Tara: Oh Aunties. Today was THE PITS! Mum was working all day, and we didn't get a walk cos it started to rain, huge big splatty bits of cold wet. Mum came out into the garden and stuck her front paws out and said 'See? You don't want a walk!'
but I did!!!
so then Mum worked all afternoon. And i went out and barked in the garden. Cos i was bursting with bounce. And do you know what she did? She is really mean! She lured me over with some treats, anda cuddle, and some tug of
Tara: We went out to meet Auntie Jane to show her all my PINK, and she loved it! She looked at me, and looked at Mum, and looked at me, and looked at Mum, then she said 'You know, you are a really BAD MUM to have deprived her of pink up until now.' and Mum hung her head and said 'I know.'
Hahahaha! But I didn't have my piggytails in today. We are saving that til they grow a bit, before I wear them in public.
This is me with a stick that Cato wants to steal!
and this is r
Cato::
It was really peaceful this morning. Cos we slept all the time. Cos we were tired after Auntie Kim. But Tara woke up before I did.
Mum says sorry for the awful pic, but she was trying to take it around the corner of the desk so as not to wake us up, and she couldn't hold it still. If that makes sense to you. It doesn't make sense to me.
And then we had a non-green and non-sniffy walk, too. Something about not wanting to move the car cos we had a good parking spac
Cato:
This is that first, all important sniff-widdle. It was lovely.
Boring white stuff
and then we saw the Donkeys. It was very exciting. There were so many of them!
This is me having a foray on the Donkey Side. I slipped through the fence and started to go to see them, but I got distracted by some delicious Donkey Poo, and then I sort of realised how close I was to them, and turned round to find Mum, and she had disappeared!!! So I executed a controlled
Dear Miss Missy,
Could me and Tara please beg your kind assistance in checking out for the ghost and babee ghost?
Mum finished work an hour early today and burst into a frenzy of nasty stinky cleaning and stuff. She used the stuff that smells of orange, and the sucky vacuum, and the vinegary window cleaning stuff, and it was awful. She kept moving us, and things, and wiping and fussing and making more of a mess. And every time we started to help (clearing out the paper she dropped,
Tara:
Foxy park! Yay!
This is Alfie sniffing my knickers. He was very old and very blind, but he was quite nice. I have a very clean tummy, don't I?
We went along in a line. Cato first, then Alfie sniffing Cato's bum, then me sniffing Alfie's bum... then Alfie's Dad had to come over and tap Alfie on the shoulder cos his cataracts mean he can't seen his Dad much any more. But they still have great walks.
This is me and Dad playing King of the Castle (or is t
Tara:
Everybody wanted to see my tuft. So here it is. I am looking specially cute because I just tried digging up Mum's ornamental grass and she made the ack-ack-ack noise. So I cuted at her as a distraction. Do you think it worked?
Here is me cuteing again, so that she doesn't notice I have scrabbled the gravel back to the black liner stuff. She doesn't like that.
Do you think she noticed I have a snotty thing on my cheek?
And here is Cato helping with the gar
Cato: we woz looking forwardto a lie in this morning. At least I woz. But Mum and Dad leapt out of bed when the alarm went off.
Tara always climbs straight up on the bed as soon as Mum goes into the bathroom, but today when she got up Dad had already gone, and she had no one to lick! Hahaha!
anyway, once we had widdled and pood, Mum started flapping with out leads and put our breakfasts in the clippy pots. She also got our winter coats out!
Of course, I knew wot was up (waggy
Cato: Horrid stinky mean and scary bath at Aunty Lesley's. Nice liver treats. Farts incoming. Now it is over, I don't mind so much.
And Auntie Lesley has said I am not fat any more! Yippee! Tara isnt fat either, though she was much fatter than me.
But Mum keeps glaring at Dad and saying 'Good. Now let us KEEP him that way!' And Dad keeps looking like a guilty person. So I guess there may be less treats. Dad is very nice at sneaking us stuff when he has his dinner killin
Cato:
LOOK! Isn't this THE BEST EVER??? Someone dug this for us, and there is a worm in the bottom.
It was a slow deep sniff. I had to get right in there. And stay there. Mum and Dad walked off cos they are disabled in the nose department. And Tara walked off because she isn't capable of appreciating. But I would have stayed there FOR EVER if Mum hadn't kept calling me
We got some other sniffs on the way round the lake though. But none of them were as... as... importa
Tara:
Foxy Park! Yay! With MUM AND Dad! Yay! And sun! And pigeons! And fights!!!
Lots of adventures today!
This is the park when we arrived. All huge and sniffy and sunny and gorgeous! With no other dogs around wanting to sniff my bottom bits.
And this is My Bench, only Dad just walked past! No drink or treats!
This is me bouncing on Cato:
And this is Cato wimping out after.
He was all hot and bothered and panty. And Mum told us bo
Tara: So, we knew something woz up when Mum got up early and did the bathroom face clothes fuss. And then both Mum and Dad left us alone! Dad came back, but didn't walk us AT ALL. Cos it rained and rained and rained and rained. And we missed Mum, cos she usually reminds Dad it is breakfast time! So it has been really boring.
Then after AGES Dad left us too, and Mum came back.
Not a fun day. Cato just snored it all away, even when i killed toys on his bed.
Cato: Knew
Mum: Dear, dear, Dad has filled in again today, so that I could stay home and work. So I missed all the fun.
However, he took the camera, and with a small amount of muttering has provided us all with this fantastic record of the adventure. As you look at them, please bear in mind that this is exactly the same park and walking route that we go on when I take the pics of weeping willow, ducks, bullrushes, swans, etc. It is SO TRUE that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!!
They h
Tara: So we had a lovely walk today, except for the bits that Cato ruined, cos he is a wimp.
This is me. Mum likes this photo. And so do I. I look all like a queen, don't I?
While this is Cato looking all scruffy and manky
We went to the nice park with the ducks and stuff in the middle of town, cos Mum wanted somewhere she could sit down if she wanted (she still coughs ALL NIGHT, you know), and we like chasing ducks so we said yes. But then Cato messed it all up.
Tara: So Mum has stopped being boring and came with us for a walk. Sausages first:
Then walking on the Prommy thing, cos we aren't allowed on the beach any more. Til it gets cold. But there were lots of interesting sniffs and stuff, and Mum and Dad were UNFAIR cos they kept pulling me away from chips and bits of bun and icecream dribbles and all sorts of good stuff. This is me finding a chip.
And we met Nell. Mum and Dad went all coo-ey and goo-ey and funny and said s
Tara:
Mum still feeble and coughing, so we went walking at Foxy Park with Dad. But still a bit tired after yesterday's mega walk with Aunty Kim, so only went round once.
But we made sure Dad stopped at My bench and gave us treats. We woz fading away with exhaustion by then!
And Cato got muddy foots! Hahahaha!
Mum says she is looking forward to walking with us tomorrow, and maybe we will go out for breakfast sausages too! Can't wait!!! It has been far too long w
Went.
Came back with wet legs so must have got muddy and been bathed.
Been sleeping for the last 4 hours.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !
Tara: WE got out of the house!!! it was great. We walked all the way to the end of the road, and then twice round the dogfield. It was sooo nice. Dad doesn't mind me pulling a bit, and there are lots of gates and front gardens and posts to sniff, and then we can bounce in the field. This is the first big sniff:
and this is the second which Cato missed! Haha!
this is when we woz bouncing and Dad was doing the slow-coach thing.
Cato:
You wanted to s
Cato: She didn't whine! We both sat at the bottom of stairs while she bathroomed. Then we all went outside together, and then Mum carried us up. I don't understand wot the problem is. I just clamber into the nearest den and go to sleep. Tara seems to have a crisis about something every night. But i never know wot, or why. This time it was something to do with wanting the bed i chose. No idea why, cos i waited ages before getting in.
will it ever stop raining?
Tara: H
Tara:
No walk!!!! No pics. No fun. Nothing but boring snoozing on our beds.
Mum didn't even stop working for lunch.
We had to wait until Dad came home from work at 2pm before we got a single game! But he sat on the front room floor and wrestled with the python, and we helped. A lot. And when he got tired we took over, and wrestled with each other. And then we wrestled the panda and the brown bear. The brown bear is particularly dangerous and we had to kill it over and over an
Cato:
Auntie Jane for breakfast in the sausage cafe! Yay! Then stinky bum fox park. They spent AGES talking about work stuff. Yawn. Thought the walk was NEVER going to happen. But we got there in the end, and the sun had come out.
The bicycle man was there, in his flourourourorescent jacket, cycling round and round and nearly wobbling over onto us every time. And Fat Bruno was there. Except he has been on a diet and is now nearly Slim Bruno. Tara lay down for him.
More ca
Tara: Mum went out this morning and left us the run of the house! Normally she would put us in our crates, with chews and stuff, and we would go to sleep, but this was an experiment. She says. Wot is an experiment?
So we were in charge. For ages.
Then when she came home she told us she had been to the human groomer, and had less head fur. But humans all look the same to me, so I just bounced cos I was glad she woz home and could give us some breakfast!
Cato: We did
Tara:
Oh Aunties, it was AWFUL!!! Cato is so mean and horrible. Mum lets us bounce on the big bed before she puts us into our horrible pen. This happens every night now, and we love it. And I know I have my own little bed room and everything, but the Big Bed is sooooo much nicer, and I can love my Dad properly up there.
Anyway, last night, we bounced, and I bounced and bounced on Cato who just lay there, and was boring. Still tired after our walk. Cos he is a wimp. Then Mum grab
Bit fraught this morning! turned the alarm off in my sleep, overslept and had to be up, washed, dressed, prepped and out of the house in 20 mins to get the dogs to Aunty Kim Dogsitter in time... but it looks like they had an interesting pack walk!
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Taras tail is down in all the pics, while Cato's is up and plume like. But Tara doesn't look stressed, and is obviously not skirting the pack hiding behind humans, so she is
Tara:
So, we had a fab walk today at Foxy Park! This is me and Dad
and this is me splatting Cato over in the wilderness area (see my cunning tail grab manooover?)
And this is him pathetically trying to chase me, in a really wimpish feeble way
Ooops! So, er, actually this this him catching me. But only cos I let him!
So then I had to get my revenge in the car park bit where Mum shouts at us if we fight - in case we get run over
And this is wh