I told you, no Dignity !

Hiya Everybody,

We had a nice time at the sea side with Nanny and Barrie pebbles and as suspected the boy was straight in the water at the first opportunity, look at him

First walking about in the water, then fully in up to his neck in it just to get a ball back, would you credit it, I knew daddy had another one in his pocket so why bother getting all wet and messing up your fur!

Now have a look at this picture this is what an elegant doggie with some level of self control and respect looks like at the sea side.

Barney was telling me though that swimming (which is what you do when the sea gets too deep to walk in) is good fun but I'm still not sure because later in the day he snuggled up alongside me in my bed and he was still wet, which as all still a bit unpleasant he'd been rubbed off with one of those towel things same as I had but he has such a lot of shaggy fur it was still wet (well damp actually) and he made my bed damp.  its not his fault though Daddy was encouraging him to go into the water and get the ball.  Daddy should know better, he used to try that with me but I was having none of it.

The next day we went to the green and it was raining so much that Mummy, Daddy, Barney and me all looked like we had been swimming, boy did the little scruff pup live up to his name of Barney the rainmaker on that day, maybe he was getting his own back for having to go into the sea.  When we went home we all had a big rub down with the towel things, then we all had breakfast and it was time to come home, once we got home I could  get back to my big squishy bed and snooze the afternoon away.  That's the only not good thing about going to the seaside, I have to leave my bed at home. barney gets to take his, that's not really fare, but he is only a little doggie at the moment so we have to be nice to him.

Write soon, love to you all  Becka xxx



Whats in a name again?

Hi Everybody,

Remember a long time ago I got confused over names like Mummy and Daddy being Lesley and Paul, well I think that some people have more than one name, like Freddie the Terrorist, he gets called all sorts of things, some of which are a bit rude and I can't mention them here.

I was wondering if Barney has other names, because since he has been with us it has done nothing but rain should he be Barney Rainmaker, mmmm I wonder.  You see I really don't like the rain, it makes a mess of my nice shiny fur coat and makes me cold and miserable.  Barney on the other hand seems to really enjoy getting wet and muddy, which is a bit of luck as he seems to spend a lot of his time looking like he has been dragged through a hedge backwards.  Before you say it I haven't dragged him though a hedge forwards or backwards, he is way to quick and agile for me to catch him!

I'll have a think about the new longer name, not sure it will stick as well as Freddy the Terrorist, but it does have a certain ring to it.  Anyway leaving aside the weather we are getting along really well, although he will insist upon sniffing the big dogs and not realising when they don't want to play, nothing I can't sort out for him though, bully my little friend really, who do they think they are.

Nanny and Grandad sand came to see me this week Grandad and Daddy had to go out, but Nat Nat and Gregg came over and we all had a really nice time Barney was very good.  I explained to him that he had to be gentle around all of the Nanny and Grandad peoples or they won't let him come and stay and both Nanny and Grandad sand and Nanny and Barrie pebbles lived by two different seas, which was a great place to go and spend weekends.  Neither of us is exactly sure what a weekend is but Mummy and Daddy are always looking forward to them.

On that subject Barney must have been good, because we are all going to see Nanny and Barrie pebbles this weekend at their sea side.  Lets see what Barney Rainmaker makes of all that water, I bet the little scruff bag loves it.  I can see it now, he will be straight in and come out all bedraggled and wet, Boys! they have no dignity.

Must go now I have to think about my wardrobe and travel requirements for the weekend, I think the weekend is very soon because only this morning Mummy said to daddy it's nearly the weekend.

Write soon, love to everyone.

Becka xxx

Boy am I glad I have short fur!

Hello everybody,

Yesterday Freddie the terrorist came to play with Nat Nat and Gregg and with all of the rain its really muddy outside, well by the time the three of us had sorted out who's mouth is bigger that who's which is one of our favourite games, followed by a good chase around in the dirt under the trees.  Freddie and Barney were covered in mud and I had muddy paws.

Daddy let me in the house but Freddie and Barney had to have a wash before they were let in, Daddy has been collecting rain water in these big plastic tubs in the court yard outside the kitchen, he and Gregg stood Barney and Freddie in the two tubs and washed them off before they were allowed in the house.  Now I have had a little sly drinkie out of these tubs and boy they were freezing.  I was watching the two doggies get washed outside in the cold water, laugh, I very nearly had a very unladylike accident it was so funny! boy am I glad I only have short fur, no cold washing for me.

Barney and I are having good fun together and I understand that an old friend of mine 'Mattie' is coming over for a sleep over on Saturday, I wonder what Barney will make of her, she's got springs in her legs and she is really strong.  this should be good fun cos although he is not that big Barney is very quick I'm really looking forward to playing in the garden tomorrow.

Write soon, lots of love Becka

A new brother and now my new bed !

Hello Everybody,

I am just so lucky! yesterday I was told I had Barney as a new brother and then Mummy brought me home my new bed, look how squishy it is I just love it, thank you Mummy.

I don't know why all my pictures are coming out laying down but you will just have to turn your head on its side again to see me properly.  Must be something I've done with the camera.  Not sure what that is.

This one is of me, my new bed and my new little brother, I think he did me a favour eating my old bed this one is just so much better, I had a lovely sleepies in it last night, mind you I was tired me and Barney had a big run with a beagle in the park and I was really tired when we got home, he wouldn't stand still long enough to let me introduce him to Barney, but it didn't seem to matter we had a lot of fun.

I'm looking forward to the weekend because we always have big walkies at the weekends and sometimes we see deer.

Write next week and tell you all about it.

Lots of love Becka Xx

Wahoo he's staying !

Hiya Everyone,

Remember last time I wrote that we were doggie siting a new friend, Barney (or Sunny he is a bit confused about his name) and we had been having fun playing and he was chasing balls which is good, because it means I don't have to chase them (its so demeaning but it keeps Daddy happy).  Well it turns out that Barney's staying not going home as we originally thought, seems he needs some doggie company and we all get on so well that he has picked us to come and live with.

Probably not a surprise as we are a very nice family and even though he ate my bed he is a really nice little doggie so he is now staying with us for ever and ever, I can't wait to go and play in the park tonight and tell all my friends, its going to be such fun, bit like a permanent sleep over.  Only one thing Barney really has to stop is stealing the plant pots though, particularly the ones with plants in and running off down the garden.  Mummy and Daddy really don't like that, I used to do it when I was little and I got into lots of trouble, perhaps I can persuade him to stop, we'll see.

That's made my week, I'll let you know how we all get on soon.  Must go now though the suns out and I feel a little nap coming on in my favourite shaft of sunshine.

Write soon, lots of love

Becka x

Doggie sitting again

Hi Everyone,

Meet my latest dogie friend, Mummy brought him home on Thursday of last week for us to look after for a while, strange thing is he says his name is Sunny but all over the weekend Mummy and Daddy seem to have been calling him Barney, very strange, he doesn't seem to care though.

I don't know why these pictures have come through laying down, but if you turn your head on it's side then you can see him clearly.

He is good fun to play with, but he is very like Millie and Freddie the terrorist in that he does this chasing the ball thing, I'm above that you know, but when he is not chasing the ball he likes to run and chase me, he has tried a couple of games of my mouths bigger than your mouth, but of course its just not bigger than mine, although it is bigger than Freddie the terrorist so they seem to enjoy playing it.

Sunny or Barney or whatever his name is, is really nice, or at least we all thought so right up to the point he ate my bed, whilst I was trying to go sleepies in it and every thing! I am now having to sleep on his cushion which is comfy but just a little bit too small.  He is banished to a blanket, serves him right, although Mummy said she is buying me a mew bed which is better than my old one, more squishy and comfy, so I'm sure I will forgive him.

Must go now the sun is shining and I need to get some sleepies, its hard work looking after a puppy again.

Write soon, lots of love Becka xx

I'm Back !!!!

Hi Everybody,

I'm sorry I've been away for so long, but I just don't do winter very well, all those cold dark mornings and long dark nights Brrrrrr just not my thing at all.  We did have a lovely time at Christmas and I will come back to that soon, I have some pictures which are quite amazing.  Mummy and Daddy have been working very hard to finish the decorating of my bedroom, they think its a lounge, but it has one of my beds in it so it must be one of my bedrooms.

One thing I have noticed which bothers me is when Daddy and I go walking in the dark evenings on the pavements around where we live, we very often see people talking to themselves, you know walking along chatting away as if there was someone with them, but there is no one there.  At first I thought these people might be talking to me but Daddy says not, they are on the phone, now I don't think for a moment Daddy would lie to me but I've seen Mummy and Daddy using these phone things at home and they always have to have a hand up to their ear with the phone thing in it.  Even in the dark i can see that these strange talking people don't have their hand up with the phone thingy, I even saw one the other evening that had a little flashing light by his ear, I'm worried that we might be being invaded by aliens again, although none of the talking people I see have yellow coats so maybe these are a different type of alien.

I'm on the look out for more clues and I'll let you know what I find, I'll sort out some photographs for my next post, but for now the sun has just arrived through the big glass doors in my bedroom so I think a little snooze is in order, its good to be back though.

Write soon, love Becka x