC9ulu561fMEjOGsTqmDJ6gyfzoBNDtsuDnH534lHbazD3LWcPbu6HpYpFL6vayNpTwywRdVY4LWDSIIzrkCFSiwYD2X/s400/Rasta+dog.JPG" border="0" /></a>Oscar's pal Rupert dressed as his namesake <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Bear"><span style="color:#006600;">Rupert the Bear</span> </a></p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2kzdmlMTHKaoIfmi0QJspwsacDzFbxEpG7Ml9M2DSndd4_6uy2D4Hjg-aWUo8IdWB7aEae4yMUFCjllkh355wyJzfautaHy_KKsRl0zkORblA1u6wZpIvMd5QmvThOxOSIowuHNN4Bzs/s1600-h/Rupert+as+Rupert+Bear.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111925126659142450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2kzdmlMTHKaoIfmi0QJspwsacDzFbxEpG7Ml9M2DSndd4_6uy2D4Hjg-aWUo8IdWB7aEae4yMUFCjllkh355wyJzfautaHy_KKsRl0zkORblA1u6wZpIvMd5QmvThOxOSIowuHNN4Bzs/s400/Rupert+as+Rupert+Bear.JPG" border="0" /></a>Pirates of the Caribbean must be popular amongst Airedales as there we two Pirates present. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGQGPjilNYnUoWv1cGo2L8vDiL-qNSS_J8QOiA_rrxppoQ2Of0_-31s2r9el3fyNZjO-6s-dkv3xp0njKV5nk0qIgi38poqd_q0oCuWCWxsZ2gRmQOVZ8-j1Lz-ixpvPTOXFvnsVuDhqw/s1600-h/Pirate+Dale.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924714342281922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGQGPjilNYnUoWv1cGo2L8vDiL-qNSS_J8QOiA_rrxppoQ2Of0_-31s2r9el3fyNZjO-6s-dkv3xp0njKV5nk0qIgi38poqd_q0oCuWCWxsZ2gRmQOVZ8-j1Lz-ixpvPTOXFvnsVuDhqw/s400/Pirate+Dale.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BbqnQZ_n6v5nDsJ1FXQjCrMIQprcGzQkNqcQww-j7qg5lLO0ej3mTkhj4m9s0TRiwPXE2FzsVvAhZobbcE6SWC3U8gZ5rS62eCitQcA6gbcv5hPFc4W3ywlbGkm6Ml35c1tY0eMp1G1t/s1600-h/Another+pirate+Dale.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924718637249234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BbqnQZ_n6v5nDsJ1FXQjCrMIQprcGzQkNqcQww-j7qg5lLO0ej3mTkhj4m9s0TRiwPXE2FzsVvAhZobbcE6SWC3U8gZ5rS62eCitQcA6gbcv5hPFc4W3ywlbGkm6Ml35c1tY0eMp1G1t/s400/Another+pirate+Dale.JPG" border="0" /></a>I'm not quite sure what this guy was trying to be, but he seemed quite impressed with his outfit despite looking a bit silly.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-D_VMW65azhij0CqtI_7lLC_ixwuhPVnM8W_DtQlh2yo2LfhSS_X7neiQ_0JHz2kggkLOya5GEgIMmUpjmfyTz8JT1P-FVk2RBBlu-KIWczXhQvhL0WUwrIjSFA_iQMVOitVb0mGF9iN/s1600-h/Hoodie+Dale.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924718637249250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-D_VMW65azhij0CqtI_7lLC_ixwuhPVnM8W_DtQlh2yo2LfhSS_X7neiQ_0JHz2kggkLOya5GEgIMmUpjmfyTz8JT1P-FVk2RBBlu-KIWczXhQvhL0WUwrIjSFA_iQMVOitVb0mGF9iN/s400/Hoodie+Dale.JPG" border="0" /></a>Jasper made a very handsome groom.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2M4ohyTYeqCukZah-zwzxD4x8kU5CZFDLRSqYXbUfaOwx-qSz9XZQUgLA9JwRdCt9mL_HDoKweeut3BlQS7HksI2fEoXeGzTe29EPlZ8Lk3UYtw76U4Lz7Zt9qFLXMSkpAaEfabFpNje/s1600-h/Jasper+the+groom.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924718637249266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2M4ohyTYeqCukZah-zwzxD4x8kU5CZFDLRSqYXbUfaOwx-qSz9XZQUgLA9JwRdCt9mL_HDoKweeut3BlQS7HksI2fEoXeGzTe29EPlZ8Lk3UYtw76U4Lz7Zt9qFLXMSkpAaEfabFpNje/s400/Jasper+the+groom.JPG" border="0" /></a>And Willow was a beautiful bride, though it looks as if marital bliss could be over already as Jasper is about to wrassle her to the floor!</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGywGoUnM_nsJwjNjikPVsc5PQNXeel_7sNwdg7yH48qVHi4BQFE0KrxKK54AClqWGC9OfWE3fjeSmkMzLER6hwCCTYET-s-yS4QWNXcIJ8L1vqpnRSLQmEnyiGL85o4wnDFoAt1xEv5s7/s1600-h/Willow+the+bride.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924722932216578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGywGoUnM_nsJwjNjikPVsc5PQNXeel_7sNwdg7yH48qVHi4BQFE0KrxKK54AClqWGC9OfWE3fjeSmkMzLER6hwCCTYET-s-yS4QWNXcIJ8L1vqpnRSLQmEnyiGL85o4wnDFoAt1xEv5s7/s400/Willow+the+bride.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p>There was much more fun to be had, with competitions for best groomed Airedale and best trick, an Airegility course to try, a sausage hunt, musical chairs and quizzes for the humans. E & J won the "guess whats in the poop bags" quiz. Luckily there was no poop, just doggy related stuff like leads and whistles!</p><br /><p>***********************************************************************************</p><br /><p>We took Oscar last year. He had only been living with us for a week. He had a blast, though last year there were no other puppies to play with. This meant he got everyone cooing all over him with no competition! Although the youngest by a long way, he was already showing his potential, and won first prize in the "best trick" competition with a "roll over" and a "shake paw".</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV65agX62A2d0rVkAYFpT_CDj-dNtI-BEbmx6VKiqWAEYGf-61TFfmosf78Cc2e37PamAqPvlT-JIfQSBLzJCdsQpshaTRiIBhgkS1m0NFLWJlGr88J-nuDhqhQRoDj2f4Unm1KD-QYa-d/s1600-h/Oscar+winner+06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924417989538482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV65agX62A2d0rVkAYFpT_CDj-dNtI-BEbmx6VKiqWAEYGf-61TFfmosf78Cc2e37PamAqPvlT-JIfQSBLzJCdsQpshaTRiIBhgkS1m0NFLWJlGr88J-nuDhqhQRoDj2f4Unm1KD-QYa-d/s400/Oscar+winner+06.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here's the group photo from last year. Can you spot little Oscar?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAAZpy16ZzqYopBHq1bpS9NlknMlKRBsAV1ZePH1jvJiZ9hAMDxTPCu3fm91XTfF-9yEHeiIZogCHDId5_SbIRhOSDfhq_j2iv5laBwWEC1qGOC2Vkc03s8iQhDiwj9DAoCZZ1c51RVZH/s1600-h/Funday+group+06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924259075748450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAAZpy16ZzqYopBHq1bpS9NlknMlKRBsAV1ZePH1jvJiZ9hAMDxTPCu3fm91XTfF-9yEHeiIZogCHDId5_SbIRhOSDfhq_j2iv5laBwWEC1qGOC2Vkc03s8iQhDiwj9DAoCZZ1c51RVZH/s400/Funday+group+06.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here we are playing musical chairs. Silly? Yes. Good fun? Definitely! </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9vtSON9Ckd_PdoN0d7WFdeG6yWWQ16eX2srWmt0Z-bCzSlmXGrqcIpdincdreQYtYVj_IWijtghkTnpqO1WMAUcajHUCK6-CpMfQpJ5sM-1Xd_r8JmQ2j8RrdHqjOuPf1EbZmOGpLtVg/s1600-h/Muscial+chairs+06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924263370715762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9vtSON9Ckd_PdoN0d7WFdeG6yWWQ16eX2srWmt0Z-bCzSlmXGrqcIpdincdreQYtYVj_IWijtghkTnpqO1WMAUcajHUCK6-CpMfQpJ5sM-1Xd_r8JmQ2j8RrdHqjOuPf1EbZmOGpLtVg/s400/Muscial+chairs+06.jpg" border="0" /></a>Oscar was far more interested in trying to sniff the other contestants than playing the game!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPp-n-byvnf7XYGZnBz7LkBO4UfOiAg4cfP3T08rABmPvKMgZppkdvEqHKaROaONuXEbxVjFid39ItR_GDol5vqH-8gnzUuImqKt_OTXZs_B09IU6rJ9FrKhTCCFt7N9xQU3sVa-7xqBGf/s1600-h/Musical+chairs+06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924267665683074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPp-n-byvnf7XYGZnBz7LkBO4UfOiAg4cfP3T08rABmPvKMgZppkdvEqHKaROaONuXEbxVjFid39ItR_GDol5vqH-8gnzUuImqKt_OTXZs_B09IU6rJ9FrKhTCCFt7N9xQU3sVa-7xqBGf/s400/Musical+chairs+06.jpg" border="0" /></a>He took everything in his stride though, not being fazed that all the other Dales were a lot bigger than him.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50mArbfZo5-0KFJ1O2rCDIU__dwwDfL9m1St_qGzYmQp9ecS0n1UWfz3oliG4buuEb-br1htVnZWeqtbMi2B6o4HP8F1WL8-puBKrDhal-nQEgHfApbkOCiSvvLY-xkWq8OQerPm9Fe4u/s1600-h/Musical+chairs+06+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924271960650386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50mArbfZo5-0KFJ1O2rCDIU__dwwDfL9m1St_qGzYmQp9ecS0n1UWfz3oliG4buuEb-br1htVnZWeqtbMi2B6o4HP8F1WL8-puBKrDhal-nQEgHfApbkOCiSvvLY-xkWq8OQerPm9Fe4u/s400/Musical+chairs+06+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>This was our attempt at the mummy game. Not bad I don't think, though poor Oscar does look a bit like he's got a huge nappy (diaper) on, bless him!<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0JczUgrjnG4bhksKwVqpaFbbWlxXMRR8KNsLyqzo6mKxiYINyOT5KOOnrnZiv6_7zljJoNxorq55n876xcK_Uwv-LZgoEyseKpQ_sNZafj0IdFGR37szAKz0l7BpH0_Rnm_ZCM9gIjpM/s1600-h/Oscar+mummy+dog+06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924271960650402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0JczUgrjnG4bhksKwVqpaFbbWlxXMRR8KNsLyqzo6mKxiYINyOT5KOOnrnZiv6_7zljJoNxorq55n876xcK_Uwv-LZgoEyseKpQ_sNZafj0IdFGR37szAKz0l7BpH0_Rnm_ZCM9gIjpM/s400/Oscar+mummy+dog+06.jpg" border="0" /></a>Tough as it was to go without Oscar and seeing all those Dales, I'm also happy that we got to see all his pals having fun. We also got to chat with Oscar's breeder about the puppies. All being well we can go and visit <a href="http://www.cassidytheairedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Cassidy</span></a> and the others on the weekend of the 29th/30th of September when they'll be 3 weeks old.</p><p>Katy and Martin x</p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-37768254236108993812007-09-13T12:01:00.001+00:002007-09-13T15:21:51.041+00:00A New Life<span style="font-size:130%;">Hello all,<br /><br />After all the tears, heartache and sadness of recent week, we wanted to share some happy news with you. Oscar's breeders girl Maggie (not Oscar's mum) had puppies in the early hours of Sunday 9th September and we have decided that we would like one of the puppies. We have always been in close contact with Oscar's breeders as you know, and they have been a great support over the last 7 weeks. Oscar had a big place in their heart, especially after being taken back to them by his original owners.<br /><br />We have known since Oscar died that the puppies were due, but at first we were too distraught to even think about the possibility of a new dog entering our lives. We were so numb from the loss of Oscar that all we could think about was being without him. I felt overwhelmed with guilt at the thought of getting a new puppy or dog, thinking Oscar would feel he was easily replaceable, when this is so, so far from the truth. I also didn't want to get too excited about a puppy to find something had gone wrong with the pregnancy or birth and face yet more heartache. We have come to understand now through talking to each other and other people, that by getting a new dog we are in a way honouring Oscar and the love of Airedales that he gave us. I know deep down that he wouldn't want us to go through life unable to open our hearts to another dog, and to have one from his breeders who have litters very infrequently seems fitting.<br /><br />As I said, the puppies arrived at the weekend, there are 4 girls and 3 boys. All are vigorous and healthy and Maggie is apparently taking it all in her stride. We do not know yet if we will get a girl or a boy, but as long as they are happy and healthy we do not mind at all. They will not have the same sire or dam as Oscar; the sire is English and American Champion </span><a href="http://www.jokylairedales.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Jumpin Jack Flash at Jokyl</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, the dam is Magwyr Starlight Over Sherifs. This should mean that the puppies have very distinct personalities, looks and traits to Oscar, but no doubt will share the same clownish love for life as he had.<br /><br />As you all know, Oscar's KC name was Sherifs Sundance Kid, and we have decided to call the puppy </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">(Butch) Cassidy</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> as a way of remembering and honouring Oscar. Cassidy is a fairly unisex name I think, so should suit a boy or a girl pup. Funnily enough both Martin and I came up with the name independently (Martin at 4am after waking from a dream about Oscar!).<br /><br />I hope you will all be pleased to hear our news. Thank you all once again for the fantastic love and support we have received from you all over the last 7 weeks, it has been a great help in us coming to terms with Oscar's death and helped us through some very tough days.<br /><br />Here is dad, isn't he handsome? He's English and American champion Joval Jumpin Jack Flash at Jokyl. His pet name is Jack.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60C_i45I3sG6Rw_03z2SuAypx7r_CZMG2YkYhSJNbrTF7P8XhIrEdrkJucgF6YfBxTBOgHsWDFn5R7A3e52jlvonFYRge0RZ56dfzrkqAb0K95jxKdqtIJiiE8O_KcW3smLdx4qT5n7Rp/s1600-h/Jack.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109692649455263474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60C_i45I3sG6Rw_03z2SuAypx7r_CZMG2YkYhSJNbrTF7P8XhIrEdrkJucgF6YfBxTBOgHsWDFn5R7A3e52jlvonFYRge0RZ56dfzrkqAb0K95jxKdqtIJiiE8O_KcW3smLdx4qT5n7Rp/s400/Jack.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Here is mum, Magwyr Starlight Over Sherifs. Her pet name is Maggie (another Airedale Maggie!), and as you can see, she's stunning (and muddy!).</span><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX-lg-FQlJ4f7EO-_uZQUxlMaank42vbU94VSMKdHgwlxcOtRhnKTEbqljuN7ohLICfqpyRgC_QigJQocv0_T1fI7j6Lq5Au-fBfLOLwDLtpYlagqoWsUDuxMmaYf_TQDCbRk_qSmuMG-/s1600-h/Maggie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109692658045198082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX-lg-FQlJ4f7EO-_uZQUxlMaank42vbU94VSMKdHgwlxcOtRhnKTEbqljuN7ohLICfqpyRgC_QigJQocv0_T1fI7j6Lq5Au-fBfLOLwDLtpYlagqoWsUDuxMmaYf_TQDCbRk_qSmuMG-/s400/Maggie.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">And here is the first photo of Maggie with the puppies, though it's very hard to see them as they are just a black mound at her stomach! Apparently they all took quickly to mum's milk bar. I'm sure many more photos will follow over the coming weeks.</span> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QnFDj3CZ7Wf8DMYiAwVSQCQFhxk6IWbJC8p2jWCtzGBmxqgvGgZCMxolBMnUHf1SZNNlbuKOgJWIMsMmT4pGgeyIu5cp1yobj5gz5oV-X0ji4ytPpevsPRmVMhyphenhypheniGrZCKU01sjs7H9ge/s1600-h/Maggie+and+the+pups.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109692683815001874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QnFDj3CZ7Wf8DMYiAwVSQCQFhxk6IWbJC8p2jWCtzGBmxqgvGgZCMxolBMnUHf1SZNNlbuKOgJWIMsMmT4pGgeyIu5cp1yobj5gz5oV-X0ji4ytPpevsPRmVMhyphenhypheniGrZCKU01sjs7H9ge/s400/Maggie+and+the+pups.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Katy and Martin x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com88tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-49992610366951164292007-09-06T08:48:00.000+00:002007-09-06T10:36:19.685+00:00Oscar Unseen<span style="font-size:130%;">Hello all,<br /><br />We are now coming up to 6 weeks since our darling Oscar died. Last Saturday (1st September) was a difficult day as it would have been Oscar's first anniversary of coming to live with us. By a strange coincidence, Martin was sorting through his phone and found some photos of Oscar taken during his first few days with us which we hadn't looked at since then I don't think.<br /><br />Here is the fuzzy one making a visit to our friends Simon and Lucy's house. He was a very good boy in the house, no accidents. Outside however, he did do quite a bit of gardening, dead heading plants that were actually in their prime! Luckily his cute face got him off the hook pretty easily! Here he is having a good game of tug with Uncle Simon.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6NSSTEdsQRS_IdidBwXTmLYnhcfdAVVEjBu7IWIF8hHM3NUHQ3YJoAH6QL0U9Bx03EQEULRIDpQyAkuw1xvrm9fm9-4RxR9_fHzV_KL4-BQBaaYxn2NQQTYZaiVRoo8CkILTW2kUskq5/s1600-h/Baby+Oscar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107034037809566210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6NSSTEdsQRS_IdidBwXTmLYnhcfdAVVEjBu7IWIF8hHM3NUHQ3YJoAH6QL0U9Bx03EQEULRIDpQyAkuw1xvrm9fm9-4RxR9_fHzV_KL4-BQBaaYxn2NQQTYZaiVRoo8CkILTW2kUskq5/s400/Baby+Oscar.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">And here is he celebrating his arrival! Don't worry, the Champagne bottle was empty. He was far more partial to the foam on a pint of Guinness anyway, and would always try and get his nose in there if a glass was left unattended. It's hard to remember him being that small and fuzzy, he grew so quickly, though of course he had already done a great deal of growing by the time he came to live with us.</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORcJribKcdUKX-VYfJyr0xfos6KwD5aXCe-THQfCOHWTCwrQZnOK778yyHGIV2uaTe4L2-C6OSURch4mNntTOqiI-U1fjnLD-jpaZezUauLZFgPFT1FbBgWKat2EQPBPIFul364WrfxDa/s1600-h/Alco+Oscar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107034042104533522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORcJribKcdUKX-VYfJyr0xfos6KwD5aXCe-THQfCOHWTCwrQZnOK778yyHGIV2uaTe4L2-C6OSURch4mNntTOqiI-U1fjnLD-jpaZezUauLZFgPFT1FbBgWKat2EQPBPIFul364WrfxDa/s400/Alco+Oscar.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;">There were also quite a lot of photos of Oscar playing with Paddy the Poodle, but they're pretty much all just black and tan blurs as the two of them were chasing around like crazies!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">I also found this video of Oscar playing with his Wubba that I don't think he'd ever got round to showing you. I think it shows Oscar at his best, a big silly clown who loved life and having fun so, so much. I hope watching it will make you smile and laugh.</span></p><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx4l-D5XyXCAbymRoQ4Lsf5Ly8-N_I5XevKrZ6EQQrQVFQGPDZBtsUUlrgV0A31khNEdQH-unKkjbwkcUD-AQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Katy and Martin xxx</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-70129341699873533942007-08-28T09:41:00.000+00:002007-08-28T11:09:26.126+00:00Oscar's Stone and Mini OscarHello, thank you all for keep stopping by and checking up on us. It means a lot. We thought you might like to see the pebble we had made for Oscar. We are really pleased with it. We didn't want anything with dates or anything like that on, just something positive to remind us of him in as happy and simple a way as possible.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdseBMXBNyyTD9Bb-sw2EerUfmwG4gyuy1RHhhB58yIxdIr_IHY4cEyLMiA8jTs5Qqz_BnrzlpBjt4u1Y3fbqi4O48IE8nnjEpGPATUYbe7lOSMTNf85e786THxB8lJ4XRI0l96ka7a5H/s1600-h/Picture+583.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103686188111745458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdseBMXBNyyTD9Bb-sw2EerUfmwG4gyuy1RHhhB58yIxdIr_IHY4cEyLMiA8jTs5Qqz_BnrzlpBjt4u1Y3fbqi4O48IE8nnjEpGPATUYbe7lOSMTNf85e786THxB8lJ4XRI0l96ka7a5H/s400/Picture+583.jpg" border="0" /></a>Once we knew how big it was, we were able to finish planting. Hopefully before too long the planter will now be a mass of colour.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40GhFywW9lg_UxVtbwJ8z5KV6qEhswJZQt6L2nFj3k4k1WoFNgfydPhkNcrFVFfFlVqJC0bObfzwXLCBVVVtwBJJkAaGV5PlJihpm8ru5ulX5AzmSIizH-vHLQGoa_Gzxt-edzFyrZHo1/s1600-h/Picture+582.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103686196701680066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40GhFywW9lg_UxVtbwJ8z5KV6qEhswJZQt6L2nFj3k4k1WoFNgfydPhkNcrFVFfFlVqJC0bObfzwXLCBVVVtwBJJkAaGV5PlJihpm8ru5ulX5AzmSIizH-vHLQGoa_Gzxt-edzFyrZHo1/s400/Picture+582.jpg" border="0" /></a>A very lovely lady in America who used to read Oscar's blog contacted us after he died to send us her condolences and support. We have kept in touch since. She makes mini Airedales from felt and wanted to send us one. He is absolutely beautiful and has been going everywhere with me.</p><p>The photos don't really mini Oscar justice, but he even has teeny tiny Airedale eyebrows and a big juicy Airedale nose.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-iTNpDZWR3u5LyXeDfz1HKryccJRhbDv8gKlCoZuPQ_kbz6FLJRaeea4Gzh5gpdlxCMIN2YhTLyobCd7D4ExSdkfHs3Nqrf6-oyvTuK-VIITsHuGaEjZHsKgH6Lp1cFigcuuQQWrkSNh/s1600-h/Picture+590.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103686205291614674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-iTNpDZWR3u5LyXeDfz1HKryccJRhbDv8gKlCoZuPQ_kbz6FLJRaeea4Gzh5gpdlxCMIN2YhTLyobCd7D4ExSdkfHs3Nqrf6-oyvTuK-VIITsHuGaEjZHsKgH6Lp1cFigcuuQQWrkSNh/s400/Picture+590.jpg" border="0" /></a>He will be treasured forever along with all your tributes, kind words, cards, thoughts and prayers.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRKvMm4hNXywFvqX6Cpccht-dZRb9kcWi4IhVzyeClYoYOWq-944tSxmzJkRiXnC_fpr8mNj8pgR1uFTWt9HuF040hR8Gq1Ta9AjaeUlm_YxQ8qXn3mVD_XCojgDTwCBldcj1NOmt2Q7m/s1600-h/Picture+595.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103686213881549282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRKvMm4hNXywFvqX6Cpccht-dZRb9kcWi4IhVzyeClYoYOWq-944tSxmzJkRiXnC_fpr8mNj8pgR1uFTWt9HuF040hR8Gq1Ta9AjaeUlm_YxQ8qXn3mVD_XCojgDTwCBldcj1NOmt2Q7m/s400/Picture+595.jpg" border="0" /></a> We are doing OK. As some of you mentioned, it had now been just over a month since we lost Oscar. In some ways it doesn't feel that long, but in another way it seems like ages since we last stroked or cuddled him or had him bumbling around the house. </p><p>We are still finding that there are people to tell - people that I used to see out walking who have seen me and asked where he is, people at our local pub who have asked about him. Yesterday was the first grooming at our Airedale club class since Oscar died. Ralf & Molly's mum and dad went along and told people there for me, so we have had emails and messages from people there in the last couple of days. I am sure there are other people who still don't know. Oscar certainly was a very popular puppy.</p><p>We still have days when we feel very teary and emotional. I suppose we just have to be easy on ourselves and try not worry to much if we feel sad or if other people don't understand that we are still mourning. We were sent a very good little booklet called "When an animal friend dies" which has been very helpful to read.</p><p>As I have said before, I suppose only time will heal the pain of losing Oscar, but I'm not sure we will ever fully get over the shock and sadness, just learn to live with it and move forward and try to remember as many of the happy times as possible. Hopefully that doesn't sound negative, it's not meant to.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0snqP-0yoTUr8I3BtLb6vZCghCVdtyM_ucKD9uF_E9VxdcwIqr5jN3dhyphenhyphen1uj6MzmhlXndIIxCectVt0R8-DrKXm_L7Kuz8CvQSCCj0wxL0-mK5aDCTNKFX0jGua46n5l-oR2c9-ivDEs/s1600-h/Picture+611.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103686222471483890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0snqP-0yoTUr8I3BtLb6vZCghCVdtyM_ucKD9uF_E9VxdcwIqr5jN3dhyphenhyphen1uj6MzmhlXndIIxCectVt0R8-DrKXm_L7Kuz8CvQSCCj0wxL0-mK5aDCTNKFX0jGua46n5l-oR2c9-ivDEs/s400/Picture+611.jpg" border="0" /></a>Katy and Martin xxxOscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-68995607378142979432007-08-15T13:48:00.000+00:002007-08-15T15:40:03.708+00:00Oscar's FieldsI think you all know by now how much Oscar loved his almost daily visits to his beloved <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/marilyn.beale/"><span style="color:#006600;">Seven Fields</span></a>. No matter how many times we went, rain, wind, snow or shine, he never seemed to tire of running around there either on his own or with friends old and new, with or without a ball or tasty stickie. Here are some of our favourite photos of Oscar doing his thing there. It is nice to think that a little bit of him still lives on in the fields he loved so much.<br /><br /><embed name="flashticker" align="middle" src="http://widget-fe.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" width="426" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="site=widget-fe.slide.com&channel=216172782124449534&cy=be&il=1" wmode="transparent" salign="l" scale="noscale" quality="high"></embed><br /><div style="WIDTH: 426px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=be&ad=0&id=216172782124449534&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-fe.slide.com/p1/216172782124449534/be_t043_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=be&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ad=0&id=216172782124449534&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-fe.slide.com/p2/216172782124449534/be_t043_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><p>I have also tried to add some videos of Oscar playing at Seven Fields here which were saved in Video Egg, but they are appearing as black boxes and won't play. Maybe there's a blip with the site. I'll try again later.</p><p>Katy and Martin x</p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-55396405183394855842007-08-09T17:39:00.000+00:002007-08-09T18:47:26.369+00:00Goodbyes & HellosFirstly, thank you so much for continuing to visit Oscar's blog and for all the lovely messages you have left. It has been nice to feel you are all still there for us.<br /><br />Thank you also for the many beautiful cards we have received. Amber-Mae, we have received the beautiful drawing & it is being framed. We will post a photo once it's done. Thank you so much for sending it to us, we will treasure it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gQuBUr3l7bAMNWAzHvth0W72IvRdxCR_O1oNXshjkwGqJgrk59orwSf_PGfu3Pzvh5WWWqcx6RWNLMxGqwIvF_HdXCjLKQPem0QQEo9AJHiZ1-1jzN_N3AuojmJqYIS-wSJAUXV93oR-/s1600-h/Picture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096765087601398610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gQuBUr3l7bAMNWAzHvth0W72IvRdxCR_O1oNXshjkwGqJgrk59orwSf_PGfu3Pzvh5WWWqcx6RWNLMxGqwIvF_HdXCjLKQPem0QQEo9AJHiZ1-1jzN_N3AuojmJqYIS-wSJAUXV93oR-/s400/Picture.jpg" border="0" /></a>On Saturday we went to collect Oscar's ashes. It was a very emotional thing to do & definitely made it hit home that he was really gone. Before that it had almost seemed unreal or as if we were stuck in a bad dream. I am glad we chose to have him cremated and get his ashes back though. They came in a beautiful casket.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2ompt1Bi80RV7Z9ocjswpfmlHkPRHxXJcAqE_UVokYw59z23MVC237NbVuGgQR3ticR64VTfEUbejDqzDRtiTyzLHMrdGjds8QVGueaqYB3tGQ94dd5ZD56DeFGstDIdSTDQjdxOi9tY/s1600-h/Picture+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096760689554887458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2ompt1Bi80RV7Z9ocjswpfmlHkPRHxXJcAqE_UVokYw59z23MVC237NbVuGgQR3ticR64VTfEUbejDqzDRtiTyzLHMrdGjds8QVGueaqYB3tGQ94dd5ZD56DeFGstDIdSTDQjdxOi9tY/s400/Picture+021.jpg" border="0" /></a>When we got the ashes, we almost couldn't bear to not have them in the house with us. We kept them with us over the weekend, and decided it was better to do what we originally intended. We went & bought a planter to put his casket in. Although it is rather plain, we both really liked this one. We placed his casket in the bottom and planted the rose bush from Poppy's mum. We have ordered a memorial pebble like the top one <a href="http://www.bouldercraft.co.uk/cobbles.php"><span style="color:#006600;">here</span></a> which we will place in the front of the planter, then we can add more plants around it. We want his pot to be as colourful and full of life as possible. You all know how Oscar loved his gardening, but at least these plants will survive his pruning attempts. We can see the planter from the house, so will always be able to keep an eye on him, and if we were ever to move we can take him with us. I will post a collection of photos from <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/marilyn.beale/"><span style="color:#006600;">Seven Fields</span></a> soon.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JdL8ffhL0UAryNZeupU87fLDD0ws_rx4WpHdFydxp2BmCL2axaIgKK7P-0m0cKTdtDP9UrBYAYrgDMnKSKbGKzz2y1a4kIq3Og0c5ObrKrgOqI26HN0z03c8iDD7ULbH5gqRzAQfrk0O/s1600-h/Picture+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096760698144822066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JdL8ffhL0UAryNZeupU87fLDD0ws_rx4WpHdFydxp2BmCL2axaIgKK7P-0m0cKTdtDP9UrBYAYrgDMnKSKbGKzz2y1a4kIq3Og0c5ObrKrgOqI26HN0z03c8iDD7ULbH5gqRzAQfrk0O/s400/Picture+023.jpg" border="0" /></a>We are still looking for a nice trophy, plate or statue for the training club award. We have a couple of ideas, and will let you know when we have chosen something. I am going to go along on Wednesday next week and take his new training dumb bell and a few of his tennis balls for their "toy box". I know I'll probably find it really hard, but I still feel like I want to go and see everyone and take something of Oscar's along.<br /><br />Moving on to happier events, we went to see baby Leo on Monday. He's really teeny tiny still. We had lots of cuddles, I fed him and Martin even did a very smelly nappy change. He's a really good boy and barely made a whimper all day.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-rwfjQU-v6zlOVU7JjB_pL7QV9DDKuiZ57d5YA0OQGhnDjMLbcoTv3pCDW4_GGK7BlSGoeXrGwgisNr8hB4EAm397RRvJJLKNTrESXWdMB9RV-_jM-yrqe3ZBdsa0SAj31eO_zAFHUdc/s1600-h/Picture+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096760711029723970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-rwfjQU-v6zlOVU7JjB_pL7QV9DDKuiZ57d5YA0OQGhnDjMLbcoTv3pCDW4_GGK7BlSGoeXrGwgisNr8hB4EAm397RRvJJLKNTrESXWdMB9RV-_jM-yrqe3ZBdsa0SAj31eO_zAFHUdc/s400/Picture+006.jpg" border="0" /></a>You can see how small he is on this photo. He was 5lbs 10oz when he was born, so I imagine he's only put on a little bit of weight since then. I'm not that used to handling babies, especially tiny ones so it took me a while to feel confident. With his 2 girls, Martin is a pro already as you can see.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OvEpyWYtjbvzIMQnTk5cL1CloCD1zO8-MgxALOMUZ5K6h37w3cjDqyGp2uey_nGzpo17wUW4t_PRYEiwrLifxmCgfFElH0EpPZbLeTEDKYR-os1itENyo2J59lk6FHWcYbUC9uelTkN2/s1600-h/Picture+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096758739639735010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OvEpyWYtjbvzIMQnTk5cL1CloCD1zO8-MgxALOMUZ5K6h37w3cjDqyGp2uey_nGzpo17wUW4t_PRYEiwrLifxmCgfFElH0EpPZbLeTEDKYR-os1itENyo2J59lk6FHWcYbUC9uelTkN2/s400/Picture+009.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hopefully we'll be able to go over and see him regularly. They live about 1 1/2 hours drive away, so we should make the effort to go over every 6 - 8 weeks and see Leo grow up.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAih3bncMzSeMTrhldNqJDvdn8Mo57mhBH4yyWMFp42WxGBlfq1YA5Bg2gzRZ0PY2h0HPeyHhDndsTmGQHCSVZJNe3oLyLGqSmUpz-UK1-7WeRad2QOZaWgKM9vCUhs7yvpnGdYWT31HyG/s1600-h/Picture+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096758756819604210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAih3bncMzSeMTrhldNqJDvdn8Mo57mhBH4yyWMFp42WxGBlfq1YA5Bg2gzRZ0PY2h0HPeyHhDndsTmGQHCSVZJNe3oLyLGqSmUpz-UK1-7WeRad2QOZaWgKM9vCUhs7yvpnGdYWT31HyG/s400/Picture+012.jpg" border="0" /></a>One thing we found quite hard about going to visit was that they have a 2 year old Border Collie. He's called Samwise (from Lord Of The Rings) and although he's a lovely boy, it was just hard being around a lively puppy for a whole day.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TJyHyYi-OioGI7KJqf5f8vpCsl0UjNZvwhFyPUrln1ABDOn6T_-lQ2gVp9zBNuh7f-_TtElKfQHKTZW1YJb8IhlhMFnSmh0vVBFEKq7jz1alQF1gEsHTjE4xvPb_tCMjmIyquz0Y3Xfo/s1600-h/Picture+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096758765409538818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TJyHyYi-OioGI7KJqf5f8vpCsl0UjNZvwhFyPUrln1ABDOn6T_-lQ2gVp9zBNuh7f-_TtElKfQHKTZW1YJb8IhlhMFnSmh0vVBFEKq7jz1alQF1gEsHTjE4xvPb_tCMjmIyquz0Y3Xfo/s400/Picture+014.jpg" border="0" /></a> We gave him Oscar's harness as he's a puller when walking and it definitely helps, especially if Michelle is going to be pushing a pram and trying to walk him too. He is so good around the baby. We went out for a meal at the local pub and he lay by the pram lots as if to guard it and keep an eye on the baby, and in the house he does the same. He doesn't touch any of the baby's soft toys, he seems to know already that they're not his. I know Border Collies are very clever dogs, and Sam definitely seems to be true to type.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq08nXeeCWS2oGH-oDyA0Gw8TkufGkeKYM0qVQrAT6VquTGDhPFG4CT7wlJFxXITZiSSvInznoFjPWPlpNXh3xZoMjmcPE8_CBkNxzne_bjxLSQR77Ns_UM5rcDGN2uHJw8hkety10R3NQ/s1600-h/Picture+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096758808359211794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq08nXeeCWS2oGH-oDyA0Gw8TkufGkeKYM0qVQrAT6VquTGDhPFG4CT7wlJFxXITZiSSvInznoFjPWPlpNXh3xZoMjmcPE8_CBkNxzne_bjxLSQR77Ns_UM5rcDGN2uHJw8hkety10R3NQ/s400/Picture+018.jpg" border="0" /></a>We are printing out all the pages of Oscar's blog & memorials. There certainly are a lot, and there are probably some we haven't found yet! Thank you again to everyone who has cared about us and Oscar so much.</p><p>Now we are feeling a little bit stronger, we will make our way around your blogs and see what you've all been up too. I'm sure there's lots to make us smile.</p><p>Katy & Martin xxx</p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-46634712833086629802007-08-02T07:22:00.000+00:002007-08-02T13:33:38.192+00:00Our Oscar<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo_oQCwv2yqZp4oZC8WI7kfs8qLfvvC01k6x-ZeQ8TKgoZy7RxRvYeaEe2ZeWIgRpLBmvw1doRR-1MP5u_xZ_hOU5N1awEgMPMVc3iC0p9LWoWHFIH5v8hUoeHhKTc0TUGd2zvZEvee9H/s1600-h/Picture+575.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094068443909840578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo_oQCwv2yqZp4oZC8WI7kfs8qLfvvC01k6x-ZeQ8TKgoZy7RxRvYeaEe2ZeWIgRpLBmvw1doRR-1MP5u_xZ_hOU5N1awEgMPMVc3iC0p9LWoWHFIH5v8hUoeHhKTc0TUGd2zvZEvee9H/s400/Picture+575.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Before we say anything else we just want to say thank you so much for the unbelievable number of messages, emails, cards, prayers and tributes to our darling Oscar. We are completely overwhelmed by how many people loved and cared about our boy, and how many of you are there to support us. It has been a great comfort to us to know that we have such a great network of people out there from our next door neighbours to the furthest corners of the globe. We will reply to all your emails and tributes, but it's going to take us some time so bear with uis and know that we are very grateful for all your support.<br /><br />When we set up Oscar's website, we wanted to share the joy and laughter brought into our lives by our fuzzy little clown. We are feeling upset now that so many people have been saddened by the death of our darling boy. When we started his blog, the thought of losing him was not in our mind - we just assumed he would be a part of our lives for 10 or more years rather than 10 months.<br /><br />On the one hand we feel quite guilty at feeling so devastated by his death after him only being a part of our family for such a short time when lots of people have to deal with the loss of their beloved pet after many years together, but then we think that to lose a seemingly healthy puppy so quickly and unexpectedly is just as much of a shock.<br /><br />We have spent the last 5 days doing lots of crying, talking about Oscar, looking at his blog, photos and videos, reading your emails, messages and tributes and realising that we had many, many people to tell the awful news about Oscar. He certainly was a popular puppy and had definitely packed a lot into his 13 months.<br /><br />It is clear that Oscar was a one-off and touched the lives of people with his sweet looks and nature, clownish personality and eagerness to do anything asked of him. We were so blessed that David and Martin his breeders trusted us into our care after he had already had one home, and we will be forever grateful to them.<br /><br />I hope Oscar enjoyed every second of his time with us. We always tried to make sure he had the best of everything - care, attention, what we thought was the best food for his poor delicate little tum, visits to lots of different places, training, having fun at agility, lots of toys, friends to play with every day, good walks and most of all more love than you can imagine.<br /><br />At the moment it is hard to imagine life without him. The house is desperately quiet. It's so strange to come downstairs in the morning and not see him still snoozing on the sofa or his bed not wanting to get up (he was never a morning dog), or to hear his claws tapping around on the wooden floor and his tags jingling. When we came home from work we used to be able to hear his tail bashing against the radiator in the hallway as it wagged like mad in anticipation of us coming through the door. Not hearing that is very strange. So much of our daily routine revolved around him - meals, walks, training, agility, grooming, visits to meet up with new friends we had made since getting him - it's as if we have lost a huge chunk of our day to day structure. I suppose in time we will work out what we used to do before, but at the moment it feels very strange.<br /><br />We do know that Oscar was such a little ray of sunshine that he would not want us to be sad for a long time, so we have tried to look to doing some nice things to remember him in a happy way.<br /><br />We have arranged for Oscar to be cremated, and we have decided to scatter some of his ashes over at Seven Fields which must surely have been his favourite place as he played there every day with his pals. We will keep the rest and are going to get a nice garden planter to bury them in. His pal Poppy's mum bought us a lovely rose bush which you can see in the photo, and we will plant that in there too. We are going to have a boulder memorial made to put in the garden.<br /><br />We have spoken to Tracey who ran his obedience and agility class and asked her if we can create an award in his memory to be given out at their annual prize night. She thought it was an excellent idea, so we will start looking for a nice trophy and think up a fitting award title. Any suggestions are welcome.