The Ziggy Bunny & his Bunny

Ziggy was very comfortable in his Easter Bunny ears last weekend.  Maybe he wanted to be more in tune with his Easter Bunny stuffed toy (a gift from Grandma).  

He was enjoying some quality time with Bunny but took off his bunny ears for sleeping:

Sofy also celebrated Easter and was looking very cute:

Due to the extensive collection of toys Ziggy has, mostly thanks to Grandma, it was time to get a bigger toy basket.   I tried to sort out the limbs from the whole toys but Ziggy needed to keep some random legs and arms that he had previously removed. 

And Ziggy does love his toys.  Each and every one.

He was very happy to spend some time lounging around with his toy collection:

Back to Black Dog Halt

Today Ziggy and I went for a walk along the old railway track, the starting point of our walk being a place that is very special to me, Black Dog Halt.

As we walked, I realised that I had not taken that route since before Wiggle passed away but it was nice to think of the happy memories.

Ziggy was happy to trot along, taking it all in:

After recent rain, there was plenty of mud for Ziggy to splash in:

Daft, muddy Baldy Dog:

Ziggy ran ahead, just like Wiggle used to, as if he knew where he was: 

Through a gateway, we could see a large puddle had formed in the fields which lead to the river: 

I've never seen Ziggy run ahead as fast as he did today when he saw the water!

And he was in!

I just loved seeing him so utterly happy, splashing in the water, then running to me before heading back to the water:

And just as I was thinking how perfect it all was, I noticed Ziggy had found his idea of perfection - something nasty and stinky to roll in:

After some more splashing around, we headed back the way we had come:

And Ziggy had a bath as soon as we got home!

Baldy Dog Ziggy's day at Crufts and other things....

 We had a fabbie day at Crufts, with Ziggy taking it all in his stride.  He was keen to meet and greet from the moment we arrived:

We met beautiful Tia, a very special LRSE&C girl:

I think Ziggy spent most of his day wagging:

A couple of group shots:

Ziggy did me proud and met lots of lovely people so hopefully will help to raise awareness and funds! 

Yesterday we had errands to run with Grandma so Sofy and Ziggy came too and to celebrate the weekend, Ziggy de-stuffed yet another teddy bear.

Today we woke up to snow.  Wrapped up warm in his fleece, Ziggy did lots of boinging in the snow:

Sofy came out to play too but was more interested in any snacks that were available:

Next week Ziggy is off to see the dermatology specialist as we aren't seeing any improvement in his skin or itchyness so we will see what is next for the Baldy One.

Ziggy & Sofy: Snow Dogs

This week we finally had proper snow and it turns out, Ziggy loves the snow!

Sofy was worried that she might look more grey with the snow:

During the evenings, Ziggy kept on wanting to go outside and check the snow:

When the next day brought more snow, Sofy and Ziggy became quite bouncy and played for a while:

The snow has gone now and life is back to normal but it was fun while it lasted!

Ziggy's A Very Good Boy

It's only been 6 months since Ziggy arrived but in some ways it seems like much longer.  It might be because in many ways he is so similar to Wiggle in the way he behaves and how he has bonded with me.  Sometimes he will do something and it's just like seeing Wiggle and considering how special he was, I feel very lucky to have had Ziggy come into my life.

And Ziggy seems pretty happy with things too, like coming out to lunch with family yesterday and being a Very Good Boy.  Just like Wiggle, Ziggy is well behaved wherever he goes and he especially enjoyed all the attention he got.

After our food had been eaten and we all sat chatting, Ziggy had a quick nap:

Once we were back at Grandma's house, Ziggy was overjoyed to receive the fabbie Care Bear that Grandma had got for him in the charity shop:

Ziggy slept in this morning after all the excitement of yesterday but by lunchtime he was happy to get wrapped up warm for a walk across the fields:

Despite the sunshine, it was bitterly cold: 

While I enjoyed the view, Ziggy enjoyed the smells: