It was then, when I thought my life simply couldn't get any worse 3 of the dogs I had met at the dog training came up to me(the staffie,pit bull and rottweiller if your interested).
I'll tell you what happened later.
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Dog show
This weekend has been very traumatic for me as my hu-mum and her family decided to take me to a "Fun Dog Show!!!!!!" The HUMILIATION!!!!!! I was entered into 4 categories: prettiest dog, best trick, the dog the judge would most like to take home and wait for it ... the dog who look most like its owner!!!!!!. I nearly died right there and then, 10 feet away from the hot dog stand but, being a very optimistic dog I looked at the very faint silver lining in the huge black-storm cloud and realised at least I wasn't in the fancy dress category.
It was then, when I thought my life simply couldn't get any worse 3 of the dogs I had met at the dog training came up to me(the staffie,pit bull and rottweiller if your interested).
I'll tell you what happened later.
It was then, when I thought my life simply couldn't get any worse 3 of the dogs I had met at the dog training came up to me(the staffie,pit bull and rottweiller if your interested).
I'll tell you what happened later.
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
The lesson
The first lesson was "Heel". This involved walking!!!! at a very slow place whilst being strangled by a chain for going too slow or too fast I walked up and down for what felt like 3 hours when an old man entered towing a black Labrador. When the lady-man dressed him in the chain lead his man dragged him over to me.
At this point I was exhausted and being dragged and choked up and down and the labrador said, "Hi, I'm Pace.You really don't understand what this is about do you?"
"Poppy and no I don't not really, this is my first time. You?"
"My old man's been taking me since I was a pup.The point of heel is to walk by the end of their shoe" He advised me.
I honestly don't see the point in walking at the end of a shoe. A shoe is the most boring place on earth especially since they don't let you chew on them for some reason. And people walk at such a slow pace they're not really moving anywhere but still moving me legs!!!!
I was VERY TIRED by the end but at least I wasn't choking.
After the lesson the owners left 'us dogs' alone whilst they 'talked business'.
"I'll give you 10kg of ham if you let me beat 'em up"growled the staffie
"I'll take the rat dog and you get the lab"laughed the pit bull.
Then he pounced on me with vicious jaws and It was simply TERRIFYING. The next thing I knew the lady-man and hu-mum were dragging the pit bull off of me and I was bundled in a car with a bleeding Pace and driven to the vets.
The vet examined me and stitched me up and said I would be fine in a couple off days. That was a week ago and it still hurts me to walk on it, what do humans know?
The bright side is I'm not going back to school which means I'm free to be as naughty as I like.
At this point I was exhausted and being dragged and choked up and down and the labrador said, "Hi, I'm Pace.You really don't understand what this is about do you?"
"Poppy and no I don't not really, this is my first time. You?"
"My old man's been taking me since I was a pup.The point of heel is to walk by the end of their shoe" He advised me.
I honestly don't see the point in walking at the end of a shoe. A shoe is the most boring place on earth especially since they don't let you chew on them for some reason. And people walk at such a slow pace they're not really moving anywhere but still moving me legs!!!!
I was VERY TIRED by the end but at least I wasn't choking.
After the lesson the owners left 'us dogs' alone whilst they 'talked business'.
"I'll give you 10kg of ham if you let me beat 'em up"growled the staffie
"I'll take the rat dog and you get the lab"laughed the pit bull.
Then he pounced on me with vicious jaws and It was simply TERRIFYING. The next thing I knew the lady-man and hu-mum were dragging the pit bull off of me and I was bundled in a car with a bleeding Pace and driven to the vets.
The vet examined me and stitched me up and said I would be fine in a couple off days. That was a week ago and it still hurts me to walk on it, what do humans know?
The bright side is I'm not going back to school which means I'm free to be as naughty as I like.
School
After I chased two kids around the park twice my hu-mum decided that now would be a good time to get me enrolled in school and I can't say I wasn't excited. My friend Rosie told me all about school, she went when she was a puppy. She said, "You spend the whole time playing with the other dogs and getting pieces of cheese for lying down."This sounds GREAT especially the getting cheese for lying down part because I spend most of my life lying down and who doesn't like cheese??????
Anyway we arrived and were met by this very scary lady (at least I think it was a woman but she was very tall and had a small beard) who shouted A LOT!!!!! Scary stuff. she took of my smart DESIGNER collar off and put on a metal chain which strangled me when I pulled.
