Poor Holly!

Hello All,

Daisy back again!

Thanks for all your get well cards!

I'm back and eating almost as normal again, I still feel 'delicate' but I'm on the mend.

Holly on the other hand has not been well yesterday. Very upset tummy and in need of running out to the garden every couple of hours.

Old Two Legs has got some medicine for her and is trying to get her to take it with a small bit of food.

He's tried getting her to lick it off his finger, on chicken, small crust of bread and even in a small spoon of ice cream. Holly was having none of that. So, in the end he had to squirt it down the side of her tongue so she'd swallow it!

Holly was not impressed with that, but understood that OTL was trying to make her better.

After a long night of back and forwards to the garden, Holly, me and OTL felt it was safe to go to bed at two thirty this morning!

After we woke up this morning Holly says she feels much better and even enjoyed a chicken and rice breakfast! I know the vet says we should have 'bland food', but I just love this stuff. Do you think The Missus could feed me on this 'bland food' all my life?

TM has decided that she will not take us to meet The Boys from school today, just in case we have an 'accident' on the path outside the school, very embarrassing!

That of course means that we stay at home and have games with OTL teaching him to sing more doggy songs and we get to go out for a walk and say hello to the Neddy's again!

Hello Neddy's!

 See you tomorrow,

Luv

Daisy & Holly

Tuesday is Food Day!

Hi to you all again,

Holly here to keep you updated on Daisy.

Today is a real red letter day for Daisy 'cos yesterday she was not allowed any food because of her tummy upset. So, you can imagine, she was getting a little peckish.

In support for my sister yesterday, I was off my food as well. Not through choice, but TM has given me some new 'super' food the vet recommended.

Trouble is, it looks like rabbit dropping! It is seriously Yuk, only if I am starving would I eat that stuff.

Vets may know how to stick a thermometer up your bottom, but they know nothing about tasty food!

We got a little chicken and rice first thing this morning and Daisy got a dollop of her medicine as well.

It was good getting a little food, at least I didn't have to listen to Daisy's tummy rumbling away, not like I did last night!

It was a terrible noise, gurgle, rumble-rumble, burp, all night long!

After breakfast and a good brushing from OTL, we settled down to an 'after breakfast snooze'. That should last us until lunch time when we will be going out with OTL for a walk in a park with a big lake and lots of ducks.

Now, I've tasted the duck fillets OTL gives us and they are not too bad, trouble is, the live ducks are just too fast when I try chasing them. Maybe the packaged duck is better, not so much running about!

We left the ducks alone and instead dared each other to cross the river on a pipe, Daisy said she could, but saw no point! I said I could, but OTL was calling me, so I didn't have time!

Pipe Walking Declined!

We both got soaking wet 'cos of the rain and now my tummy doesn't feel too good, I hope I haven't caught what Daisy has!

See you tomorrow!

Holly & Daisy

A Long Monday Morning

Hello to you all,

Holly here again.

Daisy has been causing us some concern here, last night she went to bed early, followed by me at about eleven, as normal.

About one in the morning Daisy was sick again, then the poohing started and she made a mess everywhere! Old Two Legs had to get up and clean it all up and just as he was about to head back to bed, yep, Daisy did it all over again!

Poor OTL, he spent the rest of the night clearing up after Daisy and keeping close to her to make her feel sort of safe.

He also had to look for the signs and rush her out to the garden before she made a mess, sometimes he made it and sometimes he didn't!

Well, about six this morning it all took a turn for the worse and it was decided that a visit to the vet was the next step.

Daisy was a sad looking puppy!

Off went OTL with Daisy tucked under his arm and he got her into see the vet straight away.

The vet decided that, after examining her tummy and inspecting the pooh Daisy had dumped on his waiting room floor, (Daisy can always put on a good show when necessary!)

He said that she had picked up a bug or something that had bit her back with a vengeance!

She's got some medicine to mix with our water and some other stuff to stop her poohing for a while.

And OTL got the bill!

Daisy will get better soon but OTL may not, Daisy said his face went white when he saw how much it was, he said to the vet that he was only paying for Daisy and not for everyone else this week!!!!

Daisy has spent the day curled up on the sofa feeling all sad and sore and I stayed next to her to keep her company.

Daisy asked me to say hello to everyone and she will be back again as soon as possible.

Luv to you all,

Holly & Daisy

P.S. If you want to see what sort of job me and OTL did on TM's cards, click on this link:-
Hand Made Cards by Eileen

Poor Daisy!

Hello to you all out there in Blog Land!

Holly & Daisy here again, and just for a change................it's Holly doing today's blog.

You know us puppies like to stick our noses into all sorts of places if we reckon there is a good sniff to be sniffed? Me and Daisy are champion sniffers!

Some time yesterday Daisy found a super sniff over on the fields, where OTL takes us in the morning, and, Daisy, being Daisy, decided it was too good to share and kept it for herself. Also she had a taste as well! A sniff is OK, but to get the real flavour, a quick lick will tell you loads more about the sniff.

OTL understands that, you should see him with a new bottle of Single Malt Whisky.

Sniff, ........sniff........taste............another taste........sniff..........smile!

He knows how to sniff does OTL, a Master Sniffer!!!!!

Well, getting back to Daisy, she had a sniff and a lick and it has got it's own back. Last night she was sick, then she got the runs, all over the carpet! She has not been a happy puppy today.

Most of the time has been spent curled up in her bed looking at her tail!

I've tried to make her feel better by singing some songs and telling jokes but that didn't help.

So, OTL and me have been giving her cuddles and I have been licking her nose and ears.

OTL says he don't mind brushing us and wiping our grubby bottoms but he draws the line at licking our noses and ears!

These Two Legs have no sense of adventure sometimes!

Well, this afternoon Daisy is feeling much better, she has had some chicken and some strips of beef that TM cooked today.

So, she is on the mend and I reckon she'll be back to her normal self by tomorrow.

I have been helping OTL with some photography today. He has been taking pictures of TM cards for her and I have been sitting on his lap and offering some helpful advice on how to do it!

I told him how to set up his lights, what do you think?

Lighting By Holly!

Soon, I will get his Camcorder out and take some pictures of us and see if we can get that on the blog! Real moving pictures instead of these snaps OTL takes! Now that will be one up for us Puppies!

See you again soon,

Holly & Daisy

Saturday with OTL

Hello Everyone,

Daisy & Holly back again.

We have been with Old Two Legs today, keeping close and looking for signs of 'Walkies' whenever he moves!

We went out first thing and met an enormous Greyhound who told us he really only came out with his owner for a quick wee and to keep him happy, he'd rather be back home curled up in front of the fire!

I suppose you get like that when you get old. I hope OTL doesn't get like that, who would take us on our Adventures?

It was a little dodgy in our house today, Auntie Karen (one of the cat people) arrived with loads of card making stuff, that means we have to watch out for glue, glitter and bits of peel offs sticking to our fur!

This card making can be very dangerous for us puppies!

We said hello to her but kept an eye out for sticky card bits!

Later on when she left, you know, I heard her say to OTL that they had not even completed one card!

They had been too busy gassing to make a card! Some things never change!

Because it has not been nice outside, Holly, OTL and me have been playing chase today, in the house.

Holly gets one of the rawhide chews and runs down stairs with it, then TM chases her up stairs, Holly then drops it in the day bed, I run down stairs with it, TM then chases me upstairs. Holly and I then jump onto OTL's chair and he protects us from TM who wants to take our tails away!

It's good fun and we get a little exercise as well running up and down stairs, not as much as if we were down the park but we stay warm and dry!

Let's hope the rain goes away on Sunday, then we can go on an Adventure!

See you tomorrow!

Luv

D&H

Friday's Adventure

Hi Woofers!

D&H back again after a funny Friday!

We got up good and early today 'cos Old Two Legs couldn't sleep very well, seems his back is still giving him pain. Holly has offered him one of her worming tablets but OTL doesn't think it will do any good!

Getting up early means we get to go out for a longer walk, which is OK by us!

After our walk we were dried off and fed, with chicken and brushed. You know, it's the best way to start the day!

We did some bird watching from the back window and we are sure we saw a Chiffchaff feeding on the rockery! A new 'Life Bird' for us!

We had to go out with OTL and The Missus to South London, a long journey through roads crowded with trucks and cars all going nowhere fast. OTL says the M25 was blocked due to an accident so everyone was trying to get through London on the normal roads.

We were going the other way so we could drive past them all, sticking our tongues out and blowing raspberry's! A couple of times we saw them laugh and stick their tongues out at us!

We had fun singing songs and trying to teach TM how to sing in 'Doggy', but she's not that good really and only joins in on the chorus, and, at the end!

OTL on the other hand, he can sing in 'Doggy' but gets all the words mixed up and he sounds terrible!

But we love him doing it 'cos it makes us laugh so much!

Must go, TM has just called us for dinner, guess what?

Yep, it's Chicken again, it's Chicken again!

See you tomorrow,

Daisy & Holly

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