Hi Woofers!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma here.

Today we have not lost any ferrets and Freddy Boy manages to get out of walking the Sea Wall!

We were out a little late 'cos Old Two Legs got up late but that didn't stop him from stopping to take his 'Weather' picture!

A Sunny Day?

You can tell we were out late 'cos the sun was up and the red sunrise had gone!

Mind you, the ferrets were still saying that the sand was just too cold for their paws!

It's still Too Cold on the Sand!

They perked up a bit when they got to the Grass Path and jogged all the way to the car park!

Back home it was OTL's 'First Day Back' and there was a load of paperwork to be done. We left him alone and had a snooze on the bed after a Chicken Lunch!

OTL had to go out to one of his customers so when both Fred and Wilma refused to wake up for their midday walk OTL decided to leave them tucked up and just take Holly and me down the sea front.

With all this rain, most of the sniffs had been washed away so it was only the 'New' sniffs were available!

Not a Sniff to be Sniffed!

We went out with OTL this afternoon and he had to visit a place almost next to the Doggy Shop. Holly and I went potty thinking we would be going in there!

There were two very disappointed woofers in the car as we swept past the front door!

OTL went off and Holly and I sat in the car woofing at everyone who came close to the car. When OTL came back he had in his hand a pack of chicken fillets!

Holly and I mugged him for a couple of strips and settled down to chew them as we headed for home!

Back home we went up to tell the ferrets what they had missed but they were still fast asleep!

With a bit of luck we should see a sunny day tomorrow, so, more sniffs?

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Scary or Wot?

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma here!

Did we have a scare this morning!

There we were, as normal, walking along the top path, both ferrets ferreting about in the grass, Holly wandering off ahead of everyone, I'm following up behind, sniffing the sniffs and Old Two Legs is taking pictures of the clouds!

Suddenly April is going a bit frantic trying to scramble up OTL's leg. She has managed to wrap her lead around both of his legs, so he can't really move. He looked to where May should be and saw an empty lead!

A quick look up the path showed May, gently jogging along the path, as normal!

I've never seen OTL disentangle April from his legs and run so fast after May!

When he caught up with her she paused, wondering what all the fuss is about!

We all breath a little easier and OTL is to find some sort of grease to put on the moving bits on the catch. We reckon she must have snagged it on some of the bracken and it came off!

It's a good job she knows the path back to the car.

Phew!

Well, as if that wasn't enough. There we were driving into the village when OTL spots a car parked in an unusual place and two TL's standing by the car. One of the TL's had a Hawk on his gloved hand!

That was it, OTL pulled over and walked back to them!

They were a couple of Hawkers out for a mornings hunt for rabbits! The hawk was a Harris Hawk, from the U.S.A. and she is three years old. Her winter plumage didn't do anything for her but her eyes were bright and she was very alert!

They had got permission from the farmer to hunt over his land so OTL left them to it and we headed for home.

OTL stuck another picture on Weatherwatch, not very exciting but just how much can you do with a grey sky?

Calm before the Rain!

It was around eleven thirty that OTL said we should chance a walk before the rain arrived.

Of course, by the time we got down to the car park, it was raining!

Holly and I had to put our rain coats on and be clipped onto out lead. You see OTL knows that if we have to put our coats on then it will be wet and Holly doesn't do wet, so we hang back and OTL has to come back and push us down the path!

Sneaky OTL clipped the lead on before we were allowed out of the car and when we 'paused' to evaluate the intensity of the rain, OTL dragged us off down the path to have a walk, wither we liked it or not!

After a while we were let off out leads but as it was half way around the walk it didn't really matter 'cos we were going back anyway!

Fred and Wilma were not too impressed with the rain and of course Freddy Boy did all his tricks to get back into the bag!

Wilma is always game for a walk and although she said it would be warmer in the bag, she didn't mind the rain for a little while.

Freddy gave up in the end and jogged down the hill back to the car. OTL gave him a rub down with our towel first 'cos his tummy had been dragging in the wet grass and all him bits were cold and wet!

Next Wilma got a rub down and said that the towel tickled her tummy!

Back home to some Doggy Scoff which I will admit, I finished off in no time at all, I was a bit peckish!

Holly gave it a sniff and said she would 'Get back to it' unless she found something else that tasted of real food!

Because of the rain OTL kept his camera in his pocket, so no more pictures today, sorry.

Claws crossed that it will be better tomorrow!

Bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Famous? OTL?

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma back again!

We were glad to read that Nipper and Archie Babe patrol the garden together and it's good to know that Archie has someone to look after him when it's dark!

Hairyplanes flying over your house? We reckon that Izzy and Hamish are very brave putting up with that! When ever we have been flown over by those jet things, Old Two Legs is normally driving and thinks that some big vehicle is skidding down the road towards him and he goes into panic mode looking for the offending monster!

When he realises that it is a jet, he mumbles all manner of curses upon its 'After Burners'! You see, down here we are just not used to such things!

After yesterdays pictures of the sunrise OTL was showing off a bit about how good they were and decided that we could share his pictures with another audience.

What he has done is to join the Weather Watchers on the BBC. What you do is to log in and tell them what the weather is like where you are and you can upload a picture to prove it!

OTL has logged in as Ferret Man 'cos he said that they might not like it if he called himself a Woofer Man! Dunno why, it is OK by us!

So, the picture for today is:-

Cloudy, Damp and Windy.

 OK, so it;s not so dramatic as yesterdays pictures but you can't have a sunrise lighting up the sky every morning!

OTL has had his photo on the TV before when the sea froze. He showed The Missus and she sent it off to the local TV people who used it on their weather forecast, only they said it was sent in by TM, not OTL, so she got the glory and OTL got the hump!

So, if you ever see a weather picture on the BBC Weather Program from 'Ferret Man', you know where it came from!

We met up with The Lads who agreed it was Cold, Wet and Windy!

Morning Lads!

May and April enjoyed a run along the Grass Path but OTL did have to pick April up for a little carry!

Not that worried May 'cos she was running almost all of the way back!

Unlike Freddy who spent a long time trying to convince OTL that he had a broken leg!

If I walk on it any more it will fall off! Honest!

He got picked up and carried for a little while OTL inspected Freddy.

That was it, Freddy was 'Sussed' again and he ended up having to walk almost all of the way to the car!

Now, because of the 'Slow Progress' Freddy was making, Holly Dog got a bit fed up with waiting and headed off towards the 'Bench on the Hill' to wait for OTL to catch up.

Along came another woofer and his Two Legs, 'Hello' he says, 'are you lost?'

With that, Holly was clipped onto the lead and marched back down the path to where OTL was slowly walking along with Fred & Wilma.

Holly was not happy and was mumbling all sorts of comments about being left alone to sit watching the world go by without being kidnapped!

OTL said it was good that we had people who were kind enough to worry that Holly was all on her own!

Holly didn't think it was fair that she had to walk all the way back up the hill again and she reckoned that the TL should have carried her back to where she was 'Kidnapped'!

No Chance!

We are off to finish off our Lambs Heart now, so, bye bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, (I'm not lost!) Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Happy New Year!

Yo Woofers!

A Very Happy New Year to you all from Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma!

Last night there was some early evening Whizz Bangs and Holly got a bit shaky but after we went to bed, she cuddled up to Old Two Legs and soon fell asleep. What she didn't hear was the 'Official' Whizz Bangs that went off at midnight! I did but I soon fell asleep again!

This morning we were out a bit earlier 'cos OTL got a good sleep last night and we were very glad he did 'cos we saw a spectacular sun rise today, the first day of the New Year!

Isle of Grain from Allhallows, complete with ground mist.

Then, as we got nearer he stopped the car again and took this one.

Looking towards the Power Station

It was a bit chilly 'cos OTL had to scrape ice off the windscreen first thing and the electronic thermometer in the car said it was minus two degrees!

Down on the beach both ferrets said it was just too cold and they even convinced OTL to carry them up to the grass path!

Holly was playing the Tart again 'cos she met up with Bert on the Sea Wall. Bert is not allowed off the lead so Holly tarts about teasing him something rotten!

Holly playing the New Year Tart!

On the grass path both ferrets were interested in the frost on the plants and the grass, then Miss April said that it was 'All very interesting but it makes your paws cold!' She managed to blag a ride on OTL's arm for a while but had to walk back to the car from the Bench on the Hill.

OK, now my paws are cold!

