Catching Up

Hello everyone,

Well, it has been a week since Melody came on our walk (we looked after her while Auntie Geri was away) and I am starting to miss her. I expect that we will get a call from Auntie Geri soon because Melo moans at her after a while if she doesn’t see me. They did pop round one night with some Duty Free for My People and Mel and I caught up while The People chatted but it’s not the same as a walk, is it…

It is good to have Auntie back (she stayed down there. I wouldn't let Mel come here). I didn’t really believe it for a couple of days, and kept expecting her to go off again, especially at the weekend when she went out with her friends for her birthday. Mummy and I are good at being home alone together though and have a routine sorted – she gives me extra attention and often a grooming so it’s not all bad!

Auntie’s actual birthday fell a bit flat because she had some financial worries and also her work kept calling her up on her day off and this made her cross. My People held her birthday again the next day – they went out for dinner and drank wine and gave me some sausage and it was a nice day. On Sunday, Auntie Claire took my Auntie out so Mummy and I had a lovely walk in the sunshine then sat in the garden for a while and had a cuddle and it was nice. It was just what my Mummy needed because they are short-staffed at work, she says, and she has financial worries too so she has been getting very stressed – I think that is why she keeps getting sick so often. She and Auntie are poorly again now. I try to be a good and cuddly boy and help them when times are like this.

Talking of being a good boy, Mummy has been working me hard teaching me to Wait and to Leave and I am starting to behave myself when I see dogs who I do not like – on Saturday, we had the ultimate test when we met That Springer Spaniel who I HATE and I sat nicely for my Mummy and didn’t even pull and she was SO pleased with me!!! We met two new dogs when I was with Bella and Dylan too and I behaved then so I am doing well. Mummy says that that old bag Raye will see whose dog is good and whose dog isn’t (she is still smarting from hearing that her ex friend is putting it about that I am a horrible aggressive dog all because I growl sometimes and it’s not true, I only growl because I am frightened or when I am coming up for a fit and I feel vulnerable). Mummy says that I can growl if I feel I must but that I have to sit nicely for her and not move when I do so – so long as I do that, she says, she doesn’t mind what language I use!!!

We are pleased to hear that The Mother wants to move from Our Seaside but at the same time, My People say it is a shame because she is being looked after very well at The New Home and Auntie Judy is being stupid listening to her and should leave her where she is safe, which is what Auntie Judy agreed with my Mummy the other week so Mummy wonders why she bothers talking...

Well, I had better go, I hope you are all well,

Regards,

Bruce xxx