Tuesday
15th July |
It
was lovely and warm today when we had a run down the coast
path at Gourdon. A big black Labrador ran straight down the
path and jumped all over Amber. Boss Woman had to pick her
up. I got a big rash all over my tummy and it was all swollen.
Boss Woman said she thought it was with the nettles I had
been running through. She gave me a Piriton tablet squashed
in some cheese to take the swelling down. Boss Woman says
I am going to have a story written about me in the newspaper.
Cool. She has sent someone called Donna who works for the
newspaper, some pictures of me and has given her loads of
information about the walks and things and especially about
the Great Glen Way walk that I did. This Donna has read my
dog blog and the rest of my website and thinks it is really
good. I hope Boss Woman doesn't get all the credit ~ after
all it is ME that writes this dog blog ! We
saw loads of big black Guillamots on the rocks with their
wings stretched out drying them. I was going to chase them
but they were on some rocks in the sea and the water was too
deep for me to paddle.
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Tuesday
17th June |
Got
into trouble today for not coming back when Boss Woman told
me to. What she doesn't realise is that when I am chasing
a hare I do not like being distracted by her shouting at me.
I could have caught it as well ~ I was just about to chase
it across the road when she went MAD ~ sigh.
So I had to go back to her. She was really cross. She
can be sooooo inconsiderate sometimes. We had Pilchards in
Tomato Sauce for dinner, which I like. Me
and Polly went in the Wheat field. The Wheat was so long,
we couldn't see over the top and we had great fun chasing
rabbits, but I got a bit worried because I couldn't see Boss
Woman anywhere. I was jumping up really high but I still couldn't
see her. Luckily she whistled so I could find her again.
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Monday
16th June
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You
know the Mongy guy over the road who had Bernie put to death
? He has a big German Shepherd now and he still doesn't excercise
this one either. Sometimes he even locks it in the back of
his car. It came over to our garden today, peed on our lawn
and sniffed around everywhere ~ all by itself. Boss Woman
took it back over to where it lives and the girl just said
~ yeah whatever ! Boss Woman is really annoyed that they are
allowed to have another dog. It looked like it needed it's
coat brushing, it was all dirty and tangled up.Me
and Polly are really glad they we don't live with them.
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Tuesday
10th June |
On
Catterline beach today, we saw a huge fat bloated dead seal.
It smelt lovely and me and Amber wanted to go and have a closer
look and maybe get a bite or two, but Boss Woman called us
back a bit crossly and made us walk at the side of her. She
held her nose with her fingers ~ I think she liked the smell
so much that she was holding it in her nose so it couldn't
escape ! Boss Woman was talking to a couple from France who
were cycling around Scotland on a tandem. Me
and Polly drank some really cold water from the stream at
the beach. We were so thirsty because it is a warm day today
and we walked a long way. In the olden days, the stream was
the water source for the village.
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Saturday
31st May |
My
friend Stella the Labrador came with us on a walk over Braemar
today. We had loads of fun swimming in the River Dee and running
about all over the mountain. I followed a scent for a long
way then Boss Woman called me back because at the end of the
scent were 2 stags
and she was worried in case I got gored to death. As if !!
Me and Stella did loads of swimming but Amber can't swim very
well ~ in fact she sinks straight to the bottom so she didn't
go in the water much at all. It was a really hot day and luckily
there were plenty of streams for us to drink out of. Boss
Woman saw an Adder as well. We walked a long way. Boss Woman
tripped over a big rock and fell and then she fell and hurt
herself when she was crossing the river. Honestly, she is
sooooo clumsy. Me and Amber gave her big kisses to make her
feel better. Boss Woman thought I should
have been swimming with Polly and Stella so she put me in
the deep water but my legs wouldn't work fast enough and I
was sinking down to the bottom and had to be pulled out of
the water really quickly. My head went under the water and
my mouth got full of water as well. It's not fair ~ Boss Woman
laughed at me and she now calls me GLUGGLES !