Back home to some chicken and a snooze before we wake Fred & Wilma up for their run on the beach!

The wind was getting up and indeed it was beginning to feel too cold for walking, well, that's what Freddy said but OTL still insisted he climb all the way up the grass path to the top!

Poor Freddy, he kept on asking for his 'Climbing Gear' to help him get to the top!

Climbing Gear Please, you know, ropes, ice axe and crampons!

OTL let him climb all the way up then gave him a carry until we got to the Bench on the Hill where Freddy could waddle down the hill to the car park.

That was going well until a couple of Two Legs stopped OTL and wanted to talk about ferrets, starting off with 'Will they bite me'!

You would have thought that by now that they would have got the message!

Ferrets only bite when they are eating, the rest of the time it is signal nips!

Like:-

Don't do that, I don't like it, nip!

You made me jump, nip!

That hurt, nip!

This is fun, playful nip!

Come on play with me, playful nip'

Come on Woofer, get out of my way, nip!

It's all good fun really and let's face it, you don't have ferrets and expect never to get a nip!

It's an occasional nip that lets you know they care for you!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Some more fun!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma here again!

Well, another year over and what have we done?

Sadly we lost both Snowflake and Brambles this year and although Old Two Legs was very upset we have to be thankful that in Brambles case it was Old Age and not a prolonged illness. The same goes with Snowflake, she was a fighter until the end and she went slurping her most favourite Ferretone treat, and she managed to do a good wee and a poo on the vets table.

That's the way to go girl!

On a happier note, we were joined by the sisters Miss May and Miss April who sadly didn't get on with sharing space with Snowflake and Brambles, so they got a cage all to themselves!

After loosing Snowflake, brother and sister Fred & Wilma arrived in our house via the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue Centre. Fred & Wilma had been passed between a number of rescue centres that couldn't cope with them! I mean, a Hamster Rescue Centre is hardly set up for ferrets and the chance of a ferret getting Hamster Burgers isn't  what the centre had in mind! So, Harrietsham took them and thought, 'Who is in need of a pair of loving ferrets?'

OTL!

That was it, as soon as he saw them at the Harrietsham Ferret Show OTL went all soppy and they came home with us!

Although they don't get on with May and April, well, May and April don't get on with Fred & Wilma, so it is down to separate cages again and OTL has two cages full of poo to clear out each morning!

We have banned him from going anywhere near a Woofer Rescue Centre, we are not sharing him with anyone else!

We are super grateful to the Allhallows Croppers who have supported the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue with a donation from the Craft-A-Thong thingy they have run to raise money for the Demelza House Charity.

A smashing bunch of ladies!

Fred & Wilma have been up to visit them when they held their monthly 'Crop', I think they made a lot of new friends and there were loads of cuddles for Fred!

As it is New Years Eve, we are having a 'Relaxing Day' mainly 'cos OTL is still suffering with his 'Man Cold', he's getting better but is still keeping everyone awake with his coughing!

We were out a bit late but as it is holiday time we didn't mind and even the ferrets fell asleep on the way out to the car park!

Are we there yet?

April was doing her normal thing, complaining that the sand was just 'Too Wet!'

I don't do damp sand!

 We all had a jog back to the car and Holly says OTL should change his name to 'Old Long Legs!'

Look! It's a Giant with a Camera!

Fred and Wilma came out at lunchtime and enjoyed the sunshine. Freddy Boy actually walked a bit further today, but not much!

He walked all the way up the grass hill, sniffin' and ferreting about but when he got to the top it was back to normal.

OK, now do I get a carry?

OTL said that he had been a 'Good Boy' and carried him right up to the bench at the top of the hill. It was all downhill back to the car, so off went Fred, not exactly trotting but a steady waddle!

I finished off my Doggy Scoff and got a Bonio, Holly was still showing off and refused to eat the scoff, so she didn't get a treat!

I might go back later and have a nibble at her scoff and get another treat!

It is all helping her to loose a few pounds and she has to get slimmer for the summer!

Off we go now and before we go we would all like to wish you a Very Happy New Year and a Big Thank You for reading our blog!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Wot's a Ferret?

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma here!

Well, it looks like we have missed 'Frank' and only got a few drops of rain mid afternoon. Mind you, the afternoon walk was missing a ferret, Freddy, he just wouldn't wake up!

Wilma was OK for a walk but she stayed cuddled up in Old Two Legs arms until half way through the walk. Holly and I were glad she wanted to keep walking but even so, we had to slow down a bit 'cos her legs are shorted than ours!

Oi! Wait for me!

Which we did of course, in fact we hung about so long that OTL had to come back and call us!

We got to the top of the hill which leads down to the car park and Wilma was getting excited 'cos it is all down hill from there and it always seems easier going down hill!

I like this 'cos it's all downhill!

This morning first thing, it was all grey and dismal, not the sort of day that makes you feel like having a fun time!

Not exactly Exciting is it?

Both May and April were a little slow on the morning walk, until we got to the hill, then they tried to catch us up!

Come on! Catch us if you can!

 When we got home there was a list of jobs that had to be none.

Even OTL said that he wasn't looking forward to today's jobs 'cos it starts of with the VAT return!

What ever that is!

Holly and I had Lambs Heart this morning so we didn't mind the weather 'cos we headed for the bedroom for a snooze!

So that was it for today, us snoozing, OTL working and The Missus is getting ready for the next 'Master Class' she is running. So, there in her workshop there is a load of glue and glitter sloshing about and Holly spotted a large dollop dripping from the ceiling!

We think it is possibly a bit dangerous going in there at the moment!

OTL says that maybe tomorrow Fred & Wilma might get a walk first thing to make up for his lack of exercise today!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Almost back to normal!

Hi Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma here!

We have been tearing about all over the place the last few days. It doesn't help having Old Two Legs sneezing and holding his head!

Mind you, he is better today and is now down to twenty five sneezes an hour!

We were out good and early this morning 'cos OTL woke up with the sneezes and couldn't get back to sleep again!

His new camera did very well with the sunrise over Sheerness. OTL says he hasn't done anything to the picture, just cropped it to size! 

Not bad, not bad at all!

 May and April even had a game on the beach and were digging in the sand!

Yes dear, it's called Sand!

 We stayed until the sun came up and both ferrets had a rummage through the grass until Miss April called out that she was being attacked by a an over sized Woofer!

It's found me, I'm Doomed!

 We all looked over to where she was hiding and what did we see?

It was Barney doing his 'Pointing' bit!

Bless My Tail, Wotisthiss?

 We all had a bit of a laugh and in the end April came out of the grass but insisted that OTL carry her for a while in case Barney came back for a second sniff!

Back home again and it was Poo Shovelling Time for OTL while the ferrets rampaged around the house.

The Page 3 Girls are out first 'cos they are both messy in their cage and OTL has to wash both floors and the Poo Pots!

After they go back, out come Fred & Wilma.

Now Fred & Wilma start off upstairs investigating all the nooks and crannies in OTL's office and The Missus's 'Store Room' and this takes some time 'cos it is really messy in there!

After that is all done they are off downstairs to see TM.

OTL sets about cleaning their cage but he has only to clean the ground floor 'cos they only poo on the ground floor.

However, both Ferd & Wilma are much larger than May and April and their poo's tend to reflect their size and OTL has to use a plastic shovel to clear up what they have miss directed and landed outside the poo pot!

Believe it or not, it is quicker to clear up than the Page 3 Girls and OTL gets time to meet up with Fred & Wilma down stairs for a game of 'Chase' and 'Carpet Surfing'!

Freddy just loves Carpet surfing and hangs onto OTL's fingers and gets to race around the carpet!

Now I'm sure you have never seen a ferret do carpet surfing before, so, we got TM to film OTL and Freddy playing!

  Freddy goes Carpet Surfing with OTL

 You can see, Freddy just loves that game and Wilma enjoys rolling onto her back and having her tummy tickled as she is pushed around the carpet as well!

Lunchtime both Freddy and Wilma were out with us but Freddy was up to his tricks again, this time he said he had a tummy ache and needed a cuddle!

OTL told him that the reason he had a tummy ache was because he keeps dragging it along the ground!

I think my tummy looks impressive like this!

We reckon it is impressive but we don't fancy the thought of it dragging on the ground, which is why Freddy wants a cuddle!

We are glad to hear that young Nipper is settling down, who knows, he may even get to go out for walkies, if he promises not to eat the other Woofers he meets in the park!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Intruder Alert!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Well, today has been all messed up!

