Remembering

Monday was a day when we remember the brave humans from this country and the dogs that fought beside them to ensure that we have plenty of kibble and a nice kennel to live in.

I have been doing extensive research for my book and I was amazed to find out that there are around 2,500 dogs in military service with at least 700 deployed at any one time with a little under 200,000 humans.  That means that each dog has around 275 humans to take care of and they have to chase bad guys too.  There are 2 of us in our kennel with 2 humans who we can mostly keep in our line of site which is still a challenge.  The thought of watching 275 humans leaves me with a whole new admiration for these courageous canines.

Talisker

Falling Over Juice Theft

This weekend our humans went to visit their favorite falling over juice kennel, Testarossa.  The purpose of the trip was to find out how well the young falling over juice was growing.  Before they left, I overheard Mummy telling Daddy that she had paid to take a thief with them into the falling over juice nursery.  I found this very disturbing on several counts.

I have always considered our humans to be of high moral standing.  Stealing is bad, and I know this because whenever I try to steal something from the kitchen counter, Mummy growls at me really loudly.  I also don’t understand why they would pay a thief to help them steal juvenile falling over juice when they could just pay for bottles of the mature stuff.

Tobermory

Anyone for Cake?

We have been very quiet for a while.   Four human years ago, Mummy started to spend more and more time out earning the green stuff that buys us dog biscuits.  She always took her writing box with her which seriously hindered our ability to connect with our extended family of readers.  I am pleased to say that she now has got her priorities straight and is spending more time at our kennel with us and is allowing us access to her writing box again.

A lot has happened since we last wrote.  I have now officially turned over my Head of Security duties to Tobermory.  He’s sometimes a little over enthusiastic, but for the best part does an excellent job.

 

Tobermory has always been a very thoughtful pup and so when I turned 10 in human years last week, he threw a Birthday/Retirement Party for me.  He had all our best buddies over and Mummy made her famous carrot cake with cottage cheese frosting.  Tobermory tried to use it as a seduction tool for our Great Dane friend Loki, but she wasn’t having any of it.  We of course had plenty of falling over juice on hand to keep the humans occupied with appropriate edible antidotes on hand.

Now I need a retirement project.  In the 3 years that I spent with my dearly departed brother Bowmore, he taught me as much as he could about the care of humans, but in the subsequent seven years, from personal experience, I have learnt a whole lot more that needs to be documented.

I am now writing a guide to young dogs on the care of humans.  Tobermory will be filling in for me on writing our blog while I’m busy, but I will have the time for the occasional post to update you on our view of the world.

Talisker