Snowflake has been shifting furniture, again!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly & Snowflake here again!

This Snowflake is really making herself felt around this household. We started off helping her arrange all her furniture, get the Poo Trays in the correct corners, make sure the water bowls were in the right place, arrange her feeding stations just to her liking and then what?

She moves them all about, on her own and in the middle of the night!

Last night we could hear her crashing about as she shifted the Poo Tray, then she went downstairs and rolled her 'Tinkly Ball' about so it was in another corner, but, instead of just rolling it, what did she do? She kicked it so it bounced off the walls and Poo Tray and Feeding Bowl before it landed in the other corner!

Then she has the cheek to say she has had a hard night and can we keep the barking down a bit?

Well, that was the final straw, I walked off in a huff and when we went down on the beach I took it out on the patch of sand by digging a big hole and pretending it was Snowflakes new home!

If she comes down here I'll.............!

 We came across a fisherman who had caught nothing, so Holly asked if Ferret was a good bait!

Would you do any better with a noisy ferret?

The Fisherman said we were naughty puppy's for even suggesting it and he might just try dog before ferret!

 Back home Snowflake said that she was sorry about the noise but she was rather concerned 'cos she heard Old Two Legs booking her into the vets for Wednesday to be 'Done' and what was this 'Done' thing!

'Ooo' Holly and I said at the same time, you are going to have a sore tummy for a while! We had it done and Holly was OK but I was not a Happy Puppy for a week or two!

So we sat with her for a while and told her it was for the best 'cos it meant we could have fun instead of worrying about all that parent stuff!

Lunch time we asked if Snowflake was coming out again but she said it was too cold, wet and windy, so she would stay in her bed thank you very much!

Down on the beach we were playing 'Chase The Ball' and a couple of times it rolled onto the beach, so I let Holly go and get it 'cos it's the only time she gets to grab the ball!

Come on then, Throw it Up!

 Of course, she didn't and instead, gave it to OTL to throw again!

What's a Ferret and does it taste good?

We met up with a couple of the lads and had a chase around. I was telling them about Snowflake and her furniture arranging and being 'Done' on Wednesday. Wow! says Jasper, 'What does she taste like?'

Holly said that he wouldn't like it and anyway, we're not allowed a nibble 'cos she is 'Family'!

OTL has put some of those Ferret Tubes into Snowy Heights so Snowflake can have a game of Ferreting About.

She has gone up to her 'Day Bed' again but not stayed there, she only went up to have a look at what was going on!

From the top of Snowy Heights she can see the Blue Tit nesting box in the garden and had told us that a bird is going in and out of the box all day!

Holly says it's too early for nesting and Snowflake says the hole is too small for her to get in to have a look, so she will just have to look from the outside!

OTL is busy on the other computer doing something important so I'll go downstairs and see if I can get a carrot from The Missus!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly & Snowflake (Can I have a sofa in the corner?)

Snowflake in verse?

Hello Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly & Snowflake.

Now I know that in some places on this internet thingy wossit, Snowflake has gained some sort of notoriety, I mean, pages of Facebook stuff all talking about her but I mean, she is only a ferret that has fallen on her paws!

Now I am told, she has an 'Ode' dedicated to her! A Ferret Ode! You can read it in it's entirety on Sams Blog :-

 http://samshomecookeddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/an-ode-to-ferrett.html?showComment=1359179246954#c2120876839851354912

An absolutely super little ditty on the trials and tribulations of 'Ferret Finding'

Holly says that Snowflake could do with some 'eau de ferret toilette'!

I think she has a 'Warm Musky Sniff' about her myself, Snowflake that is, not Holly!

Being Sunday, we all had an extra hour in bed, except The Missus who was up at the crack of dawn to get a card or two put together before breakfast!

We went for our walk along The Sea Wall but on the way there the Heavens opened up and the rain just poured down. We thought that it was going to be a very short walk and a wet one but when we got there it had dried up!

Here comes the sun!

 Holly said that she was not sure it would stay dry and kept looking towards the horizon!

I'm not too sure about that rain!

Old Two Legs said that the clouds were going away from us but Holly was not convinced 'cos as she says, 'She doesn't Do Rain and Wet Stuff!'  

There goes the Rain!

I thought that it would be fun to chase after the ball and instead of rushing into the grass as normal, this time I tried to bury it the sandy patch on the beach, just to wind up OTL!

I bet he won't find this one!

What I didn't count of was Holly saying to OTL, 'It's on The Beach!' She can be a real Sneak sometimes!

A bit further on she was getting worried 'cos she could see another shower over on the Isle of Sheppy, but OTL said that one would miss us, and it did, just!

Look, there's another one!

 Back home we got served 'Doggy Scoff' but Snowflake got a big bowl of Raw Chicken, just as she likes it!

Lunch time the sun was shining again but there were still some showers on the wind, well Holly said she could sniff the rain on the wind!

I had a brilliant idea and while OTL was fetching the ball off the beach I told him of my idea!

Hey! Let's take Snowflake out for a run!

We got Holly over and told her about my idea and she said it was about time Snowflake got some fresh air!

Back home OTL got Snowflake dressed up in her harness and we called The Missus to get her camera and take some photo's of us all!

Snowflake was a little worried 'cos she hadn't been to the football ground before but we said it was where we went as puppies!

So, before long, Snowflakes carry cage was put on the ground and the door opened up. Slowly, very slowly, Snowflake came out of the cage and said, 'It's Big out here!'

Wow! It's Huge Out Here!

 Holly and I got let off out leads and went for a chase while Snowflake took a look around. She was a bit nervous 'cos there was so much space! She said it looked like you could get lost before ever reaching a fence or bush!
 

Does it go on forever?

 Holly came back and said we should all go for a run around the field but Snowflake whispered in her ear that she was a little scared and wanted to stay close to her cage, just in case.

I'll stay here if that's OK and I've got the squeaky toy as well!

 Holly said she understood and said she would keep a watch out for other doggies and Pussy Cats!

 

Thanks Holly!

 We had some fun with Snowflake running around the carry cage and shiffin the grass. Snowflake said it was a bit soggy under her paws and this green stuff tickled her tummy!

It was then that Holly forgot that Snowflake wasn't a dog and had a quick sniff.

 It made Snowflake jump and she ran back to OTL and said that Holly was sniffin her tail!

OTL! Holly just sniffed my tail!

 With that she dived back to her cage and dragged her blankets back in with her, just so she could feel safe!

I feel safe with my blanket!

 Holly said she was sorry but it's a sign of friendship really!

It was then that OTL put Snowflake on top of her cage and she had a look around the field.

I can't even see the edges of the field!

It wasn't long before the battery ran out in TM's camera and she didn't have a spare one with her! So, back home we go and Snowflake had a slurp of Ferretone, just as a celebration of her first trip to the field.

We will go back again and then she will get more used to the open space! So watch out for more outings for Snowflake!

Who knows, maybe Sam will make another poem about it all!

If you go down to the field today,
your in for a big surprise,
If you go down to the field today,
you won't believe your eyes,

You know, summat like that!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly & Snowflake.

Sunshine & Flowers, and it's only January!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly & Snowflake here again.

We were all up late this morning. Last night Holly felt the need to go out for a wee a couple of times. The first was about three and the second was four thirty! Old Two Legs got the job of letting her out both times as The Missus just 'Helped' him out of bed with her elbow!

So, around nine this morning we all woke up, except TM who was downstairs doing something with her cards!

OTL got an email from Peter C, another ferret owner who suggested putting the hammock up on the top ceiling of Snowy Heights.

OTL and Snowflake discussed it and then up it went. At first Snowflake was a little unsure but with the enticement of a spot of Ferretone to lick off the cap, Snowflake was up there like a shot!

OK, send up some more Ferretone please!

 She has decided to call it her 'Day Bed' just like us!

 Holly and I went off for our walk along The Sea Wall, Holly dived off into the grass and declared that she could sniff rabbits and wouldn't it be a good idea to bring Snowflake down for a 'Ferret About' to get the rabbits running out of their burrows so we can play 'Chase' with them!

I sniff rabbits and I have an 'Idea'!

 I said we should have a chat with OTL about that and of course, Snowflake!

 It was super along the beach, the sun was out and there was hardly any wind and on top of all that, it was warm!

Almost Spring!

 We were having fun chasing the ball and as normal, OTL had trouble throwing it straight and as normal, it ran down the beach and went 'Plop!' Straight into the sea!

Well, what could I do? In I went, up to my tummy and fetched it out! My first dip in the sea this year!

This makes your Bits cold!

 Back home for a brush and some Lambs Heart, then a snooze until lunch time!

 When we got back, Snowflake was still in her 'Day Bed' but woke up as soon as we got back, mainly because Holly was barking so much!

This bed ain't half bad you know!

 Lunch time we were out again but OTL stopped at the local church and took some pictures of the church, mainly because there were daffodils starting to bloom, in January!

Now this global warming, everyone else gets snow, ice and cold winds. What we got is warm balmy breezes, sun shine and blooming flowers!

All Saints Church, Allhallows.

