I'm A Lucky Dog

WHEN I CAN GET THE SETTEE TO MYSELF

2010-02-07T10:18:00.003+01:00

I was wondering if all dogs sleep like this....

I've been a naughty boy

2010-01-08T10:26:00.003+01:00

I got bored with being in the garden and decided to go for a walk down the lane - so no special treats for me today!

I never thought it would be possible

2010-01-01T16:15:00.004+01:00

Here I am sitting on the settee! Yes, I finally got to sit here(OK, when there's a cover on it). I achieved this in steps - first the kids let me sit with them when my mistress wasn't around. Then one day she caught us! So I tried asking permission and finally she gave in. Now I can sit on the settee whenever I want (even with muddy paws!). This was achieved in 2009 and I am setting new goals for 2010!

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T16:10:00.003+01:00

Two years old and settling down at last

2009-11-25T21:35:00.001+01:00

A Dog Whisperer's Advice

2009-09-21T18:36:00.003+02:00

My mistress has just seen an American Dog Whisperer on TV. Now he advised viewers not to adopt dogs because they feel sorry for them. Lucky my mistress hadn't seen that programme before coming to the rescue shelter then! And he said that it is important to adopt a dog with the same energy level as yourself. My mistress says I'm a medium-to-high energy level dog, whereas she is a low-to-medium energy person! So we're now both busy trying to adapt our energy levels to each other. It's interesting!

I'm Learning Fast

2009-09-09T11:14:00.004+02:00

Last night I was caught with my head in the oven. The door was ajar and something smelt good in there. I could tell from the way my mistress yelled at me that this was not a place I should be, or a plate I should be licking. When she has that look on her face and starts yelling I've learned that the safest place for me to be is in my kennel!

No toy will resist me

2009-09-06T17:06:00.003+02:00

So when did she discover she couldn't live without me?

2009-09-06T16:41:00.007+02:00

It was after a particularly nasty episode of bringing down her curtains and chewing the kitchen door, coupled with early morning cleaning up because of my 'delicate stomach', that my mistress put me down on an adoption website. She said she couldn't keep me because she travelled a lot (no mention of my unruly behaviour!). This time I had gone too far...... A couple of weeks later, she was on holiday (having a break from me, she said) and I was at 'camp'. I was loving every minute of being back with a gang of wild dogs like me, but I did miss her. Anyway, she got a call from a young couple who wanted to adopt me. She asked lots of questions about their living accommodation,whether I would be alone during the day, and whether they realised how much it costs to feed a large dog. They gave all the right answers and seemed keen. "We love animals" the girl said and my mistress told them that she would get back to them on her return. Why didn't she jump at the chance? By the end of the holiday she admitted that she missed me too and called the couple back to say that she'd found another solution. That was the beginning of a fresh start for both of us!

2009-09-04T17:01:00.001+02:00

This is how I looked on the day I left the shelter 18 months ago.

I had a lot of fun doing this!

2009-09-04T16:39:00.009+02:00

It was after one of these stunts that my mistress called up the shelter and said she wanted to bring me back! She was hysterical! How was I to know that was her favorite Laura Ashley cushion? They told her to be patient with me and persevere..... Each time I destroyed something (5 pairs of shoes, one sunbed mattress, a curtain, a cashmere shawl, two cushions...and that was only in the first 2 weeks) she'd call the shelter and say she couldn't take any more! Finally they told her that the shelter was full, and that they couldn't take me back even if they wanted to (which they obviously didn't, as I was a sickly dog).

A TRUE DOGGY TALE

2009-09-04T16:35:00.002+02:00

A WOMAN was flying from Seattle to San Francisco . Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind. The man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, 'Kathy, we are in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?' The blind lady replied, 'No thank s, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs.'

Picture this:
All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines!