Hunting Snowdrops

Hi to you all!

D&H back again with another tale of Adventure and Daring from the two best puppies in the world!

Well, that's what OTL tells us we are, when he is brushing us.

When he gets to our tails he tells Holly she has a 'Designer' tail and mine was made for a 'Princess' .........that's me, Princess Daisy!

We got up this morning we went out with OTL for a walk over the fields and it started to rain, no sunshine today!

Maybe it would be a good idea to have our breakfast then curl up in the day bed for some serious snoozing!

No such luck! OTL decided to go out, so, he calls out, 'Who wants Walkies?'

Silly question, in a flash we were in the car and wondering where we are going, The Farm, Riverside Park, New Park, The Farm or The Woods?

We decided to go down the woods to see if the Snowdrops were out yet but on the way the rain got heavier and we changed our minds and went onto the New Park instead!

We said hello to a couple of nice dogs and all of us wished it would stop raining!

Good morning girls!

We had a run around and a sniff or two and slowly got wetter, on the bright side, there was no mud!

Wet but no mud!

Now we remembered that OTL was looking for Snowdrops so he can photograph them, so we kept looking for them. Holly said that they may be in the swimming pool, but I didn't think they grew in water, woods yes, but water, no!

This looks wet in here!

We ran around all over the place looking for these Snowdrops and raced back and forth to OTL with what we thought were Snowdrops but he said it was grass but thanked us for our efforts.

Can't find a Snowdrop anywhere!

Getting back to the car we had a good shake to get the rain off but OTL says it would be better if he was to wring us out like a couple of dishcloths!

The warm air heater went on when we got in and the sweet smell of wet dog was with us all the way home!

We spent the afternoon snoozing in our day beds until it was time for dinner.

Serious Snoozing

 Guess what's for dinner?

It's chicken again!

OTL says we have too much chicken and we will be sprouting feathers and laying eggs soon!

He's such a Wag sometimes!

See you tomorrow!

D&H

A trip down the river on 'The Smelly Nelly'!

Hello All,

D&H here again!

Getting up was a slow business this morning, I suppose it had something to do with the late night. You see Old Two Legs normally gets our beds from the office and sets them up ready for us to go to bed when we feel like it, around eight is normal, then we are woken up at ten for a wee in the garden before settling down to a proper nights sleep.

Last night the beds were not down, all of which means, we did not get our normal quota of snooze time, so we over slept this morning!

After breakfast we retired to our day bed for an 'after breakfast snooze' and to catch up on our over night sleep as well!

Around midday, OTL had to go out to deliver some stuff, so, we tagged along for the ride and guess what? Yes, we went to the Riverside Park again!

We met a real full pedigree Bichon Frise who was just like Holly and me but not quite, if you know what we mean!

A Bichon Frise looking at Holly!

Just along the path we came across a Black Poodle that fell in love with Holly and would not leave her alone, OTL had to put Holly on his shoulder to rescue her until his owner could get him on a lead!

Friendly Poodle

Holly kept close to OTL for a while until the poodle had gone away and she felt safe!

Holly Watching Out

 After a while she was back chasing me all along the shore line and we got covered in smelly mud!
OTL called us both Smelly Nellie's but we didn't care, it was too much fun! We found an old shipwreck and played and being pirates. I was Captain Daisy and Holly was the First Mate and the ship was called 'The Smelly Nelly'!

The Smelly Nelly sets sail!

On the way back we met a family of Jack Russell's out for a walk and blow me down, one of the lads fell in love with Holly and kept chasing after her! She knew what to do this time and ran straight up to OTL who tucked her under his arm!

Holly gets chased Again!

After they had gone, we went for another run along the shore and got more mud on our paws. I was sure that the car would really smell on the way home and it did! OTL had to leave the window open just to let the smell out!

Daisy with muddy Paws!

We had to have our legs and tummy washed before we went to meet the Boys from school. Well, we have to look our best to greet them at the school gates!

See you tomorrow for some more fun!

D&H

Sunshine Tuesday

What a Glorious Day Today!

It's Daisy & Holly saying hello again and a special 'Hello' to Denise who has joined our band of followers!

I got up this morning and looked outside, the sun was just getting up. All the clouds had gone away, so had the wind. It was warm, just like Spring is here!

Holly and I took Old Two Legs for a run over the fields, he is still walking like an old crock, his back is still hurting.

Holly said we should take him down the vets and get him wormed, and that would sort him out!!!!!