Down on the beach we played 'Chase the Ball' again and Holly even played a joke on OTL, she pretended she was going to kick the ball down the steps, so OTL stayed on the beach while Holly kept calling out, 'On your head OTL!'

Ready? On yer 'ead OTL!

Finally OTL got the ball but he was still on the beach. We called for him to throw the ball and he said that if we wanted it, we should 'Come and get it'!

I tried, I woofed at him, then he showed me the ball and I even tried to grab it with my paws!

OTL says 'Wannit?'

Finally he threw it and we got to chase it again down the Sea Wall!

We were having a sniff when above us we heard 'Hi Girlies!' It was Barney bounding down the hill, we hadn't seen him for a while, 'Too Cold' was his excuse, 'Had a wee and a Poo in the garden then back inside to the fire!

Hi Girlies, Remember Me?

Back home and this time it was Snowflakes turn to go out. She was dressed up in her harness and OTL had re engineered the lead Holly brought with her when she came to live with us. Then she went out into the garden for a run around. It was a bit scary 'cos she has spent some time inside all comfortable and suddenly seeing the outside world again got her a bit worried! OTL stayed with her but she was very nervous, so OTL opened the kitchen door so she could go back in doors. Trouble was, Holly and I were standing on the carpet inside the door and we came nose to nose. Snowflake was as surprised as us and thought we were monsters going to eat her, so she nipped me on the side of my nose, which made me jump back with a yelp!

All was well, OTL picked her up and soon she was back in the office having a calming slurp of Ferretone!

So now she has had another run around in the office and retired to bed for a snooze before OTL wakes her up to be introduced to Stuart, who is visiting tonight.

So, that is today's fun and games, OTL says the next thing we will have to do is find a big field for Snowflake to have a run around without getting into trouble!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake (Snoozing)

Snowflakes Little Place in the country!

Hi Ho Woofers!

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake here!

What a day! What Fun! What about a tour of Snowy Heights?

Well, we went out late this morning 'cos Old Two Legs had to do a visit early and The Missus couldn't take us out until the Tesco's Man had been!

There we were with all our legs crossed waiting, when OTL came back early!

What a super OTL he is, off we went down to The Sea Wall as fast as the car would go!

We spotted some Brent Geese and  a couple of juvenile Shellduck's that were unsure where they should be!

Do we belong here with you?

We had a super game of 'Chase The Ball' which I won of course, 'cos Holly is just not fast enough and on top of that, she's not really interested in balls!

Mine! Mine! MINE!

We were chasing it at one time when it went over the edge of the Sea Wall and neither of us wanted to go and get it! In the end it was OTL who had to get it!

Well, if you want, YOU go and get it!

When OTL walked up the stairs from the beach I was there to tell him to hurry up and throw the ball again!

Come ON, THROW the Ball!!

It was just as well that OTL went down to get it 'cos the sea was so smooth I might have just had a paddle, just to test the water!
Back home, Snowflake said that she had a request from Jane for more pictures of Snowy Heights and how she had arranged the furniture! So, this afternoon was spent playing about with the camera, with Snowflake directing OTL on what she wanted to show and then she went and started to pose in the Adventure Playground OTL has started building for her!

I can see we will have trouble with her!

So, over to Snowflake for a guided tour of Snowy Heights!



Hello everyone, it's me, Snowflake, and here is Snowy Heights, a desirable residence on two main floors with raised levels to give easy access to the floor above and the drinking fountain.

Lets start with the ground floor. As you can see, there is a downstairs loo in case you get caught short after a run around the office floor chasing the 'Squeaky Toys' I have 'Borrowed' from those two darling little doggies!

As well as the loo, I have a feeding station clipped onto the wall just to the right of the entrance, you can just see it in the picture. As well as the feeding station, there is a china bowl full of drinking water there as well. 

There are two staircases leading to two corner levels that give access to the hole that leads to the second level.

Ground Floor with access to living quarters.

The second level has a loo in the corner plus a feeding station with a water bowl as well. In the back corner there is a raised level to give access to my water bottle, a bit of an excess of water points but as it came with the house OTL has installed it.

Underneath the raised level is my bed. It is a SUPER SNOOZING BED that is warm and comfortable and I can snuggle right down the bottom and under the cushion that is in there. Sometimes I am under it and other times, on top of it, just depends on how I feel darlings!

I forgot, there is a climbing rope there as well but I've not bothered to try it out yet as I can climb up the walls using my claws, it's a Ferret Speciality Trick, you see, we are very good at climbing, especially up OTL's trouser leg! I don't get very far but it doesn't half make him jump!

Dining on the balcony!

Here you can see me having a snack on the balcony which doubles as a door for OTL to allow me out for a run and for him to empty the Poo Pot in the mornings!

The shot below shows the full Snowy Heights in all it's glory!  

Snowy Heights!

To show you just  how good I am, this is me having climbed up the outside of  Snowy Heights right up to the roof! Am I clever or what!     

Do you fancy a tune on the banjo?

As well as Snowy Heights, OTL is in the process of Ferret Proofing the office and building an Adventure Playground for me. So far it is absolutely super. I can run all the way from one end of the office to the other behind all the stuff on the floor. It is amazing the tunnels I can make out of picture frames, tripods and camera bags, especially camera bags, they can turn into sleeping holes if I get a little tired!.

There is this Hole!

Then there is this climbing frame, sorry, tripod!

Easy, Easy, EASY!

 This one below is my 'Den' that I store all the Squeaky Toys after I have pinched them from the Dogs!

Come here and let me bite you!

Then of course, there is the dogs beds, you never know what they have buried under the cushions but I can 'Ferret Out' anything!
 

It's good for scratching your belly as well!

Finally, here is me having just arrived back at 'The Den' after getting into a very large bag of shredded paper that OTL had taken out of the shredding machine, it went everywhere!

Am I in Trouble?

I hope you enjoyed the tour, so back to Daisy!

Well, what else is there to say?

See you tomorrow and watch out for the Snow Fairy, she is supposed to be back tonight!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake (Property Owner)

Holly kills a snake and Snowflake gets a new bed!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake back with you!

It has been a terrible day for the weather but a super day for fun and new things!

First of all we went out along The Sea Wall and the wind was blowing in off the sea, so that made it a bit chilly and even the waves were looking decidedly cold as well!

Cold & Bleak again!

Holly and I were running along the beach for a change, and she spotted a plank of wood that had been washed up on the shore. 'Hey' says Holly, 'We could use this as a surf board and you could show us how good you are!'

A Super Slick Speedy Surf Board?

I told her exactly where she could store the surf board! Holly said that I was rude and I said I thought her idea was stupid 'cos it involved me and getting soaking wet and freezing cold!

Holly didn't agree...........and that's when the fight started!

Old Two Legs told us both to behave ourselves and grow up!

Back home there was a present waiting for OTL. It was a birthday present from The Missus and was wrapped up in pretty pink tissue paper and a pretty ribbon around it as well!

I was going to say something about OTL and pink wrapping paper but decided that as I hadn't had my breakfast yet, I'd better keep quiet!

It was just as well I said nothing 'cos Auntie Angela had come around to play 'Glue Pots' with TM and they both wanted the pink tissue paper for their cards!

Well, OTL opened it up and inside was a round hammock type of ferret bed that you hang up in their cage and they curl up inside and fall asleep!

When OTL was fitting it in Snowflakes sleeping corner she was climbing inside it before OTL had finished hanging it!

This is Super Cool!

Snowflake was dead chuffed with the bed and said that OTL could take out the cardboard box she had been using up to date and consign it to the rubbish bin!

The bed is round and it is soft material which makes it all cuddly once she got inside. Then she found that the cushion at the bottom could be lifted up and she could sleep under the cushion and make the cushion into a sort of roof to keep out all the drafts and the lights!

Snowflake is one Happy Ferret!

Come lunch time, I got OTL out early 'cos I didn't want another late walk when it was getting dark, it makes it all dismal in the dark!

Now this is a Good Sniff!

Holly and I found some new sniffs and Holly forgot about the surf board as well 'cos just before we got to the plank, there, on the path, staying very still, was the most ginormous snake we had ever seen!

Holly did a 'woof' and when it didn't move, she did a bigger 'WOOF' but still it didn't move!

I said it might be frozen stiff because of the cold but OTL laughed and called us 'Potty Puppies' 'cos it wasn't a snake after all, it was a strip of sealant that had come out of the concrete path.

Well, it looked like a snake to us!

Once OTL told us what it was we both pretended it was a snake and we rushed up to it and grabbed it and ran up the path to throw it into the grass!

... and this is what we would do with a snake!

Back home OTL had some work to do and he was rearranging the office so that he could build an 'Adventure Playground' for Snowflake when she is let loose in the office. He started by moving the  chiller to the top of the filing cabinet and replaced it with a cardboard box with holes so Snowflake could get in and out.

Half way through that he had to stop and do some office work, which he says was 'Boring'!

Snowflake was in and out of her new bed and said it was just what she wanted for OTL's birthday! She kept sticking her nose out from under the cushion and other times just stuck her head over the top to say Sssssh! I'm trying to sleep here!
 

Sssssh! What does a girl have to do to get some rest?

