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The Spaniel Diaries
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elcome to spring! I am so excited, the weather is getting better, and no mud means no bath time! Mum is very happy as she can get outside more and has started doing the garden, getting it back nice and tidy after the winter, Mav the utter idiot decided to grab a plant pot, soil and all, and proceed to gallop of indoors and spread it around the house much to Mum’s horror! I thought it was really funny – I did the same at his age so I have taught him well! I prefer to hunt out the mice in the woodpile – so much fun! After months of the horses laughing at the fact us K9s are on a diet we have had the last laugh – the big grass munching machines have had their field cut in half so they can’t eat so much of the spring grass that is on its way through. I absolutely love winding them up by rolling around in the lovely fresh grass on what is our side of the fence; the look on their faces as they get hay rationed out on their bald playpen is priceless! They are grumbling about extra work too as they will get ridden more – hopefully when mum is riding them she’ll forget about training us! Mum has been extra vigilant lately after reports of bad people wanting to steal us doggies as we’re worth lots of pennies. Well, actually, I’m priceless (I’ll sell Mav for a couple of Bonios though!) We are never left on our own in the garden and Dad has installed extra security around the house. I do worry when I see other doggies tied up outside shops though and I
would never take a treat off a stranger, Mum is also careful where she walks us and makes us stay very close to her, which I’m not impressed with as I like to hunt as much as I can! Mav the goody-four-shoes though, is happy to bumble along at her side; I bet the little sneak thinks he’s getting something out of it! It is a scary time and I hope the police catch these bad people. Mum and Dad did something really weird last week… they did a thing called ‘decorating’. Oh my, what a palaver! All the furniture had to be moved. We were banished to the utility room all day. The welfare people will be informed as I couldn’t have my favourite sofa to sleep on, and they made a right mess slapping paint all over the walls. Honestly, me and Mav could have done it faster, just dipped our tails in paint and wagged like mad! I am very glad to see my beautiful portrait is once again pride of place, apparently Mum is having one done for Mav too. She’d kept an ad from the December issue of Village Tweet and said the pictures of doggies on the website’s gallery looked really good (www.laurakershaw.co.uk), Mav is such an idiot, it will most certainly go to his head, he’ll behave even more like a trashy rock star than he already does, whereas I am a gentleman of regal blood, he’s more like a hooligan! I hope you have a very happy Easter – I certainly will as we get left over roast lamb and Mum is happy because she get’s chocolate, so all is well in the world, until next time, stay safe! Jeannette Douglas
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