Old Two Legs has got himself a 'Man Cold' he reckons he picked up from some snotty child at the Panto he took the Grandchildren to! He now has lost his voice, can't call us and we are reduced to listening for whistles and trying to work out what he wants.

Then we totally ignore him!

We were up very late this morning and even the ferrets had their legs crossed!

A quick run around the Sea Wall and back home to get all the jobs done and after all that, he goes off leaving us all on our own!

A Couple of hours later back he comes, with The Missus, carrying a big box which he says is a Sound Bar!

Now we are not sure what it is, so Holly takes a look at the manual that comes with it.

Holly reckons it is a bit suspect 'cos in the list of components there is a Sub Woofer!

That's it, we both go looking in the box for this Woofer OTL is trying to introduce into the house, I mean, he didn't even ask if we wanted another woofer to live with us, I mean, it's crowded enough with four ferrets and us two woofers!

He has been fiddling about with wires and Optical Cords and HMDI leads and, well, we didn't understand it all, and we had all the instructions!

After he had plugged it all in and switched on the system he spent ages 'Programming' it.

Nothing, no sound came out of the Sound Bar, Holly said he had to input some more data!

Then, suddenly, and without any warning there was a big Whumph!

It burst into life and Bing Crosby was singing about a Great Party Tonight!

I must say, it did sound good and even Holly said that it was better than normal.

But what about this woofer?

We had a good sniff about and discovered a big black box behind the TV and on the side it said 'Sub Woofer'!

Well, that was it, New Woofer Found!

TM took a film of OTL and Freddy playing 'Carpet Surfing' but for some reason we can't get it transferred to OTL's computer. So you will have to forgive us today, no photo's but we will try again tomorrow!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

It was the day after Christmas and all through the house..........

We were going potty with the balls and toys we got on Christmas Day!

Yo Ho Ho Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Freddy & Wilma!

It has been a fun day, we have all been having games with our new toys. The ferrets got a ball on a string and the ball has a furry tail! They have all been chasing it and even Freddy Boy managed to catch it!

We have named that game as 'Chase the Squirrel'!

The ferrets have run off with the string balls and have hidden them under their beds!

Miss April has been spending time in her second favourite place.

Her most favourite place is the second draw up 'cos it has a blanket in it!

April having fun!

 Miss May is always looking for her 'Treats' which of course includes a bottle of Ferretone!

How do you get open?

 On our morning walk Old Two Legs has been trying his Christmas Present and all the pictures are taken using his Coolpix which not only takes pictures but it also does video!

This is a 'still'

 The ferrets were having fun in the Sea Kale again and Miss April asked if we could dig it up and plant it in our garden but OTL says it needs a special environment, like a beach, to grow properly!

That was OK really, they will have to play with it on the beach!

Pity we can't take this home!

 Holly and I had to wait while they had their rub down in the Kale, Holly was not happy having to wait.

Why do they take so long?

 To wile away the time Holly and I had a sniff along the beach and made sure we kept our tails pointing in their direction and send them a message!

Do you think they will get the message?

 Now, this next bit you would have had to look at the blog on a computer, not an iPlod Thingy 'cos it wouldn't play it, but, I have uploaded the film to YouTube!

Click on this link to see Freddy and Wilma!

Freddy Boy tries to get a lift!

There you go, how was it for you!

We are going to have some fun with this video thing on the camera and I know it isn't super dooper HD type stuff but it will show us 'Moving'!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Boxing Day on the move!

Ding Dong Christmas has nearly Gone!

It's Us again!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma.

Well as you know, we have been away having a super time at Martin and Lisa's with almost all the family. Today it was pack up and back home before the rain got us!

It has been raining on and off since we got to Martin's and the park we went too for our 'Walk' really was more like a 'swim'!

We have been travelling for most of the day and of course when we got home we had to unload everything including the ferrets!

They had a super time 'cos everyone wanted to see them and walk them around the garden!

Holly, Cookie and I went to the park 'cos it would a bit too much for Old Two Legs to try to control three woofers and two ferrets on his own!

Now we are back and settling down and playing with our presents!

Sorry, no photo's today, but we should have some for you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss April, Fred & Wilma!