Month: May 2015

Year of the Dog Day 151

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I went out for lunch today and just as I finished eating I noticed a dog walking past. I ran out of the café in hot pursuit but as I got closer I realised that it was Angus from day 110! After I finished work I popped to the park but the only dog about was Millie from day 86! I gave her a big stoke, she’s so friendly! There were no other dogs about so I got back in the car to drive to another park but then I spotted a lady walking a big dog to the park so I parked up and went after them. I met very handsome Bruno a Bull Mastiff and Great Dane Cross. Bruno is a very smiley boy! Bruno is a rescue dog from Rochdale.

Handsome Bruno!

Handsome Bruno!

Name: Bruno

Breed: Bull Mastiff and Great Dane (German Mastiff) Cross

Age: 7 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Venison treat rolls

Favourite toy: Everything!

Favourite pastime: Walking!

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Year of the Dog Day 150

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I was working today so I went out for a little walk at lunchtime. Pretty much as soon as I left work I spotted a very cute dog so I went over to say hello! Mac is a Lhasa Apso; I’m not sure I’ve ever met one before! Mac is an international traveller! He has a doggy passport so that he can live in Portugal for 4 months of the year; very nice! He enjoys sitting on the marina watching the world go by! Mac has featured in a blog before; his groomer in Portugal put a picture of him on her blog. He’s a friendly boy!

Very cute Mac!

Very cute Mac!

Name: Mac

Breed: Lhasa Apso

Age: 6 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Steak! He’d just had it for his dinner!

Favourite toy: Anything that squeaks!

Favourite pastime: Playing golf! Mac enjoys going to the golf course and having a ride on the trolley! He also gets spoilt whilst he’s there as the chef cooks him sausages in his own special dish!

Year of the Dog Day 149

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I went out for lunch today with my friend and spotted a dog on our way out of M&S. I went over to say hello to the chap with the dog and we both realised that we had met each other before! He works for the company that has ‘bring your dog to work day’ every Friday! Meg from day 65 wasn’t with him today, instead he was taking Romeo a very handsome Cocker Spaniel for a walk. Romeo belongs to the CEO of the company but he often stays with his human friend when his human dad is away! Romeo is a very friendly boy, very cute! I’m told that there were 5 dogs in the office that day, so amazing! I’m not sure I’d get much work done if there were dogs in work though, I’d be far too distracted! Over the year I might manage to take a picture of all the office dogs!

Handsome Romeo!

Handsome Romeo!

Name: Romeo

Breed: Cocker Spaniel

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Romeo loves bacon but he loves ham just a little bit more!

Favourite toy: Squeaky ball

Favourite pastime: Playing catch! He also enjoys going to work in the office!

Year of the Dog Day 148

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I didn’t have time to go out at lunch time today so I popped to the park after work. At first there was no one about, I thought I’d have to go to another park but then  fortunately I spotted a beautiful Chocolate Labrador. Keaney was very friendly and smiley, I got to give her a good stroke!

Beautiful Keaney!

Beautiful Keaney!

Name: Keaney

Breed: Chocolate Labrador

Age: 8 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Everything!

Favourite toy: Football!

Favourite pastime: Swimming!

Year of the Dog Day 147

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I went to the park today with Ethan, my parents and my niece and as soon as we got there I spotted a man holding a beautiful  puppy! Lottie is tiny and sooooo cute! She’s really friendly and said hello to everyone! Lottie lives with her two human sisters who love her very much. Lottie is a rescue dog from the Bolton Destitute Animal Shelter.

Cute Lottie!

Cute Lottie!

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Name: Lottie

Breed: Jack Russell and Beagle cross

Age: 12 weeks old

Favourite food: Treats!

Favourite toy: Squeaky Chicken!

Favourite pastime: Eating things!

Year of the Dog Day 146

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I popped to the park after work today and I spotted a man walking 2 friendly looking dogs, Barney and Rolo. The man was walking Rolo for a friend; they both get on very well and were both very excited! I decided to make Barney my dog of the Day. Barney is a rescue dog from the Destitute Animal Shelter in Bolton, he was 2 years old when he went to live with his human. Barney is a cross between a Doberman and possibly a Border Collie.

Handsome Barney!

Handsome Barney!

Name: Barney

Breed: Doberman and Border Collie cross

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Cheese!

Favourite toy: Rugby ball!

Favourite pastime: Walking. Barney walked for 9 miles the other day! He also really enjoys curling up and having a sleep!

Year of the Dog Day 145

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I’m really lucky, I should have been working today but lovely Mitch who I work with swopped with me so that I could go to a dog show; thanks Mitch! I went to a dog show at Turton Tower, it was great, so many dogs in one place, living the dream! There were loads of dogs, I saw 3 Dogue De Bordeaux’s, a puppy Saint Bernard (words cannot describe how cute), an Old English Sheep Dog, a Flat Coated Retriever called Milo, 2 gorgeous French Bulldogs and many more; they were all amazing! In case you can’t tell it’s been a very exciting afternoon!

I spotted a gorgeous Boston Terrier; I absolutely adore Boston Terriers so I went over to say hello! Lenny is full of pizzazz, so much personality! Lenny is only small but he can jump really high, his human sisters were telling me all about his jumping escapades! The family have had to stop hanging up their coats downstairs because Lenny jumps up and chews the end of the zips; he’s destroyed a few coats that way! Lenny is a really friendly boy and wanted to say hello to all of the dogs that walked past!

Gorgeous Lenny!

Gorgeous Lenny!

Look at that smile!

Look at that smile!

Name: Lenny

Breed: Boston Terrier

Age: 10 months old

Favourite food: Chicken hearts!

Favourite toy: Tugger rope. Lenny also likes soft toys but he destroys them! All the kids toys are kept safely upstairs!

Favourite pastime: Walking, running, jumping and curling up to have a sleep!

Year of the Dog Day 144

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I popped to my brothers work today and spotted a lovely dog on the way out. Maisie is a real cutie, she looks like a little teddy bear! Maisie is a Border Collie but she’s quite a small one; at first I thought she might be a Border Collie and Corgi cross! Maisie is from a farm, she moved in with her humans when she was 3 months old.

Cute Maisie!

Cute Maisie!

Name: Maisie

Breed: Border Collie

Age: 6 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Biscuits!

Favourite toy: Maisie doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastime: Walking!

Year of the Dog Day 143

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We went for a little walk around the grounds of Gawthorpe Hall today and I spotted a very handsome Flat Coated Retriever. Max was rescued from RSPCA East Lancashire rescue centre when he was two years old. He’s a very friendly boy, he didn’t stop smiling the whole time! He also let Ethan give him a little stroke!

Handsome Max!

Handsome Max!

Name: Max

Breed: Flat Coated Retriever

Age: 10 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Carrots! He goes mad for them!

Favourite toy: Max doesn’t really play with toys! He likes playing tug though!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping

Year of the Dog Day 142

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I had to pop to Afflecks Palace today for work so I was pretty hopeful that I’d spot a dog in the Northern Quarter! I was in luck and on my way back to work I spotted and extremely handsome White German Shepherd called Ambrose. To be honest I didn’t know you could get white German Shepherds before! Interestingly White German Shepherds were disqualified from the German Shepherd Dog club in 1933 when the Nazis came to power! Ambrose is a very chatty and friendly boy, he was talking to us the whole time! Ambrose lives with two cats but the don’t always get on that well! Ambrose’s human grandparents have a massive Saint Bernard; I was shown a picture of the two together and believe it or not Ambrose looked small next him!

Handsome Ambrose!

Handsome Ambrose!

Name: Ambrose

Breed: White German Shepherd

Age: 18 months old

Favourite food: Pork pie!

Favourite toy: Soft squeaky toy pumpkin!

Favourite pastime: Playing catch and having a cuddle!

Year of the Dog Day 141

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I went for a walk at lunchtime today and very happily spotted a very smiley and handsome Bull Mastiff called Ali. Ali can be misunderstood; because he’s a big dog some people assume that he’s aggressive but he’s such a friendly softy, look at his smile! Ali lives with two tortoises who he loves loads! He nudges them around and one of them cuddles up to him at night; the other tortoise bites him from time to time though!

Smiley Ali!

Smiley Ali!

