Sticky Business

On the weekend, I got to meet up with 2 of my brothers, Alfie & Bertie.

Alfie’s got the same mum as me, but Bertie was ACTUALLY in my litter. We used to roll all over each other fighting for the milk. When my human told me we were going to see him, my wagger just wouldn’t stop. I hadn’t seen him since the day I met my new human and couldn’t wait to find out all about his new home and how he’s getting on training his humans.

Alfie came along because he’s ”been there and done that” and always has special tricks up his tri-coloured socks to teach us puppies. I couldn’t wait for Bertie to see what a cool big brother we have.

I arrived first and was made to wait in the car until the others arrived. I wanted to play but my human said I had to save all of my energy for later.

Practising my ‘wait’ in the car

 

Once the boys had arrived and we’d all had a good run around to determine who was fastest, Alfie shouted to us puppies to follow him. He said he could smell some stinky water and he just HAD to see if either of us were proper dogs yet, or if we were still babies.

I have to be honest, I thought Bertie was going to show me up here because it looked like he was going to jump in the water too … but he’s just as ‘ready’ as me to go in there.  It made me feel better because we both WANT to go in the water but neither of us is brave enough to just jump in.  Bertie ate some mud while we were thinking about it and he looked like he was striking a thoughtful pose, so I copied him, hoping that the mud would give me some braveness.

While we were munching on the mud and having a think about the water, Alfie said he had something to show us …

What’s going on down there?

 

Then Alfie bought us something … A HUGE STICK … WOW, what a cool brother …

Alfie brings us puppies a HUGE stick

 

 

Being a professional toy stealer myself, I jumped over the water, careful not to slip and grabbed the stick … Bertie stayed behind to grab the other end.

 

You grab that end, I’ll get this one …

 

But Alfie said that we’re stupid puppies. He’s not showing us a stick. He’s pretty sure that we’ve seen plenty of those before … he was just clearing the way for  …. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH, BERTIE!!!! …. RUUUUUUN …

 

And then I saw a flying Entlebucher.

 

Alfie shows us how to enter the water if we’re scared

 

Our brother is VERY VERY cool, but he is also a bit of a show off.

We got the last laugh, because after that, none of the other dogs wanted to sniff Alfie … he stank !!

It was a great day and good fun hanging out with my brothers. We spent a lot of time running around and it was pawsome to see Bertie again.

On the way home, I felt a little bit muddy in the car. I’m sure you other puppies know this one. First you look up, then there’s a funny taste and then … UH OH …

But it’s ok, although I ate so much mud that I was sick … I was very thoughtful and instead of sicking ALL OVER the car, I just did it right on my humans coat.

Bullseye!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest Rules

This week has been a jealous week.

My ‘jealous’ look

 

I’ve had to share my human with my big brother. The rules in the house have changed all at once and it’s been really confusing. At first it was really fun. Alfie gave me his bed, his dinner, his toys and he was always playing with me.

The trouble is, Alfie’s know all the rules and he is a good boy … so he’s just shown me up ALL week. Before, if I didn’t do something, then I would get told to do it again and again until I got it right.

Like ‘Wait’ … We’ve been made to do lots of ‘down … wait’ and ‘sit … wait’ to get some nice pictures of both of us.

Bella & Alfie do a ‘Wait’

 

 

But sometimes, I just couldn’t wait long enough for her to throw the stick or the ball, and I just HAD to get it before the fastest Entlebucher in England did.

Get that stick before Alfie does!

 

There’s another thing that’s not been fair AT ALL … something that I didn’t know about my brother …  he is a little snitch!!

The other day, I was bored watching my human fussing Alfie again, so I went into the bathroom to find some fun of my own.  I found one of those brown paper tubes, you know the kind, the kind that smells good and just has to be destroyed.

Anyway, I was happy and busy, ripping it up in the bathroom when a face popped round the door and barked at me. You heard that – BARKED.

I tried to wave it in Alfie’s face, to see if he wanted to play too, but he barked at me again.

Then, do you know what my big brother did? He went and got my human, he stood infront of her, barked, then ran to the bathroom and stuck his head in again and barked.

I’m not even sure what he was saying – I think he was trying to speak human. But it worked and my human came and found out that I’d been naughty. It’s a shame, I was going to blame Alfie for it *wag wag wag*

There have been lots of things that Alfie has taught me and I’m going to use them EVERY day from now on. First, he has helped me perfect my Roo. He said that now I’m over 6 months old, enough of all this puppy yapping, quite frankly it’s ear splitting. So he took me to the garden one night for a BIG practise and he says I’m almost there *wag wag wag*.

He has also taught me how important it is to have a little dance after you go to the toilet. Alfie says he’s not ‘dancing’, he’s covering his toilet up, but he’s not very good at covering and it looks funny so I prefer to have a little dance after.

The BEST thing Alfie has taught me is Bed Bargaining.

Alfie has the MOST PAWSOME bed. It’s big, it’s fluffy, it’s soft, it smells of nice things and it’s in MY house. It’s got another bed on top AND a blanket. SO COSY.

Alfie was cool, he said I could have it if he could have the sofa. We shook paws and it was a done deal.

 

 

Alfie’s allowed the ball in the house AND he’s allowed on the new sofa!

 

One day, we were talking about the bed situation and Alfie explained that he’s only LENT it to me while he’s staying, I can’t keep it, he’s taking it home with him, so I better put a plan into action if I want a big fluffy bed or a sofa like him. He said he’d help in any way that he can because he doesn’t think my smelly puppy bed is good enough and I need to start at least trying to bend some rules.

So we made a plan.

When the moment was right, I WE  got to work on my bed. I WE ripped it, I WE chewed it, I WE unzipped it, I WE pulled out all of the inside and I WE broke it into TINY little pieces.

Then, Alfie – the best big brother in the world worked with me to convince the humans that we had seen NOTHING.

”Someone’s” destroyed the puppies bed!!! WE didn’t see anything!

 

And you know what … it WORKED !!

The next night, we watched from the car as my human ran into a large pet shop and queued up with a BIG FLUFFY BED *wag wag wag* As soon as we were home, it got put in it’s place … my place … and I got sucking straight away.

Suck and paw it into shape

 

Yes, I know it’s a bit wet, but EVERY bed needs a good suck before you can call it MUM your own.

Even if I’ve had to learn some new rules and I’ve been told off a lot more than usual, it’s been absolutely PAWSOME to have my big brother stay with me. I think I’m going to miss him when he’s not there.

There is one small, teeny tiny problem though. Apparantly, when you have your big brother come and stay with you, a big brother that SHARES EVERYTHING … it is NOT cool to chew his stuff. Not cool at all.  But it’s going to be ok, because ‘It wasn’t me’ *wag wag wag*

 

 

Sleep Over

On Friday I was left at home all by myself.

It was MEAN.

I was SO lonely. The only thing that kept me staring at the door was that my human told me that she had a BIG suprise for me when she got home. I spent all day wondering what the suprise would be. A new chew toy? Something to eat? A nice walk somewhere new? Something to eat?

When she got home … nothing happened. I didn’t even get my walk!

I was busy waving my toy in her face in protest when I heard something … ROOOOOOOOOOOO!! ROOOOOOOOO!!

I know that sound! *wag wag wag* ALFIEBOYISHEREOHWOW!!

You see, his humans had to go on holiday so they’d brought Alfie round to look after me and my teach my humans some things while they were away. I don’t mind. I’m happy to share Alfie’s bed and his toys and his treats *wag wag wag* . Alfie is such a gentleman and we quickly came to an agreement. I get first call on the food and he gets the first fetch. *wag wag wag*

There was no way we could sleep that night, we were both just too excited and ended up being separated by my human in the middle of the night for ”playing”. She said the new sofa is not a mountain, no matter how much we pretend.

We got to go out on a big pack walk too. My human said that we had a child to train for the day so we made a plan in the car and got to work immediately in the woods. Little Jack was with us too and he’s so tiny Alfie didn’t even notice when he was trying to get in his mouth.

Jack tries to disctract Alfie from the ball

It’s really fun having my big brother stay over and he’s teaching me LOTS of new things.

I’ve perfected my Roo … Alfie says I need a bit more practise but it’s coming along nicely, even if I do sound like a big girl.

I’ve learnt a new game … You have to get a toy and push it as far as you can under the sofa. Then you stare at the humans until they get up and get it for you. When they’re laying on the floor I jump all over them while Alfie gets the toy back.

I’ve learnt that there are plenty of places in the garden that you can find sticks and it’s fun taking them from the tree because trees like to play tug of war just like dogs do.

We went to the park this morning at sunrise … to take stick and ball for a game of fetch. I love having my big brother around. *Wag wag wag*

Alfie & Me at Danson Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fear

It’s more scary at night …

I’m 6 months old now and something strange is happening.

When I was a little puppy, I wasn’t scared of ANYTHING. Not the vets (he’s my friend), not foxes, not people, not dogs, not ANYTHING.

I was the BRAVEST puppy around.

But I think when you’re a little puppy you must not see everything, because all of a sudden I’ve been seeing some REALLY scary things.

BLUE MONSTER

First, there was a blue monster. He was flying down the road towards me. He rustled and crashed into a wall then ran at me down the road. I didn’t know what to do, so I barked at it and ran towards home. I was taking my human for a walk at the time. She was on the lead and not doing a proper ”look at me”, so I didn’t get very far.

Then, my human, who is really truly brave stamped on the monster. I was still scared. She got a treat and she made my nose walk to her … I left my back feet behind just incase I needed to run. Oh I felt so silly. It wasn’t a blue monster, it was only a carrier bag blowing in the wind.  But I felt safe knowing that if it was a monster, my human would have stamped on it anyway.

BLACK MONSTER

There’s also a dark monster that follows us everywhere. I only see it sometimes. I have to bark at that. When my human picks me up, the black monster moves just like her and it looks like it’s carrying a dog too … but I think the monster is just copying us so I bark even more at it. I think it works because when it’s dark it goes away.

THE REALLY SCARY HUMAN

Last week, after the Entlebucher Fun Day, my brother Alfie asked if I wanted to come to his world to hang out. We were all hungry and tired so we went to his pub for some food. So far, I have only met one horrible human. All the others have been REALLY nice. Everyone was sitting at the table, eating some food when I felt some eyes on me. I looked up … and I came face to face with the most scary human I have ever met.

You see, it’s easy to tell if it’s a human. They have two legs in the right place and two legs in the wrong place (so they CAN’T run fast). They’re tall and they always say ‘helloooooo” in a really high voice.

This human was SCARY.

She didn’t have legs – not in the right or wrong place.

She didn’t say ‘Hellloooooo’ in a really high voice.

And she just STARED at me.

So there was only one thing to do, in the peaceful, quiet pub that people are dining in.

WOOF. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFF …

I had to tell my pack that there was something wrong. At first they didn’t realise anything was wrong, but after another bark at her … they realised what was the matter and my manhuman introduced us.

But she doesn’t even smell like a human …

 

I dont’ think it’s mischief. I think EVERYONE in the WHOLE pub needed to know that there was something strange going on.

I hope I never meet her again. *shivers*