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Tuesday
27th May |
We
had a lot of drama here yesterday. Boss Woman took me and
Amber down to the beach at Catterline and we saw 2 people
and a Collie they had tied to a boat. We walked right on by
Seal Island and me and Amber had great fun, loads to sniff
at and we found loads of dead seagulls to eat (even though
Boss Woman went mad with us). On our way back from the beach
at about 1.30 p.m. the Collie was still tied up so Boss Woman
tried to ring the Dog Warden but her phone didn't work. Then
we met 3 other people coming down the hill and they were looking
for the old Boss Man of the Collie. Anyway, it turned out
that the old Boss Man of the Collie had been washed in the
sea and found near Seal Island just near where Boss Woman
had been sat and me and Amber had been sniffing. The Police
and Coastguards were called in and they found him at 3 p.m.
I wonder what will happen to the Collie now his Boss Man has
died?
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Saturday
24th May |
Well,
we are back off the long walk now ~ did you read my walk
diary ? I was tired when I got back but now I am ready
for another long walk. I got almost £100 in sponsor
money and it is not all collected yet. I think Tracie at Scottish
Staffie Rescue will be pleased with that and I just hope it
can help some of the dogs in rescue as they are not all as
lucky as I am. I think we are going to climb up Lochnagar
next week if the weather is fine and we will be taking Amber
with us. We only go on our normal 3 miles or more walk every
day now and it's not enough ~ I like to walk a LONG way. I
missed Polly, Boss Woman and Big Guy last week. Boss Woman
said my legs were too small to carry me all the 73 miles ~
at least I could have done some of it though ! They COULD
have taken me, I would have liked to have gone camping and
searching for the Loch Ness Monster. We are going to go on
a nice 15 mile walk next weekend I think so I am looking forward
to that ~ I like climbing the mountains and it will be my
2nd Munro I will have climbed. Ha Ha, I got to eat tinned
dog meat while they were away, which I like very much. Boss
Woman doesn't let me eat tinned dog food when she is at home.
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Tuesday
13th May |
We
are off camping this afternoon, up to Fort Augustus. We are
going to Fort William tomorrow to start the walk and Boss
Woman said I hadn't to run about so much chasing rabbits and
things because it is a long walk and I will need to save my
energy for walking not running. Big Guy said that when we
walk past Loch Ness that if we see the monster I hadn't to
jump in the water and start chasing it ~ Ha Ha, I think he's
having me on !! There isn't really a monster ????? I'll have
my photo taken by Loch Ness so you can see I have been there.
It's not fair I can't go because Boss Woman said I am too
young to walk so far every single day. I'm sure I could walk
so far, I don't think it's fair that Polly gets all the fun
....... I hope the Loch Ness monster eats Polly ~ that'll
save her right!
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Friday
9th May |
It
is really hot here today and when we went on our coast path
walk, me and Amber got really thirsty and drank loads of water
~ luckily Boss Woman had taken 2 bottles of water with her.
My leg still hurts so Big Guy said we might not be able to
do the Great Glen Way walk next week if I am still limping
and we might have to do it the week after instead. Have you
sponsored me yet ? It is in a good cause ! When
we went out for our night time walk tonight, I found something
nice and smelly so I rolled in it to get the lovely smell
on me. Trouble is, Boss Woman made me have a soapy shower
to wash it all off. I smell all soapy sweet now. Yuk. I don't
like showers. Polly hid under the bed just in case she was
put in the shower as well !
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Wednesday
7th May |
My
leg hurts a bit today. Me and Amber were chasing hares yesterday
and I ran too fast and hurt my leg. We are going out for a
nice long walk this afternoon if my leg stops hurting.
Boss Woman has been training me how to 'wait' today. She said
I was doing very well and I got some nice sausage treats every
time I did it right. Boss Woman said it was important to learn
it because it might save my life one day if I run out into
the road and I 'wait' when I am told.
