Is She Staying or Is She Going?

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back again!

We had our morning walk along The Sea Wall but it was The Missus taking us, so no pictures! Sorry!

Old Two Legs had to go out this morning and was awake before us! Now that's a first!

He even woke Snowflake up and cleaned up the 'Shower Cage' before she was fully awake and that's the reason she bit him again 'cos she thought he was after her stash of Ferret Nuggets!

You know, OTL's hand is beginning to take on the  shape of a pin cushion and with just as many holes!

Come on.......Gissa Finger!

 Just as a treat, we allowed TM to give some of our chicken to Snowflake, but it had to be raw 'cos she likes it 'Raw an' Wriggling'!

Mmmmm! Raw an' Wriggling'!

Lunch time, OTL was back so out we went, in the rain, with our coats!

OTL was throwing the ball for me but being careful not to throw it into the sea! I have found this super way of winding him up, you see, normally, I would pick the ball up and run into the grass and wait for him to find me, pick the ball up and throw it again.

This time, what I do is to get the ball, wander over to the Sea Wall and ever so slowly, drop the ball onto the beach!

It drives him potty 'cos he has to either jump down or go back to the steps to get onto the beach, then of course, he has to get back up onto the Sea Wall again!

Well, I like to keep him fit!

Look OTL, Bouncy Bouncy onto the beach again!

We met up with a real Bozo Labrador that was practising how the ambush everyone, trouble was, he kept on bobbing up and down to see what was going on!

I'm Ambushing You!

We tried to tell him to lay in the grass without moving but he said that he gets so excited that his tail knocks all the plants about and gives away his position!

Holly said that he should go back to chasing balls!

Look, Line Dancing Again!

All the time it was getting wetter and even OTL was getting soaked, even in his New Super Duper All Weather Coat!

Even I was thinking about enrolling in Evening Classes on how to use a Two Leg Loo, I wouldn't get so wet having a wee!

It can't be that hard, It's just the chain that's difficult!

Back home, OTL got Snowdrop out of her cage for a run around and she bit him twice!

You know, the way she goes at it you'd think she was half Vampire!

Fangs for the Nibble OTL!

She was getting all excited about being let out in the office, she even jumped onto OTL's lap from the desk top, which she has never done before, then she tried to climb up OTL's shirt but he wasn't having her too near to his ears!

So she got put back into the shower where she tried to toss her bed box up into the air!

1 2 3 Hup!

She made such a noise that OTL let her out again but put her back when she tried to play with his laptop, something about 'Where is the Mouse?'

I know there's a mouse here somewhere!

So, what has OTL decided to do about Snowflake?

Nothing!

Well, nothing at the moment, he would keep her like a shot if he wasn't loosing so much blood!

So, he is giving it until Friday, that will be seven days since we found her in the garden and then we can legally keep her as a member of the family.

Dinner is on the table, so I'm off to mug OTL.

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly & Snowflake the Vampire!

Another New Year!

Hello Woofers!

A Happy New Year to you all from Daisy & Holly & Snowflake!

After last nights fun and games we didn't get to bed until two in the morning!

We all overslept, including Snowflake, who just complained about the loud music!

So the morning walk was a bit late by about two hours! But that was no problem and we were hunting a New Year Rabbit just for fun!

No New Year Rabbit today!

We did spot a super present for Snowflake, it would help Old Two Legs from getting Snowflakes fangs buried into his hand!

You can have this any time!

Jack even offered it to us 'Free of Charge' if we could get it off his face!

Charlie wanted to be let off the lead!

We also met up with Charlie who was being kept on his lead 'cos of the other doggies out walking and he showed off good and proper when he had to stay on the lead!

Lunch time walk was late as well but it was OK 'cos there were loads of people around and the tide was in, so, OTL had to throw the new ball very carefully 'cos it was a very High Tide!

He still threw it on the beach!

But it was no good, I still had to go onto the beach to get it!

In the end he put it in his pocket 'cos there were other dogs coming along that could have pinched it!

Better hide my ball!

Back home OTL let Snowflake have a run around while he was clearing up the shower and she seemed to enjoy the freedom. Then OTL shoved us out of the office and Snowflake had a good run around in there.

First of all she tried to get OTL to allow her into the bag of  Ferret Nuggets but as OTL says, 'She has enough in her bowl!'

Come on, let me at them!

While Snowflake was 'Ferreting Around' in the office, OTL picked up my Squeaky Toy that I use to make OTL jump. I normally step on it and make him jump and it's also good when I want to get him to do some thing!

So, OTL gave it to Snowflake to play with, first he squeezed it so the jet of air shot out and blew her whiskers and with that she ran forward and sunk her fangs into it, then she grabbed one of the ears and bit that as well.

OTL says that is the nearest he has ever seen her get to 'playing' 'cos so far all she has done is eat, poo and bite OTL!

It don't taste like Chicken!

After a good play around and investigating the office, she curled up in OTL's hand and went all 'sleepy'. So, OTL took the opportunity to remove five more small ticks from her ears and behind her head. Normally she won't let him near those parts and has even turned her head around, grabbed the Tick Removal Tool and spat it on the ground!

OTL was all tickled pink that she felt safe enough to have a snooze and tried to do a 'Self Portrait' of her in his hands.

So, with his left holding Snowflake he took this fuzzy picture, technically rubbish, but good for a record of how she is feeling safer with OTL!

Someone turn the light out I want a Snooze!

OTL decided to put her back in her cage, so gently he put her back into the carrying cage that serves as her bed and place to stash all her food.

As OTL let her go and started to pull his hand out, she whipped around and wrapped her fangs around his hand!

Well, she thought he was pinching her stash of Ferret Nuggets!

It was OK, no blood this time!

OTL has been called for dinner, Bambi Burgers and chips tonight, so we should be OK for some Eggy Burger 'cos we do like our burger dipped in egg yoke!

It's a Doggy Thing!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly & Snowflake

Winding Up The Missus!

Hi Ho Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back with you again!

We have been spending all day with The Missus today 'cos Old Two Legs had to go out and didn't get back until late this afternoon.

Our morning walk was not as much fun 'cos TM didn't bring a ball with her to throw for us, mind you, I seem to remember that she was worse than OTL at ball throwing, so I suppose we got let off lightly!

Before OTL left he cleaned up after Snowflake and gave her a stroke and a cuddle, so she didn't bite him and let him brush her as well!

I still fancy having a taste but I'm trying really hard to be on my best behaviour and not lunge forward! You see, the trouble is, I don't see a ferret. all I see is a White Squirrel and you know what it's like when I see one of them in the trees!

Oooh! I come over all trembly and can almost smell Squirrel Pie!

After lunch we got another walk down on The Sea Wall and this time I got a really strong sniff of Rat, I mean, seriously strong sniff. There I was 'Ferreting' around in the bushes chasing the sniff all over the place and I just didn't hear TM calling me!

 Well, she was running up and down the Sea Wall calling me and whistling her 'Dog Whistle' (Ignore that thing anyway!)

She even put Holly back in the car and telephoned OTL to ask for instructions! In the end I decided that the rat had cleared of and I blame that whistle, it really goes right through you!

I finally came out of the bramble bush and walked up to her to tell her all about the big rats I had chased off, but she seemed more interested in telling me off for not coming back to the whistle. I mean, I never take any notice of that whistle anyway, no matter who is blowing it, so I don't know what she has to be cross about!

Later on, OTL came back and we gave him a 'Welcome Home' lick and we all went up to see Snowflake. She was pleased to see OTL as well but when he started to play with her on the desk top, she bit him twice, just to show that she didn't want to go back into the 'Shower Cage' again!

As we said to her, 'That's not the way to play with OTL, not if you want to stay here!'

She had a good game trying to get into the bag of Ferret Nuggets, you know she is as much of a greedy guts as Holly!

Just Checking the Ingredients!

No matter where OTL placed Snowflake, she kept on going back to the Nuggets! It wouldn't be so bad but she has had a bowl full of them plus a lump of raw chicken this morning already!

Mmmm! Nuggets!

When Michael and Sue were over here yesterday, OTL and Michael took some pictures of the late afternoon sun to compare colour handing of the camera processors and this is OTL's effort!

Sunset and Power Station!

 Boring or Wot!

I prefer pictures of Holly and me but I suppose OTL has to have a break every so often!

Not sure what is happening tomorrow, OTL may have one of his 'Late Mornings' like he did last year but we don't mind 'cos we can stay up late tonight and sing songs and pinch some of OTL's shortbread!

We are off now so a big Happy New Year to you all from us here in sunny North Kent!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly & Snowflake, TM & OTL!

See you in 2013!

Sunday Visitors!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back again!

It has been a busy old Sunday today. First of all there was the clearing out of the Ferret Cage, also known as The Shower! You know, I've never known anyone to poo as much as Snowflake, I mean, if I did that much I'd be nothing but skin and bones in a week!

Today, Old Two Legs and Snowflake have been having some 'Bonding Time' together and she hasn't sunk her teeth into his hand at all!

She may have brushed his finger with her fangs but no pain or blood!

As a treat, OTL got some of our chicken breakfast and gave it to Snowflake, she started off chewing it but in the end dragged it into her bed and buried it under the towels for a nibble later.

OTL says that if she hasn't eaten it by tonight he will have to get rid of it.

Our morning walk was good, we met up with Michael & Sue and of course, Michael had his camera with him. As Holly said, 'Oh No! Not another camera nut OTL is bad enough'!

Another Camera Nut!

 Holly met up with her mate, Bella, who was kept on her lead 'cos she runs off and won't come back. As she says, 'All I want to do is run!'

I'd love a run!

Back home it was a brush and breakfast of Chicken and Biscuits, the same as Snowflake but she has her chicken raw. As she says, 'Give it to me all Raw and Wriggling!'

Raw and Wriggling

 I'm going to have to watch her if she gets close to me!

OTL let her out of her Shower Cage for a run around in the office, he had to keep his eyes open 'cos he was afraid she would run and hide amongst all his stuff under the desk. She was a good Girl and stayed in sight, most of the time, and stayed away from me!

A 'Safe Place' to explore!

Lunch time came and we went off for another run down on The Sea Wall, there were a few other dogs and as the tide was in, a few fishermen as well.

One lady had caught a couple of fish and Holly and I asked if we could have a sniff but she said that they were all wrapped up and she wasn't going to get them out for us..........spoil sport!

Got any fish Missus?

OTL was throwing the ball for us but as you know, he's not very good at throwing and soon the ball ended up in the sea. I went in as far as I dared but in the end it was too deep for me, so it was Bye Bye Ball!

Bye Bye Ball!

Back home OTL and Michael were playing about with OTL's big camera lens and Michael took this picture of a Collared Dove that was sitting on the roof next door.

Smile for the Camera!

Snowflake said that if we could get any of the birds into her cage she would show us a good trick, yeah right! How to pluck a Pigeon in one easy lesson?

And to look at her you'd think she was a big softy!

I'm Cuddly Really!

Right, OTL has been called for his dinner, so off we go to help him eat it!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly & Snowflake

Ferret News!

Hi Ho Woofers!

It's Daisy & Holly here again!

Another fun packed day! We were up good and early, just to have a woof around the house before jumping up onto Old Two Legs bed and cuddling up for an 'After Wake Up Snooze' while he got out of bed to sort Snowflake out!

You see, keeping a ferret in the shower can be a bit of a messy business, if you get my drift!

Before OTL can have a shower and take us out, he has to get Snowflake into the carrying box and lock the door. This morning was fun for him 'cos Snowflake had decided that the corner she normally uses for a loo was too full and as OTL hadn't cleaned it up, she found another corner to start a fresh pile!

Also, because she is on this super Ferret Nuggets, it is possible that her tummy is a little 'delicate' at the moment and last night she didn't make it out of the box in time, OTL had to get the box all cleaned before she could be taken out of the shower!

