Where's Dobbie???

So Dobbie's carry bags have arrived......

But he is still living-it-up in Notts so I put Teddy in it to make me feel better

 am not sure teddy approves - infact he looks like he is being strangled

...and he wasn't made for the sling

But I am sure dobbie will love it!!!!

Skiing Again!!!

So I went off to La Plagne for another little bit of skiing last week....... 

....with some of my most favourite people.....

 Beers on the first night 

(we got the second best snow-week in 5 years - so we were VERY excited)

 Even whilst sat down completely safe drinking lager on a very stable bench with zero risk of slipping Tiny was fully prepared with her safety aparatus

 ....whilst Me and Bill styled it out risking severe head injury at any minute......

 The Girls - very happy on a nice "crusey blue" completely unaware we about to have to Pole-It for a good 2 miles to get to the bar at the bottom......it was good for the bingo wings tho'

The Most Amazing Lisa (My New Best Friend) bought a fantazi new coat and coped very well with hangin out with her boyfriends weird friends. I will always treasure the memory of dancin' Gangnam Style outside the loo whilst Bill had a poop.......

Mother Mary/The Dalia Lamer/Mother Theresa KICKED ASS on the slopes - booyakasha Mary-Mooster - not only are you the most tolerant person in the world and the best skier of the group (no small thing) BUT you looked NASTY on the slopes - I know my leather-ette H&M NO TOPSHOP trousers were sic-bad but you won (at absolutely everything)

As for me - my skiing was RUBBISH - I had fear all week that I might break something.....not helped by inconsiderate-types falling over and breaking stuff right infront of me and spoiling my day.

The Whole Chalet experience was pretty unpleasant - I think we all forgot how middle aged we are - we underestimated the importance of proper coffee and ground pepper which caused much umbrage and we got served inedible food tds...check it out - ugh!!!!!

BUT - despite that it was a great week

Bring on next year for the 50th's - but lets just make sure we have a cafetiere

Where's Dobbie?

Tiny couldn't find Tarks this morning after she came out the shower - until she looked on my bed - we are all missing Dobbie!!!

Hard Surfacing

So Dobs is up in Nottingham having a really "hard" time........the footstool has been positioned at just the right distance for optimum warming without risking George-style brain-frying. Apparently the fire was on Max all day till Mum came home and put a stop to all the Dobbie-comfort madness.

Stay Firm Mum - when that little tiny ridiculously cute needy face is lookin' at you 24/7 you need to be Strong - its not ALL about Dobbie and increasing your carbon footprint by a zillion times just because you have a unbelievably cute dog is NOT a good defence for world ruination

Calm Down!

So life at Tanglefoot has been absolutely lovely. Its not that we had more fun without Miss Tiny - it would have been much better if she was here - but we just had lots of planned time off for walks and cuddles - which is a luxury we all very much appreciated. 

There was a little bit of everybody-in-bed-together-action given the fact that we all had to get up with Tarks at 6.30am and needed to try to not wake up the whole house...it looks more fun than it was - Dobs is so good at just relaxing - Tarks was just a little pain in the ass - "I wanna join in - but seriously are we Just gonna Lie here???? Let DO something... Get Up Get Up Everybody!!!

Irritating in the extreme at 06.30 hours - Calm Down!!!!!

 after some long walks and big dinners she did settle down at - George tried to show her the way when it comes to chillin'

 "yep just lie down and snooze and think of nice things - like lying down and snoozing - its self propogating - you get me????"

 Dobs of course is an expert at all things chillin & cuddlin'

He has now been taken off to Notts till Easter. 

I asked Him if He was gonna miss Me and He just showed me The Paw

Be Good My Little Man XXX

Tanglefoot

So the weather was absolutely flippin' gorgeous down here yesterday and after a glorious long walk to the post office and back through the beautiful rolling fields we spent the day with the kitchen doors flung open rolling around in the grass for hours on end - complete bliss!!!!

 Tarka looked beautiful lying in the grass amongst the solitary daisy....

 whilst Dobbie rolled in a little tiny patch of Fox Poop........

I LOVE fox poop

I luuuuurve Fox poop

 

and now I smell like The King of The Garden...hmmmmmmm...I smell good, I smell good, I smell good - no its better than that I smell  POWERFULL!!!!

 We are carrying out our daily "training duties" - this one involves Tarka standing on a horrible blue plastic stool which cost £2.49 and walking round it. None of us have any idea why we are doing this but the dog-training woman suggested it so we are just doing as we are told.

 I have no idea what she is doing

 I have no idea why I am doing this but just GIMME THE TREAT

Curtain Heaven

Dobs sat high in his rightful place showing off The New Curtains + Hand Crafted Poles. 

Yes - they did cost a little tiny small fortune but goodness me if they say "do you want pencil pleats?" - say Yes, if they say "do you want interlining?" - say Yes, if they say "do you want hooks to stop the light coming in the sides?" - say Yes and To Hell with the expense - they are completely beautiful and worth every penny and will bring soft-furnishing-related-joy for many years to come. Hurrah!!!!

Tanglefoot

So I managed to find the right camera lead - and I now have a bit of time off work to tend to the blog - phew!!!

SO the first 2 days all alone at Tanglefoot are going well.

Tarks is taking the temporary loss of her Mum is her stride. She is sitting at the bottom of the stairs now and again and also insists on nudging her way into the bathroom and watching me pee!!??? but otherwise no ill effects from temporary abandonment thank goodness.

She is waking me at half 6 every day for a pee and a poo but then goes back to bed like a very good girl and sleeps for another hour or so. We have been walking and practising recall. This entails me shouting “come” and then her taking a good long 20 seconds to have a really good look round to see what I am trying to distract her from. Its only when she is absolutely 100% sure there is nothing more interesting to do that she will then slowly turn round and come back for her biscuit. If there is something more interesting - pheasants, rabbits, deer or even just a bit of fluff dancing about in the grass she is off for exactly as long as it take for her to get bored and then come back for a treat - its not really recall - its just an option she chooses to take. Seriously though - who can blame her with all the sniffs round here?

The Dobstar is adorable as always - my little furry companion. Deep down he loves Tarks - he likes being part of a gang but just wishes she would not insist on pulling on his ear bangers 24/7 - irritating in the extreme. He has been looking after Tarks at the dog sitters - they were hanging out with a MASSIVE bull mastiff this week called Angel (not a good desciption of her general massive bulky apearance) - Tarks was scared but dobbie showed her who is The Daddy and they all slept together peacefully in the afternoon in one massive big cage along with a chocolate lab!!!

We all miss Miss Tiny but we are getting on fine and SO looking forward to seeing George and the gang this week

I love my antler that I was given for Christmas by Aunty....

...erm....excuse me - that is Mine......

...ok - well you can have it for a little bit......

 ....erm.....can I have it back yet????

 .......erm....Helloooo! Is it my turn yet????

cute

I am afraid none of my picture taking technology is working - so its just a old photie to keep you all happy

if only he still looked like this........