<br /><br />On the day that Oscar died, Martin's sister-in-law gave birth to a premature baby boy. They have named him Leo after Martin's middle name. Though small, Leo is perfectly healthy and is at home already. We are going to visit them all on Monday. We thought maybe Oscar gave Leo his place here and made sure he was safe and healthy.<br /><br />Since Oscar died, all the awful rain we have had for months has disappeared overnight and we are left with glorious summer days. Perhaps Oscar is sending that sunshine down for us to tell us not to be sad.<br /><br />We are going to print out all the pages of Oscar's blog along with all the beautiful tributes and create a special book which we can look at always and remember the very happy times we spent with our precious boy. I hope everyone who reads his website will be able to do the same.<br /><br />We will continue to visit the other blogs and look forward to seeing all the adventures Oscar's pals get up to.<br /><br />We will update Oscar's blog again when we take his ashes to Seven Fields.<br /><br />Well, we could talk forever about our precious Oscar, but I want to leave you happy not sad. Here are a selection of our favourite photos of our fuzzy little clown that we hope will make you smile.<br /><br />Katy and Martin xxx<br /></span><br /><div><embed name="flashticker" align="middle" src="http://widget-69.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" width="426" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="site=widget-69.slide.com&channel=216172782124302185&cy=be&il=1" wmode="transparent" salign="l" scale="noscale" quality="high"></embed> <div style="WIDTH: 426px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=be&ad=0&id=216172782124302185&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p1/216172782124302185/be_t021_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=be&amp;amp;ad=0&id=216172782124302185&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p2/216172782124302185/be_t021_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://thumbplay.aavalue.com/?referrer_id=1149298"><img src="http://www.ez-tracks.com/images/MySpace_RingtoneButton.jpg" border="0" alt="Click here to get your free ringtone!" /><br /></a><param name="movie" value="http://stream.ez-tracks.com/musicplayer1.swf?songid=7146&uid=0|307614722&t=1" /></param><embed src="http://stream.ez-tracks.com/musicplayer1.swf?songid=7146&uid=0|307614722&t=1" width="300" height="81"quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="FFFFFF"></embed><br /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="FF6600"><strong>Click here to get</strong></font> <a href="http://www.ez-tracks.com/getsong-songid-7146.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="FF6600"><strong><em>Days</em> at EZ-Tracks.com</strong></font></a><br><br>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-5705163208115858392007-07-28T13:20:00.000+00:002007-08-02T13:26:27.024+00:00Bye Bye Our Darling Baby Oscar<span style="font-size:130%;">I am heartbroken to tell you that Oscar died at around 11am this morning as they sedated him to try to operate to see what was happening to him. We opted not to put him through an autopsy, but pancreatitis or a blockage is most likely. We went to sit with him afterwards and he looked very peaceful.<br /><br />Thank you for all your well wishes, Oscar must have been one of the most loved dogs on the planet.<br /><br />We simply do not know what we will do without him.<br /><br />Run free our sweet darling boy.<br /><br />Katy and Martin x</span>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com216tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-80931307685640041772007-07-27T21:52:00.000+00:002007-07-28T08:22:09.441+00:00From Healthy Boy To Sick Boy<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">**<strong>Update number 2 @ 9.20 am</strong>. Lyn the vet just called to say they are almost certain it's a blockage as despite all the fluids etc he hasn't been sick or had diarrhoea. They are giving him some special fluids to try and stabilise him some more and plan to take him to surgery at 11am despite the risk. She said there is a slight possibility that all the fluid is caused by a disease, but they will know once they operate. More prayers please. Of course I'll let you all know as soon as we hear how he's doing.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">**I'm sorry to update with bad news but my darling Oscar is very, very sick. The vet called at about 11 pm to say his heart rate was 250+ and despite huge amounts of IV fluids he was becoming more and more dehydrated. They x-rayed him to check for a blockage but found nothing, then tried a scan. That showed huge amounts of fluid in his intestines. Lyn the vet thought it was either a blockage that they still can't see, or possibly parvovirus (though he was vaccinated as a pup by previous owner and was due to go for his booster this coming Wednesday). She said she was trying to get his heart rate down and him better hydrated as to operate while he was so unstable was too risky.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">She called back an hour later to say they have been giving him shock fluids and basically replaced all his body fluid and they had got his heart rate down to 150.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">The nurse just called (7.30 am) to say he's held his own overnight but that his heart rate is creeping up again despite lots of fluids by IV all night. She said the vet is probably going to operate shortly no matter the risk as they need to see what's going on.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">She said Oscar is pretty out of it on strong pain meds but he was giving her his paw to tickle.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Please, please pray for my baby. I'm so scared we're going to lose him. I can't tell you how awful it is in the house without him with all his toys lying around. I just want him on my knee having ear scratches.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Hi all, it's Oscar's mum Katy here. After all Oscar's talk of being healthy and eating his veggies yesterday, the poor little guy is at the vet hospital tonight and feeling very poorly, hence the sad face photo.</span><br /><br /><br />3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g9uynycSMYJ8zGDTgfDfxxRiIZmeNTfGXy8LpV48h6eqGJtt3DZfPGNE9vwODS4EQLVEMsO1y-Ey-XrUNdXS1XSUGRwWFKEdvpbJa-phkv2RLdSFXFoQNxhUFg9RSr-aejBrPvWMzFLK/s1600-h/Wedding+047.jpg"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g9uynycSMYJ8zGDTgfDfxxRiIZmeNTfGXy8LpV48h6eqGJtt3DZfPGNE9vwODS4EQLVEMsO1y-Ey-XrUNdXS1XSUGRwWFKEdvpbJa-phkv2RLdSFXFoQNxhUFg9RSr-aejBrPvWMzFLK/s1600-h/Wedding+047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091998647630290594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g9uynycSMYJ8zGDTgfDfxxRiIZmeNTfGXy8LpV48h6eqGJtt3DZfPGNE9vwODS4EQLVEMsO1y-Ey-XrUNdXS1XSUGRwWFKEdvpbJa-phkv2RLdSFXFoQNxhUFg9RSr-aejBrPvWMzFLK/s400/Wedding+047.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">On Wednesday while I was out, he chewed on a TV remote. He has never so much as looked at a remote control before or chewed anything he wasn't supposed to but it had been left on the sofa, so maybe he thought it was his for the taking. After I picked all the pieces up, it all seemed to be there so I thought he'd chomped and spat (nice!) and wasn't too worried.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The yesterday evening I took him for walkies to meet Poppy. On the way while he was still on his lead 2 very large dogs came hurtling at him barking, growling and snapping. He was terrified and somehow managed to back out of his collar and just fled. I panicked as we were still on the way to the fields along pavements and roads. I ran in the direction he'd gone calling him but he'd sped off as hadthe other dogs in pursuit. I eventually managed to find him and gafter what seemed like an age and get his collar back on and tightened, but he was clearly petrified. The dogs then came at him again. I held the one that was nearest away with my foot (in wellington boot) and shouted "move!". Not very sensible I know but I wasn't thinking straight. 2 very young boys appeared, the oldest about 7 years old at most. I shouted at them that they shouldn't be out with 2 dogs that size and demeanour, but they just muttered and ran off calling the dogs to follow which thankfully they did. I checked him over and he seemed OK, just scared and I managed to coax him to walk, and we did go to meet Poppy. Due to all the rain, there weren't any other dogs about on the fields and he had a good run around with her and seemed OK.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This morning he was very quiet when I got up, no waggy tail greeting at the bottom of the stairs. I took him on his walk but he wasn't that keen.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I went to work for the morning and when I came home at lunch he didn't come to the door to greet me like usual and he'd pooped in the house which is not like him at all. I let him in the garden where he was either standing all hunched up with tail down or lying on his side. He then went onto the grass and was REALLY sick (like the sound of someone emptying a whole bucket full of water). It smelt REALLY bad, and he seemed to feel worse afterwards. During the afternoon he was sick twice again and seemed very depressed and restless. I called our vet and told them about the sickness, the remote control chewing and how scared he'd been by the dogs the previous night. They told me to take him to their hospital branch about 20 minutes away.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">He was sick 3 times in the car (I have left it for his dad to clean in the morning, ick!), and twice in the waiting area. When the vet examined him she said she couldn't feel any blockages which was my biggest fear - I think he's told you about his sock and washing up sponge eating antics - but said he was reacting as if he had very tender tum and had a very high temperature. He was sick again in the examining room.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">So my little baby is at the hospital overnight for re hydration, blood tests and x-rays. I had tried all afternoon to get him to have some ice cubes or water but he wouldn't touch it. The house feels so quiet without him and I can't wait until the morning to phone and see how he is. He's normally such a bouncy crazy little lump that to see him stood all hunched like an old man with his tail down and ears back gagging and gagging was horrible.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I know you'll all send good vibes for him to feel better tomorrow and have a smiley face again! I'm sure he'll be keen to tell you all about his vet visit in every gory detail!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyZLrSgAzoSw4HEIIb5EWFpJOa0l_ieWOzzVB4LEa_lDl1tYMp6wm4-N-NYatKI2znuGYloPfw_-3-Y3gSzj4so9QdAfEc3iUwT2BipfSTZOkapSWx3KK1gf7W19G7kSego4WSfFDE71o/s1600-h/Wedding+051.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091998656220225202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyZLrSgAzoSw4HEIIb5EWFpJOa0l_ieWOzzVB4LEa_lDl1tYMp6wm4-N-NYatKI2znuGYloPfw_-3-Y3gSzj4so9QdAfEc3iUwT2BipfSTZOkapSWx3KK1gf7W19G7kSego4WSfFDE71o/s400/Wedding+051.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Katy x</span>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-73504159193714168522007-07-26T06:51:00.000+00:002007-07-26T11:49:28.941+00:00Healthy Boy<span style="font-size:130%;">Now as most of you know, I eat a raw diet, consisting of minced meats like chicken, lamb, rabbit, beef and fish, raw meaty bones like lamby shank, turkey neck, oxtail and other yummies, muscle meat like heart, offal (which isn't awful, hehehe) such as liver and kidney, raw eggs, raw veggies and fruits and plain natural yogurt along with a couple of supplements such as kelp and garlic powder. I used to get poorly tummy about 3-4 times a week on kibble no matter what one mum tried. Now I rarely do, and when I do it's usually because somebody gives me a treat I can't eat without asking mum or dad first. I of course am too greedy to refuse the treat even though I know it will give me poorly tum. Yeah, I'm stoopid!<br /><br />So anyway, what part of my yummy dinners do you think I will generally dive into first? Have a look at this fine bowl of food before you make your decision. See how meaty and delicious that oxtail looks.</span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0kcXVNesUvGotb8wqmzsQ9Izwjofn86eavV1extjodfIjlU_IRK4KVFq6inCvfYKmnfNWPgscuRsEHeEzA2AGIFjB-52z2mWS0tWuMAXLqQA5Bfhf6apfjIbex7Fnea4c8oBt-1G9hh-/s1600-h/Wedding+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091394994271805010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0kcXVNesUvGotb8wqmzsQ9Izwjofn86eavV1extjodfIjlU_IRK4KVFq6inCvfYKmnfNWPgscuRsEHeEzA2AGIFjB-52z2mWS0tWuMAXLqQA5Bfhf6apfjIbex7Fnea4c8oBt-1G9hh-/s400/Wedding+037.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> Have you made your choice? OK, let's see if you're right.<br /></span><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/T7/HY/1183828035jkcgsjJZuFe29PSc4DOn_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">OK, so maybe that was a fluke right? Let's try it again with some yummy chicken & a raw eggy. Do you like my poor little starving urchin face? I think I have it perfected!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuCq9GPjNcSYISlYT0r-10jeAp7XeFzHDogS2BflCFwk9TFIr9L8xDp2r9wf1iPtvnXTF2JpXKJG1q-IBjdzF7dI55eqOx-0maN1_fZTgYvAxZ97xeY7q1jMZLtAK0mhAw5OYio1dlvyQ/s1600-h/Wedding+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091395015746641506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuCq9GPjNcSYISlYT0r-10jeAp7XeFzHDogS2BflCFwk9TFIr9L8xDp2r9wf1iPtvnXTF2JpXKJG1q-IBjdzF7dI55eqOx-0maN1_fZTgYvAxZ97xeY7q1jMZLtAK0mhAw5OYio1dlvyQ/s400/Wedding+033.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Ready, set go! If you don't like the noise of bones crunching you might want to turn down the sound.</span><br /><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/RC/EJ/1183827368soMmbLvYFJvzkM6fIqGP_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Yep, I'm a funny boy. I'll always go for a bit of yogurt and my smushed veggies before eating the meat. Delicious as my meaty bones are, I know that I need to be healthy and eat my yogurt and green stuff to so I grow up big and healthy!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Mum makes up big batches of my veggies and freezes them in individual portions and while she's chopping up, blitzing and bagging I sit waiting expectantly in the kitchen. I don't even mind the loud noise the blitzer makes as I know it is producing good stuff for me to eat, yummy!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-19788570761882456002007-07-24T09:48:00.000+00:002007-07-24T11:34:05.622+00:00Rainy Days & Monday<span style="font-size:130%;">Hello all, hope you're OK. I am fine if a little soggy. Some houses a few streets away were flooded over the weekend but we are dry so far, though our patio was more like a paddling pool for a while over the weekend. Lots of places around are suffering badly, it's so sad to hear about all the people who have had flood damage to their homes. My pal Blue who cam to see me on Saturday has flooding very close by, so I have paws firmly crossed that it does not reach her house. You can read more about the floods and see photos </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6911778.stm"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">.<br /><br />My super cute wirey friend </span><a href="http://www.astasworld.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Asta Up Over</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> awarded my the Rockin Dog Blogger award, thank you Asta!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0qUhuNnV7ceaIvqTMPwjkOm2UhJ0iUT4Xqsi0pmVmF2r6xxmsCnvW1TVe0XA2kOPPYHklpXl-Sy1Idz5piqQHOzesq3ZCIv4dnixCdQLgmFSvf64eb2BOLT78uqaQw4kMyxWeMqX4G8U/s1600-h/rockindogblogger.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090705836704390722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0qUhuNnV7ceaIvqTMPwjkOm2UhJ0iUT4Xqsi0pmVmF2r6xxmsCnvW1TVe0XA2kOPPYHklpXl-Sy1Idz5piqQHOzesq3ZCIv4dnixCdQLgmFSvf64eb2BOLT78uqaQw4kMyxWeMqX4G8U/s400/rockindogblogger.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, we had a dry day on Sunday, so I made sure I got outside to make the most of it. I decided dad needed some exercise, so I persuaded him to play one of my favourite games with me. He pretends to be a big scawie monster and chases me around. it's so much fun, and a very good cardiac workout (maybe more for me than him if you see how tired I am by the end of the video!).</span><br /><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/YF/3A/1185275153kY9tIuBQTyTIFLX0yzJp_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window"></embed><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As mum and I were heading off to grooming class, I gave dad some jobs to do to make sure he didn't get bored. He finished off painting the new fence. I kept an eye on him before I left to make sure the work was up to my high standards...hey dad, you missed a bit at the end here!</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehyphenhyphen2jSuptJkAxMSi0PI74ZCc-Ugit5fkficeLKEsc5Fmxyk3foSZ4dANXEQ_r11NKO3zn9ISTN-cwPS6sLO8ZYmduFjA0Chyphenhyphen_it7rdpBYhtbWKq1s3LEc16eSlYFcm-LiXhskJhZR43v1/s1600-h/Picture+564.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090702881766891026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehyphenhyphen2jSuptJkAxMSi0PI74ZCc-Ugit5fkficeLKEsc5Fmxyk3foSZ4dANXEQ_r11NKO3zn9ISTN-cwPS6sLO8ZYmduFjA0Chyphenhyphen_it7rdpBYhtbWKq1s3LEc16eSlYFcm-LiXhskJhZR43v1/s400/Picture+564.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Before he painted the fence he got out the scawie grass eating monster! Now I used to be a teensy bit scared of this when I was a littler pup, as seen here:</span><br /><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/8H/T3/1170669739XmSyYKchlQGMzVdstQRb_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window"></embed><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">But now that I am a mature boy of nearly 14 months I am not so bothered by it. I still wouldn't say I <em>liked</em> it - it does eat the grass and I'm quite partial to doing that myself thank you! I will however tolerate it now.</span><br /><br /><embed src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" FlashVars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/WA/6M/1185276442pYgmdXFSLoK9qlSybbr0_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window" width="320" height="260" name="VE_Player" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyhow, so we left dad working hard (though I think he actually crept off to watch something called the Grand Prix once we'd gone, hehehe) and mum and I drove to grooming class. Mum got help getting my neck and chest hair shorter, though I still have some left to poke out of my cowboy waistcoat in a manly fashion.