Cold Outside

No Wise Men. No Santa. No Gifts.

Perhaps it's because I dug HOLES last year. Perhaps it was because I make a BIG FUSS when Person takes Milly out and leaves me behind.

Anyway, we had SNOW in our Field.

Marmite EATS SNOW.

Silly Milly EATS ICE.

Silly Milly brings ICE from our water bucket into the house. Milly Scrunches ICE.

Here is Tiny Tilly.

Tilly is a Puppy Cocker Spaniel.

Tilly nearly CHOKES herself because she pulls on her lead so Person advised Tilly's Persons to get Tilly a Harness. Person showed Tilly's Person how to get Tiny Tilly to WALK NICELY.

Just sometimes I try to PULL on my lead, so Person Changes Direction.

Just sometimes Marmite and Monty the Mont try to PULL on lead, so Person just Changes Direction.

Or she just STOPS and WAITS. And WAITS.

Person says Silly Milly walks BEST OF ALL and that's because Milly never did Dog Training. Milly was never Yanked Back like they do in Dog Training and Milly was never Commanded Heel like they do in Dog Training.

Milly walks BEST OF ALL just because Person showed her how and she wants to.

Milly has Tufty Ears.

Three Kings of Orien Tar

I have a New Place to BE.

My New Place is HIGHER than Monty the Mont, HIGHER than Marmite and HIGHER than Silly Milly.

I like being HIGHER.

From my new HIGH PLACE I shall be able to see when Three Kings bring me Bones and Squeaky Toys and Chews.

I like being IN FRONT too.

Yesterday after dark there was Singing outside our house. Person said it was the Round Table.

I couldn't see any Round Table. I could only see a Chair.

The Chair looked like my new HIGH PLACE and it was on a moving trailer. Sitting on the Chair was a Man Person with a Red Hat and a White Beard shaking a tin of money.

The singing was called We Three Kings of Orien Tar.

Anyway, I know there is no such thing as Father Christmas really because Person told me.

In Season

Silly Milly is In SEASON.

I am in SEASON too. I am in Winter. It is a Foggy morning.

Silly Milly is On HEAT. So is Milly in Summer? (I am in Winter, Monty the Mont is in Winter and Marmite is in Winter).

Person says I am being very BOSSY just now because Silly Milly is In SEASON.

I don't think Silly Milly knows what On HEAT is. I am trying to show her. Person says Humping Milly won't make Baby Dogs because I have No Balls. (Baby Dogs???)

Here is Silly Milly coming through the Dog Flap - with a Ball.

And here is Silly Milly with Two Balls.

Anyway, it is Christmas soon. Perhaps I will be given a Ball for Christmas. Or Two Balls.

And then it will be Spring.

Good and Bad

Silly Milly is trying to be BAD. Person says she is now at THAT AGE.

Silly Milly is trying very hard to be BAD, but Person has never told her what BAD is.

Person has only ever told Silly Milly what GOOD is.

When Milly Jumped on the Sofa, Person told her that Jumping OFF the Sofa was GOOD.

When Milly Chewed my Collar, Person told her that Giving Person my Collar was GOOD.

When Milly Dug a Big Hole in the Field, Person told her that Coming AWAY from her Big Hole was GOOD.

When Milly Jumps at the Gate, Person tells her that Getting DOWN from the Gate is GOOD.

I have been Doing my Best to help Silly Milly discover what BAD is.

Person went to see a Big German Shepherd called Major the other day. Major is Very BIG and Very STRONG. Major knows he is Very HANDSOME.

Major has Tufty Ears just like Milly.

And here are Silly Milly's Tufty Ears.

Person went to see a Golden Labrador called Bella the other day and Bella had Eight Puppies.

Labrador Puppies PLAY a lot. Labrador Puppies POO a lot. Labrador Puppies WEE a lot.

Labrador Puppies SLEEP a lot.

Anyway, Labrador Puppies don't have Tufty Ears, and neither do I.

Tally and Lolepop and Jester are Parsons Terriers. They live with Persons' Friend Ann and they did Dash and Spash. They had to DASH along a ramp and LEAP as FAR as they could into the water. SPLASH.

Person says Dash and Splash is like Long Jump for Dogs.

Here is Jester Swimming after his SPLASH.

Anyway, I like Short Jump and Splash and Swim into the River with Monty the Mont and Marmite. Silly Milly has not been swimming in the River with us yet.

Has anyone seen a Flying Play Tunnel heading east?

The other morning Person said what have you done with the Play Tunnel Pip? It was Windy. Our Play Tunnel had DISAPPEARED from our Field.

Anyway, here we are in Silly Milly's Crate.

A man called Mr.Baskerville came to see my Person last week. She is going to have Solar Panels up on the roof to make Hot Water. I prefer Cold Water.

Because My Person asked him to (because My Person is a Dog Behaviour Lady), Mr.Baskerville ignored Milly and she didn't Wuff and Huff at him. She wasn't scared of Mr.Baskerville.

Person said Mr.Baskerville should Understand Hounds (I'm a SIGHT Hound but I can't SEE our Play Tunnel).

Anyway, perhaps when Mr.Baskerville's Solar Panel men are on the roof making Hot Water they may be able to see my Play Tunnel a Long Long Way Away.

If some poor dogs a Long Long Way Away in Africa now have my Play Tunnel, I won't mind.

Rabbits

Here we all are, shut Outside last Sunday. We were shut Outside because Person's Baby Grandchildren came.

There were six Big Persons and three Very Little Persons and Milly wasn't Barking. You can see that Milly was no longer scared.

Silly Milly is becoming Big and Brave. Person says I am becoming Sensible. That's because I am so busy playing with Milly and Teaching her THINGS, that I don't have to look for things to do any more.

When Person lets us into our Field first thing in the morning there are RABBITS there.

I FLY across the Field after the Rabbits, Milly CHARGES accross the Field, Monty the Mont RUNS accross the Field and Marmite Walks.

Then we sniff and sniff and we eat Rabbit Droppings. Person calls Rabbit Droppings Croutons.

Anyway, one day I shall CATCH a Rabbit. I'm not yet quite sure what I shall DO with it.

Home Alone

Here I am with Milly in our field.

On Sunday Person came home smelling of a Weimerana called Bailey.

Bailey is very ANXIOUS when he is left Home Alone. Now Bailey is very SCARED when his Person comes back home.

When he is left Home Alone, Bailey is so ANXIOUS that he CHEWS things and sometimes WEES.

Last Thursday Bailey's Man Person came home and found a MUCH BIGGER MESS than ever before.

Bailey was hiding.

Bailey's Person walked into the kitchen and found a BIG POO.

Bailey's Person was ANGRY.

Bailey's Person walked through the house and found lots of WEES.

Bailey's Person became MORE ANGRY.

Bailey's Person went upstairs and found DOG SICK on the bedroom floor.

Cupboards were open and there was MESS EVERYWHERE.

Bailey's Person was VERY VERY ANGRY with Bailey.

Bailey was VERY VERY VERY SCARED.

Then Bailey's Person realised that a BURGLAR had been in the House.

Then Bailey's Person was so VERY VERY SORRY he had been angry with Bailey.

Bailey didn't understand 'sorry'.

So now my Person has shown Bailey's Persons how never to get angry with Bailey, and what to do instead.

She told him DOGS ARE NEVER NAUGHTY. They always have a Good Reason.

That means I can go back to digging in the field and pulling up the black stuff under the shingle that stops the weeds growing through, then.

Person is never Angry with Silly Milly. Person is not Angry with Milly, even when she pulls up the black stuff under the shingle in the garden like I showed her.

Anyway, I am never Home Alone, Monty the Mont is never Home Alone, Marmite is never Home Alone and Milly Molly is never Home Alone.

Because when Person goes out, we have each other.