Window Licking Day !
This is me at my window.
It is a special window that allows me to watch what is going on inside the part of the rescue that only Mutley and Spike and the humans are allowed to go.
Mutley and Spike have attained the ultimate status of being lifetime residents. They also have very stylish black collars with stars on them.
It is my aim to one day have one of these collars so that I can be just like Mutley.
Mutley is my hero and he often asks me to lick his ears for him, which of course is heaven for both of us.
I’m one of the few dogs that is allowed to be taken on walks with Mutley and quite often when he is running he crashes into me and knocks me off my feet, sending me sprawling and rolling in the grass. As you can tell from this, we are great mates.
Helen is wise to the fact that I want ultimate status and laughs whenever Mark asks her on my behalf about whether it is time for my collar yet.
One is the ways I’m trying to change Helen’s mind is by developing lots of great ways to make myself irresistable.
For example, the messy marks on the window are all made by me.
I’m very proud of them.
I often lick the window to make them and once I start the smooth glass just feels so good on my tongue that I can’t stop until I’ve licked the whole window, sometimes several times!
This morning I was able to give the window a jolly good lick until Mark tried to film me doing it.
I could hear him on about it making an hilarious screensaver, but I don’t want to lick peoples computer screens, just my own window thanks very much.
I’ve also noticed that when I do this, visitors on the other side of the window look at me very strangely, and sometimes laugh and point, but I don’t care because Window Licking is intensely absorbing.
I recommend that you try it!
Off to the river !

We often go for our walks by the river.
Each trip is an adventure and I enjoy going out so much.
It is all so exciting and there is so much going on that the journey is always very noisy.
Sometimes I can’t hear anything over all the barking I’m doing.
There are always lots of things to bark at !!
Mark came with us this morning, but luckily he forgot his camera so I didn’t have to worry about whether I still had paint on my ear.
A while ago I had a close encounter with a newly painted door and set new standards in doggy fashion by sporting a painted ear.
But I’m not sure if it has all come off yet or not.
Mark came with us a few weeks ago , when I got so excited by passing traffic that I started to eat the car. Sadly, Helen has replaced all the trim panels now, so you can’t see my great creative achievement, but believe you me, there were chunks of door and side panels with great bites out of them everywhere.
Now I have to travel in a cage so that other car drivers don’t crash into us whilst watching me. I ate my way out of the mesh cage, so now I have to travel in a sky cage.
But I can still see lots of things to bark at through the door and I know that there are lots of other things to bark at even though I can’t see them, so I bark anyway, just to be sure I’ve not missed any!
For a while I was unsure about the river because it was A Very Strange Thing.
Sometimes it seemed to eat Rocco, Mutley and Spike.
Mutley is my hero, so I barked at it.
But they were always alright afterwards, just completely soaked, and yet they didn’t seem to mind.
It was Very Strange, so I always used to stand on the edge and bark at them for being so silly as to go in and get wet.
Now I love swimming and am determined to become the Best Swimmer Ever.
Sometimes other dogs come on our walks, like Harley and Sadie did today, and they just stand at the edge, barking.
They are very silly not to come in and swim.
Onios !
Mark arrived this evening, with a Very Strange Thing.
I couldn’t see what it was, but Mutley kept putting his head inside it.
Mutley is my hero, so of course I was immediately interested too.
Mutley kept saying something like ‘Onios !!!!!’ but his voice was muffled by the Very Strange Thing and I couldn’t hear him properly.
This time I thought I’d surprise Mark by not barking at him through the window.
He was most surprised by this, and came in with bonios.
I was glad that I hadn’t barked.
I surprised him further by accepting a bonio from him and not running off and barking like I usually do.
But I’m getting used to him now and often he says Good Things to me.
He made a great fuss of everyone, and especially Rocco, then Harley tried to knock him over and spill his tea.
I waited until he had sat down and then hid under his seat.
He had absolutely no idea whatsoever where I was.
I knew this because otherwise he would have been more careful with the bonios and not kept accidentally dropping them near where I could scoff them.
I can’t understand where they are all coming from.
It is a Very Strange Thing.

Lots of things to bark at !!
Lots of things to bark at !!
Lots of things to bark at !!
2 springer spaniels
progress update: 30th May
The spaniels are now settling into a new home!




These two springer spaniels need rehoming together.
They are both 5 years old.
They are both fully vaccinated, neutured and excellent with children.
They come from a home with 3 young children and are very friendly.
Flo





“Here are some photos and an update of Flo, the blonde pup we adopted 3 weeks ago.
Flo is lovely and has settled in very well and is most definitely one of the family.
Although she was initially very timid and nervous of people she fell in love with our Goldie, Billy
and he has helped us to nurture Flo’s confidence so that she now loves a fuss
and settles each evening on the sofa with us or snuggles up to Billy.
She has started training classes, already does the sit, recalls most
of the time, and is getting to grips with leave and wait.
She absolutely loves her walks. She also loves to meet new doggie friends
and their human companions on walks.
She is a bundle of energy and we think she will love her holidays in the Lake District when she is older.
We love her very much and hope we can make her life fulfilling and fun.”
Best wishes
‘The Martins’
Helen, Andrew, Billy and Flo
Ps she is a real girlie and just loves shoes!!!!!
Tinka & Lottie
Progress update 19th May

Yesterday Marie sent us this lovely photo of Lottie & Tinka at the beach !
Progress update 26th April




The pups are coming on well – had the 2nd vaccination & love their walks.
door too! So that handle has been changed!
I have got them insured.
Attached are more photos for you.
‘cousin’ approx same age!





