The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire
- Thread starter Emily_Babbelhund
- Start date
Candy
Biscuit Tin Guardian
- Location
- West Yorkshire, UK
Emily, I'm absolutely certain that Carbón loves you just exactly as you are. So do we. 
Lisa
Moderator
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
Yup, what everyone else has said. Carbon will be fine. You take care of you and try not to worry about him. He’s happy to snuggle with you, I’m sure. Sorry your brain took a dive. I hope you are feeling better soon.
- Location
- South Manchester England
Hoping those old synapses fire off in a positive way soon. But really you are Carbón‘s world, and even if you were in the deepest blackest hole, as long as that boy can see/be with you he is in heaven.
He's happy with you. Don't worry about the odd days he doesn't mind.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Senor Carbon is and will be fine...and we hope you will be soon too. 
I had a bad spiral today...it has been building and plummeted this afternoon. Not good. Sending love and warm hugs your way.
I had a bad spiral today...it has been building and plummeted this afternoon. Not good. Sending love and warm hugs your way.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Sending positive thoughts and hugs to you Emily and everyone else having a bad time right now
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Hope you’ve got some sunshine there today Carbón and that you are giving ML lots of snuggles.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Hola todos! I have snuck onto ML's computer to tell you that I had un dia muy bueno, a very good day. I got to see my friends Nelly and Reuben, and I gazed adoringly at Paul because he had a pasty wrapper in his hand Auntie Kate let me sit next to her on the comfy sofa. Reuben is back to being my old amigo again and we did our normal things like biting each others' faces instead of him trying to make me his "special friend"... if you understand my meaning. Luckily I still got an ear-clean (thank you Reuben) but it was purely gentlemanly this time: no whispering sweet nothings in there during the cleanout. Which I am happy about: Reuben is my very buen amigo, but things were getting a little strange for a while!
ML and I stopped at a big store with lots of things for dogs where she bought me some deleeeeecious salmon food and a surprise. She would not show me until after dinner which meant I had to wait forever and ever and EVER, but finally she gave me my surprise: a new tiny elephant friend! He has a tiny squeaker and tiny crinkly legs and I love him already. He is the perfect size for my mouth so I can carry him around with only his trunk sticking out. I had to nibble on him over and over to make sure he knows that he belongs to our family now. But do not worry: I nibble very gently.
Now ML and Ellyfant and I will watch the sunset and cuddle in bed. Qué buen día!
ML and I stopped at a big store with lots of things for dogs where she bought me some deleeeeecious salmon food and a surprise. She would not show me until after dinner which meant I had to wait forever and ever and EVER, but finally she gave me my surprise: a new tiny elephant friend! He has a tiny squeaker and tiny crinkly legs and I love him already. He is the perfect size for my mouth so I can carry him around with only his trunk sticking out. I had to nibble on him over and over to make sure he knows that he belongs to our family now. But do not worry: I nibble very gently.
Now ML and Ellyfant and I will watch the sunset and cuddle in bed. Qué buen día!
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Good to hear from you Carbòn, we have been missing your handsome self and ML's photos
- Location
- South Wales
Lovely to hear from you, you handsome gentleman!
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
So good to see you both and to read you had such a happy day with your friends.
- Location
- South Manchester England
Great to hear from you, most guapo gentleman. Was very close to asking after you. Sounds like you and ML have had a lovely few days. We’ve missed your updates good Sir x
- Location
- Canberra, Australia
Glad you had such a fantastic day!!!!
- Location
- Wellington, NZ
A day with old friends and a night with a new friend and a sofa and ML - sounds like the perfect day, Carbón.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Hola todos!
ML and I are working hard this morning. Bueno, she is working hard and I am cheering her on in a very gentlemanly way by having a siesta next to her on our sofa. It is very difficult to be me, no? Entonces, we are working hard now and then ML's week holiday from work officially starts TODAY! I am not really sure what a holiday is, but what I am hoping is that she does not stare at the computer so much and takes me 'outside' more.
ML and I have a leeeeetle problem with 'outside', can you believe it? I LOVE outside and ML used to love outside, but not so very much anymore. When we are outside, she does a lot of jumping up and down and yelling, "OhnoCarboncomebackheredonteatthatohmygodohmygod". No, amigos, I do not understand it either. However it happens when I decide to run far across the beach to meet a new dog or human friend, or when I eat deleeeecious poo along the Coastal Path, or deleeeeecioous pasty wrappers in town. De verdad, seriously, can you believe humans throw away pasty wrappers like trash? Que locos, what a load of crazy!
As I was saying, when I do these COMPLETELY normal Labrador things, ML gets so angry that she cannot even look at me anymore. Last week I ran to meet new friends on the beach, who in a completely inexplicable reaction, did not want to meet me and in fact were quite brusque with me! ML came to join me and say nice words to the dogs' humans and then took me away from them. She did not speak to me for a whole day afterwards. She did not even speak to Monkey! This made me very sad and confused. De verdad, really, all I was doing was meeting new friends and helping her do the same. Why does she not appreciate my efforts?
She also says I am no fun to walk in town or on the Coastal Path. She says, "OhmygodCarbonallyoudoiseatcrapontheground!!" and that she cannot enjoy the scenery or take photographs because she always has to watch out for things I might eat. Again, what a load of loco! I can certainly watch out for things to eat on the ground all by myself: in fact I am VERY good at finding deleeeeecioous things on the ground. She should just relax and enjoy the view!
Humans: who understands them?!
All off this is to explain that we do not go out very much anymore because it makes ML mad. What "it" is, I cannot exactly tell you, my friends, but it means that we do not have activities to do together that we both enjoy - except my 6am surfing adventures, where there are no other friends on the beach to visit and I am too busy surfing to look for food on the ground.
