Sunshine, Clouds and F1 Practice!

Hi Woofers,

D&H here again.

First of all we have all got to sing 'Happy Birthday' to Michael who is now looking out for his first wage packet as a 'Professional Layabout'

Happy Birthday Michael!

We did our Happy Birthday song this morning but The Missus told us to be quiet or we will wake the street up!


We watched the F1 practice and Holly fell asleep 'cos the noise of the engines seem to sing a lullaby to her and her eyes just close and before you know it, she's snoring, just like Old Two Legs!

After the practice we went off to the caravan shop to get a few things we need for the holiday and OTL had a look at a new caravan but as TM says, 'it's still not a patch on our one'!

Phew! I think OTL got away with that!

Off we went to the Lakes. Now we don't often get down here unless we take The Boys as well, so it made a change to take OTL and TM, especially as we have to pay a parking fee to park the car, robbery OTL calls it!

I go chasing rabbits.

As soon as we were off the lead, Holly and me rushed off to find some rabbits to chase, at first I saw one and rushed after it but lost it in the bushes, it was only OTL calling me that stopped me digging deeper into the rabbit hole!

Me and Holly chasing rabbits!

A little while later both me and Holly spotted another rabbit and we went after that one like rockets on legs, a real four wheel drive puppy!

By the time we decided the rabbit was lost, we both were very hot and thirsty, so it was good that the lake was so close, we both had a drink and then I flopped down for a cooling rest.

Cool Doggies!

As we were enjoying a rest up came this enormous Greyhound called Maximilian, but everyone calls him Max.

We said 'Hello' and watched him as he paddled out into the water to cool his legs.

Maximilian being real cool!

Max said that he was good at posing for the camera 'cos it was built into his genes, 'cos he comes from a long line of Regal Greyhounds. To prove it he stood in front of OTL and posed while OTL took some pictures.

My Best Side!

First of all he started off with what he called his 'Best Side'. This he said makes him look alert and ready for the hunt. Trouble was he never really could get excited about hunting, just too much effort!

This is my 'Moody Look'

Then he did his 'Moody' pose, he says this one drives all the Greyhound Bitches wild. Holly said it didn't do anything for her!

Wanna Play?

We walked on for a bit and listen to him talk about his family of Super Stars at the race track and how he was the Black Sheep 'cos he didn't like to run too much. Then he said, Wanna Play and went of at a slow trot down the path saying this was called 'Chase'.

Holly says she runs faster than that and does he have a second gear?

Max thought that was funny and laughed all over his face.

You are funny puppies!

He said that if he started to run it would take him a mile just to slow down and he was just being kind to us 'cos we had short legs.

We agreed that his legs were long and would possibly go faster than us, if he ever decided to run!

On the way back to the car we came across some Greylag Geese, Holly and me wanted to say hello but OTL put us on the lead so we couldn't chase the geese.

Holly was sniffing like mad, she had never been so close to a goose before and wanted to know if they smelt like chicken, trouble was, the wind was blowing in the wrong direction!

....and I say the DO taste like chicken!

Off to home and just in time for some chicken dinner and a snooze before we go to bed for the night.

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Rainy Day

Hello Woofers!

D&H back again,a little wet and damp but enjoying every moment!

We were up good and early this morning, about three thirty to be exact. Holly heard a burglar outside the window and decided to woof him away, I joined in and by the time Old Two Legs woke up the burglar had run off, so we told OTL to go back to sleep again 'cos we were 'On Duty' and he was safe!

The Missus didn't see it that way and went into 'Grumbly Mode' and showed off!

There's no pleasing some people!

We went with OTL in his car to take the small car in for a service and MOT, then as we were so near, off to the New Park where we ran and chased the ball all the way around the swimming hole.

I went for a paddle and Holly just got her paws wet, (she's not really into this swimming lark)!

Off we went with TM to do some shopping and Holly, OTL and me stayed in the car waiting for TM.

OTL switched on the heated seat for me so I can get dry 'cos he forgot the towel to dry me down.

We got home just in time for lunch and horror upon horror, OTL left us with TM while he went off to do some work!

When he came back after a couple of hours, we ran down stairs and welcomed him home, he got down on his knees and I jumped onto his shoulders and licked his ears, Holly stayed on the floor and licked his glasses off and cuddled him under his chin. (He likes that!)

Then off we all went again to pick up the small car! TM went home while OTL took Holly and me back to the New Park again, for more ball chasing, or Mullering as OTL calls it!