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Saturday
3rd May |
I
get to go first today because it is a BIG celebration. I climbed
my first ever mountain ~ Mt. Keen. I was a bit tired going
up the hill but it was easy peasy coming down again. Boss
Woman said that I was a good girl and did very well because
I have little legs and they had to work very hard. There was
some really nice cold streams to drink out of because we were
very thirsty with all that running up and down. I really liked
it and it was the longest walk I have ever done. I think we
walked about 15 miles altogether. It
was my second mountain I have climbed and I chased loads and
loads of rabbits. We saw a lot of dead ones as well. It was
very hot going up and at the top it was very windy and cold.
We had a nice tin of dog meat when we got down to the bottom.
We drank some water out of Queen
Victoria's well. It was a very posh well ~ the water was
very cold and it was so clear you could see to the bottom
of it. We found loads of stuff, 2 separate gloves and a neck
warmer Boss Woman said she would keep for herself.
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Thursday
1st May |
We
went in Scolty Forest for a lovely long walk today and it
was really sunny and warm. I heard my
first ever cuckoo.
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Wednesday
30th April |
We
got wet and muddy when we went in the field today ~ it was
pouring down. I saw a rabbit so I chased it down the rabbit
hole and tried to dig it out, but Amber kept standing on top
of me and getting in the way. I was
helping Polly dig the rabbit out but she kept getting in front
of me so I couldn't dig properly. We didn't get the rabbit
though, it was well hidden underground and didn't come out
again.
We'll watch out for it again next time we go in the field.
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Tuesday
29th April |
Really
enjoyed my walk today. We went for about 4 miles. It is really
nice and warm and I got to jump in the Burn. We saw skylarks
(they sang a lovely song), Herons, Swallows and Lapwings (they
made a very strange noise). It's
a good job Boss Woman took some water with her, because it
was nice and warm and we were running about a lot, I was really
really thirsty. We had some fish for lunch and Boss Woman
mixed in some plain yoghurt. It was lovely and I ate mine
in about 30 seconds.
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Monday
31st March |
We
saw loads of stuff today on the beach, that had been washed
up. Another dead seal (just as tasty as the last one) and
a dead porpoise (also tasty). The porpoise had loads and loads
of pointy teeth. Boss Woman said that was so it could hold
the fish in its' mouth when it was feeding. We also saw some
toads hopping about. I went over to have a look at them and
Boss Woman said I had better not lick them or eat them, otherwise
I might die or at least hallucinate !
Boss Woman gave us both a bath as well because we had been
rolling on the dead seal to get the nice smell on us. She
said that we were dirty filthy disgusting animals and that
we stank. Now, that's a bit harsh !! She can be quite cutting
sometime.
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Sunday
30th March |
Boss
Woman is a bit upset today. There was a big Rottweiller x
St. Bernard living over the road, called Bernie. He was only
12 months old. His Boss Man was a really stupid lazy irresponsible
person who watched television all day. Even though they live
next to a field, they never ever took Bernie out for a run
or a walk, not once. Sometimes when we walked past their house,
Bernie used to come running out of their garden and growl
at me. I was a bit scared of him because he was so big. Well,
he got excited last Saturday and as a lady jogged past his
garden he ran at her. She was scared and as she tried to fend
him off, he bit her arm and bit her leg. The lady was really
scared and badly bitten and she had to jump into someones
car to get away from him. The police were called. Well, because
of Berne's lazy, stupid and uncaring owner, Bernie has now
had to die. He had a needle stuck in him and put to death.
I hope it didn't hurt him. Boss Woman said it is a real shame
that Bernie had to suffer when it wasn't his fault. He was
just a bored, untrained dog with too much energy and aggression
for his own good. Boss Woman said training and plenty of exercise
would have made Bernie into a really nice dog. Well I love
running in the field. Poor Bernie.
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Saturday
29th March |
Went
shopping to Aberdeen with Boss Woman and Big Guy today. I
shared their All Day Breakfast pie. It was really fine. They
didn't take me !
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Thursday
27th March |
We
found a dead seal on the beach today. When Boss Woman called
me back, I managed to have a few bites out of it before I
let on that I had heard her calling ~ it was sooo tasty. An
old guy gave Boss Woman some tiny Cowrie shells and a piece
of black jet he had found on the beach. His Spaniel was called
Amber and it was just as grumpy as our Amber.
I'm not grumpy, I just don't like other dogs much that's all,
especially when they come sniffing round me. The
smell of the seal was so nice that I rolled about it in a
few times so I got the smell on the back. Boss Woman told
us off, as usual ! We had some ox's heart for lunch. I do
like it, it's one of my favourite things.
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Monday
24th March |
We
had a run in the Forest today. It was snowing like mad, huge
flakes. Boss Woman was throwing snowballs for us to catch,
then she got a bit mean and started pelting us with snowballs.
Worst thing
is, she was laughing and thought it was funny !!
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Saturday
22nd March |
Boss
Woman and Big Guy bought a backpacking tent today in preparation
for when we walk the
Great Glen Way. I have my own backpack I will be wearing
so I can carry my own biscuits and water. I'm really looking
forward to it because I like a lot of walking and I get to
see all exciting things and smell lovely smells. You can sponsor
me if you want. I think we will be walking about 17 or 18
miles a day. I
can't go because my legs aren't strong enough just yet until
I get a bit older. Boss Woman said when I am old enough and
strong enough she will take me up Lochnagar Mountain ~ probably
in July when I will be 1 year old.
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Thursday
20th March |
Oh,
you wouldn't believe what an awful week I have had. It was
Boss Woman's birthday this week and she went away for a few
days. I had to go into day boarding kennels. I didn't like
it one bit and I cried all day and I haven't been eating much
because I was so upset. She is back now and I am so glad.
I am eating loads now and she gave me some scrambled egg for
tea and said she will take me on a very long walk tomorrow.
What a relief ! We gave her lots and
lots of kisses and licks.
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Thursday
13th March |
Went
on a new walk on a beach today ~ we have never been on that
beach before. Because of all the storms we have been having,
there was some dead seagulls lying around. They smelt lovely
and me and Amber rolled all over them to get the smell on
us, but Boss Woman told us off. We saw a HUGE big staffie
and it was a blue colour (it looked grey to me !) it was really
friendly and kept wagging it's tail and barking at me. He
couldn't play though because his Boss Woman had him on lead.
I just ran round and round him, barking at him all the time
to let him know that I liked him. I jumped in the sea and
chased some noisy swans ~ they were making a lot of strange
noises and were annoying me.
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Sunday
9th March |
Boss
Woman and Big Guy just got back from Crufts tonight. They
bought me loads of presents. A nice new jumper, a new lead,
and a new water dish. Boss Woman also brought me a new plastic
dog whistle. She said she had been watching some really good
gun dog training and she was going to practise on me using
the whistle. I like training so I don't mind. She said that
they had seen some really nice dogs but none were as nice
as me or Amber. I think she msised us~We missed her and we
were really happy to see her back. I gave her loads of kisses.
I gave her loads of kisses as well
and she gave us some nice dog food she had brought back.
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Thursday
6th March
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Had
a nice walk on the coast path today. There was a coach parked
in the car park and I went on it to search for scraps ~ I
like doing that, I've done it before. Boss Woman said it was
naughty and that one day the coach will drive off with me
on it !! There was a guy throwing 2 sticks for his dog so
I pinched one and ran away with it ~ the guy got a bit cross.
His dog was sniffing round Amber and Boss Woman kicked it
away because Amber is in season and the dog wouldn't leave
her alone. It's not fair, I have to
be kept on lead all the time for the next 2 weeks. Polly got
to run about all over but I couldn't.
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Wednesday
5th March |
Howard
the duck died today. Boss Woman found him in the duckpond
floating about dead. I don't think it helped that me and Amber
jumped on him the other day and bit him. Boss Woman went MAD
with us. The ducks shouldn't have come into our part of the
garden ~ it was all their fault, not ours.
Boss Woman keeps them locked up now when me and Polly are
out in the garden. I couldn't help it ~ I just wanted to eat
him.
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Wednesday
2nd April |
It
was really warm today. 13 deg. Me and Amber were panting a
bit going up Scolty Hill, luckily Boss Woman had taken us
a drink of water because we were really thirsty when we got
to the top.
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