‘’I Beg your Pardon?‘’

Dear Friends,

It seems like ages since I wrote my column and I have missed sharing my news with you all. However, it was nice to have a break over the festive season from my ‘Pawtop’ because all this typing makes my claws uneven.

I take pride in my appearance, am well-groomed and Mistress often comments about how young and beautiful I look.

She may be exaggerating a wee bit because I still think she’s trying to make up for telling me I was 10 and not the 12 year old (Old Age Pup) that I am!

An unintentional but strange error on her part and she can’t really explain how or why it happened.

I am getting a few more grey hairs around my muzzle and my eye site is not that good. Worse than that my hearing is getting really bad and when Mistress is having a chat with me I have to keep saying ‘’I beg your pardon?’’

When I am having a doze and she gently wakes me up I am so startled, I nearly jump out of my fur coat! Now Mistress waves a treat under my nose to stir me from my dreams and so that is one good thing, I haven’t lost my sense of smell.

But losing my hearing is not great at all and I find myself yapping a lot and feeling anxious and a bit lost so Mistress is learning new ways to communicate with me and we are slowly getting there.

I love walking in the mud and ice and purposefully jump in puddles! Mistress is not impressed as it takes ages to clean my fur and the dirt between my toes. But I love the attention and the treat I get for standing still whilst I’m dried.

It won’t be long until Spring arrives and I cannot wait to catch up with my furry chums and their dads and mums in our lovely park which is full of stinky smells and sometimes even fox poo to roll around in!

Take Care and keep warm.