

Update - better late than never
Well, just as it was getting interesting I got sidetracked and didn't make any entries. Sorry about that. Nina was confirmed pregnant at...
More puppies?
I took Nina back to see her erstwhile boyfriend, Bracco, on 5 May. They got on pretty well! Fingers crossed that she's pregnant. If so,...
Secret diary of Maximilian Thorn, aged 13 3/4
Woke up at 6am and thought, 'My Mum loves me, she won't want to miss a minute with me', so I barked and barked until she realised I was...
Puppies?
I've been pointedly not making a decision about whether to mate Nina when she comes into season again in a few weeks. Pro - this is her...
Update on New Year resolutions
Just looked back at the New Year resolutions. Mixed bag (not very mixed; most have been pretty much failures). "My main wish for Max is...
Too good - I'm suspicious
Satchmo has been pretty good. He got his Kennel Club Gold last Sunday. He was really well-behaved on his walk yesterday. He hasn't chewed...
Satchmo at Crufts
Satchmo at Crufts Crufts was last Friday. Took Satchmo, mainly for a day out as everyone reckoned the judge likes shorter, stockier dogs....
Put a sock in it
So, I used to have several hard rubber balls that made really good garden toys if tied in an old sock; makes it easy to throw them a long...
Life's not fair!
Satch has been really good lately. Good stays, good on walks. Then Saturday I was preparing myself a really nice cold chicken salad (you...
The joys of dog ownership
Got up yesterday morning and could tell before I started to come downstairs that there had been an 'issue' overnight. Got into the...