Looking after my grandad!

My grandma is gone away for 3 days with her friends so Mummy and me will be staying with grandad while she's gone. Mummy's at work and I'm in the garden with grandad, she'll be taking me for a walk later! Woof!

Gardening

Yesterday, I decided to help Mummy in the garden. I worked really, really hard and did lots of digging but instead of being grateful Mummy shouted at me. Something about a flower patch. Hmmmmmph!

Sore paw!

I'm feeling a little sorry for myself today - I was out walking in a forest this morning with my mummy and I stood on some broken glass that some thoughtless person threw there. My paw was bleeding really badly and was very sore, but Mummy cleaned it up for me and I've been licking it better. Some choc drops and a nice massage have cheered me up a bit :-)

I'm an award winning writer now!

I'm so pleased with my diary award! That's like the doggie equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Literature, right? I'm so excited!

There is an open day later at a local hospice and some of the dogs from the local dog club are doing an agility display, there's a chance for us other dogs to try out some of the equipment afterwards. If my paw is ok I might give it a try! I'm sure I'll exceed at agility like I do at everything else! Woof!

Sunday afternoon!

Oh, I am a tired dog! I've been so busy today-Mummy took me to a fundraising day at a local hospital. There was an agility display there from a local dog club and more dogs than I've EVER seen in one place! It was so exciting, I had to bark at every single dog I met - Mum says I'm antisocial. Me???? Anyway Mummy put me back into the car. I'm assuming it's because she wanted me to have a nap........

The cat next door!

I used to have a cat next door - a little black one with white markings. Her favourite hobby was Cleo tormenting, she used to sit outside our sitting room window and drive me CRAZY by just sitting there calmly staring at me! Her other favourite thing to do was to sit on the windowsill of the upstairs bedroom and look on as I did my ballistic dance down below! She moved away probably 3 weeks ago and life has been so peaceful since!

Anyway, she came back today!!!!!!! I was on watch inside the patio door in the kitchen this morning (Mummy was keeping me indoors because my paw is still a little sore and she had put ointment on it) and there she was - just sitting out in MY back garden, calm as you like, looking in at me in that nonchalant way that only a cat has! Grrrrrr! no matter how hard I barked, spun or scraped, it made no difference! She just sat there looking at me like I was a complete eegit, then sauntered off, hopped over the wall and was away!

On a better note, it was raining really heavily here tonight! There are few things I like more than barking at the waves at the seaside or barking at rain! How dare those drops come down on Princess Cleo! Anyway, there I was up on my back legs barking to the best of my ability when Mummy made me come in. something about people trying to sleep.......

It's raining!

I love barking at the rain but sometimes when the rain's really heavy Mummy's not keen on going walking! Mummy brought me for a drive in the car earlier. It was good fun cos I got to bark out at lots of things. We stopped at the pet store and I was really upset cos Mummy didn't take me in, so I had to bark my shopping list from the car. It says Pet Superstore on the shop and I'm a Pet Superstar so why wasn't I brought in? Then on the way home Mummy stopped at another shop and while she was gone I had to bark at all the people and cars going past to protect the treats Mummy got me at the pet store! All in a day's work.......

Arthur Itis

Mummy brought me for a quick run in the park earlier and I met my friend Ben who told me something worrying. He heard the vet telling his Mum that some character called Arthur Itis had "affected" his leg. I don't know what "affected" means but I don't like the sound of this Arthur chap. So if you receive a pup pal request from this Arthur, politely but firmly tell them that you know he "affected" Cleo's friend Ben's poor leg and you want nothing to do with him. You have been warned!

Mummy can be so mean!

Paws up pup pals - do you love finding doggie poo as exciting as I do? When I spot a nice, squishy, smelly pile of doggie-doo I just can't help it - I LOVE to roll around in it, legs akimbo! Bliss! To me, finding such a gem in the long grass is the doggie equivalent of a human finding an oasis in the desert!!! Mummy even gets in on the act - she pulls all the windows down in the car on the way home to alert all the passing people and dogs to my wonderful find!

Then it all changes and Mummy gets really mean! She actually WASHES me with smelly dog shampoo! Poooooh! Once (and I'm so embarrassed to admit this but I'm among friends, right?) she even rubbed some Chanel body oil into my hair! I was mortified! I couldn't be smelt in polite canine company for days!

New neighbour!

We have a new dog in our estate! I saw him earlier when I was sitting on Mummy's bed upstairs. He's a husky - I LOVE huskies! Anyway I was barking my welcomes out at him but he couldn't hear me, so I went downstairs and barked more welcomes from the sofa. Then Mummy shouted at me to be quiet. Doesn't she know anything about etiquette?

Anyway, I was just watching a programme on Discovery about an emergency vet, I was just barking at a sick dog to tell him he'll be ok, but Mummy shouted at me to be quiet!