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19th August 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

A very satisfactory evening!\u00c2\u00a0 I thought Mum could do with a bit of a change of scenery, so took her out to see my friend Flossie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s humans \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re really nice and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to mind us popping in \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in fact they seemed to be expecting us and we stayed for dinner!\u00c2\u00a0 Well Mum did \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I only got to play around with Flossie while the others ate.<\/p>\n

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Just investigating the skateboard (photograph by Anezka)<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, Flossie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s special human Mikey had made a rather good little jumping course for us, with all the jumps at just the right height for a small chap like me.\u00c2\u00a0 We had a very fine time.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I tried to teach Flossie about this seesaw thing he had put together for us, but she was frightened!\u00c2\u00a0 I ask you \u00e2\u20ac\u201c what are girls like? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Still we worked at it patiently until she managed to get all four paws on it. \u00c2\u00a0Then Mum said it would be best to leave it on a good note, so Mikey, who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great fun, let me have a go on his skateboard.\u00c2\u00a0 I think Flossie was pretty impressed and I guess I must have been looking quite cool.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, just before we went indoors mum and Mikey made up some more jumps \u00e2\u20ac\u201c using chairs for wings and I made them all crack up with laughter by jumping on the chairs instead of over the bars!<\/p>\n

Flossie and I carried on messing around in the garden while Mum and the other humans had their dinner and later I was able to cuddle up on Mums lap while Anezka showed her a card trick Mum looked pretty impressed but she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give her any of my treats so I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind.<\/p>\n

When we left Flossie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mum said what a good boy I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been and gave me a very scrummy bit of chicken!\u00c2\u00a0 Mmmmm, hope we can go there again soon\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n

This is a link to a clip<\/a> Anezka prepared from videos she took that day and some earlier photos – Arnie and I thought it was pretty good and that others might like to see it too.<\/p>\n

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10th August 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woohoo!<\/p>\n

Just back from agility and not only did I keep it together all evening, but it seems I was a something of a star! \u00c2\u00a0What I had to do was to take mum round a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbox\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of jumps.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, actually I did all the jumping and she just stayed in the middle and waved her arms \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I ask you \u00e2\u20ac\u201c where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s her sense of fun?\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, Aunty Lin said I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d done it so well she wanted me to give a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdemonstration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and I think that means I was a star.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not normally one for blowing my own trumpet, but I do believe on this occasion I did do the exercise rather spectacularly – jumping out from the centre and running in through the corners – later I had to jump into the centre and go out through the corners.\u00c2\u00a0 Mum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done me a couple of diagrams in case anyone doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand what I am talking about.<\/p>\n

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How I jumped out over the jump and came in through the corners<\/p><\/div>\n

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How I jumped inover the jump and went out through the corners<\/p><\/div>\n

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To be honest it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still really hard for me to keep from growling at the others when they stare at me and some of them are so huge, but mum makes friends with them all and I am getting used more to them.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually it was a bit easier because there were only nine of us there, which helped as I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to watch my back so much.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway everyone seemed pretty pleased with me and I got loads of treats so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m feeling rather smug \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but mum says pride comes before a fall and she hopes that getting so big headed doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean it will all go to pieces next week. \u00c2\u00a0As if?\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a Star now aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..?<\/p>\n

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24th<\/sup> & 25th<\/sup> July 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wehey \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a new friend!<\/p>\n

Wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t too sure at first as she is a big black lab and you never quite know what they are thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccos you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see their eyes properly against their black coats.<\/p>\n

When we first met she looked like such a mad thing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c pulling on her lead to get to me and so big that if she sat on me I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have gone splat (not so big as Janus at training but he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to get at me, just my treats and his Mum gives me some of his \u00e2\u20ac\u201c HUGE ones \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind him).\u00c2\u00a0 So anyway, thought I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d best warn her off \u00e2\u20ac\u201c did a few of my best growly snaps and you wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe the noise that she set up!\u00c2\u00a0 Well I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work out if she wanted to kill me or play with me so I made a great effort to outshout her while I tried to get near her, though not quite sure why as she was trying to get to me which was a bit of a worry \u00e2\u20ac\u201c then it suddenly occurred to me that she wanted to be friends!<\/p>\n

