Wiggle - Day 1,310

A message from Wiggle:

After yesterdays blog entry, we got to thinking - are there any other relatives of Wiggle out there? We know that he's related to his lovely Lucy, and Millie. And Ruby, who reads Wiggle's blog, is also related.

Here's Wiggle's pedigree on his mum's side:


And here's his dad's side:
We'd love to know of other Lab's related to Wiggle!

Wiggle - Day 1,309

It's a small world!! We already knew that Wiggle and his lovely Lucy the Lab in Seattle were distantly related by English Champion Kupros Master Mariner. Here's lovely Lucy:

And through Twitter, we found out that Wiggle and Lucy are also related to Millie:

Millie explains in more detail on her blog, here:
http://milliedogblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/relatives/

Turns out, Millie and Wiggle are also related by Subar Mister Brown. Maybe it's not such a big world after all?

Happy 2nd Gotcha Day, Sofy!

Today is the second anniversary of the date that Sofy came to live with us. This evening she has had a night off from her diet and been snacking on some nommy treats and right now, she's curled up on the sofa with me.

Here's a look back at the past year for Sofy, starting with January 2011 and a walk around the village of Lacock:

February, sitting in the sunshine on a chilly day:

In March, we took a day off and went down to Bournemouth where Sofy and Wiggle had a lot of fun at the beach:

April, springtime, watching the sheeps in the field:

May, a windy day, when Sofy lost control of her ears:

June, fun in the sun, with Wiggle and a tennis ball:

July, cooling off, splashing around in the river:

August, trying to look innocent while surrounded by destroyed toys....

September, at the LRSE&C Dogs Party, with Ebble, Bert, Barney and Wiggle:

October, retrieving ball on a rope from the muddy puddle:

November, an autumnal walk with Wiggle along the old railway track:

December, Christmas Day 2011, all the festive cheer was all too much for Sofy....

We do love Sofy, despite her odd shouty moments towards other dogs, her love of rolling in vile, stinky stuff and we hope to celebrate many more Gotcha Day's with our little choccie sweetheart!

Wiggle - Day 1,305

We've had another sunny day here, although not as cold as yesterday. This morning we went to the field, which was muddy rather than frosty as yesterday had been, but Wiggle and Sofy didn't care and enjoyed themselves.

This afternoon, as it was such a nice day, we went for a walk along the old railway track. Wiggle was happy to run ahead, carrying his ball:

Sofy wasn't too far behind him, although Wiggle did look back to see where we were:

Wiggle and Sofy, while I followed behind:

Sofy took herself on a little detour, off down the bank and into the tree's where I spotted her pick something up, chew it several times before spitting it out and then rolling in it! I am guessing a dead bird, but whatever it was, Sofy was smelling disgustingly vile - words cannot describe how awful the stench was!

Wiggle decided not to sit too close to Sofy:

Instead, he was taking in the view:

On the way back, Wiggle as 'his' halt:

As soon as we were home, Sofy was in the bath to get rid of the awful smell, much to her disgust!

Wiggle - Day 1,304

We've had a cold but sunny day here today, so this morning it was still frosty when we went to the field. Wiggle had his ball and just wanted play fetch:

Running around was a good way to keep warm on a cold day!

Sofy was concentrating:

In a team effort, Wiggle watches me, while Sofy watches the ball:

And watching the ball wins!

It wasn't long before Wiggle had the ball again:

Sitting in the sunshine:

Playing:

Wiggle, waiting for the ball:

Sofy, looking serious:

Wiggle - Day 1,302

While the nights are colder, it's nice having Wiggle sleep on my bed, keeping me warm. However, as lots of my bedding is light, the deal is that he sleeps on his blankie, leaving my side less hairy!

However, Wiggle likes to try and sleep across the bed.....

Just moving over, inch by inch, until when I wake in the early hours to find myself squished to the side and Wiggle stretched out!

Wiggle - Day 1,300

Since we got home at the weekend, its all been back to normal for Wiggle and Sofy. I think they've probably enjoyed the rest after all their adventures last week!

Whatever they think, Wiggle is mostly relaxing in his bed:

While Sofy has been napping on the sofa: