Six months old - already?!

Wow - I can't believe my little "baby-busby-bumble-bum" is 6mths old already! He's starting to look so grown up.

He's becoming such a smashing little man. He's best friend to everybody and loves nothing more than his walks around the park, sidling up to everyone he knows and giving them a big sloppy kiss. He loves to play with other dogs and has a pretty good understanding of which ones are up for a game and which ones aren't.

Busby's bestest friend in the entire world is Ceefer (Cee-Fer-Cat *sighs*) - he thinks she is the most beautiful charming lady in the entire world! He loves nothing more than following her around and bathing her, or just making her roll over with his nose. Whilst Ceefer has always tolerated these big dopey dogs, she's never really bothered with them much til now. All of a sudden this 8yr old grumpy rescue can't get enough of Busby and will often go and wake him up just to play!

We "de-crated" both Yorkie and Chief at about 5-6mths old and so have been attempting to do so with Busby, but he's not having any of it! He doesn't care how comfy that big boy bed is, when it comes to bedtime he wants to stay in his crate. Who are we to argue?!

We have lots of little adventures planned for the rest of the summer for this little guy and the gang.

Sin Bin

So why is this lanky lump sulking?!

Because he got sent to bed with no TV for the night!!! As did the rest of us...

Somebody decided to chew through the wire for Sky TV, not mentioning any names...

BUSBY!!!

In other news - we have mastered the retrieving from the washing machine!! He now removes anything, as soon as you put it in... Totally in love with this boys sense of humour! He's lucky he gives the best kisses and cuddles, his nickname of the week is "Mr Lover Lover" which just sends him even more kiss and cuddle crazy.

Waterfights and lollipops!

Every year we buy a paddling pool for the dogs, and every year Rocky manages to put a hole in it within hours - not this year! Our paddling pool has stood up to the test of four dogs for an entire week (with the help of a blanket covering the bottom - genius)! As you can imagine, we're very proud of it.

I think the heat is getting to us all at the moment, even super early morning walks are too hot and all the boys really want to do is either splash about, or come inside and lay on the cool wooden floors. So we've had a bit of a "chilled out" and lazy week for the most part! Moments spent by the (paddling) pool with the humans enjoying real ice lollies while the dogs enjoy their homemade carrot filled ice block treats, the smell of burnt sausages wafting in the distance. You could almost convince yourself you're in a land far away...

Until you have to drag yourself in to get some work done of course!

Rainbow Bridge

On our daily walks we meet a lovely little gang of three. 14yr old Roger the bernese mountain dog mix, 8yr old Rose the who-knows-what-but-she's beautiful-mix, and greedy Puds the 4yr old Great Dane.

Sadly yesterday Roger wasn't on his usual walk. Deep down I knew why before I even asked - the heat from the day before had brought on a fit, which resulted in a stroke and paralysis in his entire body except for one front leg. His owner made the sad decision to say Goodbye.

I can't imagine how sad his owner must be feeling after the loss of his trusty friend. He'd often tell us stories of Roger's naughty ways as a pup and Roger himself would stand there with a mischevious grin on his face as if remembering the good ol' days! He was a total sweetheart, he had a wag for everyone he met and everyone who met him couldn't help but walk away with a smile. I'm happy to know that my four boys have all had the pleasure of knowing him from puppies, he was a wonderful role model for any puppy and had the patience of a Saint, even when they did want to dangle from his ears.

Run free Roger, and keep your eye on those pesky squirrels xxx