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The story of Spike the Wonderdog

Happy new year!

Well, there goes another year, they seem to fly back quicker than ever, as She Who Mustn't Be Obeyed always says.

As a dog of mature years, approaching his 10th birthday, I didn't think there were many things that I hadn't yet experienced. But I was wrong. Over Christmas, I stayed in a hotel for the first time! It was very exciting, me and SWMBO in our very own room! I gave her a bit of trouble though about having food in the room - I kept trying to get into the cupboard where our breakfasts were kept, and then into the bathroom when SWMBO tried putting them in there.

In the end, she was forced to put them in the boot of the car, where I couldn't get to them. What a disappointment!

It was a nice place to stay - lots of room to run around in the adjoining playing fields. I soon got used to the fact that people were coming and going along the corridor where our room was, and didn't bark too much.

Christmas itself was lovely and I had lots of gifts!

Silly person

I met the stupidest person in the world yesterday. She was a young woman, and she looked at me and said to She Who Mustn't Be Obeyed, "Why is your dog so big?" Well, what a thing to say! OK, I'm on the tall side for a Tibetan Terrier, but I weigh under 20 kg and I'm not what you'd call a big dog.

So SWMBO said, "Well, he isn't really, he's more medium sized".

Then idiot woman said, "Why don't you cut his fur?" What a cheek. I look very handsome with my full coat, and SWMBO will take me to be trimmed at some point quite soon, I expect.

SWMBO admitted later that she wanted to say to moron girl, "Why are you so stupid?". But she's just too polite.

Doggie heaven!

I have had a very good morning. After an unpromising start, when it seemed that I wasn't going to get my walk, things perked up a lot. I had my breakfast, which is always good, then She Who Mustn't Be Obeyed and Aunty G decided to take me to the park. First stop was the cafe, where SWMBO had a breakfast baguette and I managed to scrounge some of it. (And I got a dog biscuit too).

Then, we set off down the path by the river and saw a man carrying another breakfast baguette! Of course, I was very interested and trotted alongside him, looking hopeful. He had a little chat to the humans (about me, I think), and as he set off again, the best thing happened. The fried egg and half a sausage fell off the baguette! What luck that humans don't eat food off the ground!

But Tibetan Terriers do. I wolfed down the sausage, and SWMBO had to help me with the egg as I couldn't manage to get it off the ground on my own. Yummy!

Then, I met Keela, my Wheaten Terrier girlfriend, and we had a bit of a cwtch, which was nice. And then I met Baguette Man's Labrador and we had a lot of fun together. Of course, I had to lord it over him, as I had got his dad's food which I suppose by rights belonged to him. But he wasn't around to take advantage, and I was!

There were some good puddles to splash around in too.

All in all, a perfect start to the weekend!