So, OTL decided that it would be a good idea to try letting Snowflake loose in the bathroom while he cleaned everything up.

That was OK, she had a 'Ferret Around' exploring the bathroom and sniffin every where! She was even running over OTL toes, without biting him!

Well, in the end he got it all sorted and out we went for our morning walk. You know, just for a change, it wasn't raining!

Look! No Rain!

We got back and after our breakfast we settled down to watching Snowflake in the shower getting bored. So I suggested she have one of my new balls to play with and she rolled it around for a bit but got bored again and went back to bed!

Lunchtime down on The Sea Wall we met up with a big old Rottweiler who was fat, like I mean, overweight 'cos he was just too greedy! I told Holly that she would look like that if she kept on pinching my food!

He was a bit of a lump but joined in the joke and said that if we gave him any more cheek, he'd sit on us and squash us flat!

Call me Porky would you!

Up the top of the hill we met up with another bunch and Holly kept on calling out to them to play chase but as they were going one way and OTL was going the other, one of the Two Legs told Holly which way she should go!

Holly! Back to Other Way!

 We didn't go straight home, instead we went to the Doggy Shop but it was only to get some bits for Snowflake, so we stayed in the car and let OTL loose!

He came back with a Cat Litter Tray and a bag of wood pellets and a couple of toys for Snowflake.

Snowflake immediately jumped into the Litter Tray which contained the wiping of her last poo and did another one! She is a fast learner and OTL was tickled pink over that!

Poo!

Then she had a play with the toys and the ball before going back to her food bowl!

Maybe I'll have a play later, after I've had something to eat!

Holly was keeping a close watch on Snowflake, making sure she ate all her diner and I asked OTL if I could have my ball back seeing as Snowflake has got toys of her own!

Holly keeping watch.

 OTL was looking for a picture of Snowflake playing with the toys but she got all embarrassed about posing in front of the camera and instead went back to drinking her water!

Not bad this water!

 OTL said Snowflake should keep my ball as I had a load more in the cupboard that I could play with any time and if I took it back Snowflake wouldn't have a ball to play with.

I sort of saw the logic, but it's still my ball, but only on loan!

 We are off now to do some mugging 'cos OTL has been called for dinner, so, bye bye for now!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly (Not forgetting Snowflake as well)

P.S.
The Tick Count is now Fifty Three that OTL has removed, but they are beginning to drop off now, so that stuff the vet put on seems to be working!

Snowflake the Ferret and Us!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy Holly and Snowflake here!

We thought you would like that!

Well, rain, rain and more rain and puddles everywhere! That includes Snowflake as well, she has been poo'ing and wee'ing, well at least five times since she has arrived! It is a good job that she keeps to one corner of the shower for her ablutions, it makes it easier for Old Two Legs to clear it up.

If she has to stay any longer we can see OTL getting a tray and some 'Cat Litter' to save him all the work!

We went for our morning stroll and met up with Lilly, that young Rottweiler and we told her about Snowflake but she didn't seem too interested as she has never seen one before!

Where is Holly?

 Half way through the walk Holly disappeared, I mean, like gone! We couldn't see her anywhere and no matter how much we called!

After a while we found her, 'Look' she said 'I am sure I can sniff another Ferret!

Look, a Ferret Sniff'!

I had a sniff and confirmed it as 'Rat Sniffins'!

 Back home the day seemed to revolve around watching Snowflake jumping and snoozing and eating and poo'ing and wee'ing and biting OTL when he is not careful when he picks her up!

This is better than Television!

It was fun watching her have a clean up 'cos she seems to be able to get to bits of her body while tied up in knots!

A Knotty Clean Up!

 It was then that we spotted the dreaded signs, Ticks!

 That was it, Doctor OTL went and got his tools and set about removing every tick he could find. He got up to forty nine before deciding that there were some still between the eyes (very small Ticks) which he really needed expert help with, plus there was some sort of crud behind the ear he was not sure of and his eyesight wasn't good enough to identify!

So, a phone call to the vet and an appointment made for five forty!

Holly and I have decided that OTL can go on his own!

Ticks? Wot Ticks!

 We spent a little time telling Snowflake all about the Vets and how OTL cries when he comes out of there and she has got to be brave and not bite OTL any more.

However, she can bite the vet, just for us!

Biting the vet is good, OK?

 We'll let you know later how Snowflake got on.

Bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly and Snowflake!

P.S.
Well, she didn't bite the vet and OTL got all cocky thinking that she was going to be all cuddly, so he stuck his finger by the carrier box to brush her nose, then she bit him again!

Will he ever learn?

The vet shoved some drops onto Snowflakes back to get rid of Ticks, Worms and fleas and OTL has to take her back in ten days time to get her checked up on Ticks etc!

Guess what? The Missus is talking about keeping Snowflake!

Bye bye for now.

D&H&S

Mud Castles or Worms & Snowflake Arrives!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here!

Have we had an exciting day today!

First of all there was the morning walk, in the rain, pouring down on our heads and soaking us through to our tails!

OK, I've done everything, can we go home now?

Old Two Legs insisted that we have a 'Reasonable' walk and led us off to the place where we normally turn for home!

So much for the 'Short Cut'!

We did spot a Wormy Man out on the mud digging, Holly said it looked like he was playing sandcastles, but with mud, so that means he was playing 'Mud Castles!'

Mud Castles!

Back home for a good rub down and a bowl full of Doggy Scoff!

Turkey and High Living one day and Doggy Scoff the next!

Lunch time the rain stopped so we were out again and we had an even longer walk this time, down to the Cuckoo Path before we turned.

We also met up with a youngster who said that she was six months old and seemed to be a bit scared of us!

Bet the table will turn in another six months!

Please don't woof at me!

We told her of a couple of really good sniffs back down the path a bit but she said that she was not allowed off the lead yet!

Get a load of this sniff here!

Back home we let OTL get on with some work in the office while we had a sniff at the Doggy Scoff to see if it had got better, it hadn't!

Then Holly spotted something in the garden, something small, white and sort of small squirrel like!

Well, that was it, we were at the window giving it some woof!

I thought it was a squirrel and Holly thought it was a small cat and we started giving it some serious woof as it ran around the garden looking for the way out!

All our woofing brought OTL out of the office and down to see what the woofing was about, then he spotted it creeping behind the shed. 

'It's a Ferret' says OTL and we watch it for a few minutes, that was until we decide it wasn't going out of the garden and it was going to continue driving us mad!

OTL grabbed my bowl of Doggy Scoff and went out on his own to see if it was hungry, well, it had a couple of mouth full then dived under the shed. OTL then decided that it was a pet that had escaped from someone in the area and said we should first capture it and then see about finding its home.

Now, OTL has absolutely no experience of ferrets other than what he has seen on TV, where they sink their teeth into the presenters finger.

Yep, that's what happened to OTL when he put his hand down to grab it!

So, with blood dripping from his finger he distracted the ferrets attention with his other hand and grabbed it across its back and picked it up. 

Next, OTL got a big cardboard box and into the box went the ferret, followed by a bowl of water, which it jumped on and spilt it all over the floor!

Well OTL spent the next hour or so on the phone and The Missus went banging on doors to see if anyone had lost their ferret, no luck!

All the local animal rescue centres either 'Didn't Do Ferrets' or 'Sorry, we are full up with Ferrets' or '....If it is urgent please leave you name after the tone......Beeeep'

So, no joy there. Next he decided that the ferret looked like it was going to be staying overnight at least, so a quick look on the Internet for some advice on Ferret Feeding! A trip down to the Doggy Shop got a bag of Ferret Nuggets Food and a china bowl so she couldn't knock it over!

OTL had a look and spotted it was a girl, or as they are known a 'Jill'

Where to 'Store' this ferret was the next question? In the end we decided that the shower was going to be the best bet 'cos it couldn't get out and if it had a wee or a poo, OTL could wash it away before he had his shower!

So, here we are, ferret in the shower absolutely stuffing itself full of 'Ferret Nuggets' 'cos it was starving!

Holly has named the ferret as 'Snowflake'

 Being an Albino Ferret it is whitish all over and has pinky red eyes and after feeding it went over to Holly and they both exchanged 'Hairy Eyeballs'!

Looking at Me?

 I'm not too sure what is going to happen tomorrow when OTL wants a shower but he is on the phone trying to find a good home for Snowflake!

Holly is captivated by Snowflake!

So, if we can't find it a home tonight, we could have it for a while!

 By the way, so far it has bitten OTL twice, both times when he wanted to pick it up, once from behind the shed and once when he tried to get it out of the box to put it in the shower!

A Little Sweetie, with sharp teeth!

 Holly reckons that it could taste like chicken but OTL says that she isn't going to find out 'cos it will bite her back!

Mind you, I've had a nibble of the Ferret Nuggets and they taste of chicken and I even had a nibble of a couple, well, better than Doggy Scoff!

See you tomorrow,

Luv,

Daisy & Holly (Please can we keep Snowflake?)

P.S.

We have located a lady in the village who takes in lost an bewildered animals but she can't take Snowflake 'cos she has a shed full of Hedgehogs, so she has loaned OTL a cat travelling box so he can put Snowflake in while he has a shower.

Another problem solved!

Boxing Day & An Anatomically Incorrect Bird!

Hi Woofers!

It's Us back again, Daisy & Holly!

Well, we went to bed last night and we didn't wake up at all until gone seven this morning! Holly even had to be lifted out of her bed and carried downstairs!

Holly just doesn't do mornings!

Down on The Sea Wall it was sunny first thing and it seemed that everything was yellow!

A Yellow Beach!

 Of course it was the sun shining on everything and this early in the morning it is normally yellowy red looking, pretty, but once you've seen one the rest look the same!

Having a game of Beach Ball!

We had a super game of 'Chase the Ball' and 'cos it is so muddy, Old Two Legs got cross 'cos I jumped up onto his new trousers and left muddy paw marks, a sort of Boxing Day present for him!

Boxing Day morning looking at Sheerness Docks.

 Back home to a super big breakfast of Turkey and Gammon and biscuits. Well, after that, all we could do was to collapse into our Day Bed and sleep the morning away!

That's how to spend Boxing Day Morning!

A Sensible place to be!

 Even Holly joined in this game!

Wake me at Lunch Time!

While we were asleep Old Two Legs got out one of his presents he got yesterday from The Boys. Now we are really sure that they were having one almighty big joke.

After carefully unwrapping the paper we found that our family had grown by one!

Here is Apollo, well, that's what it said on the label!

For those of you who are new to the blog or have short memories, OTL dug a big pond for the garden this year, filled it with a few plants and loads of water and declared that it would mature 'Naturally' which means, 'It's on it's own now'!

So, slowly it has started to gather insect life and the birds use it for a bathing pool as well. There are no fish in there and for all we know it may have newts, whatever they are!

We have a drink every day 'cos it is a bit colder than our drinking water in the bowl and is not so bland in it's taste!

Getting back to the 'Present', well it is a Grey Heron, not exactly correct but close enough to fool most people and passing White Tailed Eagles!

We know it is made of plastic and it is hollow, so after OTL had plugged it's legs in, the feet were weighted down with stones from the pool surround.

So there is stands until it gets knocked over and sinks in the pond.

Apollo The Heron

Now don't call us picky but, where they have made provision for a plastic tube to be mounted, so you can fix it to the ground, there is a protrusion.

We are not too sure that if you fixed the pipe in place that it would not look like Apollo has three legs!

So OTL has sensibly left the pipe off.

This has presented us with another problem.

The Heron now looks Anatomically Incorrect!

We reckon that OTL will have to do some work with a Junior Hacksaw and a file to 'Round Off' Apollo before we allow him to be photographed again!

Curtains and the Junior Hack Saw Please Nurse!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly