Tag: Scottish Terriers

Thank Dog It’s Friday!

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Written By Gus, Twelve and Three Quarters

Gus .... or Adam Ant?

Thought I’d just fill you in on our latest Doris (mis)adventure!

There’s plenty to tell, but those are for another day.

We set off for Stirling (Scotland) last Wednesday evening. All went well until we arrived at our overnight stopover in Shap. The leisure battery that powers the internal lights and water pumps had drained. “No bother” He said, “I’ll fix it the morning.” And so he did.

During the fixing She took us out for a stroll. Well ….. overnight the wind had picked up to gale-force fury, the rain was horizontal and you couldn’t see further than the next sniff. We heard Them say that we might have to head back home because the wind was so strong. However, we’re intrepid travellers, and Doris is 16 tonnes of …….. “beauty”  so after ablutions and stuff off we set.

Two minutes down the road, a big puddle straddled the little country lane. No problems for Doris, so through she went. Unfortunately the casing housing the batteries (to which He had been fiddling with that morning) hadn’t been shut properly, and nearly the whole of the big puddle fountained up through that casing and flooded Doris. There was at least an inch of puddled water swashing about in the kitchen area.

She screamed, He swerved, They rounded a corner and the water shot down the steps and out of some other gap!

Meanwhile, we’re comfortably positioned on the bed watching this unfold ….. and did we aroooo with laughter? Of course we did!

Through the hatch She propelled herself, squelching through the now thoroughly sodden carpets, to open our Doggie Towel Stash, then proceeded to dumped Our Towels on the floor to soak up the water. He, meanwhile, tried to find a safe placed in which to park up to help. Unfortunately this was a layby just before the motorway and so plenty of twisting country lanes were driven down, with Her being chucked from side to side trying to mop up carpets. Did we arooo (again) ….. you’ve got it ….of course we did.

Our Snoopervision paid off, and shortly after using all Our Towels, we set off to Scotland ……. with no more hitches in sight.

The stay in Stirling was most pleasant. We were all royally looked after by Their friends ….. walks, plenty of “bad” treat for us (we’re suffering now if you know what I mean!)

The return journey to England was made in a day (last Monday), because, yes, another Doris (mis)adventure occurred – the exhaust blew – so He decided to dash across the country without stopping over, just in case Doris didn’t start in the morning. At least parked up outside our house, it wouldn’t matter if she didn’t want to start …. again.

Sorry, no photos for this ….. They were too busy being worried, and we were ….. well just too busy!

So these last few days have seen Her trying to catch up with the household chores whilst endeavouring to plan for Christmas.

Us …… well we just do our stuff, just like good little Scotties should …….

Thank Dog It’s Friday!

Goodnight Kendra

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We are so sorry to hear that our wonderful friend, Kendra passed across the Rainbow Bridge on Wednesday. Our thoughts are with her family. Although we only passed comments between our blogs, its just like loosing one of your own. We unfortunately know the pain and sorrow they are going through and that’s why we shall be thinking of them and hoping that through their grief, they are able to remember the twelve & a half years of life they had with Kendra.

We would like to use a quotation taken from Great Scots Magazine, which sums up, certainly our feelings about our beloved Scotties. We hope you feel the same way …..

“A loyal companion is hard to find, hard to lose and impossible to forget”

Goodnight Kendra …… from your faithful Sparhawk Boys

Merry on Mondays!

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Dog for Sale . . .

A  guy is driving around the back woods  of  Montana  and he sees a sign in front of  a broken  down shanty-style house:

‘Talking  Dog For Sale ‘

He rings  the  bell and  the owner appears and tells him the dog  is in the  backyard.

The guy goes into the  backyard and sees a nice looking  Scottish Terrier sitting  there..

‘You  talk?’ he asks.

‘Yep,’  the Lab replies.

After  the guy recovers from the shock of  hearing a dog talk, he says  ‘So, what’s  your story?’

The  Scottie looks up and says, ‘Well, I  discovered  that  I could talk when I was pretty  young…….. I wanted to help the government, so I  told  the CIA.

In  no time at all they had me jetting  from  country to  country, sitting in rooms with  spies and  world leaders, because no one figured  a  dog would be  eavesdropping.’

‘I  was one of their most valuable spies for  eight  years  running…….  But  the jetting around really tired me  out,  and  I knew I wasn’t  getting any younger  so I  decided to settle down. I signed up for a  job  at  the airport to do some  undercover  security, wandering  near suspicious characters  and  listening  in. I uncovered some  incredible
dealings  and was awarded a batch of  medals.’  ‘I  got married, had a  mess  of puppies, and now I’m just  retired.’

The  guy is amazed. He goes back in and  asks  the  owner what he wants for the  dog.

‘Ten  dollars,’ the guy says.

‘Ten dollars?  This dog is amazing! Why  on  earth  are you selling him so  cheap?’

‘Because  he’s a liar.  He’s never been out of  the yard’

Finlay update

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You might recall that Finlay had a scan and x-ray a couple of weeks ago. The x-ray showed a “shadowy mass” and was sent off to an expert. We had to wait 2 weeks for the results. In the meantime he was given Denamarine to support his Liver as there are doubts over its viability.

Finlay in his perky alert mode

Well, we returned to the Vets on a couple of Tuesdays ago, to be told that the expert could not conclusively identify the “shadowy mass”. The thinking was perhaps it was a shadow of Finlay’s intestines. So we arranged to repeat the scan and xray today.

I’ve just been notified by the Vet that the “shadowy mass” is no longer there – and was just that: a “shadowy mass”. However, the liver is showing signs of being “diffused” and this is normally associated with chronic liver disease, which apparently, there is no treatment for.

We have decided not to open him up as there’s nothing to be done. He will have more blood tests this afternoon to obtain some base rate figures and then every 4-6 weeks to see what changes may be occuring.

He’ll probably need to continue with the Denamarine, and be supported by a liver diet.

Finlay actually shows no outward sign of having anything wrong; he’s eating, enjoying his walks, barking at passers-by and generally doing just what a scottie does, so I’m pleased with this side of things.

So kind of good news, really. However, if any of you out there recognise what we’ve just gone through and can shed more light on the matter, please get in touch with me

Reservoir Dogs

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Yap! I get to write an article – yup, we’ve got this site back in our control for a day or two! So I thought I’d write about my new favourite walk. Its around a Reservoir – hence the title Reservoir Dogs.

I like it lots ‘cos I get let off the leash all the way round. She say’s I’m a well behaved boy and that I deserve this treat. Gus and Bobby have to remain under closer supervision – Bobby because he usually barks first, and Gus because if he wasn’t attached to Her he’d still be sniffing the very first blade of grass!

The Reservoir is very peaceful, unless you take a bag of bread with you to feed the dogs ducks and swans. We NEVER get any bread, it’s soooooo unfair, but then, as we don’t visit the Reservoir daily, I should be more considerate in allowing the ducks and swans to have some of my the bread.

I shouldn’t be too ungrateful about the food I get, especially on a Friday night (which tonight is a Friday night) as we get home-made pie from our local chippie. We get soooo much that there’s still plenty o’ pie left for Saturday night dinner as well. Yummy, although we could eat it all in one go if They let us!

We’re just waiting for Him to finish doing something on a computer, and then we’ll lobby Him to get going for our pie, whilst She gets our dishes ready.

Hope ya’ll have a great weekend. Woofs, wags and rooOOooodles to you all.