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">We didn't take any photos of boring grooming, only of the best part about the classes - getting to play with other Dales! My buddies Ralf, Molly, Rupert, Archie or Milo weren't there today, but I'm a friendly boy so I soon made new pals!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Here I am getting acquainted with the laydees! Beside me is little Ruby who I met at the first grooming class I went to. She's almost 1 now. She recently got badly attacked by another doggy who ripped all her side and underneath open. She is healing well now thank doG, and apart from being a little nervous, doesn't seem to have suffered any lasting effect. Little Willow - who's not actually so little anymore at 6 months old - is at the bottom of the photo. Poor Indie was trying to have a poop in peace and got caught on camera, sorry Indie!</span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjv82g2jTVH9pN0otmar5lzqKbE7_MBdezb3-GxPr-RElZopeUJrHyZbafDP4XxwDxu2FDgZWxNhgeKX3cwXP5mDnq4v481ZKzS9I9F74JxfpWY_1bxL_Gq7B9Hhr8oTeDnnoY_CX76tQ/s1600-h/Picture+565.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090702894651792930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjv82g2jTVH9pN0otmar5lzqKbE7_MBdezb3-GxPr-RElZopeUJrHyZbafDP4XxwDxu2FDgZWxNhgeKX3cwXP5mDnq4v481ZKzS9I9F74JxfpWY_1bxL_Gq7B9Hhr8oTeDnnoY_CX76tQ/s400/Picture+565.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Once Ruby realised I'm a gentle boy her tail came up and she was happy to have a good old game of bitey face, yeah!</span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55awlsdbLNyJFEjgLowqcpHq1uZ_LYId-Fm5_rwZ9GCtaAStL6RtkiYW6r10zkn-0dXKvAA7_FyUxrUa2glWBM_YKaOZs5xkSEW_g6FIZF3nlhUvewV2ESM31Zxj3ob-g9NjbjccleO3H/s1600-h/Picture+566.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090702903241727538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55awlsdbLNyJFEjgLowqcpHq1uZ_LYId-Fm5_rwZ9GCtaAStL6RtkiYW6r10zkn-0dXKvAA7_FyUxrUa2glWBM_YKaOZs5xkSEW_g6FIZF3nlhUvewV2ESM31Zxj3ob-g9NjbjccleO3H/s400/Picture+566.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Willow really wanted to play, but she just wasn't quite brave enough to join in properly, preferring to trot around and watch us. I guess as she gets older she'll get braver. She's also very dainty, so maybe that's why she isn't too keen on running around with us bigger dogs.</span> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3-1zwAQcbKNkqRCNfveSg16RNDWsFo20d99A4pExaNY7_VXtKKx6_knBTWtSP6o7NRIGzAuT3t2oNS3dBHvtdMii9tcfN584wEKJRVZzggwTe52-NFFSf4dqbIINGFJu84GjxNBR7_3W/s1600-h/Picture+567.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090700691333569986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3-1zwAQcbKNkqRCNfveSg16RNDWsFo20d99A4pExaNY7_VXtKKx6_knBTWtSP6o7NRIGzAuT3t2oNS3dBHvtdMii9tcfN584wEKJRVZzggwTe52-NFFSf4dqbIINGFJu84GjxNBR7_3W/s400/Picture+567.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As you can see, Willow is still stood by my mum on the step while we all play. I'm now playing with Indie (he finished his poop) while Ruby cheers me on and tries to get Willow to come and join in!</span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPjkYdTF-eWgeZyNAbZu2JHKzc8VOrzvavjmzfi4Gt_YudqNBvfhyBIqYoBlGBg0CWt_wKYsyAM6X8Eqk_2D6qjAUoKoChbdUh_uaS96pPjveRY5e7Cr0j4jqC-Zj_N5cGnPDJeFGXLi8/s1600-h/Picture+568.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090700699923504594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPjkYdTF-eWgeZyNAbZu2JHKzc8VOrzvavjmzfi4Gt_YudqNBvfhyBIqYoBlGBg0CWt_wKYsyAM6X8Eqk_2D6qjAUoKoChbdUh_uaS96pPjveRY5e7Cr0j4jqC-Zj_N5cGnPDJeFGXLi8/s400/Picture+568.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Indie had a word in my ear to ask if I thought he should ask Ruby if she'd be his girlfriend. I told him to go for it. Lovely as she is, I am faithful to my Airegirl <a href="http://faya.bleublog.ch/"><span style="color:#006600;">Faya</span></a>.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9nRy82VYPmd4D4_7-zYw_B8xM2DiSR_9a654AyStD-jHEyFjLQx7OPT8EKGFDxg2IUKdRm1mKPGLP2HIDwX1AWB2Lguev-kI4YMmJAPSGQdZq3-v7Bh0JpbDxkmgaURz1KavoyiZ68YW/s1600-h/Picture+569.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090700708513439202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9nRy82VYPmd4D4_7-zYw_B8xM2DiSR_9a654AyStD-jHEyFjLQx7OPT8EKGFDxg2IUKdRm1mKPGLP2HIDwX1AWB2Lguev-kI4YMmJAPSGQdZq3-v7Bh0JpbDxkmgaURz1KavoyiZ68YW/s400/Picture+569.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> We discovered there were lots of sticks on the floor and had great fun running around with them playing "chase me". At one point 3 of us had one stick in our mouths, running around in a row, but mum just couldn't get a good photo.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">As you'll see on the video, even Willow couldn't resist coming to chomp a few stickies! I am the big fuzzy one!</span><br /><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/ZC/DK/1185270349EdWRLSUEjCLoo1QJbwPA_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Yay, Willow is out playing and her little tail is up. I guess she realised how much fun we all are! Grooming class is great for socialisation as well as the horrid hair pulling. Can you see Indie's ears? They're all sticky uppy the whole time and very cute. That's my big fuzzy butt in the background!</span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090700721398341106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1mhFHIY6ea7QpEVEp-oG7OdGxCPWGZDF-OP4-ON1yYbqTYtQqiGnd5hB15NfmZQZ-Q97oZmPCH6MTvS4YvThn905TbxtB2GLhHpF3vyfc9sY7670v1A6x1X7CMkkDaQ1bTl_goo65Ynr/s400/Picture+570.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;">Ahh, nothing like a communal butt sniff! The paler guy sniffing my butt is Russell, and he belongs to one of the ladies who runs the class.</span></p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzK5jBGMt2n0EKmxsphW661bN2ATeBlBb_sT915K2-y-swYhi1qp9eLFcuPXXV14a6e97tkgAYDQ8kr9t-nRDJxu34HiL7hmpdWVY6-BZrgwOav47pyv3ezfv54K00E9vksaxaKitl_uF/s1600-h/Picture+571.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090700729988275714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzK5jBGMt2n0EKmxsphW661bN2ATeBlBb_sT915K2-y-swYhi1qp9eLFcuPXXV14a6e97tkgAYDQ8kr9t-nRDJxu34HiL7hmpdWVY6-BZrgwOav47pyv3ezfv54K00E9vksaxaKitl_uF/s400/Picture+571.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">So all in all, grooming class was great fun, not the stoopid standing on tables bit so much, but the play time in between rocked!<br /><br />Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-40211627013213484712007-07-21T21:12:00.000+00:002007-07-21T21:37:59.923+00:00Meeting Blue<span style="font-size:130%;">This morning I had agility as usual. No photos or videos today as I went on my own as lazy dad wanted a lie-in! Anyone would think it was the weekend or something! My teacher Tracey says that from Wednesday I am moving up to the highest class in obedience, eek! I think the first lesson will be tough while I find my paws and get used to the new dogs, but hopefully I'll soon get the hang of the tougher lessons.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">After agility we headed back out to meet my pal <a href="http://ifonlyifonlyid.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Blue</span></a>! She's a lovely lady who has been visiting my blog for a long while. She was coming to Swindon to meet up with a potential new dog, so her and mum arranged for us all to meet. This was the first time meeting any of my bloggy pals, how exciting!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Here's the handsome Thistle who will soon be Blue's new boy, isn't he handsome? Blue will be back to collect him in a couple of weeks so I look forward to meeting him then, and hopefully lots of times after that too!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FmteWEJSGnXagjqmsVEbyDzsflu_zEgVHorylBsHKjEaj_0rQbwLomY4ArFyF5XQnhclSYlwjxwrOQOR00pBkSsn3XWqZYhx53aHipwGPHoBs-U59bdNTU6VDPxJI_zq8FSuA36fETLP/s1600-h/Thistle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089762206619655554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FmteWEJSGnXagjqmsVEbyDzsflu_zEgVHorylBsHKjEaj_0rQbwLomY4ArFyF5XQnhclSYlwjxwrOQOR00pBkSsn3XWqZYhx53aHipwGPHoBs-U59bdNTU6VDPxJI_zq8FSuA36fETLP/s400/Thistle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">We met here at <a href="http://www.swindonweb.com/arkells/tawnyowl/index.htm"><span style="color:#006600;">The Tawny Owl</span></a> pub. I used to come here when I first came to live with mum and dad so it was nice to go back. The staff couldn't believe how big I got! A little girl came to play with me while we were waiting for Blue, and mum showed her how to make me do <a href="http://oscartheairedale.blogspot.com/2007/05/bang-bang.html"><span style="color:#006600;">"bang",</span> </a>so she was very pleased with herself!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">When Blue arrived, her and mum got on straight away, natter, natter, chat, chat. I got lots of snuggles and pets. Soon the rain started and as the hoomans were still yapping away, we went back home for a cuppa (well, not for me!).</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLxN-P56DanTURf7GfbZUGiLTrhx0M4uIpeIRgMXPXkdalxgmiJz_OnXNr5eRPSIk3Z5BtCumGIR-WoxeEWe9B7tby40kWzCAhEU235l5mdXVYbRVkSI1bCvXXOaDZM_2mshCgG5A-j66/s1600-h/Tawny+Owl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089762206619655570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLxN-P56DanTURf7GfbZUGiLTrhx0M4uIpeIRgMXPXkdalxgmiJz_OnXNr5eRPSIk3Z5BtCumGIR-WoxeEWe9B7tby40kWzCAhEU235l5mdXVYbRVkSI1bCvXXOaDZM_2mshCgG5A-j66/s400/Tawny+Owl.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> There are some photos of mum and I on Blue's blog, and here are some of me and Blue! She's such a lovely lady.</span><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOpaUSEAgWPUKlD-IB1NfWN0WuxmLHJMiThCIsRcYRPf_gXejSk9QkMkMjOxmapoNtleCp1nw4cwAuM9qP5tj85-K6MYK106A7a0PVKZijbDyZzh9kBJVBuA7XAfCLi45VAcCASyTEL69/s1600-h/Wedding+160.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089762215209590178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOpaUSEAgWPUKlD-IB1NfWN0WuxmLHJMiThCIsRcYRPf_gXejSk9QkMkMjOxmapoNtleCp1nw4cwAuM9qP5tj85-K6MYK106A7a0PVKZijbDyZzh9kBJVBuA7XAfCLi45VAcCASyTEL69/s400/Wedding+160.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I look forward to seeing you again in a few weeks Blue. I'll introduce you and Thistle to <a href="http://oscartheairedale.blogspot.com/2007/03/fun-in-fields.html"><span style="color:#006600;">Seven Fields</span></a> (weather permitting!).</span> </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5M2EFuOrv4UHa1K3iwP8-uPLNcgWwYJV73ZuKp-gtRj5gwQ4EineHkRRb8u_1-nWfcg8ZuxkfdwvEb5g9UaasNTEFjsgVI2fvaua3Snqvh4Yym0MaoDsR7vMrKbmxzfKuwgTVXk2q36L/s1600-h/Wedding+162.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089762219504557490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5M2EFuOrv4UHa1K3iwP8-uPLNcgWwYJV73ZuKp-gtRj5gwQ4EineHkRRb8u_1-nWfcg8ZuxkfdwvEb5g9UaasNTEFjsgVI2fvaua3Snqvh4Yym0MaoDsR7vMrKbmxzfKuwgTVXk2q36L/s400/Wedding+162.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-63520760909574174602007-07-20T09:59:00.001+00:002007-07-20T10:44:16.581+00:00Well Bred and Read<span style="font-size:130%;">Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin! Hehehe, I just love sitting ON the sofa!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjECFRHgbjqxBwc7OQe6w1qo95FBX9SiJVahotaetQOxAWXXSIVYAydk-8XIplDHQ-2lM8kSwQ0HtrB27b7bN1-k1wtIvP-5FM3K2sZ1LCHiy77OBispzvBVBCmwHcZR1I2s3HeDylI6c/s1600-h/Picture+434.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217975274309634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjECFRHgbjqxBwc7OQe6w1qo95FBX9SiJVahotaetQOxAWXXSIVYAydk-8XIplDHQ-2lM8kSwQ0HtrB27b7bN1-k1wtIvP-5FM3K2sZ1LCHiy77OBispzvBVBCmwHcZR1I2s3HeDylI6c/s400/Picture+434.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">My human friend </span><a href="http://ifonlyifonlyid.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Blue</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> (who I am hopefully meeting tomorrow!) and my cool new WFT pals </span><a href="http://agathaandarchiespage.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Agatha and Archie</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> tagged me to reveal my favourite books. Now I'm not really one for long complex novels - I'm only just a year old remember, and I am a terrier with the associated attention span after all!<br /><br />Here I am sitting ON the sofa with my birthday birdie from </span><a href="http://www.faya.bleublog.ch/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Faya</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> waiting for story time!</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TzpvKXQtmuudLvSoaUL8Y0vCvJSO5QLjCtdMr4NKh6AHY5cgQtOKcX7XiI5-tuaxYHR37uENnID3UfOWU84vL1M7ZeMzRArA2uKL2-G9cN-VkQADfKj1n91mpNzOFSUOqnm1g2u6gU1k/s1600-h/Picture+314.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217979569276946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TzpvKXQtmuudLvSoaUL8Y0vCvJSO5QLjCtdMr4NKh6AHY5cgQtOKcX7XiI5-tuaxYHR37uENnID3UfOWU84vL1M7ZeMzRArA2uKL2-G9cN-VkQADfKj1n91mpNzOFSUOqnm1g2u6gU1k/s400/Picture+314.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">My first choice is this book of pubs and hotels here in the UK where I can tag along with mum and dad! There are a few dog friendly pubs around here, and it will be very useful if we ever want a holiday without the taking the tent - which might be soon if this rain doesn't stop!</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5_DcYwIrqzXcRglaz4E-K_RCYHqGhfp-7xCE3iXGxWfA08ePnB-bNoAzsZjLkgUrfNDZOSbK_hc_mVGzdMeQBRQk5kjfYD0eg4v2Qdzj8po3rNEMgDkgwE4-YbhbbivrGNb9BiJ1vvJP/s1600-h/Dog+friendly+pubs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217425518495730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5_DcYwIrqzXcRglaz4E-K_RCYHqGhfp-7xCE3iXGxWfA08ePnB-bNoAzsZjLkgUrfNDZOSbK_hc_mVGzdMeQBRQk5kjfYD0eg4v2Qdzj8po3rNEMgDkgwE4-YbhbbivrGNb9BiJ1vvJP/s400/Dog+friendly+pubs.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">My second choice is this very sweet book about a lady who was left with nothing but her 3 female Airedales after her husband left her. Her dogs gave her the strength to carry on and she bought and repaired an old cottage, set up a grooming business, bred Airedale puppies, made new friends and lived to a grand old age!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfYDzktBxzJQAG2Zi9657uaB_ksd5qyFhGnKyzbLywa5y6lMT8N34iezD7ZDkLzSsEGd39QYoT203j-WRKNQalnIGgbltk7AmqE7CA3MJKdbqqDVaVxvfoUKNLJhmJpnslzcL-9-qpPiO/s1600-h/Dogs+and+a+cottage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217004611700642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfYDzktBxzJQAG2Zi9657uaB_ksd5qyFhGnKyzbLywa5y6lMT8N34iezD7ZDkLzSsEGd39QYoT203j-WRKNQalnIGgbltk7AmqE7CA3MJKdbqqDVaVxvfoUKNLJhmJpnslzcL-9-qpPiO/s400/Dogs+and+a+cottage.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">This is one of the books mum read before changing my diet over to BARF. I'm grateful to Tom Lonsdale as I really love my dinners, and my tummy is soooo much better. I'm sure mum and dad are also glad that I don't have the windy bottom from hell any more, hehehe!</span> </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtwwKdXPRNS6_ob7EtSA90HdXtSvkLS80uvQW-5NXtA7PZ4VevSE4AqAP7WArx-qSpPUyZ1gJtQo4OArqANEmiBHQbAWKE9kEHrUHBUB8GVevqEWmfS4VdjZVcqGruUg15nOyzbVCpZac/s1600-h/BARF+book.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217008906667954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtwwKdXPRNS6_ob7EtSA90HdXtSvkLS80uvQW-5NXtA7PZ4VevSE4AqAP7WArx-qSpPUyZ1gJtQo4OArqANEmiBHQbAWKE9kEHrUHBUB8GVevqEWmfS4VdjZVcqGruUg15nOyzbVCpZac/s400/BARF+book.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">We use this book to learn new tricks. There are some cool ideas in there such as learning to put rubbish in the bin. Funny concept if you ask me - I much prefer trying to get stuff OUT of it! </span><a href="http://www.maryray.co.uk/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Mary Ray</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> is quite famous here in the UK as she does a lot of great doggy dancing (heelwork to music) like my pal </span><a href="http://amberspersonaldiary.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Amber-Mae</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> does.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMBKuAgPCL3eRYkfkRq-jb0_Ck1YMOTZImbiLuBAWDsWuPttK_n7e25ceCN8lxkswN22WHWe6oMqPtRh-SYi_29yxwFTnx_MR_xDgBXa3OdrU8TK_MIJfeirzYV6iYm10sFzJEc4zRLDe/s1600-h/Dog+tricks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217008906667986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMBKuAgPCL3eRYkfkRq-jb0_Ck1YMOTZImbiLuBAWDsWuPttK_n7e25ceCN8lxkswN22WHWe6oMqPtRh-SYi_29yxwFTnx_MR_xDgBXa3OdrU8TK_MIJfeirzYV6iYm10sFzJEc4zRLDe/s400/Dog+tricks.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">My final choice is this manual. Mum read it before she even got me and said it has some great advice in there, especially for first time dog owners like her. This book definitely helped make me into the good boy I am, along with hard work from mum and dad - and your truly of course!</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U3lgRyRy8GRSrX7F1Xx7SqgcU33_elSecT6a-pIl1e6tGgCW3M1M-0WGTdl6pbUpph-bs3eJWyqUi-OAiKfFZcEhDV0jsFmBpp1OrNM-iHnaIi_bnXKIv5PFYfErJavenEr49tA7FTgp/s1600-h/Perfect+puppy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089217013201635298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U3lgRyRy8GRSrX7F1Xx7SqgcU33_elSecT6a-pIl1e6tGgCW3M1M-0WGTdl6pbUpph-bs3eJWyqUi-OAiKfFZcEhDV0jsFmBpp1OrNM-iHnaIi_bnXKIv5PFYfErJavenEr49tA7FTgp/s400/Perfect+puppy.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I hope you liked my choices. I have enjoyed reading my pal's lists. I'm not sure who has been tagged, so join in if you want to play!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Have a great weekend everyone. I have agility, meeting Blue and grooming class amongst other things, so I'll be busy as ever!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-40158098149632101372007-07-18T09:50:00.000+00:002007-07-18T15:27:06.458+00:00Wild Wild West (England)<span style="font-size:130%;">Ye ha, cowboy fans! Look what came in the post from </span><a href="http://butchyandsnickers.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Butchy and Snicker's</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> mum / </span><a href="http://snitchybugdogdesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Snitchybug Dog Designs!