Name: Ali

Breed: Bull Mastiff

Age: 11 months old

Favourite food: James Wellbeloved

Favourite toy: He likes playing with bits of rope!

Favourite pastime: Hanging out with the tortoises!

Year of the Dog Day 140

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I had the day off today so again I went for a walk with Ethan and my parents. I soon as I stepped out of my parents house I spotted beautiful Poppy a Chocolate Labrador. Poppy lives on the same street as my parents so I’ve met her before; she’s a really friendly and happy girl! She made sure she said hello to all of the family. She was really good with Ethan and let him tickle her! Poppy has two human sisters and they all love each other very much! She recently entered a dog show contest for the dog with the waggiest tail but she kept sitting down when the judges came to meet her! Her human sister was very upset that she didn’t win!

Beautiful Poppy!

Beautiful Poppy!

Name: Poppy

Breed: Chocolate Labrador

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Poppy loves licking the leftovers from the kids yoghurt pots!

Favourite toy: Soft toy polar bear. Poppy likes to carry it round and cuddles into it at night!

Favourite pastime: Fetching sticks! She could fetch sticks for hours! Every day she collects a new stick from her walk and lines it up with her other ones in the front garden!

Year of the Dog Day 139

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I didn’t get a lot of time to look for a dog during lunch today so I planned to go when my husband got back from work. Luckily as I approached Ethan’s nursery I spotted a man walking 3 very cute Bichon Frise’s! They all looked so cute together that I decided that I’d have to have 3 dogs of the day! There human dad clearly thinks the world of his three lovely dogs and he was happy to tell me all about them! All 3 dogs had previous owners. Charlie and Lucy’s original owners had babies and found that they then didn’t have the time to look after them a so the went to live with their current humans! Jack only lived with his previous owner for a matter of weeks but had to move due to his new human sister having a bad allergic reaction to him; they were all gutted!

Gorgeous Charlie, Lucy and Jack!

Gorgeous Charlie, Lucy and Jack!

Name: Charlie (Left)

Breed: Bichon Frise

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Roast beef and ham. They all also really love carrots as a treat; Charlie will shake a paw for some!

Favourite toy: Charlie doesn’t play with toys

Favourite pastime: Sleeping in his humans bed!

Name: Lucy (centre)

Breed: Bichon Frise

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food:  Roast beef and ham. They all also really love carrots as a treat; Lucy will shake a paw for some!

Favourite toy: Lucy doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastime: Running!

Name: Jack (right)

Breed: Bichon Frise

Age: 7 months old

Favourite food:  Roast beef and ham. They all also really love carrots as a treat. Jack hasn’t learnt to shake a paw yet!

Favourite toy: Ball

Favourite pastime: Mischief!

Year of the Dog Day 138

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I didn’t get chance to go out at lunchtime today so I planned to go to the park after work. As soon as I stepped out of the train station in Bolton it started raining; gutted! Fortunately as soon as I got to the park the rain had passed!

The first dog I saw was Cassie from day 115, she’s so beautiful! I then spotted a very cute and excited looking dog in the distance so I went in hot pursuit! I met very cute Bouncer. When I first went up he had a big stick in his mouth, so cute but unfortunately I wasn’t quick enough to get a photo! Bouncer was a birthday present for his humans 16 year old daughter.

Very cute Bouncer!

Very cute Bouncer!

Name: Bouncer

Breed: Jack Russell and Cairn Terrier cross

Age: 8 months old

Favourite food: Bouncer doesn’t have a favourite food at the moment; he’s a bit fussy with food!

Favourite toy: Bouncer is spoilt and has lots of toys! His favourites are sticks and his basket ball which he likes to roll over!

Favourite pastime: Going out walking

Year of th Dog Day 136

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I went round to my parents house today along with my siblings, nieces and nephew’s. We all decided to go for a walk to the park. I spotted a few dogs on the way but I had Ethan on my shoulders at the time so I thought I’d wait for the way home to spot a dog! On the way home I got all the way back to my parents street before I spotted a dog! My dog of the day is really cute King a Pomeranian and Yorkshire Terrier cross; what a great combo! He looks a bit like a miniature German Shepherd! Even though King is small, he can jump really far!

