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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!

Year of the Dog Day 131

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I popped to the park after work today but it seemed pretty quiet at first. I walked past a really cute Jack Russell but it’s owner was on the phone so I couldn’t stop him! I walked a bit further on and spotted a lovely looking dog across the field so I went over to say hello! I met beautiful Ellie a very friendly Briard. Ellie lives with another Briard called Deifer who’s 8 years old who she follow around all of the time! They go for separate walks as it can be hard work taking the two of them! Ellie enjoys playing hide and seek with her human mummy, she’ll hide behind trees until Ellie finds her!

Lovely Ellie!

Lovely Ellie!

Name: Ellie

Breed: Briard

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Tripe, Ox heart, pasta and brown rice!

Favourite toy: Squeaky toys

Favourite pastime: Walking!

Year of the Dog Day 130

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I was invited to Laila’s (from day 62) birthday party today so I knew I’d see plenty of dogs but on the way there I spotted at Saint Bernard! I was soooo excited, everyday I hope I’ll see a Saint Bernard! I had to get my husband to pull over in the car and I ran out to say hello. I met very beautiful Ruby, she’s such a lovely girl. I got to give her lots of strokes and she sat on my feet to make sure I couldn’t move and so could carry on stroking her! To be fair it’s pretty hard to move a Saint Bernard off you! Ruby lives in the Tansy Green pub and so she gets lots of fussing from the locals. She make herself at home and sits on the seats next to the customers and she’s also been know to steal some Guiness! Ruby’s human dad has told me that the movie Beethoven is pretty much what it’s like having a Saint Bernard; you have to make sure you don’t leave the toilet seat up! Ruby is also a mum and once had a litter of 7 puppies. Unfortunately Ruby has since been diagnosed with epilepsy and has to take medication every day; she leads a full and happy life though!

Laila’s birthday party was lots of fun and I got to see lots of lovely dogs including a Grey Whippet, a Westie, Alfie from day 113 and a puppy Boxer; all in all a very good day!

Beautiful Ruby!

Beautiful Ruby!

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Name: Ruby

Breed: Saint Bernard

Age: 6 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything! No food can be left out!

Favourite toy: Ruby doesn’t play with toys

Favourite pastime: Sleeping!

Year of the Dog Day 129

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I had the day off today so I went for a walk with Ethan and my husband round the park. It didn’t take long until we bumped into a beautiful little dog called Foxy. She was with a lovely Staffie called Tilly who she lives with. Foxy was rescued from her previous owners who used to keep her in a cage all day, poor girl! She’s happy now in her loving home!

Lovely Foxy!

Lovely Foxy!

Name: Foxy

Breed: Chihuahua and Pomeranian cross

Age: 6 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Meat loaf

Favourite toy: Soft toy elephant

Favourite pastime: Walking

Year of the Dog Day 128

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I really wanted to spot a dog in the day time today as I’m stretched for time this evening but I didn’t spot any! Manchester seemed really quiet today!

By the time I left work it was absolutely pouring down so I went to Pets at Home on the way home hoping I’d spot a dog, there were none! I picked up Ethan from nursery and decided I’d drive round to my parents so that I could pop round to their neighbours house and take a picture of very handsome Loki! I’ve known Loki since he was a very cute puppy; he’s massive now! He was very excited that I’d come round and did lots of tricks! Loki’s human mummy told me about a time when the window cleaners came round the back of the house but forgot to check if Loki was about. Loki came bounding out of the house to see who was there but as he’s so massive they were terrified and one jumped over the fence and the other climbed up the ladder! He’s a big softy really!

Handsome Loki!

Handsome Loki!

Name: Loki

Breed: Rottweiler

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Weight:45 kilos!

Favourite toy: Kong toy and a square treat box

Favourite pastime: Walking!

Year of the Dog Day 127

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I drove to the polling station after work today to vote. As it happens the polling station is opposite a park so I thought I’d go there after I voted! I couldn’t believe the size of the queue to vote, it was massive! There were a couple of dogs in the queue to vote but I would have lost my place if I went to say hello to them and by the time I’d finished their owners were due to go in! As soon as I walked out of the polling station I spotted a very cute Border Terrier so I went over to say hello! Macie is very cute and friendly but she’s not very keen on having her photo taken!

Cute Macie!

Cute Macie!

Name: Macie

Breed: Border Terrier

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything!

Favourite toy: Flubber which is a long squeaky toy!

Favourite pastime: Curling up on her humans knees and having a cuddle!

Year of the Dog Day 126

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I had the day off today and so I took Ethan to Pets at Home to have a little look at the rabbits and fish; he loves it! Whilst we were in there we bumped into a lady with 4 dogs, 2 were hers and she was looking after the other 2 whilst their parents were at work! I took a picture of very friendly Lola, a very happy Jack Russell! Lola lives with another lovely Jack Russell called Rodney and a cat called Lucy. Lola and Lucy play with each other all of the time chasing each other, Lola will walk round with Lucy handing off her! Lola also likes having a good chat!

Lovely Lola!

Lovely Lola!

Name: Lola

Breed: Parson Jack Russell and Patterdale Terrier cross

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Ball!

Favourite pastime: Chasing her ball and squirrels!

Year of the Dog Day 125

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I went for a walk at lunch time today and  when I got to Saint Anne’s Square I heard a little bark so I went over to meet lovely Coco. What an excited dog Coco is, she was soooo happy and very friendly. It was pretty difficult to get a picture of her as she couldn’t keep still!

Cute Coco!

Cute Coco!

Name: Coco

Breed: Shih Tzu

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Tomatoes!

Favourite toy: Soft toy Silverback Gorilla

Favourite pastime: Walking in the hills and the grass!

Year of the Dog Day 124

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I was gutted today having to work on a bank holiday! Right at the end of the day my colleagues came running up to me to let me know there was a cute Dachshund outside! I ran to the door to have a look, it was beautiful Mildred from day 53!

When I got home I went for a walk with Ethan and my husband and it didn’t take long before we spotted possibly the most excited dog I’ve ever met! Millie is a really cute Jack Russell. She was so excited that I don’t think she was still for a single second! She really liked Ethan and was very keen to say hello to him! Millie’s human mum wanted to get a dog and told her husband that it was a choice between a puppy or a baby; her husband came home with a puppy! Millie gets to go to work with her human daddy every day which she loves.

Excited Millie!

Excited Millie!

Smiley girl!

Smiley girl!

Name: Millie

Breed: Jack Russell

Age: 18 months

Favourite food: Steak!

Favourite toy: Tyre on a rope. Millie hits people with it to get their attention!

Favourite pastime: Being outside running around. Millie has bags of energy and could walk for miles every day!

Year of the Dog Blog Day 123

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I was working today so I went for a little walk at lunchtime with a colleague to look for a dog but we didn’t spot any so I popped to the park after work! I spotted 3 dogs all pretty close together so I went to say hello to a very cute King Charles Cavalier Spaniel who was carrying a tennis ball in her mouth! She was very keen on the tennis ball and wouldn’t drop it for the photo, she looks really sweet with it! She didn’t stop wagging her tail the whole time!

Cute Maisie!

Cute Maisie!

Name: Maisie

Breed: King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

Age: 8 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Cuddly teddy that she’s had since she was a puppy, how cute!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping!

Year of the Dog Day 122

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I was out and about in Manchester today so I hoped I’d find a dog quite easily! I was in the northern quarter when I spotted a very cute Cocker Spaniel so I went over to say hello but unfortunately they didn’t want to take part!

Later on my colleague spotted a very cute dog on the high street and fortunately they said yes to being involved! Lady is very lovely, she’s a very friendly dog! I got to give her lots of strokes! She loves having lots of cuddles!

Lovely Lady!

Lovely Lady!

Name: Lady

Breed: King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

Age: 6 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Squeaky duck!

Favourite pastime: Playing football, going for walks and cuddles!

Year of the Dog Day 121

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I decided to pop to the park after I picked up Ethan from nursery today to go on a  dog hunt; but first thing first we went on the swings for a good half an hour! I finally persuaded him to come and look for a dog with me. It was pretty quiet on the dog front; I was thinking I’d need to go to a different park but then eventually I spotted a very happy looking dog! Bob was very friendly, Ethan enjoyed chasing round after him!

Bob is a rescue dog from Leigh Dogs and Cats Home, http://leighdogsandcatshome.co.uk/. Bob’s human dad is a runner and some friends of his suggested that he get a dog that can go running with him. They decided they’d go and find a rescue dog! Originally they were thinking they would get a Whippet but they fell in love when they saw Bob!

It’s a really small world though! After they rescued Bob they went for a walk round Heaton park when they noticed a couple pointing at Bob and talking about him! The couple asked them if they’d rescued him from Leigh Dogs and Cats home which they had! It turned out that couple were the ones that found Bob, he was skin and bones and they took him to the rescue centre! They also then bumped into their friends that had suggested getting a dog and it tuned out that they know the couple that found Bob!

Lovely Bob!

Lovely Bob!

Name: Bob

Breed: Cross breed

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Ball

Favourite pastime: Running! Bob goes running with his human daddy for Radcliffe Athletics. Bob even has his own running vest! http://www.radcliffeac.org.uk/

Year of the Dog Day 120

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I was too lazy to go for a walk a lunchtime so I decided I’d pop to the park after work. When I first pulled into the car park I couldn’t see any dogs about but it didn’t take long before I spotted one!

Eli is a very cute Shih Tzu, he’s very friendly! Eli lives with his human sister who’s 4 years old, they love each very much and she helps to look after Eli! He’s a very laid back dog but they can’t let him off the lead in the park as he’ll just run off!

Cute Eli!

Cute Eli!

Name: Eli

Breed: Shih Tzu

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Cheese dippers!

Favourite toy: His human sisters Peppa Pig toy!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping! Eli doesn’t get up until 11am every day!

Year of the Dog Day 119

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I was off today so I went for a walk with Ethan and my parents again to the end of their street; dog central! It didn’t take too long before handsome Murphy came running over to say hello! He’s so friendly and seemed to especially like Ethan! Murphy is 11 years old but you wouldn’t think it, he was as excited as a puppy!

Handsome Murphy!

Handsome Murphy!

Name: Murphy

Breed: Black Labrador

Age: 11 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything!

Favourite toy: Eeyore cuddly toy!

Favourite pastime: Running around the garden!

Year of the Dog Day 118

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I popped out at lunchtime today but I didn’t spot any dogs! When I got home I went for a little walk around the block and it didn’t take long before I spotted a very lovely German Shepherd, lovely Sky. Unfortunately Sky has been diagnosed with epilepsy and her fits can be brought on by a number of things including spraying hairspray and perfume! Fortunately Sky fits have been brought under control with medication but she still has fits from time to time. Sky lives with another dog called Arthur who does most of the talking for them!

Beautiful Sky!

Beautiful Sky!

Name: Sky

Breed: German Shepherd

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Sky has to eat a bland diet due to her epilepsy.

Favourite toy: Her owners shoes!

Favourite pastime: Going to Leverhulme park for a walk!

Year of the Dog Day 117

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I went for a little walk at lunchtime but I didn’t spot any dogs! I drove to the park after work and was very excited when I spotted an amazing Dogue De Bordeaux! I’ve been hoping to see one every day since I started my blog, they’re amazing! I still cry every time I watch Turner and Hooch and I’ve seen it about 50 times! It doesn’t rain then it pours! As I was talking to lovely Tank another Dogue De Bordeaux walked past!

Tank is pretty amazing! He’s a very friendly dog, I got to give him a hug and lots of stokes! Look at his smiley face!

Handsome Tank!

Handsome Tank!

Hi Smiley!

Hi Smiley!

Name: Tank

Breed: Dogue De Bordeaux

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Fresh bones!

Favourite toy: Squeaky balls but they don’t last very long!

Favourite pastime: Sleeping

Year of the Dog Day 116

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I went to my parents house today and so we all went for a walk after dinner! It didn’t take long before we bumped into very beautiful Margo a Vizsla. She was very excited a could barely keep still! She isn’t quite a year old yet! Margo lives with 2 King Charles Cavalier Spaniels. They tend to take them on separate walks as Margo needs to walk much further, I think she tires the other two out!

Beautiful Margo!

Beautiful Margo!

Look at my stick!

Look at my stick!

Name: Margo

Breed: Vizsla

Age: 11 months old

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Sticks!

Favourite pastime: Chewing sticks and running!

Year of the Dog Day 115

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I’m still not feeling 100% today but I did manage to get out to the park which is a good thing; I’m pretty much out of my in case of emergency dogs! As soon as I got out of the car I spotted a really beautiful German Shepherd so I went over to say hello! Cassie is a lovely friendly girl, I don’t think she stopped smiling! Cassie was looking forward to playing in the park with her German Shepherd friend that she meets up with!

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Name: Cassie

Breed: German Shepherd long and short haired cross

Age: 19 months old

Favourite food: Cassie eats Burns dog food as German Shepherds can have sensitive tummies and so it’s one of the best foods for them.

Favourite toy: Soft toy dog which she cuddles!

Favourite pastime: Being outside!

Year of the Dog Day 114

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Unfortunately I still haven’t felt 100% again today so I had another day at home! Fortunately my lovely kind neighbour Sue brought her very handsome dog Dylan round to see me! Dylan lives with beautiful Lady from Day 1 and handsome Cassius from Day 47. Ethan was very excited that Dylan came round! Dylan is a really lovely dog, very handsome, friendly and  calm, he’s got a very nice temperament! Dylan originally lived with another family but one of the children developed bad asthma and so they had to re-home him; that’s when he came to live with Sue and Dave.

Unfortunately they received some very sad news a few weeks ago. Dylan has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, he possibly only has a few months to live. Dylan is such a beautiful animal. My thoughts go out to his family.

Very handsome Dylan!

Very handsome Dylan!

Lovely boy!

Lovely boy!

Name: Dylan

Breed: Golden Retriever

Age: 8 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken, beef and treats!

Favourite toy: Soft toy martian

Favourite pastime: Swimming and going for long walks!