</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />I am now a genuine bona fide Sherif Sundance Kid!<br /><br />I've got my cow print waistcoat.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG8KkyXMVjGUtgsMTSrEjITO1AImeFRXjJ9ElhmpMBz3wyXWnooovnNqe3kZQfD7fYvlPk5kWEj6DtjeI4pqzGFyk9re5_B1IYfpQvLRkK-qvHF0A0hMq93_Vu4P1E7j4tD9WMBU0XKki/s1600-h/Picture+555.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088543412005767010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG8KkyXMVjGUtgsMTSrEjITO1AImeFRXjJ9ElhmpMBz3wyXWnooovnNqe3kZQfD7fYvlPk5kWEj6DtjeI4pqzGFyk9re5_B1IYfpQvLRkK-qvHF0A0hMq93_Vu4P1E7j4tD9WMBU0XKki/s400/Picture+555.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I've got my cool chaps with tassels.</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWs7cQxtqh3DlPwOsFiE2YLIdG_YYoY1WzGqDB1x1SLy32OWN65nsecWdp4NtjQ-v3nUZEra-6fyPpEcrsX1i5sLqyeY-U2bRKgon40JUa2agf9DZJpY2b_0-XfRmzT69czXVZsbpo7QM/s1600-h/Picture+557.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088543424890668914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWs7cQxtqh3DlPwOsFiE2YLIdG_YYoY1WzGqDB1x1SLy32OWN65nsecWdp4NtjQ-v3nUZEra-6fyPpEcrsX1i5sLqyeY-U2bRKgon40JUa2agf9DZJpY2b_0-XfRmzT69czXVZsbpo7QM/s400/Picture+557.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I've got yet another bandanna, proper cowboy stylee!</span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaaJINdhCF6e8t7nNCYrY0s3MKeKsUerGHylqWgkdPi7IjquGd2RRX1vDPl9M35BugI0CWylbW20F5ou89AQGChJMh1saH9b2MEXO_H9DT90rrmwPDb6ZGvdpVGglSv-kIo9cChx5lxgP/s1600-h/Picture+556.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088543437775570818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaaJINdhCF6e8t7nNCYrY0s3MKeKsUerGHylqWgkdPi7IjquGd2RRX1vDPl9M35BugI0CWylbW20F5ou89AQGChJMh1saH9b2MEXO_H9DT90rrmwPDb6ZGvdpVGglSv-kIo9cChx5lxgP/s400/Picture+556.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">And I've got a very cool cowboy hat.</span></p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTVcsKegeRhrho1TlOjbO2keELPhiucs2oADJzRtZcXbiJTCbXjeI4rTbrkyF2ekzWJCt8hpt78S-shQByxHDBjT6Tz1JULb0XHTQIY0q46Vt4Vep7YfwbjP5M4_6UlkTf5puAb9W4Mo9/s1600-h/Picture+558.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088543450660472722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTVcsKegeRhrho1TlOjbO2keELPhiucs2oADJzRtZcXbiJTCbXjeI4rTbrkyF2ekzWJCt8hpt78S-shQByxHDBjT6Tz1JULb0XHTQIY0q46Vt4Vep7YfwbjP5M4_6UlkTf5puAb9W4Mo9/s400/Picture+558.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Isn't Butchy and Snicker's mum clever? It's all beautifully made and stitched. It blows my stoopid Woody outfit right out of the water.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">So, how do I look?</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlVRgL87O92_bUhiDLdkhDlgAt8KhuRzfdbp_rqhm9yWXOlrQn_MBElCRP4RXcESUnUtiNvTIBEa_Jkm4Ga72GEEY5W30-xwdmFXzs7R5en3sEqf9pwUbdm-M8TnW73kvyym8yaOSYWGw/s1600-h/Picture+549.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088542686156293922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlVRgL87O92_bUhiDLdkhDlgAt8KhuRzfdbp_rqhm9yWXOlrQn_MBElCRP4RXcESUnUtiNvTIBEa_Jkm4Ga72GEEY5W30-xwdmFXzs7R5en3sEqf9pwUbdm-M8TnW73kvyym8yaOSYWGw/s400/Picture+549.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Do you like the way my manly chest hair is spilling out over the top of my waistcoat?<br /></span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyW5QOGeINxxxjBU5BuQ2M2j5rGwomilgsfMGToW83IZoVxc5b15YK8fcqbxMhQ_aPlUkIypMMU-2KRGkdisGlfaOAtVwn8A7EGmN5FsFFg6JYm6uROq6Kd-kTmS1d_k8qgjgEq3ripjB/s1600-h/Picture+551.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088542694746228530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyW5QOGeINxxxjBU5BuQ2M2j5rGwomilgsfMGToW83IZoVxc5b15YK8fcqbxMhQ_aPlUkIypMMU-2KRGkdisGlfaOAtVwn8A7EGmN5FsFFg6JYm6uROq6Kd-kTmS1d_k8qgjgEq3ripjB/s400/Picture+551.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I like wearing my hat at at jaunty angle, kind of cowboy meets Justin Timberlake!</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sI2FyvdAXM_JcdRgZBqAI4K5MraoU3g3b1eoZXzHQ-wxP6qE0fRUVgiH13g7hkzRMPHcMoxxZCDezhf0TE1iTiYcthK08wblS-bToMPLE8YtX4EDjobGBbu6OtHryndOFxCgOdpRBo1C/s1600-h/Picture+553.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088542716221065026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sI2FyvdAXM_JcdRgZBqAI4K5MraoU3g3b1eoZXzHQ-wxP6qE0fRUVgiH13g7hkzRMPHcMoxxZCDezhf0TE1iTiYcthK08wblS-bToMPLE8YtX4EDjobGBbu6OtHryndOFxCgOdpRBo1C/s400/Picture+553.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I'm looking for cows but I don't see any.</span> </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0_SFAGEY36_zsJ9JWlZIowcxZ4CchRZkOTmE95XOG0OgSquP5hxi1D_t0qoKqAJz5Iai8_2_I_2oTzgx7Jo2wXk0oPQQd-j3CG_Uxstjka2jf1un53s841XEzJ_lf1srIvay7MUmQSQ1/s1600-h/Picture+554.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088542724810999634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0_SFAGEY36_zsJ9JWlZIowcxZ4CchRZkOTmE95XOG0OgSquP5hxi1D_t0qoKqAJz5Iai8_2_I_2oTzgx7Jo2wXk0oPQQd-j3CG_Uxstjka2jf1un53s841XEzJ_lf1srIvay7MUmQSQ1/s400/Picture+554.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I think I look pretty cool! Butchy and Snicker's mum also forwarded us a link she found for a doggy gun holster. That would finish my outfit off a treat!</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvgRjagdwoPb49Q5T2y9iMFnppVhcVY9Mt2sPg3U7aq0yPFrLPnyic8WBQawW1Nlder7gfb25nM0hOX691RIDNPgHEDR4Egi8xXtmM6aXePr_Xe2uckD50B1HecDNA6HcRs-pZypSWbKL/s1600-h/Picture+561.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088541736968521458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvgRjagdwoPb49Q5T2y9iMFnppVhcVY9Mt2sPg3U7aq0yPFrLPnyic8WBQawW1Nlder7gfb25nM0hOX691RIDNPgHEDR4Egi8xXtmM6aXePr_Xe2uckD50B1HecDNA6HcRs-pZypSWbKL/s400/Picture+561.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Watch out other doggies, I'm so going to win every fancy dress competition I ever enter!<br /></span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiQYWho0c-VYi78jOvKG8aoza3PrplcC8LriEmGz_-hNf-LtRLbFjeI8wcr-U4fYwcOXaV9iyHnDVfvOv396EMu2k8Ps3eerLqlGlsp1IpC5pBopvbMkHgL2mx1K9la0kfUncBFPQnXP8/s1600-h/Picture+562.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088541749853423362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiQYWho0c-VYi78jOvKG8aoza3PrplcC8LriEmGz_-hNf-LtRLbFjeI8wcr-U4fYwcOXaV9iyHnDVfvOv396EMu2k8Ps3eerLqlGlsp1IpC5pBopvbMkHgL2mx1K9la0kfUncBFPQnXP8/s400/Picture+562.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">OK, enough of the posing, I'm headed off to the saloon bar for a big glass of whiskey...erm water!</span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErQGG-k8IX_LtFtIpgh1tTiHxpGUUiKjRwIYADsKa23a79RM0bCiHLZzwWHIijiEDTWe5hSpPJvm8FdCbTJHyd8yynAtg8j58tatp5oRc5rMud-VrjN2y5BMgBQ0NozRFwJFZC2prlxJX/s1600-h/Picture+563.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088541758443357970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErQGG-k8IX_LtFtIpgh1tTiHxpGUUiKjRwIYADsKa23a79RM0bCiHLZzwWHIijiEDTWe5hSpPJvm8FdCbTJHyd8yynAtg8j58tatp5oRc5rMud-VrjN2y5BMgBQ0NozRFwJFZC2prlxJX/s400/Picture+563.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">The camera battery ran out, but mum will have to get a video of me walking in my outfit, as she says I really do look like I have a cowboy swagger going on. I guess I need to get used to walking in trousers!<br /><br />Thank you so much for my outfit Linda, I love it!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-75839797607695971922007-07-16T13:34:00.000+00:002007-07-16T15:31:23.427+00:00Animal MagicHello! I hope you're all well. I am good. I had a fun weekend. My hooman step sisters were here this weekend. It's E's 6th birthday on Wednesday so we celebrated with her.<br /><br /><br />We went to a really cool place called <a href="http://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk/"><span style="color:#006600;">Cotswold Wildlife Park</span></a>. There were so many different animals there. I couldn't believe how many different animals there are in the world, and how many of them are in danger because of humans destroying their habitats.<br /><br /><br />It's a cool place because us dogs are allowed in most areas of the park apart from the bat belfry (eek, who wants to be near scawie bats anyway), the farmyard area where animals are roaming loose and the reptile house. Apart from that we can see all the animals, cool!<br /><br /><br />First we went to see the Humboldt penguins. They were really cool guys. They come from Peru and Chile and are a smaller breed of penguins, weighing around 4kg when grown.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uzMBaN_fcTy8WE7d2YAx0xM0k_cv1NBuKqmN2fua4pY2_ONPK-nrKPSheJDcXoAblOPcPQqne3Y9FF_DVt2yIM_fpHNbuAsEDNat9i9Nfy9GSJeGwLXE5QvMYBIg7dbp2Xr-Dd-ehyphenhyphenKI/s1600-h/Picture+462.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087799248792192706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uzMBaN_fcTy8WE7d2YAx0xM0k_cv1NBuKqmN2fua4pY2_ONPK-nrKPSheJDcXoAblOPcPQqne3Y9FF_DVt2yIM_fpHNbuAsEDNat9i9Nfy9GSJeGwLXE5QvMYBIg7dbp2Xr-Dd-ehyphenhyphenKI/s400/Picture+462.jpg" border="0" /></a>We watched them being fed (mackerel, yummy). These 3 were obviously the greedy ones of the group as they were waiting at the door to the keeper's office where they could obviously smell the fish being prepared!<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqF0hYZuGRfWHIdgdv1gZkga_Quz0Z9mzNekvlJmRfePSmzpQMRVBOw9sJON1yflmOmR9Dw8YfeA9yzBo8IvP0o6Pfba17QAFiFwSZiFyz7Q_6JJ9HEIwJXg4_b35Z7D8asAOHmT8vXVw/s1600-h/Picture+463.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087799261677094610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqF0hYZuGRfWHIdgdv1gZkga_Quz0Z9mzNekvlJmRfePSmzpQMRVBOw9sJON1yflmOmR9Dw8YfeA9yzBo8IvP0o6Pfba17QAFiFwSZiFyz7Q_6JJ9HEIwJXg4_b35Z7D8asAOHmT8vXVw/s400/Picture+463.jpg" border="0" /></a>After they had been fed they stand and digest the fish which they store in their gullet until it forms a mushy fish paste, yum!</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYlknPb97YvyFDwShkD2CVOTTiYwDopPrQkDDia3OyqWRpsThWQrA3dIaJv3YWf8pl7JuyDuS_Ss4jeUbzboubcaHPacVq7gGnk60N2VMMu1nTz606cJ9gqj7X700clnKHduRpUFyvtyG/s1600-h/Picture+466.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087799265972061922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYlknPb97YvyFDwShkD2CVOTTiYwDopPrQkDDia3OyqWRpsThWQrA3dIaJv3YWf8pl7JuyDuS_Ss4jeUbzboubcaHPacVq7gGnk60N2VMMu1nTz606cJ9gqj7X700clnKHduRpUFyvtyG/s400/Picture+466.jpg" border="0" /></a>We also saw lemurs. They come from Madagascar. The park has two types, ring tailed and black and white ruffed. These are the ring tailed as you hopefully worked out! They are omnivores, basically meaning they will eat anything! </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r3sfz4o1qi-nBcZ2Nf40A2qmZEijO-0vX_h1OLr7a2bEP2lf3AxgnxSByJrg3ovlRrMiHj86-azORQR_lB5PMwBv4vIkiOgRoFfLXBfpfva75ZDJV4t5eGpl73GgnPsnqNcwcPSiilvu/s1600-h/Picture+481.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087798505762850434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r3sfz4o1qi-nBcZ2Nf40A2qmZEijO-0vX_h1OLr7a2bEP2lf3AxgnxSByJrg3ovlRrMiHj86-azORQR_lB5PMwBv4vIkiOgRoFfLXBfpfva75ZDJV4t5eGpl73GgnPsnqNcwcPSiilvu/s400/Picture+481.jpg" border="0" /></a>Next we went to see the meerkats. As it was quite a chilly day, a lot of them were hiding, but this little guy had come to have a sniff to see what was going on.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqDWIUBGE81biGj7HgvosEopOgxY84fhfRWQZAy9amkPzIbZjYEQ1mkHy-zz-8ug27paILEoJuZOoEF9FvOwVmW7ikzLhfwCVxrd6EYgiy-h38K2GCoEM4ao4CYLNYIcHPu57Gn86xalV/s1600-h/Picture+460.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087798518647752338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqDWIUBGE81biGj7HgvosEopOgxY84fhfRWQZAy9amkPzIbZjYEQ1mkHy-zz-8ug27paILEoJuZOoEF9FvOwVmW7ikzLhfwCVxrd6EYgiy-h38K2GCoEM4ao4CYLNYIcHPu57Gn86xalV/s400/Picture+460.jpg" border="0" /></a>Most of his mates were inside their house. This one was really camping it up for the camera! They look cute, but are very territorial and will fight to the death in the wild if a rival group of meerkats try to take over their territory. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs70WOhvwvQRql5v47BcsT4gsaW_h29O2eDwQ_IpC2pmsowLCkjvaF2ScLYNhb6jFXf5GXXL4FkxadzRtaWm9sgtX231F9I4rMYjATarRT1gNsXFQVT9k1U7uD8gfCydGY8hXaqKsMQDOF/s1600-h/Picture+469.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087798522942719650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs70WOhvwvQRql5v47BcsT4gsaW_h29O2eDwQ_IpC2pmsowLCkjvaF2ScLYNhb6jFXf5GXXL4FkxadzRtaWm9sgtX231F9I4rMYjATarRT1gNsXFQVT9k1U7uD8gfCydGY8hXaqKsMQDOF/s400/Picture+469.jpg" border="0" /></a>We found more fish eaters! These are otters and they were having a great time splashing about and eating their fishy dinner.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GMg17QJL7FyNmhheX2wtdBmjUl0UL5aamC3cZR9STrTX-O1ExBaFQkvU3cLR0UajOsC2gieTF5ZTN5olPErhkGONQlmumXtphZeJavoekOWVUwMpvkbZgtx6TmVNDtjmRz8dNHHTbxph/s1600-h/Picture+473.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087798535827621554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GMg17QJL7FyNmhheX2wtdBmjUl0UL5aamC3cZR9STrTX-O1ExBaFQkvU3cLR0UajOsC2gieTF5ZTN5olPErhkGONQlmumXtphZeJavoekOWVUwMpvkbZgtx6TmVNDtjmRz8dNHHTbxph/s400/Picture+473.jpg" border="0" /></a>Look at this cute little baby with his mum. He got his own fish when they were fed and there was no way any of the bigger otters were going to get it from him! </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoLXuUKOFqjWisnZLshLBrhBxNCgjl4M4w7JoHzrHCbVeTqXIOSWFWDc7JOipefZ4Ns8yt_7I86qPkHfju1pxdEwUGwOrfECu62gP3VRzgjjcFBLs7eh9nIqcViAAHy8AiEv2lGpee5h5/s1600-h/Picture+474.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087797294582072898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoLXuUKOFqjWisnZLshLBrhBxNCgjl4M4w7JoHzrHCbVeTqXIOSWFWDc7JOipefZ4Ns8yt_7I86qPkHfju1pxdEwUGwOrfECu62gP3VRzgjjcFBLs7eh9nIqcViAAHy8AiEv2lGpee5h5/s400/Picture+474.jpg" border="0" /></a>I asked if I could share a fish but there was no chance!<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinkp4-6se-PivGOsH0MBJxiubrUu30FbfOF84MyG5ab5gIVFKCQC1yGWqWcCnk-JXwtkMaiuts9OzICbXUUwzJ1WCtXsNMHgVwn4hHudGlcBxAKELJSkI-lr_dB5KpzM48lTUCBLoBCQ4/s1600-h/Picture+478.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087797303172007506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinkp4-6se-PivGOsH0MBJxiubrUu30FbfOF84MyG5ab5gIVFKCQC1yGWqWcCnk-JXwtkMaiuts9OzICbXUUwzJ1WCtXsNMHgVwn4hHudGlcBxAKELJSkI-lr_dB5KpzM48lTUCBLoBCQ4/s400/Picture+478.jpg" border="0" /></a>I can't remember what this animal is. Maybe one of you will recognise it. They look very chilled out sitting on their rock watching the world go by. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzTdWG_-o0huDGgkaRNfkryjkieySBVzmT4TWY6m2TiGxw3V0P_TD4R86SCouwfI5yYfx8j2iS3dksjsW-1pHqMSYB6pNqX9QbBvTsFE_hvheSja5QO43I6z5pTBIljn0tYycW8TCO7-p/s1600-h/Picture+480.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087797311761942114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzTdWG_-o0huDGgkaRNfkryjkieySBVzmT4TWY6m2TiGxw3V0P_TD4R86SCouwfI5yYfx8j2iS3dksjsW-1pHqMSYB6pNqX9QbBvTsFE_hvheSja5QO43I6z5pTBIljn0tYycW8TCO7-p/s400/Picture+480.jpg" border="0" /></a>Next we went to look at the monkeys. They were so great at using their hands, feet and tails to swing across the cages, nets and trees.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4FtB-MhKy6M_hA84SPKlXxJ_06YGRcEqWIP4icGj8luZA37kctZmL3Lbr8Agy1JIHqnVafa8B7-lZ3YhJcetOWFLY36vsuCZ_DgPKSu5wLkUPmojkl0nFg8nj-mCfsmSyRdbVWIYL4gy/s1600-h/Picture+483.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087797324646844018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4FtB-MhKy6M_hA84SPKlXxJ_06YGRcEqWIP4icGj8luZA37kctZmL3Lbr8Agy1JIHqnVafa8B7-lZ3YhJcetOWFLY36vsuCZ_DgPKSu5wLkUPmojkl0nFg8nj-mCfsmSyRdbVWIYL4gy/s400/Picture+483.jpg" border="0" /></a>E & J thought this bird only had one leg, so dad explained that they like to stand like that. Can you see the fluffy baby in the nest?</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoYD2PdculP0AaiA4dBCv26HSJdpFhuQL-9iwtsPAI4QDLKPgVyTHSMrg72PJzs7E-1VZGQ7C4TdFvBEqodPD6L0bww-9fyL_iVXg6DSXsgogxCGGSvplsyoFU5-J5JYVhhdjxycOEgB_/s1600-h/Picture+486.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087796242315085298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoYD2PdculP0AaiA4dBCv26HSJdpFhuQL-9iwtsPAI4QDLKPgVyTHSMrg72PJzs7E-1VZGQ7C4TdFvBEqodPD6L0bww-9fyL_iVXg6DSXsgogxCGGSvplsyoFU5-J5JYVhhdjxycOEgB_/s400/Picture+486.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is a great hornbill. Isn't that beak quite something? They use it to amplify their call, which can be heard for 800 metres!<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYz08zjm3qxPgSW5gnvo5NJ1DrWFuYsKmCrrJOLEp7oxUd7vc9uRZWHIwd26gJilz5sIz9kYrIIkX4Y-E2AGQao69i__r8BkAo_YaA3RrXTVJwXt95vyGjXwdWDgSy6i8sIv7IXfzaIi-g/s1600-h/Picture+487.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087796255199987202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYz08zjm3qxPgSW5gnvo5NJ1DrWFuYsKmCrrJOLEp7oxUd7vc9uRZWHIwd26gJilz5sIz9kYrIIkX4Y-E2AGQao69i__r8BkAo_YaA3RrXTVJwXt95vyGjXwdWDgSy6i8sIv7IXfzaIi-g/s400/Picture+487.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here's a beautiful male peacock. Sadly he didn't put his tail feathers up to show us the full glory of his plumage, but he still looked pretty spectacular! He was just roaming around the car park when we went back to the car to get our lunch! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbPwnilDIoDLOkEm4p8TuzaX3XB_8_KQxSh4k4CktXp1XNTow_FbhUkaajvWsx8yoa_RX0gp__YSbsrwhzWpBJpzOZHIjad2tRAAqev1sh9yR7i9wCCi_VujiZnkhQDeQ-d5KeDa0zCBP/s1600-h/Picture+488.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087796263789921810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbPwnilDIoDLOkEm4p8TuzaX3XB_8_KQxSh4k4CktXp1XNTow_FbhUkaajvWsx8yoa_RX0gp__YSbsrwhzWpBJpzOZHIjad2tRAAqev1sh9yR7i9wCCi_VujiZnkhQDeQ-d5KeDa0zCBP/s400/Picture+488.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here is dad looking at the tortoises. They had very bumpy shells. They were munching on lots of lettuce and tomato.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LL2UD0lR26hIOW1vQwpgC8Wk62vXMTGeHR-Al6VZXfH-MPrKUEF-YyYp7A1IP37Hq8dWY-qsqoWoVxa_WuevgqZEf3GeVhDAdRod1yH9uPCCxokfqi9xqx3Zww-9nS8Tc5FyTVvGijH7/s1600-h/Picture+495.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087796272379856418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LL2UD0lR26hIOW1vQwpgC8Wk62vXMTGeHR-Al6VZXfH-MPrKUEF-YyYp7A1IP37Hq8dWY-qsqoWoVxa_WuevgqZEf3GeVhDAdRod1yH9uPCCxokfqi9xqx3Zww-9nS8Tc5FyTVvGijH7/s400/Picture+495.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here's an iguana. He was so still he almost looked like a statue. I bet he can move fast if he wants to catch some prey, or if an animal is chasing him though! </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-YpX-U3kbxdcy8QjS2N7NGM1Tl7_C6bFrWL0n7t13vVU__xZfho5TD70J0FX9CXpbYL8R0Ns6ztF0I6qVWkKc-lFyw1mcHNPAbDfDUEcNbhRU0cCACebV6JFx-1SP-M1T2DBtGhpIHj1/s1600-h/Picture+497.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087796280969791026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-YpX-U3kbxdcy8QjS2N7NGM1Tl7_C6bFrWL0n7t13vVU__xZfho5TD70J0FX9CXpbYL8R0Ns6ztF0I6qVWkKc-lFyw1mcHNPAbDfDUEcNbhRU0cCACebV6JFx-1SP-M1T2DBtGhpIHj1/s400/Picture+497.jpg" border="0" /></a>I wasn't allowed in the reptile house, but the girls told me there were lots of ants, spiders, stick insects (wow, I would have liked to have seen those!) and snakes! It was hard to get photos as everything was behind glass.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnQcf29NN9at9tR2xklPBkMzIYNM25szsEdQbUHRAvNWGg2vrvdD6QNuoOwAkdacp1Z61bSnrTIzHwAGhAvfZ24CHhlG_2hskjf7ITwP8Jf6nJGEnzXUghCN3EsI-bQ0I02gHLaQ0EhMf/s1600-h/Picture+498.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087794902285288866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnQcf29NN9at9tR2xklPBkMzIYNM25szsEdQbUHRAvNWGg2vrvdD6QNuoOwAkdacp1Z61bSnrTIzHwAGhAvfZ24CHhlG_2hskjf7ITwP8Jf6nJGEnzXUghCN3EsI-bQ0I02gHLaQ0EhMf/s400/Picture+498.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here is a pair of alligators! There was also a crocodile who was sitting under a waterfall as if he was having a shower, but sadly the photo didn't come out as it was just too dark. Mum and dad used to call me The CrocoDALE when I was teething, but these guys have some serious teeth going on!<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa8Qh6dVWmKWtvmIrkFlDjaCQ83cni3KQ44a0QwIBfpzWrN59Qzjf3bHPaVm21YuFnssNBBeh5pcWogqJvpn5YKXqvIg1OP5lLQKilKU45lRXxVmATCcuHlrNXLjG9Tkg-Q5cImsT1XnQ/s1600-h/Picture+499.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087794919465158066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa8Qh6dVWmKWtvmIrkFlDjaCQ83cni3KQ44a0QwIBfpzWrN59Qzjf3bHPaVm21YuFnssNBBeh5pcWogqJvpn5YKXqvIg1OP5lLQKilKU45lRXxVmATCcuHlrNXLjG9Tkg-Q5cImsT1XnQ/s400/Picture+499.jpg" border="0" /></a>These guys are siamangs. They are the largest gibbons. There was a teeny baby but he was dashing all over the place and we had no chance of a non-blurred photo of him!</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVztGF8A57LHmfi9odLhioJuLWCtLHX5fMEkFZpRo-w57LYPGXkRFaPfEsmbfWjQ04kJeWdNlCy9jYWEN0DfOnMuUTijzH08pqsx6IgugwjFrAkP55mkL7VrgW0uRfarPmm674g6ZD1oP/s1600-h/Picture+503.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087794923760125378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVztGF8A57LHmfi9odLhioJuLWCtLHX5fMEkFZpRo-w57LYPGXkRFaPfEsmbfWjQ04kJeWdNlCy9jYWEN0DfOnMuUTijzH08pqsx6IgugwjFrAkP55mkL7VrgW0uRfarPmm674g6ZD1oP/s400/Picture+503.jpg" border="0" /></a>And here's another monkey...oh whoops, that's E playing in the park. It looked like a huge agility course but I wasn't allowed to play on it, boo! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWu0Wa4K0-9D2fC-fuAz-SugQY-R6pV39oxl-d9z5t9rP6SqrcaBjemwFMYrgpzWOmkVQ8z8nPXtOt-7DoC7hhUV-scDLhB7bSP21xDAeMaebb6Qi1To97jty8t2zVfBLnhkqX4I1NnLi_/s1600-h/Picture+507.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087794936645027282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWu0Wa4K0-9D2fC-fuAz-SugQY-R6pV39oxl-d9z5t9rP6SqrcaBjemwFMYrgpzWOmkVQ8z8nPXtOt-7DoC7hhUV-scDLhB7bSP21xDAeMaebb6Qi1To97jty8t2zVfBLnhkqX4I1NnLi_/s400/Picture+507.jpg" border="0" /></a>I could have stood on here while it span round but noooo, had to sit and watch. </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4eM_nZhW4AZLQEINbpo4wkk_C4Hm94-wuFHQL3v_RR7KX_vLJKWreMt_YJg49fXWwyIckbinNis6P5mfxJzJbxzVvE7HHRoiOOBXrcJqsCZhNj2uRh6PBAc1vVbs3PZVSvbhrPpYMzmo/s1600-h/Picture+508.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087794949529929186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4eM_nZhW4AZLQEINbpo4wkk_C4Hm94-wuFHQL3v_RR7KX_vLJKWreMt_YJg49fXWwyIckbinNis6P5mfxJzJbxzVvE7HHRoiOOBXrcJqsCZhNj2uRh6PBAc1vVbs3PZVSvbhrPpYMzmo/s400/Picture+508.jpg" border="0" /></a>These are zebus. They are the scared cow of India. Can you see the hump they have on their backs?</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k2CJeEJNcCnVa-9cO8VLHse-jooz4lLTVagV3XLzfadUdiFId3LkdLWKRG0bdczRe6k4Hi9S7suowuWQ0LRFrx38IAOlvOWoF5KupERr6jhF0_Y9T9QBuYeABWi3RhpoHX6G9llEPVpl/s1600-h/Picture+509.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087793489241048402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k2CJeEJNcCnVa-9cO8VLHse-jooz4lLTVagV3XLzfadUdiFId3LkdLWKRG0bdczRe6k4Hi9S7suowuWQ0LRFrx38IAOlvOWoF5KupERr6jhF0_Y9T9QBuYeABWi3RhpoHX6G9llEPVpl/s400/Picture+509.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here's a big fat piggy. I bet he has some good pork ribs I could munch on. Oops, sorry mum!<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pI_rIZPxM7l4Yo3QrH-QEGgvmOz7__sZTpEEMHz22GLYGwMz3AK_VXFUCLiA2GuB3hbVzYvJlzp2DCu1evB9e3at5f07eo_FTphHNPHL2iDC7w13xWHCGaXuIS9YJEFTvytu1ltfZ6Ea/s1600-h/Picture+510.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087793536485688674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pI_rIZPxM7l4Yo3QrH-QEGgvmOz7__sZTpEEMHz22GLYGwMz3AK_VXFUCLiA2GuB3hbVzYvJlzp2DCu1evB9e3at5f07eo_FTphHNPHL2iDC7w13xWHCGaXuIS9YJEFTvytu1ltfZ6Ea/s400/Picture+510.jpg" border="0" /></a>They had very bristly hair and were very stinky. Look at his cute curly tail! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHE53RjBslnKh7YMOYqZpbVulcGwFspeEwxR_H3Ql-XQLM5QPqizoeUWQ0sF1OigJmDnQkElVdiAG_30JaP494VwU9qJ4WrEwif7-ASQlHM6FT4_icKZlE-_Ip4cJftIHsIxvKuiYz-02p/s1600-h/Picture+512.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087793549370590578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHE53RjBslnKh7YMOYqZpbVulcGwFspeEwxR_H3Ql-XQLM5QPqizoeUWQ0sF1OigJmDnQkElVdiAG_30JaP494VwU9qJ4WrEwif7-ASQlHM6FT4_icKZlE-_Ip4cJftIHsIxvKuiYz-02p/s400/Picture+512.jpg" border="0" /></a>And here's a little billy goat. Cute huh? Wouldn't want to get too close to those horns though. His beard is even more impressive than mine, that's why he's looking so smug I think! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0R9c_ZfGcl0GBt-S_-CVJXWFxccvACKScYtyw5zOlyaVfPTx7cOqvgNRpqNe1BGm5R3PX4yNF-2An12HxFgkTeX6_iCT5ba5X40BWCOIiRMRcI4nlOtX5BFpE3QvHjO27PAiX1ojODoh/s1600-h/Picture+514.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087793579435361666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0R9c_ZfGcl0GBt-S_-CVJXWFxccvACKScYtyw5zOlyaVfPTx7cOqvgNRpqNe1BGm5R3PX4yNF-2An12HxFgkTeX6_iCT5ba5X40BWCOIiRMRcI4nlOtX5BFpE3QvHjO27PAiX1ojODoh/s400/Picture+514.jpg" border="0" /></a>There was another fat piggy. Can you see his big tusky tooth sticking out? he was dreaming and his mouth was twitching away. He must have been dreaming about eating.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLP6EiPlcjQmJ_t6313h5KXnRGGl9yADYbQZe1j5i6iZoiYy2dZaiIP_e6rz_2QKFsx3ZfpRwx2BN8a5rankmVHRfGfErPZe7TJ1ICjqfeLatp9VW0GeoAARCQPKVGp_XZZFyMsTYMWphH/s1600-h/Picture+515.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087793588025296274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLP6EiPlcjQmJ_t6313h5KXnRGGl9yADYbQZe1j5i6iZoiYy2dZaiIP_e6rz_2QKFsx3ZfpRwx2BN8a5rankmVHRfGfErPZe7TJ1ICjqfeLatp9VW0GeoAARCQPKVGp_XZZFyMsTYMWphH/s400/Picture+515.jpg" border="0" /></a>I have seen these animals in the pet shop. They're guinea pigs. There were lots of them and they were all going "wee, wee, wee".</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKL2fe-HYHVc5maab1idtnkXY3mgVQvVZK2Wku-bXi-gvV8hTD0pB_K3OZX4wXIYD1fZ4VHTmyfi16npPxEojMaKqlJJWpqpHdwBRtt2m4FrrfJsUKi13KVCQEhAy1cIFDod3Ih-Ms6k7M/s1600-h/Picture+516.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087791779844064530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKL2fe-HYHVc5maab1idtnkXY3mgVQvVZK2Wku-bXi-gvV8hTD0pB_K3OZX4wXIYD1fZ4VHTmyfi16npPxEojMaKqlJJWpqpHdwBRtt2m4FrrfJsUKi13KVCQEhAy1cIFDod3Ih-Ms6k7M/s400/Picture+516.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mum used to have guinea pigs when she was little, and likes these scruffy looking ones the best.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffG-v3BFgw3-OyUI8nKDSB9O_ohFXLp5ySv-bUfriG2ETRo7DHpKNmLFF2quU5IvrLuM6jFYixmVuk6mAOO32YU3kZvf_SoiqN6RDAmoKXH8yFKyHDKnO-a7StQ1na1cL7u5s5ZZXd7Gw/s1600-h/Picture+517.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087791788433999138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffG-v3BFgw3-OyUI8nKDSB9O_ohFXLp5ySv-bUfriG2ETRo7DHpKNmLFF2quU5IvrLuM6jFYixmVuk6mAOO32YU3kZvf_SoiqN6RDAmoKXH8yFKyHDKnO-a7StQ1na1cL7u5s5ZZXd7Gw/s400/Picture+517.jpg" border="0" /></a>There were also bunny rabbits like Simba has at home. These 3 definitely look like they're plotting something! </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-kEibhg6T8xNIaNo1o2Rc03ZhcCujGg3cg9p9ZAdhQWVHs6KMI3YQ4Ty9Ir4BhlrQRbcqUdjaL7Wto2tdAiA4QLigAERV_G9fUAKIR3oMhRbH_cbB4kUgPfB34ChBJz1GdSgjqXTWoEL/s1600-h/Picture+519.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087791801318901042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-kEibhg6T8xNIaNo1o2Rc03ZhcCujGg3cg9p9ZAdhQWVHs6KMI3YQ4Ty9Ir4BhlrQRbcqUdjaL7Wto2tdAiA4QLigAERV_G9fUAKIR3oMhRbH_cbB4kUgPfB34ChBJz1GdSgjqXTWoEL/s400/Picture+519.jpg" border="0" /></a>And there was a HUGE rabbit like <a href="http://sunshadethesuperdale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Sunshade's</span></a> Georgie. I asked him if he knew Georgie, but he looked at me like I was stupid! </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSNhL7ymiaCpwnE36pJOsJvny_gpGbwz6QnbqGMr-zOBli7sDMw8tZAO4h2HpE_A1kWiMPeHRJ458dVA9MCnhKuhTtE8D5Yy2UX9rP3D-Q2vOrd7vQB_-RIUEGPQj65MM1Sb00E0Dht7-/s1600-h/Picture+520.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087791805613868354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSNhL7ymiaCpwnE36pJOsJvny_gpGbwz6QnbqGMr-zOBli7sDMw8tZAO4h2HpE_A1kWiMPeHRJ458dVA9MCnhKuhTtE8D5Yy2UX9rP3D-Q2vOrd7vQB_-RIUEGPQj65MM1Sb00E0Dht7-/s400/Picture+520.jpg" border="0" /></a>Back outside there were some zebras. I liked their stripes a lot, though they did make my eyes go a bit funny when I stared at them lots. They originally come from East Africa. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZljlN4ZdWg-YxDiIJNTqX9Ep9ifQHc7CRddmoMn4jEFvlEhD02mYQnGaTARfZzfKaDNX8eIzqJRmFvdSnSXssk3REjkqXowxJ5g-KCTELBuJkYSKlKsolJToZ1Ozg-yn8GNBWXBapE2vh/s1600-h/Picture+521.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087790955210343634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZljlN4ZdWg-YxDiIJNTqX9Ep9ifQHc7CRddmoMn4jEFvlEhD02mYQnGaTARfZzfKaDNX8eIzqJRmFvdSnSXssk3REjkqXowxJ5g-KCTELBuJkYSKlKsolJToZ1Ozg-yn8GNBWXBapE2vh/s400/Picture+521.jpg" border="0" /></a>This one looks like he's a bit camera shy! 2 of them were playing chase and were racing around.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbBHwbbhQeLEC_wLI_dE3tA12Hlw03IfgCsN6KBnRSnwwOvbdLvrO_UVleX-jUXEhvXak6hG1FEPtFSuZCnZGANfez-6d6-hWOh0GfrI-jIWGGaV1eMWU6aNjPkiODrEuzLoHxAQyCXhB/s1600-h/Picture+522.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087790963800278242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbBHwbbhQeLEC_wLI_dE3tA12Hlw03IfgCsN6KBnRSnwwOvbdLvrO_UVleX-jUXEhvXak6hG1FEPtFSuZCnZGANfez-6d6-hWOh0GfrI-jIWGGaV1eMWU6aNjPkiODrEuzLoHxAQyCXhB/s400/Picture+522.jpg" border="0" /></a> Wow, just look at this guy. he's a southern white rhino and was just huge! They can weigh up to 3600kg! He had obviously found a great muddy puddle, lucky thing.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBuNXjBRwez3NKpIqOR3D97MXs30TncjXS9NGWHnaciud9nBY6wQ3GctrLnLVRd-hn-oaVRB9UGUqBltFygDtv51qnm2Pdz6wnazSzS-De_a4GtFQNUE0gEpOJQ2QvXMtX8dSPaBIbSK2/s1600-h/Picture+527.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087790976685180146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBuNXjBRwez3NKpIqOR3D97MXs30TncjXS9NGWHnaciud9nBY6wQ3GctrLnLVRd-hn-oaVRB9UGUqBltFygDtv51qnm2Pdz6wnazSzS-De_a4GtFQNUE0gEpOJQ2QvXMtX8dSPaBIbSK2/s400/Picture+527.jpg" border="0" /></a>E & J posed with him. The beauties and the beast. </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwb0e9cLZx31_8JBktxpPk9hE9RlOce5YVoAj4PaZ1bqCvTqO7ER7RM37uC3u2qztJ0DA7WzoxyHG1mmSXNejnDpvge2n65WyWKNa7RgKneuBU5xlQ_waxYw69Dpvcx07v4Y2V0608n5sr/s1600-h/Picture+530.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087790993865049346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwb0e9cLZx31_8JBktxpPk9hE9RlOce5YVoAj4PaZ1bqCvTqO7ER7RM37uC3u2qztJ0DA7WzoxyHG1mmSXNejnDpvge2n65WyWKNa7RgKneuBU5xlQ_waxYw69Dpvcx07v4Y2V0608n5sr/s400/Picture+530.jpg" border="0" /></a>There were also ostriches. These guys are very tall. They can reach speeds of up to 43 miles per hour and their kick could kill a human, yikes. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXlDeDzbCRm5EhbXPJNmeIRhos4lbDEK74wgGBE9E8CjdGS97mPO8Rb36Zblx7YFYFXbnWDAkn0tsbjXuaQbHijxFlb2R9M7-Ti85PqmBW_cRbUq9U-zgm9U12nHeWnp9m7tURdY1p4vv/s1600-h/Picture+531.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087790006022571170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXlDeDzbCRm5EhbXPJNmeIRhos4lbDEK74wgGBE9E8CjdGS97mPO8Rb36Zblx7YFYFXbnWDAkn0tsbjXuaQbHijxFlb2R9M7-Ti85PqmBW_cRbUq9U-zgm9U12nHeWnp9m7tURdY1p4vv/s400/Picture+531.jpg" border="0" /></a>We went to see the lions and leopards. The lions were all high up in the branches snoozing, and we could only just see the leopard having an afternoon nap.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGiF_-tA8XWldLJLROlvj9PZzgp0a3fh5OCe-MJHO2wiHjkxVpywMn08TH-An8I2AHDliDavyx-Lxf_YkbUnEPREbranTirzpWvTVnBbVDv1UeQDvbyy42jI94cjR2q9oRLxf_9SY849x/s1600-h/Picture+533.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087790031792374962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGiF_-tA8XWldLJLROlvj9PZzgp0a3fh5OCe-MJHO2wiHjkxVpywMn08TH-An8I2AHDliDavyx-Lxf_YkbUnEPREbranTirzpWvTVnBbVDv1UeQDvbyy42jI94cjR2q9oRLxf_9SY849x/s400/Picture+533.jpg" border="0" /></a>After all those and many more animals we sat down for a well deserved ice lolly. Well, for the hoomans, poor little me didn't get anything.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyajoHoRlQmQy09SkmLQ0KSKtsimwlzD50lKhASZtWyRah_15HKUrXk14hhzXILoErYAQwKR_AovS8i0iZ05oy-EDSkn8HapR0OMQ854uKBK5M4RQNRrkb4O88PVi4I07CnjHhnvhgO8zm/s1600-h/Picture+537.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087789202863686770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyajoHoRlQmQy09SkmLQ0KSKtsimwlzD50lKhASZtWyRah_15HKUrXk14hhzXILoErYAQwKR_AovS8i0iZ05oy-EDSkn8HapR0OMQ854uKBK5M4RQNRrkb4O88PVi4I07CnjHhnvhgO8zm/s400/Picture+537.jpg" border="0" /></a>On the way back to the car we saw the Bactrian camels from SE China. Their humps are full of fat so they can survive out in the desert without having to eat and drink regularly. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirg1ik2e_JBotpuzl6oa5ocosuNEl3t-VuXRNT94Qv6wUgEXdhyphenhyphenDUSRQxHD7SDpki5HxPMwfJ4TqlJNowXGqOJdZn-h6ty6yno4JWYo0bZSGdGRmYiL1nc68ZqS8IHZwmi0MZu8gZcnCaj/s1600-h/Picture+539.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087789211453621378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirg1ik2e_JBotpuzl6oa5ocosuNEl3t-VuXRNT94Qv6wUgEXdhyphenhyphenDUSRQxHD7SDpki5HxPMwfJ4TqlJNowXGqOJdZn-h6ty6yno4JWYo0bZSGdGRmYiL1nc68ZqS8IHZwmi0MZu8gZcnCaj/s400/Picture+539.jpg" border="0" /></a>The last thing we saw were these giant tortoises, these guys were huge, E & J could easily have sat on their backs and had a ride!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnEq5LYLj_kw43EbiSXqyhuonofx5g806gUN8wS-0jVhTbkX3SwzhLzz8L9RCFry5uD1VdLKWaxvcajS2HOa6eGJsvguACG-FhZ6k6v7iSbq7xqk5Q7x3vemnEg-SsZDQ9fDC2MjHAxHv/s1600-h/Picture+540.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087789245813359762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnEq5LYLj_kw43EbiSXqyhuonofx5g806gUN8wS-0jVhTbkX3SwzhLzz8L9RCFry5uD1VdLKWaxvcajS2HOa6eGJsvguACG-FhZ6k6v7iSbq7xqk5Q7x3vemnEg-SsZDQ9fDC2MjHAxHv/s400/Picture+540.jpg" border="0" /></a>When we got home the excitement didn't end. Mum had made E some birthday buns. E & J can't eat dairy produce as they get poorly when they have lactose, so mum made these buns and the icing from special ingredients. She said they didn't rise as well as regular cakes, but I still think they look pretty good.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqcM_M1Hd5l6F0H0Ktzr3LLXJKhXdNo5zaH7DXnlXinQUDMUPKPjcmMho4LZrkoMZPu_ISvi9_6DHJnQUvAXTwjKu2UEiGd-NNDBHpTj3RoQEMhX5RX-Tjq63y0V_W-mCnDb_waq-z6bP/s1600-h/Picture+543.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087788515668919362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqcM_M1Hd5l6F0H0Ktzr3LLXJKhXdNo5zaH7DXnlXinQUDMUPKPjcmMho4LZrkoMZPu_ISvi9_6DHJnQUvAXTwjKu2UEiGd-NNDBHpTj3RoQEMhX5RX-Tjq63y0V_W-mCnDb_waq-z6bP/s400/Picture+543.jpg" border="0" /></a>E was certainly impressed with them, look at that smile. Ansd everyone agreed they tasted good. Everyone except me that is as I didn't get to try these either. Harumph!</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Os_Ne6xH96PWgYGYZN-ul2tNd2t_HDLu7C31wYXf4lYbHea2BQxHZPc8ncTSFk6OWh8EQOsxQZ4apEUHry4gANDi5MSjg3H97kuldZ8mixhgrwSeWf_0BbMx00v7u9lI0MeRnGYJgjzS/s1600-h/Picture+544.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087788524258853970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Os_Ne6xH96PWgYGYZN-ul2tNd2t_HDLu7C31wYXf4lYbHea2BQxHZPc8ncTSFk6OWh8EQOsxQZ4apEUHry4gANDi5MSjg3H97kuldZ8mixhgrwSeWf_0BbMx00v7u9lI0MeRnGYJgjzS/s400/Picture+544.jpg" border="0" /></a>E was allowed to open a small presents from us, she took her main present home to open on her actual birthday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0BYljNrOVkgG1XiqYSucysZkYt7OKCpo3HPaj_PhTvSYyKq2wkxZi5Nf89qRx0fTYrFqCB5eS4NHbbzJT1-xkW58MrmbzIkfnjlqx8_IvXmsbl1b0C4xwL3oRpcNoGyb-uEzq_tLd6P3/s1600-h/Picture+545.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087788567208526946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0BYljNrOVkgG1XiqYSucysZkYt7OKCpo3HPaj_PhTvSYyKq2wkxZi5Nf89qRx0fTYrFqCB5eS4NHbbzJT1-xkW58MrmbzIkfnjlqx8_IvXmsbl1b0C4xwL3oRpcNoGyb-uEzq_tLd6P3/s400/Picture+545.jpg" border="0" /></a>Phew, so that was my busy weekend. I hope you enjoyed learning about all the animals. I certainly did, and hopefully I can go and visit them again soon.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Licks</div><div>Oscar x </div>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-85646265813942811502007-07-13T08:41:00.000+00:002007-07-13T13:08:45.156+00:00Fruits, Vegetables & A Time Capsule<span style="font-size:130%;">Don't you just hate sticky buds? You innocently poke your nose into the bushes to have a good sniff, and when you emerge you've been attacked by a swarm of evil tentacled seed pods!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwkPBJ_OPK8D9c8gkZYASwV5VbOb4IUxHZUYjOnBN1vz2_VYWcrZAGtcCX_4e5QKHtnvtZW6MPJa86vFs75tR7AesFQCG8i2M9JxxPOD4DnxWX4W6rqn11ufGaiTwdCHaGJ2IhBUcD7h4/s1600-h/Picture+427.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086618257339843634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwkPBJ_OPK8D9c8gkZYASwV5VbOb4IUxHZUYjOnBN1vz2_VYWcrZAGtcCX_4e5QKHtnvtZW6MPJa86vFs75tR7AesFQCG8i2M9JxxPOD4DnxWX4W6rqn11ufGaiTwdCHaGJ2IhBUcD7h4/s400/Picture+427.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyhow, on to more interesting thing! My very cute Beagle pals </span><a href="http://www.jazzanddixie.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Jazz and Dixie</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> tagged me to play a cool game. They recently went to a park in Tokyo where there's a time capsule which was buried in 1982. It will be opened in 2032, how cool! I wonder what's in there?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyhow, seeing the time capsule got them thinking and they asked - "If you doggies/Girl Girl were going to make a time capsule to be opened some time in the future what would you put in there for the doggies/hamsters of the future? Name five important things that you would include and then pass it on to five other friends".</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Hmm, now I have been thinking hard about this and I have decided that I would put in:</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">1. The website link to </span><a href="http://www.dogswithblogs.com/au"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Dogs with Blog</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, though I'm sure in only a few more years, DWB will be world famous without the help of my time capsule.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">2. My </span><a href="http://www.canineconcepts.co.uk/item--Kong-Wubba--kong-wubba"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Wubba</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">! This is the best toy ever. You can tug it, squeak it, bounce it, chew it and you can even get ones that float for watery fun - it's sooooo cool!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">3. The recipe for </span><a href="http://nanookthenewfy.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-newf-reviews.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Frosty Paws</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, courtesy of Nanook and Pooka. No doggy should ever not know about the delicious cool creaminess of this homemade frozen delight</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">4. My fave treat, homemade dried liver. I actually think the delicious smell coming from this might make someone crack open the time capsule before time though!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">5. My cat sister </span><a href="http://oscartheairedale.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-fat-sister.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Fat Flakes</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. Well, if I have to put up with her, the dogs of the future should share my pain too! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I am now going to tag </span><a href="http://persephonebustersblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Persephone and Buster</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://pappys-blog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Pappy</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://pippadogblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Pippa</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://wimseyblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Wimsey</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> and </span><a href="http://sophierulestheworld.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Sophie</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. Look forward to hearing your answers guys!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I also got tagged by my new buddy </span><a href="http://blog.johannthedog.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Johann</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. He's a Sheltie who is a master of all things agility related. I hope one day I am a tenth as good as him.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I'll pass over to him to explain the tag.<br /></span><br />---------------Copy and paste this line and below------------------<br /><br /><br />There are all kinds of fruits and veggies that are good for us dogs, right? Well, let's make a list! And get some link love in the process.<br /><br />Instructions:<br /><br />1.) Copy and paste the matrix of “Fruits/Veggies LinkLove” below, courtesy of <a href="http://blog.johannthedog.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Johann The Dog</span></a>!<br /><br />2.) Substitute the Host Tag and one of the “Fruits/Veggies” in the matrix with the name of the fruit or veggie and URL of your blog.<br /><br />3.) Be sure that the fruit or veggie that you list is REALLY safe for dogs. Do your research, K?<br /><br />4.) When you get a ping back from someone that has your link in one of their “Fruits/Veggies”, practice good paw by copying his/her Host Tag’s anchor text (automatically the associated link will also be copied) and paste it over one of your “Fruits/Veggies” below.<br /><br />5.) Encourage and invite your readers to do the same and soon this can grow fast. And if your not a dog, but your blog about dogs you are also welcome to participate - just make sure you do your research! Safety first!<br /><br />Host Tag: <a href="http://www.oscartheairedale.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Oscar the Airedale - cherries<br /></span></a><br />1. <a href="http://blog.johannthedog.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Blueberries - JohannTheDog</span></a><br />2. <a href="http://www.tiptail.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Bananas - Tip Tail </span></a><br />3. <a href="http://blog.stickerdog.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Apples - The Adventures of Spencer: Sticker Dog's Mascot's Blog<br /></span></a>4. Fruit<br />5. Fruit<br />6. Fruit<br />7. Fruit<br />8. Fruit<br />9. Fruit<br />10. Fruit<br />11. Fruit<br />12. Fruit<br />13. Fruit<br />14. Fruit<br />15. Fruit<br />16. <a href="http://www.utahcollierescue.org/"><span style="color:#006600;">Carrots - Utah Collie Rescue</span> </a><br />17. <a href="http://newflife.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Tomatoes - Ayla the Newf</span> </a>- I'd like to note that green tomatoes and the plants themselves are not safe for them to eat but ripe tomatoes should not be a problem.<br />18. <a href="http://furbabyfrenzy.com/?p=21"><span style="color:#006600;">Sweet Potato - Furbaby Frenzy</span></a><br />19. Veggie<br />20. Veggie<br />21. Veggie<br />22. Veggie<br />23. Veggie<br />24. Veggie<br />25. Veggie<br />26. Veggie<br />27. Veggie<br />28. Veggie<br />29. Veggie<br />30. Veggie<br /><br />Important: Once I get a ping back from you (I promise to do the best I can), I will add your anchor text and the associated link you designate as “Host Tag” here, replacing one of the “Fruits/Veggies” from the matrix above. As more and more doggie bloggers copy and paste this matrix, the more backlinks you will have with your anchor text. If everybody who copies and pastes from your blog does the same, pretty soon this will spread and go viral. So, the sooner you participate, the more links with anchor text you will receive.<br /><br />There it is folks. This should help you improve your Technorati ranking, SERP and Google PR and get you noticed with more blogs - we all like making friends, right? Please leave a comment here if you have copied from this matrix so that I can add you just in case your ping-back didn’t reach me.<br /><br />Remember, before giving anything to your dog, research or ask your vet if the food is safe. Obligatory disclaimer: No entities and individuals participating or involved in this project will be liable for any injury or illness that could arise from feeding your dog the items listed and included in this list. Practice responsibility, K?<br /><br /><br />---------------Copy and paste this line and above------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I am master of the fruits and veggies, I like most stuff that we're allowed to eat, and I'm pretty sure I'd give the stuff we're not supposed to eat a good try too. Greedy, moi?!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Have a good weekend all. Hopefully we are off to pick up something from </span><a href="http://snitchybugdogdesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Snitchy Bug Dog Designs</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> which is waiting at the Post Office later today so look out for Oscar the Airedale AKA Sherif Sundance Kid coming soon to a blog near you!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-36793219454858371452007-07-12T08:52:00.000+00:002007-07-12T09:23:28.671+00:00Rockin' Smiley GuyLook what my rockin' girl buddy <a href="http://www.wonderruby.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Ruby</span></a> awarded me! Thanks Ruby! My pal <a href="http://www.pawsters.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Toffee</span></a> also thought I was worthy.<br /><br />I'm going to pass the love to my blogging buddies <a href="http://www.hollowhound.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Marvin</span></a>, <a href="http://www.loves-of-loui.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Loui</span></a> and <a href="http://www.top-dog-tips.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Kevin</span></a> the Brit Boys!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jFovCvduwY37xZEG0CoGWQ69wp4_5tfYjjYdcbJ_rN0UaFtqEQBiVqtqphgfALzoaV6iFsuYcG8OUYY_j0KlK4LwgVjXe7xX9VlpJDwyIIOxudTNX4_Ft3pRN8meKImOWuL12oPbou4O/s1600-h/Rocking+Boy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086231577139217442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jFovCvduwY37xZEG0CoGWQ69wp4_5tfYjjYdcbJ_rN0UaFtqEQBiVqtqphgfALzoaV6iFsuYcG8OUYY_j0KlK4LwgVjXe7xX9VlpJDwyIIOxudTNX4_Ft3pRN8meKImOWuL12oPbou4O/s400/Rocking+Boy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I also got tagged by the lovely <a href="http://www.chillithedog.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Chilli</span></a> to show you my smile. Now I'm not really a big beam kind of a chap, even when I am very happy. I prefer a cheeky little grin.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dMMcT1HGs8TGrhofirVzFLPmDfAjLjSJ38qF6pps6pTd3AyINmDQVvbG-y9HiK9A9_lMAvcb3DE8W2_Dv9a6X9y4MuUAnfK18yHNaHXMFjDJBHcpkEMjOuW5_KeJnCZaWQQaCvlqkRhC/s1600-h/Picture+449.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086231010203534338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dMMcT1HGs8TGrhofirVzFLPmDfAjLjSJ38qF6pps6pTd3AyINmDQVvbG-y9HiK9A9_lMAvcb3DE8W2_Dv9a6X9y4MuUAnfK18yHNaHXMFjDJBHcpkEMjOuW5_KeJnCZaWQQaCvlqkRhC/s400/Picture+449.jpg" border="0" /></a>All kinds of things can make me smile - mum and dad, my hooman step sisters, my friends, food, toys...but in this particular case, mum had just asked if I wanted to go walkies with Poppy, guaranteed to make me a happy boy!</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThCwVtDxSRrbGoF2KdjjFTTdNhrMTmJx2FxZ7N6P62lr2O4f10Bh9hlHs8C9pUXU-MvQzRb4rFzMHoiUIGFerzPHRiOBD2x0k22GEhTAw50xClPPYFMZRM6JXWL1lIxafg2L2rUmo4fyV/s1600-h/Picture+451.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086231031678370834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThCwVtDxSRrbGoF2KdjjFTTdNhrMTmJx2FxZ7N6P62lr2O4f10Bh9hlHs8C9pUXU-MvQzRb4rFzMHoiUIGFerzPHRiOBD2x0k22GEhTAw50xClPPYFMZRM6JXWL1lIxafg2L2rUmo4fyV/s400/Picture+451.jpg" border="0" /></a>I'm not too sure who hasn't been tagged yet, but I fancy a Poodle grin-a-thon so I'm tagging <a href="http://www.secretschnoodle.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Triple B</span></a>, <a href="http://www.blogfromadog.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Chelsea</span></a> and <a href="http://www.preciouspoodle.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">T-Man</span></a>. Come on guys, show us your pearly whites!<br /><br />Licks<br />Oscar xOscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-8143788043444178242007-07-10T06:19:00.000+00:002007-07-11T10:09:58.060+00:00My New Uncle!<span style="font-size:130%;">Hmm, for some reason I don't seem to be able to give my posts any titles at the moment. I couldn't when I posted about agility the other day and I still can't today. Very odd.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyhow, look at this little cutie pie! It's my grandma and grandad's new dog! Now those of you who have been reading my blog for a little while may remember that my grandma and grandad moved to Spain in March and that their two poodles were stolen/lost <em>en route</em> by the company transporting them. You can read about it </span><a href="http://oscartheairedale.blogspot.com/2007/03/dognapped.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> and see some photos of Sammi and Suzy </span><a href="http://oscartheairedale.blogspot.com/2007/04/sammi-suzy.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Grandma and grandad spent a lot of time and energy looking for Sammi and Suzi but they were simply nowhere to be found. It took them some time to mourn for them and get used to the idea that they probably wouldn't ever know what had really happened to them.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">They have been settling into life in Spain and are buying a lovely house out there. Grandad is playing his guitar lots and earning some Euros and they are beginning to relax and enjoy their retirement.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">And then today I got an email from B'Jay! It seems like he's adopted grandma and grandad! He's a little <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bichon_Frisé"><span style="color:#006600;">Bichon Frisé</span></a> and is cute as a button I think you'll agree!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDltlyOc3tt_Hii5jKZzNiubutITQN14nRdG318Q-keHSol2-xV6BhIPiYSDRE9LzgX753YZcIyLZkM2aT-ikFCDARwyTJtLfX-HEQ82KIEoo3yEbEFT7ddWDAANjjFdf0OmIvLZHtHXbX/s1600-h/B"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085494228830639698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDltlyOc3tt_Hii5jKZzNiubutITQN14nRdG318Q-keHSol2-xV6BhIPiYSDRE9LzgX753YZcIyLZkM2aT-ikFCDARwyTJtLfX-HEQ82KIEoo3yEbEFT7ddWDAANjjFdf0OmIvLZHtHXbX/s400/B'Jay.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">He told me that he has his very own paddling pool to play in and loves splashing about in the water, although it gets very hot in the afternoons in Spain. I expect he goes off to have his <em>siesta</em> when the sun gets too much.</span><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT8MLmsO141MxBaRxALmb6kquuoDg0-6QuNuD06axbkGjCH12ImWratZ4G52AcGaWD30zQg5CR0lWVfJsT-EDIXPV98zWe7T12rsvec4HMakOd_Gf4X-zBbeXL_oFgn-KJAw-e12Itjjf/s1600-h/B"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085494233125607010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT8MLmsO141MxBaRxALmb6kquuoDg0-6QuNuD06axbkGjCH12ImWratZ4G52AcGaWD30zQg5CR0lWVfJsT-EDIXPV98zWe7T12rsvec4HMakOd_Gf4X-zBbeXL_oFgn-KJAw-e12Itjjf/s400/B'Jay+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">He also told me he likes chewing shoelaces! I wonder if he'll learn to untie them like I can? I can hardly believe any doggie with a face as cute as that could do anything naughty can you? </span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">He said he also like to run really fast around the house and skid along on the tiled floors. Eek, sounds a bit scawie to me. I'll tell him to make sure he doesn't hurt his little legs.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWInz2uKjWNZ2X0aNpdDTK0WfbLxS7HH8VFhjfnObD7JF3bsJPpykYIuHnGkLT303_L0LL6NF_z2DZi0D8h1A6Yh2rtBxRp9R0rYeNeqRROROksHu99Ol0KlDF4cHxDT87V1kNWFq00YF/s1600-h/B"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085494237420574322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWInz2uKjWNZ2X0aNpdDTK0WfbLxS7HH8VFhjfnObD7JF3bsJPpykYIuHnGkLT303_L0LL6NF_z2DZi0D8h1A6Yh2rtBxRp9R0rYeNeqRROROksHu99Ol0KlDF4cHxDT87V1kNWFq00YF/s400/B'Jay+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I am so glad B'Jay has come along to cheer grandma and grandad up. Of course he won't ever replace Sammi and Suzy, but I know he'll keep them smiling! </span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-28502133464021194192007-07-08T09:44:00.000+00:002007-07-11T10:10:32.938+00:00Agility 7th July 2007<span style="font-size:130%;">Hello, hope you are having a lovely weekend. I can hardly believe it but it has actually stopped raining here! Yes, we had a whole day with no rain yesterday for the first time in weeks. Mum even risked hanging some washing out, amazing! This morning is quite bright so far too. Once my breakfast has gone down and I have done my round of the blogs, we are off out for a nice walkie!<br /><br />So yesterday was my 5th agility class. I think I am starting to get more focused now that I am familiar with all the equipment. I am really enjoying it and hope that mum can find me a place at a proper club sometime soon. This class is just a fun class (good job sometimes the way we can all carry on!), but is good for getting used to the equipment.<br /><br />Here's my first run from yesterday. I still like to try and clamber on the dog walk part way up the ramp. Dad said it's mums fault as she doesn't being me round so I'm at the start of the ramp. Nice to know it's mum being a doofus, not me!<br /></span><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/5W/RN/11838269270OiE3dREt0SHZ1MfMF41_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">And here's my second attempt. There's not much difference in the two, but I come off the end of the ramp a bit better in this one. Mum has realised that I go a lot better if she doesn't use a treat apart from on the weaves where I still need a bit of help remembering what I have to do. When she was using a treat near the tunnels, I wasn't wanting to go through as I was too distracted by the power of the cheese. That's why you can see her getting a biscuit out of her pocket as I come out of the second tunnel.<br /></span><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/JK/0V/1183826642bdZBLvkLMzjsY85RswpU_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">If you compare it to the video below taken in my first class, you can see how I am more confident on the equipment, especially the dog walk. Mum says that's because I am becoming a lot more aware that I have back legs as well as front ones. What?! Of course I know I have back legs, otherwise I'd be scooting around on my fuzzy little bottom all day. Crazy lady!<br /></span><br /><embed name="VE_Player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://static.videoegg.com/videoegg/loader.swf" width="320" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://download.videoegg.com/gid328/cid1096/HR/85/1181414218jwvUXUogyoN7bWAibUna_high.flv&autoPlay=false&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true&allowFlash9Fullscreen=true"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As my agility class is run by the same people as my obedience, I had a go at the 2 minute stand from my Platinum. I had the urge to sit down about 1 minute 45 in, ah well!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-66421523939097201692007-07-05T08:14:00.000+00:002007-07-05T11:06:53.708+00:00Golden Boy<span style="font-size:130%;">Hey, hey, hey, here's my certificate! Pretty nice isn't it? Do you like my expression? I'm trying to act like getting my gold was no big deal. Whatever! I am REALLY pleased with myself! It's already up on the wall with my other certificates and rosettes.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhP-FHas-NhWBPvGHlk0-Agv4yYPbUAr5ayDCL7wvouRhKXDzXB6-r8VZO2p8tDujJXEbyBxYdV5DgwoMWlLwGkpEGmdhq4pu-XAkl1Xawm0mLJcT-AxDE_G7gTW8lMnqDOeQ-eDcpZ6T/s1600-h/Picture+437.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083628237339219442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhP-FHas-NhWBPvGHlk0-Agv4yYPbUAr5ayDCL7wvouRhKXDzXB6-r8VZO2p8tDujJXEbyBxYdV5DgwoMWlLwGkpEGmdhq4pu-XAkl1Xawm0mLJcT-AxDE_G7gTW8lMnqDOeQ-eDcpZ6T/s400/Picture+437.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Here is is in close up. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">To get my <span style="color:#ffcc00;">gold</span> award I had to:</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">1 Sit - Dog to sit on command whilst a distance away from handler </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">2 Down - Dog to go into down position whilst a distance away from handler</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">3 Walk without a lead - Dog to walk by the side of handler and be able to halt, sit and move on without being on a lead</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">4 Come to heel - Dog to return to handler's side when called and continue walking to heel</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">5 Leave it - Dog to walk past and ignore food, tit bits and toys on the floor</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">6 Sit-stay - Dog to stay in the sit position for 5 minutes whilst a distance away from handler</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">7 Down-stay - Dog to stay in a down position for 5 minutes whilst a distance away from handler</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Seek - Dog to seek out and bring back an article (one of the dog's toys or article supplied by trainer)</span><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4LZwvFwbj127wRDMD_ApKGNrL2FP4LgAvbsB6kDL9jNHEbPoOmklSbLyP4Tb2mEBKh2MYvaK-Zwf4mo-Dm8lUbJg7TXQo1FLksR3wprEFKgIr-FnxZmPD79ZG5vi_1BkdAXskMhxRbVP/s1600-h/Picture+438.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083628241634186754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4LZwvFwbj127wRDMD_ApKGNrL2FP4LgAvbsB6kDL9jNHEbPoOmklSbLyP4Tb2mEBKh2MYvaK-Zwf4mo-Dm8lUbJg7TXQo1FLksR3wprEFKgIr-FnxZmPD79ZG5vi_1BkdAXskMhxRbVP/s400/Picture+438.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Along with my <span style="color:#c0c0c0;">silver</span> award which I passed in March. Here's what I had to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">1 Sit - Dog to sit in front & at each side of the handler & stay until told to move<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">2 Down - Do to go into a down position in front & at each side of handler & stay in that position until told to move<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">3 Walk on a loose lead - Dog to walk in a controlled manner in a circle & a figure of eight pattern<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">4 Come when called - Dog to come back to handler on command ignoring any distractions & have a lead attached<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">5 Leave it - Dog to walk past & around other dogs in a controlled manner<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">6 Calmness - Dog to wait patiently whilst owner has a conversation with another person<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">7 Fetch - Handler to throw an article. The dog must pick up the article, bring it back & allow the handler to take it from them<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Car - Dog to enter & leave a car in a controlled manner</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2H3jufnVVM6QbnazkWHaIhpUexARi_9665GQes7T__Knp3IKx6squPQLloNt3e_luc6CE7OTKAzJjQm27tST8t3LJWtEg_xPUU8CFF3sjzmraRz9RE1nRa2ZyC7NZQ_-wNiMyOZ-g9fu/s1600-h/Picture+439.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083628245929154066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2H3jufnVVM6QbnazkWHaIhpUexARi_9665GQes7T__Knp3IKx6squPQLloNt3e_luc6CE7OTKAzJjQm27tST8t3LJWtEg_xPUU8CFF3sjzmraRz9RE1nRa2ZyC7NZQ_-wNiMyOZ-g9fu/s400/Picture+439.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">And my <span style="color:#993300;">bronze</span> which I passed just before Christmas. In order to pass this I had to:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">1 Sit - Dog to sit in front of the handler</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">2 Down - Dog to go into down position in front of handler</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">3 Walk on a loose lead -No pulling</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">4 Come when called</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">5 Leave it - Leave/ignore a titbit of food</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">6 Play - Dog and handler to play with a toy and dog to allow handler to take the toy</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">7 Controlled greeting - Dog to meet people without jumping up</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Vet check - Dog to allow handler to inspect teeth, ears, eyes and body</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">9 Grooming - Dog to allow handler to groom it</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">10 Doorway situation - Dog to allow handler to go through a gate or doorway first while waiting calmly until called through</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">When I first started classes at the end of October I had only been with mum and dad a month or so and I was pretty crazy still. It was hard to imagine I'd ever pass this level, never mind progress any further. I guess that goes to show you what you can do if you put your mind to it. I love a good challenge!</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6rs2hJBqmsySmfwA83WqsUx_60Kw80XqVasWvlLCHW7h6K3tJlKg7_vL4riV_fM2yzF1sqs7Jc4rmiojPX6Sf4I8vF1WwXIOfkXVVTE7fwTno4lORBhXxg0Ihj6CSqrskUPsGJ29O3S_/s1600-h/Picture+440.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083628245929154082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6rs2hJBqmsySmfwA83WqsUx_60Kw80XqVasWvlLCHW7h6K3tJlKg7_vL4riV_fM2yzF1sqs7Jc4rmiojPX6Sf4I8vF1WwXIOfkXVVTE7fwTno4lORBhXxg0Ihj6CSqrskUPsGJ29O3S_/s400/Picture+440.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> And I'll need to. Tracey gave mum and I the criteria for the <span style="color:#999999;">platinum</span> award last night and all I can say is....GULP!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">1 Drop on recall - Dog to be left in the sit position, to be called but must stop and go into down position where indicated</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">2 Stand stay - Dog to stay in the stand position for two minutes</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">3 Sit stay - Dog to stay in the sit position for five minutes whilst the handler is out of sight</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">4 Down stay - Dog to stay in the down position for five minutes whilst the handler is out of sight</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">5 Heelwork - Dog to heel at normal, slow and fast pace whilst off the lead</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">6 Leave it - Dog to walk past/over food and toys whilst off lead. Only voice commands are allowed</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">7 Distance control - Dog must go into the sit, down and stand position whilst the handler is at least 2 yards away (just under 2 metres)</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Scent - Dog to retrieve the piece of cloth with the handler's scent on it (from 3 pieces of cloth)</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">9 Send away - Dog to go to an indicated point. No aids are allowed</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">10 Retrieve - Dog to retrieve and article of the judges choice</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Yikes! I reckon I can do numbers 2, 5, 6, 7 and 10 without too much difficulty, but 5 minute sits and downs while mum isn't there, hmm! Ah well, I guess learning that little lot will keep me out of mischief for a while!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></p>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195276935726647091.post-59110287974313473282007-07-04T10:29:00.000+00:002007-07-04T13:54:58.033+00:00The Scoop on Mum & Dad<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Happy</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">4th</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">July</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">to</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">all</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">of</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">you</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">celebrating</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">today.</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">I</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">hope</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">you</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">get</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">sunny</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">weather</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">,</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">good</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">food,</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">fun</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">with</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">your</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">families</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">and</span><span style="color:#ff0000;"> not</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">too</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">many</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">scawie</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">fireworks.</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">I</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">put</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">my</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">stars</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">and</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">stripes</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">banner</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">that</span> </span><a href="http://www.topgflightputter.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">Putter</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="color:#ff0000;">sent</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">me</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">on</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">to</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">get</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">in</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">the</span> <span style="color:#3333ff;">spirit!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnN5O514chXrziBSI3ctSdWb482xmI0NvbjmOH5RJIxiCMzEM-Lc_RJK-kpy9MRiUwuDlcuSvgDIuH39SZjHwH5vA8iLINLlqZ3lcaNhMPDQ-QD7eurge0jRidtamzwgomKaMN22PBp6rw/s1600-h/Picture+433.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083338339931641314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnN5O514chXrziBSI3ctSdWb482xmI0NvbjmOH5RJIxiCMzEM-Lc_RJK-kpy9MRiUwuDlcuSvgDIuH39SZjHwH5vA8iLINLlqZ3lcaNhMPDQ-QD7eurge0jRidtamzwgomKaMN22PBp6rw/s400/Picture+433.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Now lovely <a href="http://www.reinadoxie.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Reina</span></a> tagged me so I thought I'd join in the fun and give you the lowdown on my folks. It's been fun reading everyone's interviews and details on their own family.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Here are my mum and dad. This was taken at the end of the night at a Christmas party, hence why they both look very drunken! There was a fake snow machine apparently, and that's what is floating around all over the photo.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As you can see, both mum and dad are red heads, which means they can both have pretty fiery tempers at times! They are both pretty stubborn too. However, they love each other very much, so they never stay cross with each other for too long. Dad is 3 1/2 years older than mum, but I think he still looks pretty good for his age, hehehe. People usually think mum is a lot younger than she is, which she is always happy about! They aren't married (how shocking), but hopefully if they ever do tie the knot I can be a page boy at the wedding. I can wear a bow tie like the one dad has on in the photo!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQRpGc8agcSmqNGKPf_YsBLE44YzH9SFMEC0ep3lv6NOd3ywgpG7I0KQvihhY2Z4Jbk7iaeHGFDulXywZmp4LzM_WZ3Id36LZGEJQQRNE0iEpeFwrOWK03Celf8LuTLDHn9c_UvsPn59g/s1600-h/PC110006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083289871225705938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQRpGc8agcSmqNGKPf_YsBLE44YzH9SFMEC0ep3lv6NOd3ywgpG7I0KQvihhY2Z4Jbk7iaeHGFDulXywZmp4LzM_WZ3Id36LZGEJQQRNE0iEpeFwrOWK03Celf8LuTLDHn9c_UvsPn59g/s400/PC110006.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Dad has 2 daughters. As I think you know, they come to see us every other week. They used to be quite scared of me as their dog is an old, very docile Border Collie and my puppy energy was a bit full on. Now they have realised that I only get excited for 5 minutes or so when they first arrive (well I haven't seen them for almost 2 weeks so of course I go a little crazy!). They play with me lots now and give me the best rubs and tickles. They now also have a new puppy of their own, another Border Collie, so now they get full on puppy fun 24/7!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">E is 6 and J is 4. They are both super smart. E is already a year ahead in school and still finds the work easy. J will start school in September and no doubt will be a little star too.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6euDMXy0LqHPkqIcmQQrqwlVzXusL_2v1qNiwbD_nolmR4rkmeBFYyCM7y_4crF9Kjk_iLh7j0kVPQEqoMdxFIx8VorQA0VejrKEOCIDbcMfPFaC8urfi4G1xMyfUIirntLtl6o-49Px/s1600-h/Picture+351.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083289785326360002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6euDMXy0LqHPkqIcmQQrqwlVzXusL_2v1qNiwbD_nolmR4rkmeBFYyCM7y_4crF9Kjk_iLh7j0kVPQEqoMdxFIx8VorQA0VejrKEOCIDbcMfPFaC8urfi4G1xMyfUIirntLtl6o-49Px/s400/Picture+351.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">My mum works in finance and is studying to be a fully qualified accountant. She has a degree in European languages (French, Spanish and Catalan) and lived out in France (Lyon) and Spain (Barcelona) as part of her degree which she says was great. She has taught me French so I can talk to my Swiss Miss, the beautiful </span><a href="http://www.faya.bleublog.ch/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Faya</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. Mum enjoys reading, running, TV and films, cooking (and eating LOTS), languages and looking after and loving me and my fat cat sis Flakes. She has 1 younger sister.</span><br /><br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdcGa7UXQiI9FPqiQK88Yd9GHB9wZBKJZwfUreDOFzdMC2XNu7yV4qafCgnorDEV_BMR1RW-EioFzRSm4GIaWH3ODNFKynLjwzZ5N1dcpvUeGyMBGD9oLzcwBwiUf1x5Xx2NzHAUZBO-B/s1600-h/Snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083289398779303330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdcGa7UXQiI9FPqiQK88Yd9GHB9wZBKJZwfUreDOFzdMC2XNu7yV4qafCgnorDEV_BMR1RW-EioFzRSm4GIaWH3ODNFKynLjwzZ5N1dcpvUeGyMBGD9oLzcwBwiUf1x5Xx2NzHAUZBO-B/s400/Snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">My dad works with computers and IT, though I don't know what "it"is. He looks after the computer system for the company where he works, and also installs the software and hardware the company makes and sells in their customer's premises. My dad really wanted a Border Collie or a Welsh Springer Spaniel puppy, but mum has always wanted an Airedale and managed to persuade him. Guess she was the more stubborn one that time! He found me hard work at first as he was used to Border Collies who are very obedient, submissive and eager to please, but now he loves me lots (apart from when I try to knock his new aquarium over when looking at Mr Plec). Dad has 2 older sisters and 1 younger brother.</span> </div><br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpREziwrPvPSgnJOaKeke5Q-XccrDtnBQsf57tJWLGpRNFqPOz_39R-GM4mJ-iuNBI11AsPhmbvQmsONTOjQxJAUrkiudSKLMLa7qq8jPAHCxwDIvJrqITPquP34AjAWvm6G8dqAEkIbn/s1600-h/Oscar+and+Daddy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083289403074270642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpREziwrPvPSgnJOaKeke5Q-XccrDtnBQsf57tJWLGpRNFqPOz_39R-GM4mJ-iuNBI11AsPhmbvQmsONTOjQxJAUrkiudSKLMLa7qq8jPAHCxwDIvJrqITPquP34AjAWvm6G8dqAEkIbn/s400/Oscar+and+Daddy.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">So there you have it. I didn't tell you much about Flakes, but because I am in a happy mood this week after my DWB win and obedience award success, I have said I <em>might </em>let her do a post later this week. It depends how nice she is to me so we'll see...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Licks</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar x</span></div>Oscar's mummy and daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675940372938013944noreply@blogger.com32