It was the thought of paying the vet with our doggy biscuits stopped Holly going to The Missus to suggest it!

This morning, we have been tearing around the garden, saying hello to the birds, then we went in and did some 'play fighting' on OTL's bed, then we did some running up and down the stairs.

I think the spring is super, it certainly makes me feel good!

We went for our 'Adventure Walk' to the Riverside Park, it was great running around woofing at the other dogs and running, I mean, really running, in fact I was running so fast OLT and his camera couldn't keep up with me!

I felt like Super Dog!

Super Dog Daisy!

Now, it's not often that I run so fast, but the sun was on my back and I felt super good!

Holly and me investigated the shore line and found loads of new sniffs, even better than when we were down here last.

New sniffs for us!

We went into the sea grass and both got muddy paws.....and legs...almost up to our tummies! It was OK really 'cos we washed it all off later when we went for a paddle in the water!

Here be Mud!!

We were chasing about so much I didn't see the patch of thistle type plants, OTL calls them 'Burrs' and I ended up with them all over me. Like, over my muzzle, my ears, my throat, all down my legs, my tummy and finally, on the underneath of my tail!

I did my 'Help me OTL' pose, you know the one, I hold my front leg up and a whimper and look at him all sad and sorry like. 

It never fails!

We spent the next twenty minutes with him sitting on a lump of rock and me draped over his leg, having these burrs pulled out of my fur.

It was not very dignified nor was it funny! 

Holly thought it a grand laugh though and said I had been sticking my muzzle where it should not be stuck and that I should keep my nose out of the bushes, and all my other bits as well!

After OTL had finished, I felt much better, so I chased Holly all around the beach and into the water up to her tummy, just to teach her she shouldn't laugh at me!

Look, no burrs!

We headed back and sang 'Salty Sea Dog' songs in the car all the way home.

I hope the sunshine stays for tomorrow, we could go to the woods to see if the Snowdrops are out yet!

See you tomorrow,

Luv

Daisy & Holly

Windy Monday!

A Happy Monday to you all!

Daisy & Holly here again.

Old Two Legs was still struggling to get out of bed this morning, you know, even after we jumped on the bed and gave his ears a good licking, he was still moaning about his back!

We had chicken for breakfast this morning, it was lovely. The Missus cooked it for us first thing, but the wait for it to cool down was sooo long, well it seemed like that to us!

OTL has been working in his office today and we have been keeping guard down stairs ready to bark at the postman or anyone else who passes the front of the house!


It was very hard to keep awake with our tummies full of chicken, but we try!

One of us stands guard while the other has a snooze, then,, when it gets too much to stay awake, the sleeper is woken up and the guard goes to sleep. Sometimes it all gets confusing and we are both awake guarding or both asleep snoozing.

Guard Duty!

This guard dog business is not as easy as you may think!

Lunch time came and went before OTL said he was taking us out, this time he said he was going down to the beach because the tide was almost in. Off we went in the car and we woofed our way to the beach car park. 

OTL was almost right, the sea had come right up the beach and we only had the sea shells to run on, or the sea wall. That was OK with us, we can run anywhere!

Running on the beach

  Mind you, we nearly got into deep water. We were just about to jump over the breakwater when I noticed there was no beach on the other side! We had done that before at Leysdown and ended up very wet puppies!

Who nicked the beach?

A bit further along the beach Holly suggested we go for a swim! She said that we should both race into the water together..................................She must think I'm stupid or something!

Last one in is a wimp!

All she got from me was a Raspberry!

Raspberries to you!

She will have to wait until it gets warmer for me to have a swim or a paddle in the sea and I will want to take OTL with me for safety!

See you tomorrow,

Luv  Daisy & Holly

Poor Old Two Legs

Hello Again!

Daisy & Holly back to see you!

Sunday has been a bit 'uneventful'! You see Old Two Legs was mending the caravan water heating system yesterday and spent a long time doubled up under the seats.

Now OTL is not what you would describe a 'Terrier Size' he's sort of 'Irish Wolf Hound' and as you know, they don't fit into small places.

Nor does OTL!

So, this morning when he woke up he made such a terrible noise! He was complaining about his back aching.

We tried jumping up and down on him to make him feel better, but it didn't, all it did was make him even noisier!

He made such a song and dance about getting out of bed that we thought he'd never make it!

The Missus had to take us out for a walk across the fields and to say hello to the horses. We told them about OTL and his bad back and they said that we must be very careful and not jump on him 'cos that made it worse.

We didn't tell them about how we woke him this morning!

So, today has been sort of, slow, Holly and me have been amusing ourselves by chasing each other around the house while OTL groaned all day.

We did hear him say that it wasn't hurting so much this evening so, we didn't feel too bad about mugging him for biscuit at tea time!

It's Mugging Time!

He still made a noise when we both closed in on him, but we had our paws on his stomach and that's no where near his back!

He really can be a wimp some times!

We hope he gets better tomorrow, I mean, we need our long walk down the New Park and if OTL don't take us, who will?

Bye bye for now.

D&H

Saturday and we are still working hard!

Hello People!

Have we been busy puppies today.

First of all there was the 'let's get The Missus up early' barking song! We started that at about four in the morning. Then after that we rushed up to Old Two Legs to tell him how cold and wet our noses were! He loves that, hee hee!

Seeing that it was just gone six, we decided a small 'after wake up snooze' was what we needed and went back to our day beds for an hour!

TM was down stairs playing on her computer because she could not get back to sleep again.

OTL just turned over and went back to snoring.

Later, after breakfast, TM went off with all her card stuff in the car, off to visit Auntie Karen for another 'one card day' we reckon!

You know, that poor old car is wearing its tyres out carrying all her stuff!

OLT had to do some work in the caravan, so we stayed in the caravan with him and made up some new caravan songs! OTL said they were very funny and can we teach them to him!

We tried, but you know the trouble we have with OTL, he keeps getting the woof mixed up with the howl, and as for the Grumble-Grumble-Woof, he has no idea just how important that bit is!

When we got to the New Park, Holly said hello to a dog with very long legs, Holly said she would like legs that long, I thought she would look silly!

Hello Long Legs!

A bit further on we came across a load of dogs jumping in the swimming pool. Holly thought about going in but decided it was too wet!

At the Swimming Pool

On our way out we met up with a doggy we had seen before and exchanged some info on the location of some super smells!

I'll tell you where the best smells are!

We got back home all tired and worn out, but not so tired that we couldn't woof down a super dish of chicken and biscuits!

It was good to see TM again when she got back home and guess what?

Not even one finished card!!

I bet she spent all day gassing to Auntie Karen!

See you tomorrow

Luv

Daisy & Holly

A Visit to Uncle Stuart

Hi Everyone!

It's Us again!

Today we have been out visiting and getting in trouble. ( It was Holly's fault really)

After getting up this morning it was all very exciting waiting for Old Two Legs to get ready and get us in the car then off to see Uncle Stuart, via, the Doggy Shop with the wonderful smells!

We had been out first thing with OTL for a run across the fields and Holly found this very old rat skin that had been on the path since before Christmas, well, she just had to have a roll on it 'cos she loved the smell.

I found some fox wee in a ditch and told Holly about that, so, we both just had to roll in that!

It was a Real Pong!

When we got back home it was a brush, breakfast, then off to the car.

The Missus said that there was a strong smell of 'DOG' in the car, well, what do you expect, we're dogs!

Then she got a sniff of Holly's back and declared it was her making the smell.

Then she sniffed me, that was it, I was the culprit!

She said I SMELT ROTTEN!

TM said that we just had to stop at the Doggy Shop!

In we went all excited about the smells and we went straight to the shampoo section, and that was strange!

OTL & TM had a rummage around and came up with a tin can, OTL took the lid off and then squirted some cold smelly stuff from the can, all over our backs and sides!

It was HORRIBLE!

TM said we smelt much better and almost like perfumed puppies. 

We still got another squirt when we got to Uncle Stuart's place, 'just to make sure' said TM!

TM, OTL and Stuart went out for a bit of lunch. While they were out Holly found a real 'Haggis', she began to nibble bits off it, like the label and a tuft of fur, but it didn't taste very nice so she left it in our day bed.

When Uncle Stuart came back we felt bad about it and had to tell him and say we were very sorry. 

Holly said she would never chase another Haggis, unless it was cooked and served with Shortbread and a glass of Malt Whisky!

Sorry Uncle Stuart!

 We were really sorry and felt terrible because he had brought us a rawhide chew each,  we are going to start on them tonight when TM & OTL have gone to bed!

TM is off to her mate Karen's to play at making cards tomorrow, (Karen is one of the 'cat people'). We are expecting to go out with OTL for a long run in the park. 

I hope he gets all his work done early in the morning, I think we will wake him extra early, just to make sure!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

A Hard Day being a Puppy!

Hello You All!

We have been Busy Busy Busy today, we got up late, again, Old Two Legs was ready to go out before us this morning!

The social circle up on the Field, so many smells, so little time!

Then it was a spot of lunch and then away with OTL to the New Park for a two hour run!

We met a sneaky Alsatian who pretended to be a horse and crept around the back of the notice board and went Boo!

He almost made me jump out of my fur!

We had a game of 'Chase' with him, he chased and we ran away!

Then this very old large hairy sort of sheep dog came by and said 'Hello Youngsters' and we said hello back and told her where a good smell was and she thanked us and said that her nose was not as good as it was when she was our age.

Here's a Smell

We went all the way around the Orchard and I climbed onto a ball of wood which Porky Puppy Holly could not get up on. So, I teased her calling her a Lump and Short legs and she went potty trying to get me!

Queen of The Castle!

 When I finally jumped down she tried to chase me and knock me down, no chance! I'm much faster than Holly at running!


Holly showed off, she would not share any smells with me and when OTL stopped for a sit down on seat she jumped up beside him and sulked!

Holly having a Sulk!

OTL called her an Old Grumble Guts and tickled her tummy and then her ears, she soon began to laugh and jumped down to chase me again!

Holly running after me!

We both fell asleep going home, we were tired little puppies.  The Missus cooked us some liver tonight, it tasted wonderful.

Big full tummies meant that we spent most of the evening having our 'after dinner snooze' only to wake up in time for a wee in the garden before going to bed proper!

See you all tomorrow, we're off to see Uncle Stuart in the afternoon, he's never met Holly, this should be good fun!

Luv

D&H

Wednesday Wonderland

Hello Fans!

Daisy & Holly here again with more tales or should that be tails?

We had a busy day yesterday, after our morning walk across the fields with Old Two Legs, we got back to a fine breakfast of Puppy Food.     YUK!

No, don't get me wrong, puppy food is OK when your stomach walls are knocking together and even OTL's old boots look appetising, but we have grown accustom to a more refined diet. Chicken, Liver, Beef, Lamb is what we really love and chicken heads the list!

I think The Missus is trying to skip cooking for us 'cos opening a tin can is easier and it gives her more time to play at card making!

Soon we may have to hold a protest meeting and even discuss strike tactics!

No more cuddles, no more lick on the nose to wake them up, that will make them think again!

OTL had to go out in the afternoon to do some work, he dropped us and TM off at the Boys house so we could go and meet them from school. We do enjoy meeting all the other dogs outside the gates and when the Boys come out they make such a fuss of us!

OTL came back to pick us up and he drove the car back home. It was good fun trying to teach TM the songs, she could not remember them and kept on singing the same bit again and again! OTL did not help, he was singing a different songs all together!

We're off to see what we can find to eat, maybe OLT has got a bit of Duck Fillet left?

See you soon,

Luv

D&H

We've Had A Lazy Day Today!

Hello to you all,

Holly and me have been lazy puppies today, we got up late, it was gone seven before we woke Old Two Legs.

You know, the old 'cold wet nose in the ear' treatment.

Then we went back to bed for our 'after getting up snooze'!

OTL had some work to do today and when he went out he left us behind!

We spent the day looking out the window for him or sleeping in his office. Mine you, when he did come back, he got a serious 'welcome back' from Holly and me.

We jumped onto him from the chair and his glasses went flying, we nibbled his ear, licked his nose and generally made a big fuss of him!

By the time he got back, it was too late for us to go out for an adventure, so we had a walk with him across the fields and around the back of the golf course.

On our way we shouted 'hello' down the fox hole but got no reply, maybe they were out getting a Kebab or Fish and Chips!

There were no rabbits around either, we think they were out shopping as well!

We heard the man from the dog kennels shouting at his dogs as he walked them across the other side of the field. I bet he has trouble with those dogs, I mean, I'd run off if I was shouted at like that!

When we got in, OTL gave us some 'Duck Fillets' which we just LOVE! They are strips of dried duck and they taste super! We sometimes get chicken fillets and they are just as yummy!

I suppose OTL gave us those because he felt guilty about leaving us at home all day with The Missus, while he went on an adventure on his own!

Tomorrow we are off to pick up the boys from school, that should be fun, we always make a fuss of them when they come out school. This time we can tell them about our day at school and how we are too clever to need to go back!

See you tomorrow!

Luv

Daisy & Holly