So that's it, everyone is happy, TM and Angela sloshed the glue pot all day and OTL was busy working!

Just how it should be!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake (Curled up in her new bed!)

Snowflakes Harness causes some fun today!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake back again!

This morning we were late in going out for our morning stroll along The Sea Wall 'cos Old Two Legs got up late and then, after cleaning out Snowflakes Poo Pans, decided to have a game with her using the 'Squeaky Mouse'!

I was sitting on his office chair watching the games and cheering Snowflake on every time she grabbed the mouse!

OTL was sitting on the ground in front of the chair and I got so excited that I bashed the back of his head with my paw and that put him off and Snowflake got the Mouse and beat it up good and proper!

So that's why we were late for our walk, not that it worried us 'cos when we got down there almost all of the snow had gone and we were back to muddy puddles everywhere!

No Snow, just mud, again!

The tide was going out and the grey sky and cold wind made it look very bleak!

In the Bleak Cold Winter, we know a song like that!

We had a bit of a chase around and on the way met up with a couple we see sometimes, terriers like us but a bit older! We said hello but they were more interested in playing up to OTL and of course OTL just loves that, he can be a right sucker sometimes!

Quick, give OTL a lick!

Back home The Missus was going potty, it seems that she has been watching the Create & Craft TV show where they have shown some of her cards as examples of what you can do with the stamps they were selling. The presenter then tried to copy TM's design, with a little twist of their own, to be honest, we prefer TM's card as the one they made up looked too loaded up with stuff and the secret of TM's cards are, Bright Colours and Simplicity'. TM was getting all excited 'cos they had picked up her card and told the world that it was made by 'Eileen Godwin'!

Now because of her being 'Named', TM's Facebook thing and email box have been going potty with Ooooo's and Ahaaaa's.

Gawd, her head is big enough as it is now, if it gets any bigger OTL will have to widen the front door, just to get her in and out!

I suppose now we will be subjected to continuous replays of the show and the bits that feature her cards, all week long, boring or wot!

After all this, OTL got Snowflake out of her cage and gave her some of the Ferretone, now when Snowflake is licking this up, OTL can do almost anything with her and this time he fitted her new harness that arrived in the post yesterday. It is a pretty pink thing with white spots and after a while was fitted to Snowflake who was a bit unsure of it to begin with and needed some additional Ferretone, just to settle her nerves of course!

OTL's like that with his whisky!

Then OTL took her outside to the garden and she had a walk around the back garden sniffin all the sniffs like wot a ferret should!

That was OK until she came to the back gate, she dived under the gate to do some investigating, found the harness stopped her, turned around and wriggled backwards out of the harness and was off to see the world. Of course, the back gate was locked and there was OTL panicking to get it unlocked before Snowflake caught the next bus into town!

By the time he got the gate ready to open, back came Snowflake, under the gate, saying that it was boring out there and she preferred the garden instead!

More adjustments needed on the harness me thinks!

 The lunch time walk was as bleak as this mornings! It was half a degree warmer but the wind was stronger, so adding in the wind chill factor, (Don't I sound Posh!) it was a few degrees colder!

There was an Oyster Catcher digging away in the mud and she was having a right grumble about the quality of the food and on top of that claimed she'd rather have steak and chips 'cos she didn't like shell fish!

I could do with a nice juicy steak!

A bit further on we came across some Brent Geese who were poking about in the mud just off the beach and Holly mused, not for the first time, 'Do you thing they taste like Chicken?'

We taste horrible, like mud and poo on a bad day!

We met up with a Husky going the other way and he called out 'Baking, innit?' Wot planet is he from?

Getting hot innit Girls?

 OTL was all wrapped up like an Egyptian Mummy and looked a proper Wally!

Back home TM was still swanning around going on about her cards, you know, if it gets any worse we will be moving out 'cos there won't be any room for us and her ego!

After a snooze we awoke to OTL getting Snowflake into her harness, well, what woke us up was the slurping noise Snowflake was making as she is licking the bottle cap clean of Ferretone!

Then, grabbing his camera OTL marched downstairs and into the garden to see what Snowflake would make of the new 'Adjusted Harness'

This looks big, wot is it?

First of all she had a sniff at the box where TM keeps the bird seed and declared it to be 'Uninteresting 'cos 'there's nuffin wriggling around inside'!

Then she tried to escape behind the garden table but this time the harness held her back and then she started to throw a wobbly 'cos she's not used to the harness and lead yet.

Quick, let's go this way!

So, with that, OTL picked her up and found she was shaking, which means she is scared, so he took her back inside and calmed her down with another lick of Ferretone!

Holly wants to know if you can Over Dose on Ferretone!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly and Snowflake