On the way there we could see a very big black cloud and it had loads of rain falling from it, OTL says it was going away from us but when we got to the park we could see it was in fact coming towards us!

Storm's heading this way!

So, it was a quick run and chase and run and chase the ball, a wee and then another ball chase until we got to the Swimming Hole where OTL tossed the ball in for me to swim out and get it, trouble was, it sank!

I could see it on the floor but my legs were not long enough to get to it and I didn't fancy diving that far down, so we left it to the fishes to play with.

I can see it but it's too far down!

There was another dog called Oscar who was chasing me and he was just getting on my nerves, woofing and sticking is nose up my tail without being invited, so I woofed at him and when that didn't work, I growled and snapped at him.

I'm warning you, Keep Away!

His owner soon got the message and he was put on his lead, that will teach him to be more polite next time!

We headed back to the car and got back just in time, as we got in after OTL had given us a rub down with the towel, the rain just poured down, I mean, it even washed the dried seagull poo off the bonnet of the car!

On the way home OTL switched on the heated seat again and put the towel on the seat and I had a lay down on the towel. It was great all warm and cuddly. It soon dried me off and I was just right by the time we got home.

Chicken tonight, plus a bit of doggy food and later we mugged OTL for some short bread.

By the way, nearly forgot, Holly and me also got a carrot each!

Serious fun!


See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Own Up!

Hi Woofers,

Daisy & Holly back with you again.

Now, sit still and pay attention, someone has nicked the sun shine!

I want who ever it was to put it back, today, or Holly and me are going to do some serious investigations!

You think the Murdoch's had it tough, just wait till we start, and it will be no shaving foam with us!

We got up this morning, and went out to the garden for an early morning dip in the pool and the sun had gone! Holly swore she scared a couple of Penguins out of the pool before I got there, it was that cold!

We had to miss out on our morning swim!

Worse still, The Missus had emptied the pool and stored it behind the shed! All there was left was a big damp patch where it had been!

We had to spend all morning sleeping either in our 'day bed' or on Old Two Legs bed, such hard work!

Lunch time and we went for a walk with OTL along the Sea Wall, chasing the ball and woofing at the sea birds!

After a spot of lunch, chicken strips, we set off to collect The Boys from school. It was good to see them again and we had a good game when we got back to the house, chasing around the garden and woofing at the boys and chasing around the kitchen and back out into the garden again!

This evening we helped OTL have a nibble of shortbread while he sampled the malt whisky, he does love his whisky you know!

When it was time to go out for a we before going to bed, it was pouring down again, so out we went, turned around and went back in side in double quick time!

We've got to get up early tomorrow 'cos the small car has to go in for it's yearly service and MOT. So, early to bed for us all.

See you soon.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Sun Shine Day

Hello Woofers!

It's us again with some sun shine!

What a wonderful day today, sun shine and a little cloud. Holly and me have been in the garden catching up with our tan. Then we go and find out what Old Two Legs is doing up in the office.

The Tesco man delivered a big tin pot for The Missus, she says it's a 'Cast Iron Casserole Dish' and it's for cooking super Casseroles. OTL says it's made of cast iron just to make sure she doesn't destroy it when she cooks with it. OTL reckons that TM is the only one he knows that manages to get the cooking pots to glow cherry red when she's cooking!

We think he's living on borrowed time!

We went for a walk down by the Sea Wall and we saw some fishermen getting set up. Holly reckons that they would have some sandwiches we could mug, so, bold as brass, up she goes and woofs at them!

Oi! Gotanysandwiches?

It was so embarrassing, all they did was laugh!

So, she went up to the next fisherman on the beach and asked the same question!

GottasandwichMister?

He just laughed as well!

Holly was not a happy puppy. We had a game with the ball OTL had brought with him and we played chase up and down the wall. 

We walked along the beach and I decided to go for a paddle, I left the ball on the beach and pretended to swim, Holly blew Raspberries and called me a cheat for not taking my feet up of the bottom!

It was then that I had a brilliant idea, I would try some surfing, but I didn't have a surf board. I had a good serious think and decided that I would surf in on my Tummy!

Surf Babe!

Holly had a good laugh and said I looked like a drown pussy cat and nothing like a Surfing Doggy!

You wait, I'll get better and show her when we go to Scotland for our holidays!

As we went along the beach, we came across a man having a look at the empty sea shells trying to work out the best bait to use for fishing, Holly and me crept up behind him and went BOO!

BOO!

He just turned around and said 'Woof' to us, which had us all laughing!

We decided he was a 'Nice Man'

Holly was saying she felt hot and a little tired and as OTL and me played 'chase the ball' Holly was slowly walking up the path like a Princess, well, that was her description!

Holly strolling up the path, all lady like!

Tomorrow we're off to see The Boys, so it's an early night for us.

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Tired Puppies Today!

Hi Woofers,

It's us again! However, I wouldn't say we were the most active puppies around!

After the last two days spent at the Kent County Show, we have missed out on a lot of sleep, so today we are making up for it. Holly and I had to be woken up this morning by Old Two Legs and The Missus!

We were both zonked out, in our beds, having dreams about the show.

When we finally woke up enough to talk, I told Holly that I had dreamt we were at the show, running around with the flock of sheep, chasing the Not Not Neddies so that they jumped over the fences that the horses were jumping over earlier.

All the sheep were woofing and the Not Not's were quacking like ducks!

Holly said she dreamt she was in charge of the Venison Burger Stand and was cooking loads of burgers for everyone, she was so busy she didn't even have time to eat one herself and a big Stag was standing by the till shouting out to her, cook more, More MORE!

Holly said it was not so much a dream but rather a nightmare!

Lunch time we were still so tired we didn't even have much of our lunch, (liver & biscuits), but we did have a chase after the ball that OTL threw when we went for a walk around the football field.

Later on we went down to the New Park, we were both feeling a little less tired, but not too energetic, so we chased the ball and when we got to the swimming hole I decided to go in for some 'Deep Paddling' rather than swimming.

Me doing 'Deep Paddling'

It was while I was doing this that OTL tossed the ball in for me to fetch, however, as Holly an' me had Mullered it on the way down, it sank!

So, taking a deep breath, I ducked under the water and got it back!

I can see it!

Then I said....

Got it!

We ran off into the grass to get dry and after all that, we lost the ball. It sort of fell into two halves and Holly had one half that she put down when she found a good sniff and I put my half down to help her find her half and couldn't remember where I had left it!

So we declared it as 'Gone' and we will have to get OTL to get another one for us to play with.

Hello Scruffy!

On the way back to the car, we bumped into Scruffy, Holly said 'hello' and they had a game of chase for a short while, then his master called him and he had to go.

On the way home we both fell asleep on the front seat of the car, we were still worn out from the show.

We hear that OTL has got some Hot & Spicy Venison Sausages tonight, so we're looking forward to mugging him for a nibble, or two!

I wish the sun would come back, then we can have a play in the paddling pool in the garden.

Holly wanted to buy a plastic duck for the pool but we couldn't find a stand that sold them.

We're going to have an early night tonight, OTL says he is going to have one as well, after he has tasted a drop of the malt whisky he still has in the decanter!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Sunday at The Show

Hello Woofers,

It's us back again.

Today we have been to the Kent County Show again with Old Two Legs and The Missus.

It was fun parking the car 'cos there were loads of men in yellow waist coats waving their arms about directing OTL to where he should park, of course we joined in and woofed at every one of those men and they were laughing at us, especially when Holly tried to steer the car and woof at the same time!

We went in and said hello to the Reindeer who said they were getting fed up with the visitors looking at them and trying to stroke their noses. Holly said she knew all about sore noses!

Next stop was the Main Ring where there were some horses chasing around trying to jump fences and knock the poles off.

On a Charge!

We did our cheering bit every time a pole went down but they didn't seem to appreciate it!

So, off we went to the horse drawn carriage competition. We picked the best one there and said it was the most useful, a machine for scraping up horse poo!

A Horse Drawn Horse Poo Scraping Machine!

The next ring we went to had small horses pulling carts around at a very high speed. Holly and me were seriously impressed with that!

Charging for Home!

It was super to see how the horses seemed always to keep in step with each other, it must take loads of practice.

In step with each other!

Holly and me tried that as we dragged The Missus and OTL off towards the Bambi Burger Stand, left right, left right, wiggle tail, left right, left right!

After lunch we went back to the big ring and TM went off shopping with OTLs wallet!

We saw four packs of fox hounds running around the ring together. They looked super fit and they were lead by a Whipper In. He is the one in charge of the pack, just like OTL!

A Whipper In doing his whipping in bit!

It was wonderful to see so many dogs together at one time and they all set off for a run around the ring, just to show off!

Off for a pretend fox hunt.

After that the Whipper In's rode down the field blowing their special type of whistle, OTL said it was a Hunting Horn, I said that I had seen deer with horns and they looked much bigger that those and anyway they sound more like a Raspberry!

No whistle, just a raspberry!

It was just after we left the ring that the rain came down, so we rushed into the Flower Tent. Now, OTL suffers from Hay Fever, and if it's not grass then it's flowers that set him off sneezing. So why does he want to wander around the flower hall?

Looking down a flowers throat!

 He took some pictures of the flowers and managed to get out again before he started to sneeze!

Pretty Red Flower

When we looked outside again it was still raining!

Getting wetter!

So we went back inside and had a sit down, which was not all bad, you see, we had not had our 'After get up snooze' nor had we had our 'Mid morning snooze' and we missed out on our 'Lunch time snooze' plus our 'After lunch snooze' was missed as well. So we felt like a couple of tired little puppies and OTL said that we should head off for home before the serious rain started, which was OK by us!

Tired Little Puppies!

We got home in time for dinner, followed by a sooze before heading off to bed!

Bye bye for now and se you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

A Day at The Show

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here again.

Today we went to the Kent County Show, an amazing place, full of animals doing strange things.

There were horses jumping over fence things to see how many of the bars they could knock off. Some just completely missed the bars, but we cheered the ones that managed to knock a bar or two off!

Posing in the rain!

Then there were the ones who reckoned they looked good and stood there all posing and saying 'Look at me, I'm pretty'.

Trouble was, they were getting soaking wet and all they got was a paper rosette! Pretty stupid we thought!

We went into the shed where they were doing the same with the cattle, only in here it was at least dry!

In here they were saying ' Look at me I can produce milk with a high fat content and I can produce loads each day' Which again Holly and me thought a bit silly. Instead, we were judging them by how many steaks or mince pies you could get out of one cow and also how many bones you could chew on!

Milk, Steak & Meat Pie by the Kilo!

By then Holly and me were getting a little peckish, so we took Old Two Legs off to the stand we smelt on the way in, and got him to buy a couple of Wild Venison burgers, one for him and one for us. Of course, he had to spoil it by asking for 'A Couple of Bambi Burgers' which had the whole queue in an uproar.

So, the man served OTL first just to get rid of us!

After that we went to watch some gun dog training but the noise of the pretend guns going 'Bang' upset Holly, so we left them to it and decided to go and see the sheep.

Now normally when we see sheep, Holly and me go all 'Woofy' and want to chase them all over the place, but this time they were in sheep pens and couldn't go anywhere and OTL kept a close hold on our lead and told us 'NO' if we barked.

He said we had to learn how to behave with sheep and they are very nice animals really.

So we said 'Hello'.

Hello Mint Sauce!

The first one we said hello to told us her name was 'Mint Sauce' and she was the 'Family Pet' really and came to the shows just to please her owners!

Donner & Kebab

The next pen we met Kebab and Donner, they didn't have a lot to say but asked how we were enjoying the show and did we know who won the 'Black Face Sheep' contest. As we didn't know they then started to ask how the cattle judging was going 'cos they had a friend entering that section, Big Dave was his name. We said we hadn't seen him yet but wished them well.

Can you take me home with you?

Next we met up with Billie de Lambs-Wool, who said she had come a long way to be here for the show and how she expected to win her class 'cos she had a pretty face. Holly told her about our day so far and how much fun we have every day and Billie asked if she could come home with us but Holly said there would not be enough room in the car for all of us, but if ever she was passing please do drop in.

Around the next corner we came across the Not Not Neddies!

We recognised them straight away by their snooty look and also the smell. Holly had a good laugh and woofed 'Hello Not Not's'. That upset them and they whistled and stamped their feet and tried to tell us off.

Holly laughed even more and I said who was the daft ones, we could walk all over the show but they had to stay in the pen!

We did't stay too long because we wanted to see the Goats, but when we got there, OTL saw a notice that said doggies were not allowed in the tent. 

Holly said it was because if they saw us they might 'Get the Goat' and show off, which OTL and I thought was funny!

It was about then that the rain started to come down, so we decided to go home, have a dry off, a snooze, a bit of chicken and get an early night 'cos we were coming back tomorrow!

So, we are off to bed now, bye bye for now and see you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

He left us alone with The Missus!

Hello Woofers,

Daisy & Holly here.

We wish to register a complaint with whoever we can. First of all, Old Two Legs didn't give us a brush this morning. Second, he went off with his camera stuff and left us alone ALL DAY LONG!

We only had TM to look after us, and it was just not the same, no adventures, no New Park, no swimming, no chasing balls.

Where did he go? Kent County Show!

He took loads of pictures of horses and stuff, feasted on Bambi Burgers and Pear Juice and played with his camera!

Easy!!

On a Mission!

Over that one!

 
Then he even had a snooze in the car before going over to see The Boys and take pictures of Tom going out on a spree with his mates, all dressed up in Dinner Suit and Cummerbund!

OTL says Tom looked dead smart and so did his mates, and they all climbed into the Stretched Hummer Limo.

Skools out for Summer!

On The Road Again!

Still, as TM is off tomorrow to her carding making, cropy thingy wottsit, we are going with OTL to the Kent County Show to eat Bambi Burgers and stuff, OR ELSE!

So, now we have that sorted out, we're off to bed!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Busy Busy Day

Yo Ho Woofers,

D&H here after a very busy day!

We have been rushed off our paws today, first of all we woke up about five thirty and decided to see if The Missus and Old Two Legs were awake, well they weren't, until we gave them a 'Good Morning' lick behind the ears!

OTL was busy in the morning, he even started work at seven this morning, now that's serious!

We went out for a walk along the Sea Defence Wall near where we live, OTL brought the ball, which Holly and me did some serious 'Mullering' to!

But not before we found a gigantic ball that all we could do was kick along the beach!

Beach Ball

We soon lost interest in that and went back to the tennis ball that Holly and me were giving some serious stick too!

Wanna Play Ball?

We left the Beach Ball on the beach in case any one else wanted to play with it, but as we looked along the beach there was no one else in sight!

Waiting for someone to play with!

That thing in the picture, out in the sea, is to mark where the authority of the Port of London finishes and the Coast Guard starts. There is another marker, just out of the picture that is called The London Stone, which does the same thing!

Our village on the hill.

We went back and on the way stopped to look at our village on the hill.  Just behind us is the North Sea, to our right is the Thames and to our left is the River Medway. We've got water all around us!

Maybe that is why I want to learn to swim, I mean, if it really started to get wet, I would want to swim to safety!

Bye bye for now, Holly and me are off to bed now.

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Where has the sun gone?

Hello Woofers,

D&H back again!

It has been a dull old day today, the sun went in a couple of days ago and has not been out since, I do hope it hasn't gone on his holidays!

Holly and I have been sort of lazing about the house today, not doing anything too exciting, just a game of chase and a game of 'hide the chew' then we had a game of 'Mouth Fighting' while laying on our backs with all four legs in the air after that we played at snoozing on the bed followed by 'Lets woof at the neighbours', which is always fun!

Old Two Legs took us out at lunch time to the football field where Holly and I 'Mullered' the ball that OTL brought home yesterday in his pocket. It wasn't totally mullered, so he put it back in his pocket after we had finished playing 'Chase the Ball'.

Well, most of the time I chased the ball and Holly showed off by not even trying to get the ball when OTL threw it. That was until OTL put me on the lead and he then threw the ball for Holly. This time she ran after it and  I was held back. Of course she got to it and picked it up and came back to OTL with it in her mouth, showing off!

Later we went out to the Sea Wall and OTL threw the ball, unfortunately, we lost it, I took my eye off it and it landed in the long grass, gone, never to be seen again!

Luckily, Holly found another tennis ball on  the beach so we both set about 'Mullering' it!

Another one bites the dust!

In no time it was well and truly Mullered, I mean, almost in two halves, cover torn off and well chewed type of Mullered. The sort of job only a pair of Terrible Fierce Terriers could do!

It fell into to so many bits that we lost it!

There it was, Gone!

We had a look for it but gave up in the end.

Holly thought she saw a rabbit, so we had a hunt around the bushes but couldn't see anything at all.

I see no Rabbits!

The Missus has been to see The Boys at their school play, a thing called 'Pirates of the Curry Bean', no we don't know what that's about but it sounds like fun!

Tonight we had Liver and Biscuits, followed by mugging OTL for nibbles and then some short bread!

Holly took the last of her tablets tonight, so she is almost back to one hundred per cent, she says it doesn't hurt any more but the new fur growing through itches and it drives her mad trying to scratch her nose on the carpet!

Off to bed now 'cos we got an early morning tomorrow, we've got to wake TM up and let her know we are guarding against intruders!

Especially when it is still dark!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly (Looking forward to some sun)