Phew \u00e2\u20ac\u201c relief – I could give the noise a rest \u00e2\u20ac\u201c relax a bit and take a proper look.\u00c2\u00a0 As I set about lowering my hackles and relaxed, I could see she was doing the same and her great pink tongue came peeping out out \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a sign of peace in my world \u00e2\u20ac\u201c though you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often see humans doing it.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Just about the only thing you can see properly in all that black come to think of it – so I started snuffling on the ground.\u00c2\u00a0 She seemed to approve and came to sniff with me.\u00c2\u00a0 Mum was pretty chuffed by this and patted us both and quietly slipped me a treat, out of everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sight.<\/p>\n

Well that was OK, I learned that my new friend is called Tilly and her Mum is Judy; we had a great walk together.\u00c2\u00a0 First we ambled companionably along for about a mile on roads and paths which I knew mum had planned so I would be able to walk side by side with Tilly and Judy, just in case it took a long time to get to know each other (I do that sometimes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like everyone Mum makes me walk with) but Tilly was fine.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we things became a tad more interesting as we vetured on through fields and woods until we came to one of my favourite swimming spots and I had a lovely dip – needed it really.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d got a bit hot and bothered in those first few minutes after we met and though I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t admitting to it making all that noise had made my throat a bit rough so a good drink was welcome too.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess Tilly was glad of a chance fro a drink too as her tongue was hanging out and she was panting – not so fit as me – unless it was just the excitement of meeting such a good looking chap (wuff, wuff)!<\/p>\n

Then home for a little snack and a half an hour with my paws up taking a quick forty winks while Mum took Arnie out.\u00c2\u00a0 What more could a chap ask for?<\/p>\n

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Another great day \u00e2\u20ac\u201c back out with Tilly.<\/p>\n

Of course when we met I had to just test her mood so I gave a few exploratory growls and snaps to see if she would kick-off again like she did yesterday but not a sign of it \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a little tug in my direction and then she was off up the hill with Judy.\u00c2\u00a0 Well I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t having that \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I shut up pretty smartly and told Mum to get a move on.\u00c2\u00a0 By the time we were at the top of the hill we had caught up and I found that I could even walk a pace or two in front of her without panicking about what she might be up to!<\/p>\n

Well it was another great walk, this time in the Greenwoods, with another lovely swim.\u00c2\u00a0 Not quite such a long walk but, as Mum pointed out, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s training on a Monday night and I would need a bit of energy.<\/p>\n

Actually she was quite right and I was pretty pleased that I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t too tired as I was able to do all the exercises rather well and was very calm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c apart from loosing my cool a couple of times!\u00c2\u00a0 Once my mate Bingly caused a bit of a rumpus and thinking he was going to start a rumble I found myself offering my support before I remembered that Mum wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow such things.\u00c2\u00a0 Then just as I was leaving I went out the door and slap into the face of Ella and Jazzie.\u00c2\u00a0 I nearly had a fit and went straight into shocked growl mode \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they are HUGE [Liamburgers] and have long fur all over their faces.\u00c2\u00a0 They are class 3 dogs so don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see them very often \u00e2\u20ac\u201c except at agility where they go with their nice sister Hanna. \u00c2\u00a0She is a very old and placid chocolate Lab who likes to come over and share my treats. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really mind that, although I do make a bit of a face at her if I think she is getting too many!<\/p>\n

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26th<\/sup> June 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arnie has had a bit of a bad leg so Mum let me have his place at Super Dogs since she said I was getting better with the anger management thing (Grrrrr \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll show her!)<\/p>\n

When we got there Arnie and I were both given a walk round and chance for a wee then Arnie went back in the car to rest his leg while I went with mum to do my bit for our team.<\/p>\n

Well first it was obedience, which I am pretty good at on the whole \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at least I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been told I can do some cool heel work.\u00c2\u00a0 Mind you I never look quite as good as Indy or Blaze, pressing their cheeks against their mums thighs, because my mum is too tall \u00e2\u20ac\u201c does anyone know where I can find one my size?<\/p>\n

There was a great expectation for me to do well for my team and I think this must have got to my bladder \u00e2\u20ac\u201c no sooner had I got into that ring than I needed a tree.\u00c2\u00a0 I tried to concentrate as hard as I could while we did all that stuff on the lead and then we started the off lead work and as we passed the hedge I saw my chance and nipped under to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccock a leg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.\u00c2\u00a0 Having relieved the pressure, my brain clicked back into action and I decided that what I had done was not really going to give our team a winning score – but what is a chap supposed to do?\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway people were pretty nice about it.<\/p>\n

