Month: March 2015

Year of the Dog Day 70

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The weather has been miserable today! I had the day off today so I decided to go rounds to my parents house and then go on a search for a dog, but it wouldn’t stop raining! I waited for the rain to be not quite so heavy and went for a walk and spotted a very handsome Border Collie called Rocky. It was quite difficult to get a good picture of Rocky though, he wouldn’t keep still!

Handsome Rocky!

Handsome Rocky!

Name: Rocky

Breed: Border Collie

Age: 8 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Dog food with jelly in it!

Favourite toy: Rocky doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastimes: Walking!

Year of the Dog Day 69

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I just turned onto the street where I park to pick up my little boy from nursery when I spotted a very nice Cocker Spaniel so I parked up and went over to say hello! I met very cute Harvey, he was little nervous though, he’s always a little shy with strangers! I did manage to give him a little stoke though and I’m not sure you can tell from the picture but he a had a very cute little smile on his face!

Cute Harvey!

Cute Harvey!

Name: Harvey

Breed: Cocker Spaniel

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Cesar dog food

Favourite toy: Hedgehog toy!

Favourite pastime: Playing with his ball in the park!

Year of the Dog Day 68

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I didn’t have time to look for a dog at lunchtime today so I went to the park when I got back to Bolton. As I was parking up I spotted two very lovely Chocolate Labradors so I parked up as fast as I could and went over to say hello. I met very friendly Muffin and Jake! It’s amazing how different they both look despite both being Chocolate Labradors!

Lovely Muffin & Jake

Lovely Muffin & Jake

Name: Jake (on the left)

Breed: Chocolate Labrador

Age: 6 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Teddy

Favourite pastime: Chasing birds and cats!

Name: Muffin (on the right)

Breed: Chocolate Labrador

Age: 10 years old (human years)

Favourite food: All food!

Favourite toy: Muffin doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastime: Rolling around showing her bits!

Year ofthe Dog Day 67

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I had a great start to the day, I found Dylan my dog of the day as soon as I got out of the car in Salford. They were walking just ahead in the opposite direction to my work but I had enough time to go say hello! Although Dylan is traditionally a boys name today’s Dylan is a lovely girl! Her human mum and dad aren’t sure why she’s called Dylan as she’s a rescue dog and Dylan was the name she already had! It was rainy this morning so Dylan is a bit wet, she looks very cute though!

Lovely Dylan!

Lovely Dylan!

Name: Dylan

Breed: Patterdale and Dachshund cross

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Turkey and rice

Favourite toy: Rawhide chews

Favourite pastime: Eating, lying on the sofa and chasing squirrels!

Year of the Dog Day 66

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I met beautiful Molly today! I was walking through Manchester when I spotted her on the other side of the road, she looked amazing so I had to go and say hello! Molly is such a friendly girl, I got to give her lots of fuss! She also got lots of attention from passers by, nearly everyone that walked past said “awww, what an amazing dog!”. Molly used to belong to her current human daddy’s friend but they moved abroad and so her current owners took her in; who can blame them, she’s gorgeous!

Lovely Molly!

Lovely Molly!

Name: Molly

Breed: Labradoodle and Briard cross

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything!

Favourite toy: Rubber chicken

Favourite pastime: Eating and running around!

Year of the Dog Day 65

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I went for a little stroll to the village at lunchtime today, people have told me that there is usually people walking dogs round there but I hadn’t made it up there yet. I wasn’t disappointed, as soon as I got there I saw a beautiful Black Labrador. Meg was being walked by two people but they weren’t her owners, Meg was their bosses dog; they’re allowed to take their dogs to work with them! How amazing is that, I’m so jealous! They were telling me that just over a year ago they decided to trial having a bring your dog to work day and it worked so well that people can bring in their dogs any day. They have around 10 office dogs. Unsurprisingly morale is very high where they work! Meg has a sister called Sweep, another Black Labrador!

Beautiful Meg!

Beautiful Meg!

Name: Meg

Breed: Black Labrador

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Sausages

Favourite toy: Toy pheasant but it got ruined by one of the other office dogs!

Year of the Dog Day 64

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I popped to the park when I got back to Bolton after work. There wasn’t that many dogs about, there are usually loads, but I did spot a very lovely looking dog called Tessa. Tessa is very friendly, she liked having a little stroke! Tessa is a rescue dog from the animal shelter in Bolton.  http://www.animalshelter.org.uk/

Lovely Tessa!

Lovely Tessa!

Name: Tessa

Breed: Cross breed Collie with another unknown breed.

Age: 15 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Meat

Favourite toy: Tessa’s favourite toy used to be a toy called Spike but she doesn’t play with toys any more, she’s too old!

Favourite pastime: Walking and having a fuss!

Year of the Dog Day 63

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I went for a drive to Horwich today to take my son to the hairdressers and as we were parking up I spotted a lady training a guide dog so I went over to say hello. I wasn’t sure if they’d be able to stop but fortunately they could so I got to say hello to beautiful Thelma. Thelma is still a trainee guide dog, she’s in the last part of her training though and only has 2 months to go, what a clever girl! Thelma is sooo gentle and obviously very well behaved, she was one of the easiest dogs so far to get a photo of!

Since I’ve started my blog I’ve wanted to see a guide dog, they’re so amazing! The work they do is so fantastic, dogs really are incredible! To find out more about guide dogs follow the link below.

http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/supportus/join-friends-of-guide-dogs/

Beautiful Thelma

Beautiful Thelma

Name: Thelma

Breed: Black Labrador and Golden Retriever Cross

Age: 20 months old

Job: Guide dog

Favourite food: Thelma is on a specialist diet that all of the guide dogs are fed.

Favourite toy: Yellow toy

Favourite pastime: Running and playing in the park!

Year of the Dog Day 62

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I was very lucky today. I was walking back from a meeting with my colleague when I spotted a lovely dog across the road on Deansgate in Manchester so I crossed the road to say hello! I met very handsome Barney, he’s soooo friendly, he enjoyed lots of strokes! Barney loves people but isn’t a big fan of cats! Barney has done some marathon training with his human dad, he can run 11 miles!

Gorgeous friendly Barney!

Gorgeous friendly Barney!

Name: Barney

Breed: Cavoodle (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle Cross)

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Duck strips

Favourite toy: A soft toy duck which has no stuffing left in it!

Favourite pastime: Barney loves paddling in the sea. He likes taking a tennis ball in with him and then drop it in a wave and paw it up and down to make it bob!

Year of the Dog Day 61

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I went out for food at lunch time today with people from work for a leaving do; It was very nice but it meant I didn’t have time to look for a dog at lunchtime so I drove to the park after work. I’m really pleased that it’s getting lighter now, it’s definitely going to make my task easier! I soon as I parked up I spotted a man walking a Cocker Spaniel and a Beagle so I went over to say hello. They’re both gorgeous dogs, very excited! I ended up taking a picture of Toby the Cocker Spaniel, I’m hoping I’ll see them again so I can get a picture of Milo the Beagle!

Very excited Toby!

Very excited Toby!

Name: Toby

Breed: Cocker Spaniel

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: All food!

Favourite toy: Any toy that Milo is playing with!

Favourite pastime: Licking!

Year of the Dog Day 60

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Another day off so again I didn’t think I’d struggle to find a dog. I should have gone for a walk first thing as the weather was better but I had other things to get on with so I had to go out in the rain in the afternoon. I walked around the local park and spotted a man with a very handsome Lurcher so I went over to say hello.

Alfie the lovely Lurcher!

Alfie the lovely Lurcher!

Name: Alfie

Breed: Lurcher

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Dry food

Favourite toy: Anything that squeaks!

Favourite pastime: Going for a run. Alfie also enjoys chasing rabbits, squirrels and deer.