ML says her goal for this week of holiday is to find something to do that we BOTH enjoy. She says that means no beach or off lead after 7am, and trying to go places without deleeeeecioous food on the ground. Dios mio! How am I supposed to enjoy THAT?! ML says she will bring me my own treats so I will not miss the wild ones, but nature is always best, no? The thrill of the hunt, the roulette wheel of "Will it stay down in my handsome belly or will it come back up so that I can enjoy eating it all over again?"! I kind of doubt that ML is willing to shove delieeecious sheep poo into her walking bag and sausages just cannot compete.
Vale, ok...all that to say that ML would like me to ask you very smart forum dogs and people: do you have any ideas for holiday activities that we could try that we might BOTH like?
ML and I are working hard this morning. Bueno, she is working hard and I am cheering her on in a very gentlemanly way by having a siesta next to her on our sofa. It is very difficult to be me, no? Entonces, we are working hard now and then ML's week holiday from work officially starts TODAY! I am not really sure what a holiday is, but what I am hoping is that she does not stare at the computer so much and takes me 'outside' more.
ML and I have a leeeeetle problem with 'outside', can you believe it? I LOVE outside and ML used to love outside, but not so very much anymore. When we are outside, she does a lot of jumping up and down and yelling, "OhnoCarboncomebackheredonteatthatohmygodohmygod". No, amigos, I do not understand it either. However it happens when I decide to run far across the beach to meet a new dog or human friend, or when I eat deleeeecious poo along the Coastal Path, or deleeeeecioous pasty wrappers in town. De verdad, seriously, can you believe humans throw away pasty wrappers like trash? Que locos, what a load of crazy!
As I was saying, when I do these COMPLETELY normal Labrador things, ML gets so angry that she cannot even look at me anymore. Last week I ran to meet new friends on the beach, who in a completely inexplicable reaction, did not want to meet me and in fact were quite brusque with me! ML came to join me and say nice words to the dogs' humans and then took me away from them. She did not speak to me for a whole day afterwards. She did not even speak to Monkey! This made me very sad and confused. De verdad, really, all I was doing was meeting new friends and helping her do the same. Why does she not appreciate my efforts?
She also says I am no fun to walk in town or on the Coastal Path. She says, "OhmygodCarbonallyoudoiseatcrapontheground!!" and that she cannot enjoy the scenery or take photographs because she always has to watch out for things I might eat. Again, what a load of loco! I can certainly watch out for things to eat on the ground all by myself: in fact I am VERY good at finding deleeeeecioous things on the ground. She should just relax and enjoy the view!
Humans: who understands them?!
All off this is to explain that we do not go out very much anymore because it makes ML mad. What "it" is, I cannot exactly tell you, my friends, but it means that we do not have activities to do together that we both enjoy - except my 6am surfing adventures, where there are no other friends on the beach to visit and I am too busy surfing to look for food on the ground.
ML says her goal for this week of holiday is to find something to do that we BOTH enjoy. She says that means no beach or off lead after 7am, and trying to go places without deleeeeecioous food on the ground. Dios mio! How am I supposed to enjoy THAT?! ML says she will bring me my own treats so I will not miss the wild ones, but nature is always best, no? The thrill of the hunt, the roulette wheel of "Will it stay down in my handsome belly or will it come back up so that I can enjoy eating it all over again?"! I kind of doubt that ML is willing to shove delieeecious sheep poo into her walking bag and sausages just cannot compete.
Vale, ok...all that to say that ML would like me to ask you very smart forum dogs and people: do you have any ideas for holiday activities that we could try that we might BOTH like?
- Location
- Canberra, Australia
Carbon, do you think it’d be worth wearing a lead a bit more? Or a long lead? You wouldn’t get to run as far or as much, but you might get out more.
Ahhhh, Signor Carbón! Most delightful it is to hear your dulcit and muy guapo tones on a Sunday morning. I have 3 ideas; one is a stroke of genius (see if you can spot it).
1. Car parks - supermarkets, schools, village halls, particularly remote village ones - often empty at particular times of the day, and excellent for long line ‘find it’ or agility type games. Also easier for ML to scan for contraband.
2. Secured dog exercise fields - pay to use, tend to be clear of any animal attractions, not easy to come by but again, if your timings are flexible you could make a trip of it? Dog field followed by picnic in a beauty spot?
3. Churches! Bear with me… unless you have a strong aversion to churches, there are so many little out of the way and very pretty little churches dotted about; a quick google for churches in your area with throw up a good dozen ideas. They’re normally open, empty, with parking - and particularly with Carbón being a service dog it’s completely legit to go in and explore. Normally the churchyards are also pretty, and enclosed, without too much edible detritus about - so all sorts of games to be had.
Tadaaa!
1. Car parks - supermarkets, schools, village halls, particularly remote village ones - often empty at particular times of the day, and excellent for long line ‘find it’ or agility type games. Also easier for ML to scan for contraband.
2. Secured dog exercise fields - pay to use, tend to be clear of any animal attractions, not easy to come by but again, if your timings are flexible you could make a trip of it? Dog field followed by picnic in a beauty spot?
3. Churches! Bear with me… unless you have a strong aversion to churches, there are so many little out of the way and very pretty little churches dotted about; a quick google for churches in your area with throw up a good dozen ideas. They’re normally open, empty, with parking - and particularly with Carbón being a service dog it’s completely legit to go in and explore. Normally the churchyards are also pretty, and enclosed, without too much edible detritus about - so all sorts of games to be had.
Tadaaa!
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