Plan B

We went to the allotment today but someone had broken in and stolen our forks. So we just fixed the fence.

Construction Matters

We have been to stay at Bamgee's for the weekend. It was so windy that a fence panel blew out of the fence while we were gone. Our neighbour has put it back. Oh, Boy Wonder, if you are wondering, they have started building the house on the corner plot. The first floor is nearly finished. And next door are selling up. It is nothing to do with us barking. We will swear to that in court if we have to.

Calming Signals

Watch out world. TJam and Nersospal went to a dog talk this evening. It was by Sheila Harper who looks at how us dogs cope with stress and how humans need to look out for early stress signals so that we don't have to resort to biting to let people know we are serious. 

TJam thinks it particularly applies to me when I bark at other dogs when I'm on the lead. The woman does some courses so we might go on one.

Flying Visit

This evening, TJam drove over to Leeds to meet her friend Chatter who was in Leeds for the evening. They had a hilarious time, although too short. Chatter runs an American Therapy Camp and was doing a whistlestop tour of the UK to promote her software. That's why the get together was so short. There was no lack of quality though!

Big Walk

The dogs set off on their walk today blissfully unaware that they were going up to that tiny peak at the top!

They went with Nerospal and Nero

Up the steps...

 and up and up....

past the tower...

and right to the very top!

What a view!

In the evening Chips was dragged to dog training. She is having fewer bad sessions than good sessions these days. She managed a send away and a retrieve. First time she has been able to get over her stress and concentrate properly. TJam was proud of her. We all are.

Snowy Walk

It has snowed!

Today we went for a walk with our friends:

Nerospal and Nero

and Chloe.

This afternoon we went for a walk in the Big Park. 

Chips did not get in a fight but I did run off to eat a bag of chips.

Cob Nuts

TJam left a bag of cob nuts out on the tidy kitchen side. 

 Chips and I soon sorted that out. 

 Hopefully our teeth are not chipped from the shells

Kitchen

TJam spent ALL DAY tidying up the kitchen. How dedicated is that? It is nearly finished too!

Glossop

Today we were going on an outing to Glossop. They say there are a lot of walks there.

Well, we walked for 3 hours but all we saw was local authority housing estates and playing fields. We walked one way and we walked the other way.

Next time we will get information from the Tourist Board *before* we go, because it is famous for being beautiful, and not only to washing line manufacturers.

Course

TJam is going on a course at work. She is fired up and unbearable. Ready to change the world. I wonder if they do a human diffuser.

Happy New Year

Happy new year. Last night we had SNOW!! 

Not much to report. Well, nothing I can remember anyway. We had a Christmas break and now we are back at dog training. Carlsberg got a swollen foot and it turned out she had been bitten by a squirrel or something. Like the time Tamsin gave a squirrel a jammy dodger, so it took the dodger and then bit her finger. Never trust a squirrel. 

 The vet has recommended a DAP diffuser to help Chips calm down. It is like an air freshener but it gives off the smell of a mother dog feeding her pups. It's supposed to soothe us dogs. Chips is the same as ever, but man, am I chilled.

Dance Mat and Snow

A quiet New Year's Eve. 

TJam and Bamgee spent all night on the dance mat.

Just before midnight it snowed!

Beanz freaked out when she saw it.

That and the fireworks.

Another thing to add to Beanz's "Things Aren't As Scary As She Thinks They Are" rehabilitation list.

Happy Alternative Christmas

We had our alternative Christmas today.

The dogs had dog-friendly (not mince) pies .

We gave Bamgee a compost bin. 

What more could a human ask for?

The humans played a favourite childhood game...

Operation!

Party

Today we went to our training class Christmas party.

Artist came with us and we went as "Jack and the magic Beanz"

We were doing well in the egg and spoon race until Chips let us down and ate our egg.

Advice

I advise you never to eat a tub of liver and a carrot.

Poor me!

Liver

While TJam was at work we polished off a tub of liver (our training treats that TJam spent cooking, much to her vegan disgust) and a carrot. Then we dragged a parsnip each back to our beds and sat on them all afternoon. In case you were wondering, they did not hatch.

Rat Man

We had to get the rat man in today. TJam says we shouldn't admit that, but I say that out real friends won't judge us if we have mice or rats living in the cavity walls. Perhaps it will keep away the visitors  that invite themselves round even when we haven't invited us in ages. Ha ha ha!

Fireworks - Are We Bothered?

Today we went for a long walk with Nero and Nerospal. We got nice and tired so we wouldn't be bothered with the fireworks. Not that we are bothered anyway. Carlsberg was equally not bothered thankfully.

Scratching

Today we have heard scratching in the wall cavity. If we are optimistic, we will put out a humane mouse trap. If we are realistic, we will have to call in the rat-catcher.

Celebrity Dog School

We all went over to the Big City to do some work on Bamgee's house. When we came back we watched Celebrity Dog School, which made me and Beanz look like angels. Hooray for Celebrity Dog School. Valerie is our favourite and she looks a lot like me.