Anyway I was lead into a dark hall which had obvisouly never heard of cleaning. The whole hall gave me a dreadful feeling which wasn't helped by the fact that it looked that it was about to be closed down for health and safety reasons before christmas. But the worst thing was the dogs, there were 8 of them on chains like me held by men you wouldn't want to bump into on an alleyway on a dark night or even a busy main road in daytime!!!!
The dogs were all agressive breeds, bred for one thing fighting. There was: a rottweiler, a chow-chow, a bull mastiffs, a german shepherd and a staffie (staffordshire bull terrier) a doberman and a PIT BULL. Realizing I was in trouble I put my tail between my legs and hid under a chair.
"I didn't realize there would be GIRLS in this group" Barked the Rottweiler.
"are you sure its a dog it looks like a rat?" Growled the mastiff
"Its very small" Woofed the Staffie
"I'm no smaller than you' I timidly defended myself.
"don't you question us' boomed the german shepherd
"lets go get it boys" shouted the pitbull. They were all about to jump on me when the lady-man came in and the class started.
Anyway we arrived and were met by this very scary lady (at least I think it was a woman but she was very tall and had a small beard) who shouted A LOT!!!!! Scary stuff. she took of my smart DESIGNER collar off and put on a metal chain which strangled me when I pulled.
Anyway I was lead into a dark hall which had obvisouly never heard of cleaning. The whole hall gave me a dreadful feeling which wasn't helped by the fact that it looked that it was about to be closed down for health and safety reasons before christmas. But the worst thing was the dogs, there were 8 of them on chains like me held by men you wouldn't want to bump into on an alleyway on a dark night or even a busy main road in daytime!!!!
The dogs were all agressive breeds, bred for one thing fighting. There was: a rottweiler, a chow-chow, a bull mastiffs, a german shepherd and a staffie (staffordshire bull terrier) a doberman and a PIT BULL. Realizing I was in trouble I put my tail between my legs and hid under a chair.
"I didn't realize there would be GIRLS in this group" Barked the Rottweiler.
"are you sure its a dog it looks like a rat?" Growled the mastiff
"Its very small" Woofed the Staffie
"I'm no smaller than you' I timidly defended myself.
"don't you question us' boomed the german shepherd
"lets go get it boys" shouted the pitbull. They were all about to jump on me when the lady-man came in and the class started.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Canal boats
I'm sorry I haven't posted for a few days but me, me, my human parents,human grand-parents and their black Labrador called Jessie went on a short holiday on a canal boat. All in all it was a very boring holiday I was forced too sleep for a large majority of it, that is I slept when I was trying to get Jessie out of my basket or eating my food and my hu-mum wasn't dragging us all out on a "nice country walk"
Anyway by day three I was starving from lack of food and ached all over from having to sleep on the floor and the humans were having a barbecue on the campsite the canal passed through and (please don't judge me for this) I jumped on the table which had all raw meat on it when the barbecue was starting and grabbed a burger and a sausage, and unforgettably knocked all the other the other meat onto the ground leaving only the veggie sausages which were only bought because they were five packs for a pound at Tesco. In fury the humans locked me inside the boat and wrestled the sausages off me but at least I got the burger.
Two hours later I was so bored I had taken watching the watching the humans having fun and throw away half-eaten veggie sausages, when finally my hu-mum opened the boat to let me out. I was so happy I galloped out of the boat and jumped over gap between the tow-path. Unfortunately I miss judged the jump (slightly!!!!!) and landed in the canal!!!!!
I couldn't breath the water was so cold and my swimming wasn't much better after what felt like three hours ,but it could of been two ,and then I was dragged on to the two path and towel-dried. But that wasn't the worst part, the worst part was that Jessie wouldn't let it go and teased me when she got the chance.
Anyway by day three I was starving from lack of food and ached all over from having to sleep on the floor and the humans were having a barbecue on the campsite the canal passed through and (please don't judge me for this) I jumped on the table which had all raw meat on it when the barbecue was starting and grabbed a burger and a sausage, and unforgettably knocked all the other the other meat onto the ground leaving only the veggie sausages which were only bought because they were five packs for a pound at Tesco. In fury the humans locked me inside the boat and wrestled the sausages off me but at least I got the burger.
Two hours later I was so bored I had taken watching the watching the humans having fun and throw away half-eaten veggie sausages, when finally my hu-mum opened the boat to let me out. I was so happy I galloped out of the boat and jumped over gap between the tow-path. Unfortunately I miss judged the jump (slightly!!!!!) and landed in the canal!!!!!
I couldn't breath the water was so cold and my swimming wasn't much better after what felt like three hours ,but it could of been two ,and then I was dragged on to the two path and towel-dried. But that wasn't the worst part, the worst part was that Jessie wouldn't let it go and teased me when she got the chance.
Thursday, 21 June 2012
My date :(
It turns out that I am too old for first love.
I waited for him to take me to the park-so long it started to get dark. :(
When I met Freddie at my house(so we could walk together to the the park cafe) he was 20 minutes late, I however was very excited and got ready a full hour early!!! When he FINALLY arrived we trotted to the cafe side by side. Then he stole a bacon sandwich and wouldn't share it with me, he said "it was my find, if you want your own go take it." I tried of course but the cafe owner yelled at me and went away. I was DEVASTATED but I decided to give Freddie one last chance.After HE had HIS meal we went for a walk, we reached a small lake and he started SWIMMING in it!!!!! And then he told ME to SWIM in it. It was at that point I was aware it had to be over.
You see I don't swim I am a purebred pedigree lowchen with crufts blood flowing through my veins, only mongrels swim and my first love cannot be a mongrel. So I went home and went to bed and thought about my day for a while and decided that I had simply passed the age for true love and now will have to spend my days chasing cats and scaring of postmen all alone. I'm aware it is a very lonely prospect but at least I won't have to SWIM!
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| BY Poppy |
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Freddie!!!!
Today I decided to try my luck at romance, I'm to old not to have a boyfriend so When I saw a cute labrador-cross in the park I decided that he would my first love.
I went and introduced my self and he's called Freddie. I just absolutely LOVE the name Freddie and when I have puppies one(if not two) of them will be called Freddie. Freddie is so sweet and charming and our owners are very good friends they walked around the park together so Freddie and I had a long conversation and THIS evening we are going on a DATE!!!!!!! to a dog show.
I'll tell you what happens later!!!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!! :)
I went and introduced my self and he's called Freddie. I just absolutely LOVE the name Freddie and when I have puppies one(if not two) of them will be called Freddie. Freddie is so sweet and charming and our owners are very good friends they walked around the park together so Freddie and I had a long conversation and THIS evening we are going on a DATE!!!!!!! to a dog show.
I'll tell you what happens later!!!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!! :)
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Poppy's TOP 10 dog treats:
- Schmakos!!!!!
- Beef Jerky
- Cheese(cheddar)
- Markies
- Hot dogs(a rare delight)
- Meat(especially pork)
- Doggie chocs(defiantly NOT real chocolate-its poisonous)
- Old Mother Hubbard treats (made by Wellness)
- Smoked salmon (POSH but very tasty)
- Ham sandwiches
Treats are so important to us dogs-We will do tricks for them.
This is me doing a trick for a schmako !
and some dogs are even more amazing than me (if that is possible) This is a very talented dog called Pudsey!!!!
Cats
Personally I hate cats. They always steal my basket so I have no choice but to chase them-which actually most dogs like me find very entertaining. By nature I'm a very optimistic dog and I just know that someday I will catch one. I'm not to sure what i will do with it when I catch it, I'll just see how it goes. The problem is, however, that my oh so strict hu-mum doesn't like me chasing cats, they yell at me and sometimes don't give me scraps of food :(
So to all dogs like me I have a solution , if like me you live with a cat(I live with 2, worst luck) then ignore them and let them dominate your owners attention(or most of it) then your owners wont put you on your lead the moment you meet a strange cat leaving you to run and chase it!!!!
If you don'tn live with a cat then count your blessings even though you can't ever really chase one.
How NOT to chase a cat-What ever you do don't do what this dog just did.
So to all dogs like me I have a solution , if like me you live with a cat(I live with 2, worst luck) then ignore them and let them dominate your owners attention(or most of it) then your owners wont put you on your lead the moment you meet a strange cat leaving you to run and chase it!!!!
If you don'tn live with a cat then count your blessings even though you can't ever really chase one.
How NOT to chase a cat-What ever you do don't do what this dog just did.
Happy chasing to all my furry four legged-friends!!!
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