Bad News and Good News!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

I must admit that when Old Two Legs is away, we do tend to spread out on his side of the bed and his pillows are just super for snoozing on! Holly loves to lie on her back with her butt on the pillow while I love to sort of flop on top and rub my nose across the pillow!

The Missus has been crafty today, we had to have our worming tablet and she didn't get full instructions from OTL on how to get it into our tummies, so, we have had all manner of stuff wrapped around the pill to get us to eat it. I mean, the thing is the size of a dustbin lid and tastes horrid!

In the end we had worn it down enough to finally swallow it and then get a chew as a treat!

We love treats anytime!

The bad news is.

OTL has been out again with Alun looking for eagles and otters.

No otters! Not one sniff of an otter!

Alun says that there are no otters on Mull, just toys in the shop window!

They have seen Buzzards and Deer and Heeland Coos and OTL reckons he saw a Golden Eagle but it was so high in the sky that he couldn't positively identify it but he says he will put a tick against it and claim it as 'Seen'

Now, in Tobermory there is the distillery wot make a quite passable Malt Whisky and OTL has been banging on the door ever since he has arrived. The problem was, he was either too early or too late to buy a bottle.

OTL was not a Happy Chappy, until today.

Getting back from a day hunting otters he arrived in time to buy a supply and a couple of glasses, so you know what he will be doing tonight after dinner!

So, that is the good news

That means tonight OTL will be a Happy Chappy and tomorrow he will be out on the boat snapping away at a Sea Eagle, so he will be a doubly Happy Chappy!

You can tell that today wasn't too good, just look at the scowl on his face!

No Blooming Otters here!

 See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

We thought he was lost!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

Well, you will be pleased to hear that Holly has almost got over her experience down at the vets. She keeps telling me the horrific details of the operation on her ear and how I've got to be gentle with her and let her get to the food bowl first and also have the best treats.

I'm getting just a little fed up!

I mean, they didn't even dig anything out!

She gets just one more day and then it's all back to normal!

Old Two Legs is getting in a bit of a state up there in wet Scotland. He has had nothing but high winds and wet! The pair of them spent two hours and twenty pounds trying to spot a Sea Eagle on its nest while the eagle stayed right at the bottom of the nest keeping the eggs nice and warm and stuff the visitors who want to take pictures or spy on her!

OTL has also been searching all the normal places for otters but not a sign anywhere! It seems that although the otters spend almost all their life in the water, they don't like rain and yesterday, it was raining!

OTL and Alun went out to eat last night and to help them get over their disappointment in not seeing and otter, they seriously damaged a bottle of Talisker Single Malt, got back to the B&B and went to bed early forgetting to let us know what they have been doing!

It's a good job that Holly sent them an SMS on the phone at four this morning to make sure they reported in!

We are expecting a full report tonight, or there will be trouble!

He has been warned!

See you tomorrow.

You know what? I think I have a hair in my ear as well and need a chew as a treat!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

How much for a hair?????????

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

As you would imagine, we have been a little upset today. Old Two Legs didn't come home last night so we had to spend the night on the bed without our OTL Water Bottle

First thing this morning we were out for a walk along the sea shore and just for fun we played a joke on The Missus. you see, she doesn't really know the games we play with OTL and when TM thinks she is in charge, we sort of disappear behind the bushes!

Holly got shipped off to the vet to have her ear poked and prodded and instead of a nasty little wriggly thing eating the inside of her ear the vet found a hair, yes, a hair!

Now I won't tell you how much OTL has forked out over the last few days but we reckon that the hair should be made of gold and studded with diamonds!

When OTL was told the results he said that Holly owes him some serious licks!

We settled down and other than a slight hookup with a chicken chew I tried burying in the garden everything has been fine today.

I mean, a woofer has to bury things and if it is muddy I'm bound to get some mud on my nose, and chin, and all around my face!

It's a doggy thing!

OTL and Alun arrived all in one piece and even managed to get an earlier ferry so that they could get into the B&B and get sorted before heading off to get some dinner!

Lucky OTL, steak and chips and salad while we got Doggy Scoff!

And you wonder why I buried the chicken chew!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Well, that was Summer!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

Now, remember yesterday? All sun shine and rolling in the sniffs?

Summer is here and dancing around the May Pole?

Guess what it was like this morning.

I'm sure I left Sheerness here yesterday!

 Well, we should have been able to see it but as it was so misty, foggy and too dark, we saw nuffin'!

Old Two Legs said that yesterday was Summer and now we are going into Autumn!

 We didn't believe him but I must admit when Mr Corvid said he was walking and not flying, we began to wonder!

Naa Girls, it's Shanks Pony for me today, don't wanna get lost in the mist!

Lunchtime it wasn't any better and OTL took us for a walk along the field and across the football field, we could just see where we were going, providing OTL kept calling us!

Back home OTL was packing all his stuff away and loading the car up as well. You know, he even took some stuff to deliver to one of his customers on his way down to Alun's place.

I thought it was only OTL who worked on a Sunday!

So, he has now left us, we all had a cuddle and I licked his nose, as did Holly and we are now in the care of The Missus, should be fun, she has got a worming tablet for Holly and I.

That should take a week or so to get down our throats!

OTL is going to take the laptop computer with him so we may be a bit late getting the blog up and running.

Don't panic, we will be OK and Holly will be down to see the vet tomorrow, so that will be worth a tale!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Here comes the Sun!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Well, wot a day!

First of all, The Missus was up just too early for anyone to believe! Rattling around getting all her stuff ready for the Master Class today in the village hall.

That means Old Two Legs was up too early as well and of course, that means we were down the sea front very early!

Unfortunately, we didn't get a good sunrise, in fact it was rather 'Whishy Whashy' if you know what I mean!

Not really exciting is it?

 OTL thought it would be better around the other side of the bush but by the time we got there.......

It's Gone!

 Back home it was busy busy getting things sorted out and OTL was charging up all the batteries for the camera's and also 'Calabrating' them. So, instead of taking a couple of hours the charging was taking all day, or all night, depending on when he started the charging!

Lunchtime came and there was this thing hanging up in the sky, it was the sun!

No, really, the sun had finally come out and was shining down making everything sniff new!

We went for a walk over the football field and down the side of the field. The football field had just been mowed and that means super sniffs to roll in!

This is good, Oh, this is really good!

 Even OTL was looking at the trees and telling us all about the leaves.

Boring!

Well, yes, I suppose it looks pretty!

 Down the side of the field there were loads of new sniffs and loads of insects running about. We saw loads of ants running around making up for all the damp weather we have had of late!

These ants are everywhere!

 We spotted a Painted Lady butterfly, the first this year and OTL chased it all the way down the path until he snapped this shot!

First one this year!

 Tomorrow OTL will be finishing his packing and will be heading off leaving us behind. On Monday Holly goes in for her 'Proceedure' and will miss having OTL to hold her paw!

We will have to telephone him to let him know how it went and what they found in her ear.

Freddy said it was more than likely her brain leaking out!

Right, we are off to help OTL put all the batteries back in the case and if we get lucky, we may even get a bash at OTL's kebab tonight. If we don't get lucky it will be salad and ham for him!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Holly Chops has a Little Mate!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Good news! We can say with a certain amount of certainty, Sheerness is back where it is supposed to be!

I told you it was there, I could sniff the Kebab Shops!

Now, Old Two Legs reckons he has better eye sight than us woofers but we reckon it is only 'cos his eyes are six foot off the ground while us woofers eyes are only twelve inches above ground, however, I will admit I didn't see the Bunny in the bushes but OTL did and just to rub it in a bit, he took a picture!

Stay still and the woofers will miss you, most times!

 Lunchtime we left the ferrets to sleep the day away and went out for a walk on our own with OTL. It was a good thing the ferrets weren't with us 'cos we met up with some Poodley Woofers and another woofer who looked like a Holly Chops!

We were all around the same height so we all had a 'Sniff In', just to say hello!

Nothing like a 'Sniff In' to make friends!

 Of course, the moment the Poodley Woofers saw OTL they were off for a tickle and a stroke!

OK, sniff over, now for a stroke!

 We headed back to the football field and spotted the Groundsman drawing white lines all over the place, getting ready for the football match next week. Holly said she wouldn't mind trying out for the team but decided to leave it when she heard that you couldn't bite the ball!

I mean, wot a silly game where you can't kill the ball!

It wouldn't be so bad but the lines wiggle in the middle!

Back home OTL telephoned the vet to get the results of Holly's swabs and was told Holly had an infection caused by Streptoecocklewogglewossit thingy. That was it, stop taking the ear drops and come down to the vet for a different ear drops and a rinse out of her ear!

Now that wouldn't have been so bad but after washing the ear, having some hair shaved off and that light thingy shoved down inside her ear, Holly and OTL was told that there was 'Something' right at the bottom of her ear!

Two nurses, the vet and OTL just couldn't hold Holly still enough to get this thing out, so, Monday morning Holly has an appointment with the vet and a syringe full of 'Knockout Drops' to send her off to snooze land so the vet can have a poke around with the light thingy and a pair of forceps designed for ear poking!

It's a pity OTL will be in Scotland but I'm sure The Missus will be able to cope and we can always talk to OTL on the phone and tell him all about it!

One thing Holly is not happy about, no food before getting the 'Knockout Drops'!

When Holly heard that all she would say was 'Rat Holes'!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

It's still Foggy,Misty and Murky!

Hello Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

There we were looking forward to a wonderful day of sun shine and balmy breezes and a roll on the beach.

Well, we can wish!

Just like yesterday!

You know, we reckon someone has run off with Sheerness cos we haven't seen it for almost a week and today wasn't any different!

OK, I know where it should be but it ain't there any more!

 The wind was gentle but it was sort of 'Soggy' and we slowly got sort of damp as we went along.

I'll be glad to get back to the car and roll on the seat to get this damp off my tail!

We got home and Holly got her ears done and her eyes washed out as well. The ferrets got to have a great rampage around the house and Miss May got her ears de-waxed as well!

OTL was ordering a new battery for the caravan and has found a new sort of battery, it is a AGM battery. The AGM stands for Absorbent Glass Mat which is supposed to be better than the old type of battery and last longer!

Well, if it saves him a couple of shillings!

Lunchtime Eric and May came out with us, it took a while to get them moving but pretty soon they were bounding along to path complaining they got wet tummies!

It's not only my tummy that's wet and soggy!

Back in the car the pair wrapped themselves up in the blanket and were soon all dry and warm!

The Weather forecast has been for 'Sunny Spells' in the afternoon but they seem to have missed us all together! Still, next week is supposed to be sunny even up in Scotland so Old Two Legs won't get too wet!

Holly has been a good girl, she kept the head band on her head all last night, seems she is getting used to it now and doesn't even try to remove it during the night!

I must admit, I don't think I could spend all night with that thing on my head!

Right, we are off to see what is being cooked for dinner tonight, we know it's Doggy Scoff for us but OTL should be getting something tasty, even if there is salad with it!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

I just don't believe it!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

Well, we got wind but the misty foggy stuff is still hanging about! I mean, is it just where we live or is it like this all over the place?

I think it's following us!

 The morning run was rather uninspiring and you know, we couldn't even see Sheerness!

Come on, let's go home and chase a ferret!

 When we got back, there was Dave, Dave the Caravan Man!

Dave come around every year and gives the caravan a full service and does any repairs needed. We had great fun sitting up at the window and woofing some helpful tips on caravan servicing!

Wot I need is a bigger hammer!

We had fun watching Dave and Holly even forgot about the head band she has to wear to stop he shaking all the ear drops out and over the walls and furniture!

 Lunchtime arrived and today we took Freddy and Wendy out with us and although the misty fog was still there they enjoyed a wander along the sea shore and of course Freddy managed to twist his tail and therefore he needed a cuddle from Old Two Legs.

A little while later he wriggled to get down and then raced off down the path!

No sign of a sore tail!

We did notice that the buds were beginning to burst and the hedgerow was beginning to look a delightful shade of green!

Spring iz Sprung!

 We got an email to tell us our Wormer Tablets are ready to collect from the vet, so Holly and I am looking forward to having some fun when OTL tries to get us to swallow them!

So, that's it for today, OTL is still gathering bits ready for his trip up to The Isle of Mull next week.

Trouble is, he is not taking us!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Play Misty?

Hi Ho Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

Wot is wrong with the weather?

We went out this morning and there was no change from yesterday, we couldn't see the sea!

The camera was left in the car, well, it is a waste of effort to carry a camera and not use it!

This morning Old Two Legs was making sure things all work in the camera box. He even set up the big lens and clicked a few pictures of the sparrows in the garden!

Mr Sparrow checking out the seed feeders!

 We looked out for other birds but it was sparrow, sparrow and even more sparrows!

Mrs Sparrow keeping an eye on Mr Sparrow!

 I must admit, checking out the sparrows can get a bit boring so it made a change to zoom in on the flower on the plant thingy by the fence!

No, we don't know what it is but it's been here as long as we have!

 It would have been good to get the Sparrow Hawk munching away on some unlucky inhabitant of the garden but we only got the Sparrow!

I keep hearing a clicking noise!

 Well, that was the big lens sorted, he then went through the lenses he will take including the Fisheye lens that sort of makes everything circular until he plays 'Fiddly Diddly' with the computer!

Before and.........

 There you are, a quick Fiddly Diddly and we could see the ferrets, if they weren't fast asleep!

Not a ferret to be seen, but it looks almost normal!

 So, that's it really, a rather uninspiring day but we did finish clearing out the cupboard and have a couple of boxes full of stuff for the recycle yard tomorrow. We may even get to go with OTL when he goes!

OTL has been onto the vets again but it's only for a couple of worming tablets for Holly and me and he requested they by email!

It's a good job we don't have our butt's looked at like wot Archie Babe does, I mean, poke around in our ears is one thing but butt poking? No thank you!

Dinner calls!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Poor Holly, Poorer OTL!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here!

Wot a rotten day it's been, no sun, a little rain, horrid misty foggy stuff and on top of that Holly had a trip to the vets!

The weather has been so bad that Old Two Legs didn't even take the camera out today, and that's bad!

The morning run was done at double speed because the rain was starting to fall. We got home just in time and after the ferrets had been out for their rampage around the house, OTL made the phone call to the vet.

Now, Holly Chops has been troubled by an infection in her eyes. It's her own fault, she keeps burying her nose into the sand and gets all the beach onto her face and of course her eyes suffer!

Then, for some reason or other she has got an infection in her ear. Just the one ear, it is all red and sore  and of course when she scratches it with her paw, it makes it worse!

We have had some stuff from the vet before but it didn't do any good so today we got out the big guns!

The vet has taken a swab from her ears and has sent it off for 'Culture Testing' which means that they are checking if for a fungal infection and they will 'Grow' the fungus and see wot it is!

In the mean time, Holly has been prescribed some anti biotic pills and some ear drops which, we hope, will reduce the soreness in the ear.

This all took about twenty minutes and cost OTL a fortune!

He was sobbing hysterically and wringing his paws!

I think he was putting it on but we got to get Holly's ears sorted!

So that's it today, sorry no photos but you can't do much with mist!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.