Lovely King!

Lovely King!

Close up!

Close up!

Name: King

Breed: Pomeranian and Yorkshire Terrier cross

Age: 7 years old (human years)

Favourite toy: Rope with a ball!

Favourite pastime: Walking on his two back legs; what a clever boy!

Year of the Dog Day 136

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Is was my friends son Evan’s first birthday today so we went for a picnic in the park. It didn’t take long before I spotted a beautiful Border Collie that was playing football with her humans. I waited until they walked past and went over to say hello! Millie is a lovely friendly girl and although she’s 12 years old she still acts like a puppy! Millie likes to keep a safe distance between herself and her human siblings but she always makes sure she keeps a watchful eye on them; she’s very protective of them!

Beautiful Millie!

Beautiful Millie!

Name: Millie

Breed: Border Collie

Age: 12 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Roast Chicken but Millie isn’t really driven by food!

Favourite toy: Millie doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping under the trampoline in the garden!

Year of the Dog Day 135

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I’m working late tonight so I’m starting work later today which meant I could go and look for a dog this morning. I dropped Ethan off at nursery and went to the park. I soon as I got out of the car I spotted a massive dog up on the field so I went over to say hello! Chewy (named after Chewbacca) is another Briard, I can’t believe I’ve seen two in one week! Chewy is a very friendly boy, he came running over to say hello! He was very excited, he’s got lots of personality! Chewy loves playing with other dogs but he doesn’t realise how big he is so some dogs get a bit intimidated when he bounds over to say hello! He has dog pals that he see’s most days. He’s best friends with a Dalmatian, a Westie that climbs on him and a French Bulldog; I’d love to see them all together! Chewy’s mum has had a number of dogs but Chewy is the first Briard that she’s had; she wanted a big hairy dog!

Very excited Chewy!

Very excited Chewy!

Name: Chewy

Breed: Briard

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything!

Favourite toy: Ball

Favourite pastime: Playing with other dogs!

Year of the Dog Day 134

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I went for a walk at lunchtime today and spotted a lovely looking dog. I was really pleased that I’d found one early in the day and then I was even more pleased when I got closer and realised that he was a Rhodesian Ridgeback; chuffed to bits! Gamba is an extremely handsome dog and lots of passer byes obviously agreed as loads of people stopped to stoke him! Gamba means handsome warrior and he definitely is! Gamba’s human dad is a dog photographer, check out his Facebook page!

Handsome Gamba!

Handsome Gamba!

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Name: Gamba

Breed: Rhodesian Ridgeback

Age: 9 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Pigs ears

Favourite toy: Anything that squeaks!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping! Gamba likes to go for long walks but when he’s in the house he likes to sleep!

Year of th Dog Day 133

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I had the day off today but spent most of the morning rushing round so I decided I’d go and look for a dog on the afternoon with Ethan and my parents. Ethan decided which direction we’d walk in and so we went a different route than usual! We walked to the next street and we spotted a beautiful Cocker Spaniel. Molly is an old girl, she’s 12 years old! She’s very lovely and was very patient to let Ethan stroke her! Molly is the 5th Cocker Spaniel that her human parents have had; I remember some of them from when I was younger! Molly lived with a previous owner for 6 years but they couldn’t look after her anymore so she moved in to her current home.

Beautiful Molly!

Beautiful Molly!

Name: Molly

Breed: Cocker Spaniel

Age: 12 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Molly will eat anything but she especially loves carrots!

Favourite toy: Molly doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping! Molly isn’t keen on walking anymore!

Year of the Dog Day 132

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I went for a little walk at lunch time but didn’t spot any dogs so I went for a walk before I picked up Ethan from nursery. I got my exercise in today walking up a steep hill to the park! When I got to the top of the hill I spotted a very happy and active dog! Nell was very happy chasing her ball, she really loves it! We used the ball to get her to pose for me! Nell lives with her human sister Isla who’s only 9 months old!

Lovely Nell!

Lovely Nell!

Name: Nell

Breed: Border Collie and Labrador cross

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Bread and Mexican food!

Favourite toy: Her ball!

Favourite pastime: Chasing her ball; she really loves it!