Operations and things.

Well, what a hot couple of weeks! I have been lying mainly in the bedroom keeping cool until the dogrun when we can all go swimming in the irrigation pond. All our visitors have gone back with Mediteranian sun tans and the human swimming pool has been a tropical temperature of over 30 degrees!

Mummy, as you might have heard, was due to go into hospital to be (in Grace's words) spaded and on the morning of the 12th July she packed a little bag, kissed us all on the nose and told us to be good dogs for Daddy (ha, ha) and disappeared off to the vets (well I think that's where they go for operations!). Two hours later she was back, as the consultant (I think that's the head vet) told her there wasn't a bed available. He was apparently cross too as he had three operations planned and had now only got one patient as the other two had been sent home! Mummy was very cross as she had handed all her work over to a colleague, arranged for Dad to have time off work, done all the washing and cleaned the house (well a bit anyway!). So watch this space for the next instalment as apparently she is going to go private and has a provisional date of 3rd August.

In the last two weeks we met Jane and Rob who do animal sitting. They have five dogs four collies and a Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling retriever (that was a mouthful). He and Gypsy (one of the lady collies) are expecting puppies soon, so good luck Red and Gypsy! Mum has asked Jane to come and look after us if they go away on holidays as she looks after dogs (and other animals) in their homes. If anyone in South Wales wants their web address it's www.petandgardencare.com Rob is also a qualified plant person. I was going to be posh and put that word in that starts with horti..... but I couldn't spell it, after all I'm only a dog!

Last week Lady Belle came down to see us again and also Oliver who is brother to Hestia and of course Lady herself. They bought their humans Chris, Rudy, Sharon and Georgina.Now Chris's dogs and Sharon's dogs have all been on hols before and got on great. They left them for a few hours on Wednesday and Thursday and all was well, Friday they popped out for lunch and when they got back there had been a big scrap and Logan, one of Chris's dogs and one of Sharons dogs, Shane were all covered with blood! After the initial panic (and a quick shower) it turns out that a vet trip wasn't necessary as they both had minor injuries, mainly nip marks. Even Lady got one on the nose! Here she is showing her injury and doesn't she look like Hess? Logan is the one on the left hiding his face and William (who probably slept right through it as he's old) is on the right.

Here thay are again just settling down to travel to Cornwall for the second week of their hols.

Must say hi to Karen, Stuart and Charlotte too, they came to dinner and we had lasagne and there was lots left for me! Yippee! Mum wants me to say thank you to Charlotte as she bought her a lovely tea towel with a whippet embroidered on it. So, thank you Charlotte!

Finally, a question for you to ponder on, how many ducklings can you fit in a baking tray?

The answer is of course six although I think the nine could get in there if they wanted to! Aren't they sweet?

Anyway, will keep you posted on Mum's impending filleting as Dad calls it, he's soooo funny!

Waj x