Later on I did a bit of jumping but mum kept me on my lead as she said eating the opposition wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t an option and it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter because the best score would count for the team anyway.<\/p>\n

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Our last event was the obstacle course \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in which I showed great restraint.\u00c2\u00a0 Mum had to move a load of kibble from a box into a feed bowl with something called tweezers and I was supposed to sit there and watch her do it without eating any.\u00c2\u00a0 Well I just sampled one bit to make sure it really was food but apart from that I was just about perfect\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..<\/p>\n

Best of all \u00e2\u20ac\u201c when our team came in last no-one blamed me and later on mum gave me a yummy bit of sausage left over from the BBQ.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway I think I did pretty well considering I was the only Class 1 dog there.<\/p>\n

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29th October 2010
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Life has been quite a lot of fun recently \u00e2\u20ac\u201c today I took my friend Badger for a walk. \u00c2\u00a0Badge is a pretty important person because she belongs to Julia, my trainer, and I really want her to be able to report back favourably about me.<\/p>\n

Also Badge is a bit like me – she gets very worried about meeting strangers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially those horrid \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI love everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in-your-face types like some of the Springer Spaniels I know. But she has learned to hide her feelings pretty well so Mum says there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite a lot I can learn from her. \u00c2\u00a0To be honest she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite a good teacher because she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nag or frighten me but she does let me know if I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get things quite right.<\/p>\n

We went on one of my bestest walks right through the forest where the humans got quite excited about finding some chestnuts. Badger was allowed to go free as soon as we got into the woods but I had to stay on my lead \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which was pretty mean when I wanted to show her round but Mum thought I might be too bouncy and if I bounced on Badge I could hurt her bad back. \u00c2\u00a0Then when I was set free I had to wear my muzzle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but I looked pathetically at Julia and gave a few side swipes at it so she said that it was rather hard on me to have to wear one when Badger wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t as it could make me feel vulnerable (how right she was) and perhaps we should both be on our leads. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Badge and me not Julia or mum and me!<\/p>\n

Still not too bad as when we got to the steam I was set free (no muzzle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d realised that I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a risk to Badge and no other dogs around) and had a swim \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ha! \u00c2\u00a0That was something I could show off with because Badge prefers paddling round the edges. \u00c2\u00a0I ran up and down the banks and swam over to the other side and was generally enjoying myself when I noticed the humans crossing the big bridge. Well I knew \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. I could beat them by racing across the lower bridge, but had forgotten that the railway-lines it was made from used to have sleepers on them! \u00c2\u00a0Well my momentum (good word that) took me half way over the rail and then I lost my footing and splosh!! Down into the stream below \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I think I must have swallowed half of it \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00c2\u00a0all the humans could do was laugh! Grrrhh!<\/p>\n

Well I shook myself off over them all and went off with Badger, who was far too polite to laugh \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in fact I thing she was pretty impressed by my bravery. \u00c2\u00a0We had the greatest fun exploring those woods, although Badge was boss, even though I knew my way round better, and she wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let me take any liberties.<\/p>\n

Eventually we got to the Pub where Mum and Julia wanted to stop for lunch and a very nice lady brought us a big bowl of water. Badger was very thirsty but I had swallowed half the stream when I fell in and was happy with a couple of laps. Mum and Julia were pretty pleased with us except when one old guy with a stick came and patted me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he crowded me dreadfully and I thought I might not be able to breath \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mum saw me looking at her \u00e2\u20ac\u201c willing her to help with the feeling of panic which was welling up inside – and tried to reassure me but when he turned to go I was overwhelmed with an urge to make sure he left me alone in future and gave a lunge after him with a great snarling growl that leapt out from deep inside me. \u00c2\u00a0A bit later a woman came across and said she was sorry and that he was deaf so he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hear mum and Julia asking him to leave me alone. She was very nice and stayed a few steps away from me so I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel trapped \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have minded being friends with her.<\/p>\n

When we left the pub Mum and Julia gave Badger and me some really yummy chips that they had kept for us \u00e2\u20ac\u201c then we went home. \u00c2\u00a0It really was the greatest fun, so I hope we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be able to do it again soon. <\/span><\/p>\n

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24th October <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mum has been getting pretty idle about keeping my diary up but had a bit of a nag today as really exciting news to share!\u00c2\u00a0 we had something called Annual Comps at Club today – this wasn’t like ordinary school more like Test Night but easier.<\/p>\n

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George with his Annual Comps shield and rosette 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway the exciting bit was the end – just before we went home they gave me a wooden shield and a red rosette which excited Mum so much that she gave me loads of rewards, not just cheese but cheese and sausage then tummy tickles followed by\u00c2\u00a0sausage and cheese and more cheese and ….<\/p>\n

…. well there is only so much you can say about rewards so I won’t go on but I could tell I had done something pretty cool.<\/p>\n

Actually I think even Arnie was impressed because although he has loads of rosettes he did say it was pretty good for a beginner and he forgot what he was meant to be doing and lay down when he should have sat so he didn’t get any ribbons!<\/p>\n

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12th September\u00c2\u00a02010
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Well to be more exact we heard it first; breathing its fiery breath over the forest.<\/p>\n

Arnie and I were sooo scared \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I barked at him and he started to run pulling and tugging at his lead so I ran too. \u00c2\u00a0 Mum said to calm down and even yawned a couple of times but we were pretty scared because it kept gasping and huffing. \u00c2\u00a0We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see the fire but I recognised the sound as I have seen\u00c2\u00a0them before but\u00c2\u00a0never so close. \u00c2\u00a0Mum was pretty brave cos she just walked on regardless as if she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a care in the world and fire breathing sky born dragons were an every day occurrence. \u00c2\u00a0Well I was just beginning to feel a bit better when for a few seconds it hovered malevolently between us and the sun, momentarily darkening the woods as if it were a big cloud \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but no cloud moves that fast so\u00c2\u00a0that set us off pulling on our leads again. \u00c2\u00a0We knew we would have to run pretty fast to escape its evil presence.<\/p>\n

I think maybe we were hidden by the trees cos the dragon started to move away and when we came to the gate and mum made us wait I felt pretty relaxed again and ready for my treat but Arnie just kept staring and staring where it had gone and wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interested in listening to mum.<\/p>\n

As we walked up the lane I could see the dragon flying off into the distance \u00e2\u20ac\u201c still belching out fire! \u00c2\u00a0But mum didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem in the least bit bothered and said she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what all the fuss was about \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it was justa balloon \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I guess that must be human-speak for DRAGON<\/p>\n

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2nd September 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today Auntie Didi (mum says she is just an adopted Aunt \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not a real one like Auntie Singie) came to visit and I had another adventure of my very own \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Arnie didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even come with us.<\/p>\n

When Aunti Didi (AD) arrived she and Mum were REALLY boring and drank coffee and ate cake \u00e2\u20ac\u201c mum said they were not really cakes at all but called chocolate croissants and that I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccos they would be really bad for me (I bet they were really bad for her too)<\/p>\n

Then the adventure began; we shut Arnie up in the kitchen and dressed in my best red collar and lead we took AD for a walk through our favourite woods. \u00c2\u00a0She did look at one or two foxholes with me but seemed much more interested in the mushrooms and toadstools (I ask you \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how sad is that?). Anyway quite soon Mum took off my lead \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 so instead of trying to make her see sense and follow me I was able to romp off on my own.\u00c2\u00a0 It was ages since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d had a good explore and we even went down to the river for a swim AD was very impressed with my doggie paddle; especially as I came back every time I was called.\u00c2\u00a0 I have to say it is something I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind doing anyway, but it also gets me a lot of fuss and sometimes even treats \u00e2\u20ac\u201c honestly I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand why Arnie doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it when the effort to reward ration is so good \u00e2\u20ac\u201c sometimes I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand him \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Anyway after lots of running around we came to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe horse field\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 where there was a woman feeding hands full of grass to the horses (like they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just put their heads down and get it themselves?) and she had two pretty lady Jacks with her.\u00c2\u00a0 Straight off I went on the alert but mum said leave, which I did at first but then they came right up to me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it was pretty scary just in the beginning but then I realised that they wanted to be friends so we had a bit of a sniff and did some tail wagging at each other then mum said to move on \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which I did; after all you can have too much of a good thing.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually I think one of them took a bit of a shine to me because she wanted to come with us but the woman called her back.<\/p>\n

Anyway eventually we got to somewhere they called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Pub\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and in we went \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 (I have walked past it before but never stopped there although I have always thought it smelt rather good).\u00c2\u00a0 So in I marched with Mum and AD, who sat down at a table and I hunkered down beside them to wait and see what happened.\u00c2\u00a0 After a bit they got up, talked to someone then went and sat in the garden.\u00c2\u00a0 This didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem like such a great idea to me as there was a dog quite nearby who started growling at me.\u00c2\u00a0 But Mum told me to sit where I could see the other dog if I wanted to and gave me a treat then she went to wash her hands (said they were gungy from my treats \u00e2\u20ac\u201c what a fuss why couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t she just lick them \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or let me do it for her?)\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, I turned my back on the other dog because I wanted to watch her and make sure she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave me.\u00c2\u00a0 By the time she came back I had almost forgotten about the other dog.\u00c2\u00a0 Soon big plates of food were brought out for mum and AD (why not me too?) But I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ask for any and just lay on the ground until mum gave me a piece of something she called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpannini with brie and peppers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.\u00c2\u00a0 It was soooh yummy that I ignored the other dog going away even though he had to walk quite close to me.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind going back to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe pub\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 again if I get the chance though they could have given me a fairer share of the food!<\/p>\n

On the way home we met another two Jacks and even though they were a bit thug-like and scary I still managed to look as though I was keeping my cool but inside I was quite anxious and even though mum said how good I was and gave me treats my tummy churned and I felt quite sick \u00e2\u20ac\u201c as soon as I was safe my insides just exploded \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it so often happens like this when I am frightened \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I sooo glad to get home as I was quite worn out. \u00c2\u00a0It was great to have a bite to eat and a good nap. \u00c2\u00a0By the time I woke up my tum was feeling a lot better and mum gave me a cuddle and told me what a good dog I had been. \u00c2\u00a0What a day!
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7th<\/sup> May 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Had a really good day today it started with our morning walk which was an extra long one through the woods. On the way home we had to go past a man with a scary black Labrador we have seen before and he always makes me feel wobbly inside but Mum got a treat out (I noticed out of the corner of my eye) and told me to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcleave\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 quite firmly \u00e2\u20ac\u201c well what with thinking about her saying leave and knowing there was a treat at stake I managed to get all the way past without giving in to the terrible urge to growl. Mum was so pleased with me that she gave both of us several treats. It was so good that I was even able to walk passed Indy (a black collie) without a treat at all \u00e2\u20ac\u201c though Mum gave us some after and told us how wonderful we were.
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28th \u00c2\u00a0April 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good day today. First we had raw tripe for dinner and secondly I had great post from Jake \u00e2\u20ac\u201c looks like he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit of a hero because he saved a small human from a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcjusta\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 – and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a new pen-friend from Wales called Manny. It was Manny who told us about \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcjustas<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

I had a nice time out with Mum on our by-our-selves walk and managed to keep so \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcclose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 that my face was nearly on her boot. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even have my lead on and Mum was very pleased with me and gave me loads of yummy sausage scraps.<\/p>\n

Only bad bit was that it was so warm I wanted a drink and there are some pools we go past but they have big holes above them (Mum says they are called drains.) Anyway, you can only take one lick then you have to look at the hole to make sure there are no Justas coming out. I managed to get four licks before the fear got too much. On the way home it was worse \u00e2\u20ac\u201c there was a different pool but it still had a hole, which was bad enough, but just when I was about to drink a justa flew across and made me jump dreadfully. Mum said not to be so silly, it was justa crane fly … <\/strong>But I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going back!
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4th \u00c2\u00a0March 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Arnie can have a diary so can I!<\/p>\n

You wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t belive what Mum spent an hour doing today \u00e2\u20ac\u201c she made something she calls a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcChickcrow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to go out in the front garden for a village competition.<\/p>\n

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Why doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the village have a sensible competition like making the best dogs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dinner or some other activity which would benefit us village dogs?<\/p>\n

Anyway there are loads of the pesky things and the people walking round looking at them is making the lanes quite crowded It was bad enough that most of them were walking their dogs which spoiled my walk but worse than that one of the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcchicks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 gave me a bad fright by lying in wait for us on our morning walk and appearing unexpectedly.\u00c2\u00a0 I barked and growled but it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go away<\/p>\n

My friend Flossies Mum has some human pups and they made their own version \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the humans seem to think it is funny \u00e2\u20ac\u201c something to do with the words and the box at the bottom.\u00c2\u00a0 Arnie and I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see what was funny and all Mum said was that no doubt my pen-friend Jake \u00c2\u00a0and our\u00c2\u00a0 cousin Lily in France \u00c2\u00a0would understand!<\/p>\n

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