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You will have seen mention of 'Tess's Dad' (hereafter referred to as TD for the sake of brevity) in other posts of mine. What I haven't mentioned previously is that many years ago he and I were in a relationship, infact it was he who introduced me to the joy of Labradors (so I suppose I have...

I just wish I could send Joy a text to tell her that I'm back in the UK and on my way home to her!

Only five days now until my friend Karen and I fly out to Istanbul for a week! I've always wanted to go and so am really excited. Karen's husband, Dave is staying at my place to look after Joy and Lucie, their Patterdale. Joy has been a bit scared of Lucie, not understanding that when she growls...

Is anyone else going to be watching 'Britain's Top 100 Dogs Live' tonight? I remember Trevor and I watching it last year, and cheering and hugging each other and little Joy when "we" won. Wine just might have been involved!:rofl:

On Monday evening Trevor's ex-wife's second husband died. It was not unexpected, and I have to admit that there was no love lost between him and Trevor and I found him hard to get on with, he was racist (Cassidy and Nia are of mixed race, so where does that leave us all?) and mean spirited, the...

It's six months thisevening since we lost Trevor. I have drunk one glass less than a bottle of wine, finished off some cauliflower cheese and the remains of the Christmas cake and eaten a bowl of Twiglets. The last six months have been challenging and heartbreaking, but I have managed them. I...

Tomorrow would have been Trevor's 70th birthday and we knew we were going to have to do something special. Here are our plans: His daughters, Donna and Melanie have both booked the day off work and in the morning the three of us will walk our dogs through North Dean Woods and up across Norland...

OK,OK! Who of you out there is a spy for a perfume manufacturer? Back in September Dior brought out a new perfume called Joy. It was round about my birthday, I'm a sucker for a pretty whiff (nothing quite beats Eau de Labrador but it's not what I choose to smell of on a night out) and several...

Woke up thismorning and realised we were in for one of those very Novemberish days when it never seems to get properly light. Had breakfast and set off with Joy for our morning walk, feeling somewhat glum to say the least. Reached the bit of towpath where it starts to be safe to let her off...

Just a quick question. Can anyone send me a link to the site where you can order those lovely dog dressing gown things that so many dogs were proudly (or not!) wearing on TLF about this time last year? I wanted to buy one for Joy but put it off as she still had a fair bit of growing to do. She...

This is something that I was considering doing earlier this year, but events somewhat overtook me, Now that the dust is slightly starting to settle I'm wondering again if there's anyone in my local area who might like to meet up for a walk sometime. Joy and I live in Sowerby Bridge, West...

Back in the U.K. having had a very good holiday. Stayed at my brother and sister in law's for the night as we flew into Birmingham. They're giving me a lift home today. Been awake since 5.30, wondering when I can reasonably start making 'getting up' noises. I NEED to get home and pick my...

When Trevor and I lost lovely Solstice, our previous black Lab, in February 2017, we were sent loads of 'with sympathy' cards because she was a wonderful character and loved by many people. One of these cards, from a good friend who used to look after her when we went abroad has just sprung to...

Last week Joy and I very successfully travelled on three trains to visit my brother and his wife who live near Nottingham. I don't drive and since losing Trevor I have been determined that we're not going to rely on other people for lifts everywhere (although I've had lots of kind offers) so...

Took little Joy to flyball again yesterday morning and came home very proud of her. To start with, she walked all the way there on a loose leash (she loves flyball and has always tended to try pulling on the way there previously). Then at one point when she was retrieving the ball from the...