Wiggle - Day 386

As we're off to the Witney Carnival tomorrow to help out on the LRSE&C stall, I've been atempting to make up an info board about Wiggle. He did try and help, but that mostly involved trying to get me to play ball with him!












Probably not the best display board but some photo's, a folding table and lots of sellotape and we have something half decent!

After Wiggle had a bath this evening we went out and played ball for a while and he's worn out now on the sofa. Hopefully saving his energy for a bit of meeting and greeting tomorrow.

Wiggle - Day 385

Wiggle has been catching up with LRSE&C news after we received our Labrador Link newsletter yesterday.













To celebrate the first anniversary of Wiggle's arrival here, I wrote an article for the newsletter and Wiggle has a lovely 4 page spread!













If you would like to become a Friend of LRSE&C and subscribe to the newsletter, click here and scroll down a little!

http://www.loveyourlabrador.co.uk/information.html

Wiggle - Day 384

Wiggle is having a lazy day. After our morning walk, he's a little worn out and is catching some snooze time with Sir H. Wiggle couldn't even be bothered to play with his ball!

Wiggle - Day 383

Wiggle and I will be at the Witney Town Carnival 2009 on Saturday 11th July, helping out Fiona at the LRSE&C stall. If you're in the area, please come along and say hello!

Scroll down this page for details:

http://www.loveyourlabrador.co.uk/fundraising.html

There's also details of other events where LRES&C will be fundraising to help dogs just like Wiggle.

Wiggle & Sir Go Camping

We had a great time at the OC camping weekend. Due to work, I couldn't get there for the first night on the Friday, but after coming home and getting the boys in the car, we reached the campsite in Oxfordshire late afternoon on Saturday.

Our friend Lynne had very kindly offered us room in her tent so it saved me having to take ours. After saying hello to everyone we took the dogs for a walk.

Lynne's Snoopy with Wiggle:











Wiggle and Amy's Louie, running around after the ball on a rope:












Snoopy, Louie & Wiggle:












Sir H, pootling along at his own pace:












In the evening, we joined the others for the bbq. Todd, Snoopy, Sir H and Wiggle found watching us eat very entertaining!










Wiggle, never one to be shy, sat on Steve, Kelly's other half:













Back at the tent before bedtime:











Lynne's tent is big so we all had plenty of room. Sir H decided he didn't want to sleep with us and stayed in the porch area but in the early hours I woke up and realised he was missing! After Wiggle and I searched around in the dark, we eventually found him curled up where we'd all been sitting for the bbq in the evening! After retrieveing Sir H and zipping him into the sleeping area with the rest of us, we slept through until morning.

After talking to other campers, it seems Sir H went on a bit of a midnight feast, snuffling around other tents! I've since found out that some of our fellow campers thought there was a fox outside their tents, but then they heard the jangle of collar tags - sounds like it was Sir H!

Snoopy, Wiggle and Louie, waiting for their walk while we had breakfast:










Todd & Snoopy:













Sir H, still worn out after his night time activities:












Sirius from the Dogstar Foundation was at the camping weekend, staying with Amy













On Sunday morning, after breakfast, we took the dogs for a walk again before heading home. Wiggle was playing with his ball:











While Sir H, Todd & Snoopy found interesting smells:










Lynne's Todd:










Sir H finds some energy, with Wiggle in the background:














Even though we were only able to stay for one night, we enjoyed ourselves and I'm now looking to take the boys somewhere for a weekend of camping...

Wiggle - Day 379

Isn't this photo fab?!














The photo was one of the one's I chose that had been taken by Chris, the Petographer at the Bowood Show.

Some days I still can't believe that Wiggle is the same dog that came into our lives last year, looking like this:

















A huge difference and all thanks to getting the veterinary treatment he needed. Wiggle is still on the Atopica, a low 'maintenance' dose and will see the dermatology vet in a couple of months time to review the medication and have blood tests. Hopefully, it won't be long before Wiggle can come off the drugs, but in the meantime, the costs are still being covered by LRSE&C so once again, thank you to them and of course Wiggle's sponsors.

If you love Wiggle too and would like to help with his vet bills, please get in touch with Amanda who runs the Sponsor A Dog scheme:

http://www.loveyourlabrador.co.uk/sponsor.html

Or you can make a one off donation via our Just Giving page:

http://www.justgiving.com/lrsec/

As LRSE&C is a registered charity, all donations qualify for Gift Aid!

Wiggle - Day 378

Wiggle & Sir H are keeping cool in this very hot weather. Mostly by spending time in the pool!

This morning, I was up early for work and Wiggle was in the pool before 5.30am.

Here's both boys in the pool:











Sir H watches as Wiggle hops out:











Then settles down for some quality wallowing time!










Soggy Wiggle!













The boys don't know it yet, but we're off to join the Oldies Club camping weekend up in Oxfordshire on Saturday. I was hoping to go for the whole weekend but work got in the way so we're just going for the one night, but hopefully they'll enjoy meeting up with some of their doggy pals!