Hibernation

Today we have out our kennel on wheels to bed for the winter.  Dad had bought a cover for it which the instruction book said was easy for two people to put on.  Unfortunately for Dad, he only had Mum to help as she isn't that tall, he had quite a job on his hands!

Murphy and I had good seats in the back of the car to watch, and I have to say the finished job looks quite professional.

Mum did say after they had finished that she's glad they will only have to do this one a year!

Drama at the car wash

We've just got back from an afternoon out and about with Mum - all the usual stuff ..  a bit of shopping, a walk etc.  Whilst we were out, Mum decided to put the car through the car wash because Dad's borrowing it next week and it's really dirty (and he hates that).
So there we were all paid for, code entered and sitting nicely waiting for the brushes to start.  They started, we were spayed with water, the brushes went to the back of the car and then .... nothing.  The machine thingy had broken down!

Mum got out of the car - very brave or silly?  If the machine had started up again she would have been soaked!  She checked if any of the brushes were touching the car - they weren't, so we were able to drive out of the machine safely.  Thank goodness we could drive away or we could have been stuck there for hours.

I can't cope with all the excitement, I'm off for a lie down!

Meet with friends

Yesterday we met up with Auntie Debbie and some of her boys for a walk before she and Mum went for a belated birthday lunch.  Fergus and Duggie had come along for the walk as well as another dog that at first I didn't recognise ... then I realised it was my mate Max.

I should explain why I didn't recognise Max .... the poor boy had an accident last week when he was out working and cut his front leg very badly.  He had to have a visit to the vet followed by some stitches, and because of all that, he had to wear one of those bucket collar thingys.  Luckily for him, he didn't have to wear one of those nasty rigid ones that make a big noise every time you bang into something - his was nice and soft and squidgy, but it still looked a bit strange at first sight! 
He does very well with it on (although he has to turn his whole body if he wants to look sideways which is quite funny) and only has to wear it for a few more days as he had his stitches out yesterday morning.  I bet he's looking forward to going back to work!

Weekly catch-up

Murphy and I were quite busy last week as our Nana came to stay for a few days and we looked after her when Mum went to work and also when Mum and Dad went to do some shopping on Saturday.  They said they had gone to do Christmas shopping, but they didn't come back with many parcels ... and anyway I thought they had bought some presents for us already.  Who else is here to buy for??
Yesterday we took Nana home.  I like going to her house because you get a good view of her neighbour's gardens from her front window, so there is always lots to watch, and if I'm lucky the odd cat to bark at.

The honour of having the most exciting experience of the week went to Dad.  He went off to work on Wednesday and was stopped at the airport by a very nice policeman who had a very nice dog with him (Dad thinks he was some kind of spaniel) and they asked if they could check his bag.  Now this dog (we don't know his name because Dad didn't ask!) was specially trained to sniff for money - a bit like Murphy can sniff out polo mints at about 1/2 a mile I should imagine - and he decided that Dad's bag was very smelly indeed ... and he was right because Dad did have some money in his bag!
Dad was allowed to carry on to go to work and he said later that it was all very interesting, but something he could do without at 7 o'clock in the morning! 

Cancelled birthday

Today we were planning to meet up with Auntie Debbie to go for a walk (followed by the inevitable lunch for the humans) to help celebrate her birthday.

Sadly we have had to cancel as Auntie Debbie is poorly, which is a bad thing for her in two ways.  Firstly,   she isn't feeling well on her special day and secondly she doesn't get to see Murphy and Me!

We hope she feels better soon and wish her a very happy birthday anyway.