The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Look, new amigos are answering my invitation to share the sofa! ML was making her lunch and heard a big crash, then suddenly this lovely señorita was in my new house! We played while ML panicked because she thought Tica was lost, but I knew better. Pretty soon ML figured it out too, and Tica’s human came to get her. I’m sure we will see her again as she lives next door and is muy buena at sailing over the fence.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Pee ess: ML says please make sure your dog has a tag with your number on it because it could have saved her an hour of panic that this poor girl was lost or abandoned. She is a leeetle melodramatic, my Mama Lady, but she means well.

 

[Boogie]

You’ll soon have your ten amigos Carbón

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

You’ll soon have your ten amigos Carbón

He can have them as long as they all already have good homes and I don't have to drive them back to the UK to be adopted!

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Amigos, my Saturday está muy buena, no? Hanging out on the roof with ML and Monkey.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Hola amigos! Today we went to Cádiz. It is carnival in Cádiz, which was a surprise because normally that is in February. And then it was 30C which was also a surprise, as it was supposed to be 24C. I can tell you, mis amigos, that for a little black dog like your Señor, there is a difference muy grande between 24C and 30C. I thought my delicate gentlemanly feet were melting into the pavement. If only ML had some shoes for me, no?

Entonces instead of our normal 4 hour walk all around Cádiz, we only walked for 2.5 hours. Si, si, we missed the beautiful garden that ML loves so much, but she loves me more, so here we are. I think that this month may be more sofa and roof cuddles and less cultural extravaganza, and that is muy bien for me!

Bienvenida a Cádiz!


Some carnival decorations on the town hall


"Awww, que precioso!" is what everyone says about me


Que lindo, a street with decorations. And shade. I really appreciate shade.


I am working these stairs, no?


Walking to the fort.


A leeetle house on the sea. Maybe we can rent that next year?

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

This city has beach, que guay! But dogs are not allowed, oh no!


Lots of people enjoying the water. Smart people. We should have been in the water too. Maybe ML should dress me up as a small furry child so that I will be allowed.



I am starting to get warm here, but as a professional, it does not show.



We are at the fort!





A short cut back along the seaside.


Ahhhh, that is better. A shady street.


That's all, amigos!

 

[Jacqui-S]

Beautiful.
And very quiet looking.
Was ML making you walk during siesta time?

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Was ML making you walk during siesta time?

Sunday morning after a big fiesta - most people were still trying to recover from the party maybe?

 

[Anne123]

Finn suggest that you ask ML to get up real early in the morning and when everyone is still asleep you can have some fun in the sea? That’s what Finn did with his “dad”……some days ago while on holiday in Spain

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Finn suggest that you ask ML to get up real early in the morning and when everyone is still asleep you can have some fun in the sea?

I told ML to follow Finn's example this morning. Her alarm went off and then she just lay there like a dead fish. She must do better!

At least today I had a big walk in the golf course with my new friend Tikka (as in Tikka Masala). We ran and ran! Tikka took my new ball and ate it though, and then she lost it in the sand pit. I had not even had the chance to touch it, so I think that was pretty rude, no? ML says we are not going with them anymore because I get too excited about chasing the ball and then I have a panting panic attack and then I vomit.

She may have a point that outings with Tikka are not the best thing for me.

I am not sure how I feel about Spain. I think I may be more of a Cornish gentleman these days than a Spanish gentleman. Yesterday evening we went to a beach but NO DOGS. ML said she and Brogan used to go to the same beach every day, but it was wild then. Now there is a fancy restaurant and showers and pretty stairs down to the beach and NO DOGS. It made ML sad and she cried remembering Brogan's happy times there, so it made me sad too. Ojala that we find a beach that lets me surf or at least dig in the sand, no?

And guess what, amigos? Today I got my Lufthansa clearance and my special seat assignments for the plane to go see Cookie Man! One month from this Friday, we will be flying from Munich, the land of pretzels, to San Francisco, the land of...cookies? And in between we may be having a special surprise for me but shhhhh, I am not supposed to know it yet!

That is all, amigos. Estoy muy cansado, I am very tired from ball chasing and vomiting. Mañana is another day!

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

I feel after that big talk I just did that I owe you all a photo. Here I am at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary with the empty swimming pool behind me. I do not need to look at the photo to know it is empty because I did not see a single seal the day we visited. I have no idea why ML kept taking photos because it is just a boring old swimming pool. Everyone knows that seals do not exist. Pfft!

 

[Selina27]

Her alarm went off and then she just lay there like a dead fish. She must do better!

 

[Lab_adore]

Carbon, the colours, the depth of ML's photos and you are such an amazing model

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

We had a visiting amiga who took us to see a possible new house to rent, then we walked together to the beach to see how far it was (5 minutes). Of course in June it is NO DOGS but all this could be mine some winter in the future. Bien, no?

 

[kateincornwall]

What truly grand photos of you both xx Just imagining that chaos that Reuben and Carbon could make on that beach

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

What truly grand photos of you both xx Just imagining that chaos that Reuben and Carbon could make on that beach

Yep, there's a lot of food under those umbrellas! And SOMETHING tells me that the Spanish tourists won't be quite as forgiving as those Cornish people who occasionally let Carbon eat their sandwiches and drink their tea.

 

[Lab_adore]

You look amazing Emily and I love how Carbon is gazing up at you adoringly

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

I do not like my ML very much right now, es la verdad.

Our beautiful neighbour Nita and my new amor Tikka came by right on time at 8pm to take me for a walk and ML says, "No, I have a German lesson online, lo siento but we can't go".

Then Nita says, "I will take Carbon by himself!" and ML says, "Oh that's so nice of you, but no thank you."

Then I tried to jump over the fence and cried and told ML she was a horrible horrible person and Nita says, "You really need to let me take him!" and ML says "No, really no, but thank you" and grabs me and drags me back inside.

All because what? Because every time we go with Nita I vomit afterwards so she says we are not going again? Because she does not want me to eat something delieeecious that I may be able to sneak when Nita is not looking? Because I may run after a small rabbit and never come back?

Aye aye aye, she is a terrible horrible really no buena persona!

And Nita thinks so too now!

Plus she keeps taking me to SEE the beach but not actually WALK on the beach or SURF in the waves with my ball!

That is just WRONG, mis amigos.

I am going on strike. No more cuddles! No more besitos!

Pfffffffft!!!!!!

 

[Jacqui-S]

Oh dear, poor Carbòn.
¿Tienen "Dogline" en España.......?