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Little Marble is visiting for the weekend. Homer is taking her in his stride so far. comments from Hubby - It’s funny saying she not he. Her tail is like a pipe cleaner, not very good for swimming. She purrs like a cat. Jumping onto the sofa is higher than Homer jumping up onto a table. Her...

Homer has something that looks like some sort of growth or wart on his paw right up on the side of the pad. Over the last two days has been bleeding a bit. I tried to take a pic it’s a bit blurry.

Yesterday evening Homer started having a raspy cough. At first it was a retching kind of cough as if he was going to be sick. He hasn’t actually been sick. Now it’s when he breathes in to bark, he gets a raspy retching kind of cough. In every other way he’s fine and no temperature. He's eating...

Homer turned 10 yesterday. How did that happen? He’s still such a big puppy most of the time. Yesterday was a bit of an ordinary day at day care and he shared treats with his doggy friends and his human friends. Today he got to meet up with his besties at mantrailing and we all had cake. He...

Homer met Andrew Cotter at the Boat Race.

My dad's dog Bobby was put to sleep today.

Poor Homer is in Covid isolation with Hubby and me. He was very good yesterday but today he's getting a bit restless. He'll go to his dog walker on Monday. I used to have some Nina Olsen puzzles for Homer but Hubby threw them out.😖 So I've given Hubby the task of entertaining Homer, which is...

Homer started limping a bit this morning. Last night he had a little moment where he slightly went down on his front left leg a bit, there was nothing in his paw and was fine all evening. This morning I had planned a long walk but as we continued his limp became more apparent so we turned round...

It’s well known and comes up in many cartoons that dogs bury their bones. Homer buries his carrots under the furniture around the house. I’ve just sat down after a busy day at work and he’s nigh king and bagging me. He remembered their was a piece of old carrot under the sofa. I pull out the...

... annoyingly needy. add your own sentiment about your dogs.

While watching the olympics a long conversation ended with “ I’ll ask my Labrador friends” if there was an Animal Olympics apart from horses and dogs, maybe pigeons (but they’d all go home) what other animals would compete? I suggest snail racing but Hubby says that you can’t train a snail.

Homer has always been a strong swimmer and usually when he swims his back is more or less horizontal to the water snd you can make out his tail going side to side. A few days ago I noticed that he was gulping a bit as he swam and today, although the water was a bit murky he was lower in the...

This post is way too premature but I’m soo excited! I had a long chat with him and he was asking lots of questions. He’s not quite sure what breed yet, he said he’s going to find the right dog from the right family rather than a specific breed. He’ll even be considering a cross breed although...

Happy Birthday my big boy!

Homer has worn right through the hole on his metal dog tag. I can't remember where I got his last one from. I'd much rather use an independent business than a larger one. Any ideas where I can order on line? Any ideas?

We notices last week that Homer's large upper molar was't looking to good. I took him to the vet today to have it looked at. It's got a crack and a chip but isn't causing any pain and it isn't infected so we are to just keep a close eye on it. It's his upper molar so a bit harder to check on...

fail ... I've been re-filing all Homers papers and realised I never ever transferred his Kennel Club registration to our name. I have the papers to transfer registration and all his registration numbers form his breeder. I wonder if its worth doing 8 years later? If I ring the KC will they be...

lets share your Christmas specialties, traditional or not so traditional, family heirloom recipes or new inventions. Here is my late mother-in-laws Christmas ice cream. 1/4 pint milk 4oz marshmallows 1tsp cocoa 1 tsp instant coffee 2oz raisins 1oz sultanas 1oz currants 2tblps Sherry 2oz...

Stolen from a friends page ❤️ This was translated from Italian from a friend. Oh how true WHEN CHOOSING A LABRADOR MAKE SURE IT HAS THE STANDARD DESCRIBED BELOW: - The Labrador does not walk, he/she trots! With a certain air of confidence. Looking at the world from its immeasurable...

Pip, an Irish Terrier, lived with her Dad down the road from us. She was one of Homer's special friends and only about three years old. Her Dad stopped me as I was taking Homer for a walk to say she had passed away in a tragic accident. His grief was still really raw when he was talking to me...