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Year of the Dog Day 113

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I’ve not been very well today so I couldn’t go to work. I been trying hard not to get ill as obviously I can’t really go looking for dogs when I’m ill! Fortunately I have an excellent friends Jen and Drew who have an extremely handsome dog called Alfie so I text them and asked if they would mind popping round; Jen said of course! What a very good friend Jen is, I’m very lucky! Alfie was very excited to pop round and made a real fuss of me, Jen thinks that he could sense that I’m ill!

Alfie starting his life as a working dog on a farm but the farmer said that he was “bloody useless” and didn’t manage to catch anything! For that reason Alfie got the sack and was given to Drew and Jen. Alfie is such a friendly boy and lots of fun!

Handsome Alfie!

Handsome Alfie!

Lovely boy!

Lovely boy!

Name: Alfie

Breed: Parson Jack Russell

Job: Former farm ratting dog

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken, cheese and boiled eggs!

Favourite toy: Alfie loves squeaky toys but they only last seconds! He also loves his ball!

Favourite pastime: Chasing deer, foxes and squirrels!

Year of the Dog Day 112

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I went for a little walk with my mum, dad and Ethan this afternoon a came across a very lovely Black Labrador called Rosie. Rosie is very friendly and didn’t stop smiling, what an absolutely lovely dog! Ethan was also very keen on her!

Beautiful Rosie!

Beautiful Rosie!

Name: Rosie

Breed: Black Labrador

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Apples

Favourite toy: Squeaky bone

Favourite pastime: Eating sticks!

Year of the Dog Day 111

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I went for a walk at lunchtime but unfortunately I didn’t spot any dogs!

When I got home myself, my husband and Ethan went for a walk to the park. We spotted two lovely King Charles Spaniels so we went to say hello! Ethan was very keen on them and liked them even more when he found out that they’re called Charlie and Lola! They are both rescue dogs. They’re previous owner didn’t know how to look after them properly and fed them on Pizza! They were never taken for walks and so unsurprisingly Charlie got quite overweight! Fortunately they were both rehomed together into a very loving new home and both dogs are now doing really well! As I’m pretty sure that I’m going to bump into the lovely Charlie and Lola again I decided to take just one of their pictures; today is Charlie’s turn!

Gorgeous Charlie!

Gorgeous Charlie!

Name: Charlie

Breed: King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything!

Favourite toy: Charlie doesn’t play with toys!

Favourite pastime: Walking, peeing and sniffing!

Year of the Dog Day 110

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I stepped out of work today to head to a meeting when a really handsome Golden Retriever walked past so I went over to say hello! Angus is very friendly, what a lovely dog! His human mummy works in London during the week so he stays with his human uncle who clearly loves him to bits! Angus had a pink mark on his face which was lipstick from where his human mummy kissed him goodbye!

Handsome Angus!

Handsome Angus!

Name: Angus

Breed: Golden Retriever

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Sausage sandwiches and carrot cake!

Favourite toy: Soft toy donkey. Angus likes to carry it round in his mouth!

Favourite pastime: Going to the café! There are two in Barton Arcade in Manchester that he likes to visit, at one he gets a sausage sandwich and the other one he gets carrot cake!

Year of the Dog Day 109

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I was working again today so I went out at lunchtime to try and find a dog but no joy! I popped to the park after work and as soon as I arrived I noticed about 3 different dogs! One of the dogs was bouncing along the path, he looked very happy and I was pretty sure he was a puppy! I was right, Olly is just 7 months old and very excited! He’s very cute! Olly’s human mummy rescued him.

Excited Olly!

Excited Olly!

Name: Olly

Breed: Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Age: 7 months old

Favourite food: All food!

Favourite toy: His ball!

Favourite pastime: Jumping on the furniture!

Year of the Dog Day 108

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I was going out straight from work today so I really hoped that I’d see a dog in the day time. As it happened my luck was in! I was at the reception desk at work when I saw a man tie his dog up outside; my colleague asked me if they are delivering dogs to work for me now, I wish! I asked the owner if I could take his lovely dogs photo and he said yes! Alfie is very nice, such a friendly boy, I got to give him a good stroke! He’s so good that he doesn’t even mind if his ears get pulled by a toddler! Alfie is a rescue dog from Manchester Dogs Home.

Handsome Alfie!

Handsome Alfie!

Name: Alfie

Breed: Lurcher Cross

Age: 12 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Everything! He especially likes pork chops!

Favourite toy: Food!

Favourite pastime: Sleep!

Year of the Dog Day 107

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I went for a little walk at dinnertime but I didn’t spot any dogs, I did get some fresh air though! I walked around the block when I arrived at Ethan’s nursery but I didn’t spot any dogs so I went in to pick up Ethan. I was just getting Ethan in the car when a man walked past with a very cute Yorkshire Terrier. Charlie was very friendly, Ethan was very keen on him! Charlie originally lived with his current human daddy’s granddaughter but he stayed with Granddad for a couple of days which turned into 5 years!

Cute Charlie!

Cute Charlie!

Name: Charlie

Breed: Yorkshire Terrier

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Chicken

Favourite toy: Charlie has a Basil Brush and Daffy Duck toy which he likes to cuddle up to!

Favourite pastime: Being a pest!

Year of the Dog Day 106

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I didn’t get chance to look for a dog in the day so I planned to pop to the park when I got back to Bolton, but it turned out that I bumped into a beautiful dog on the way to my car! I met really lovely Lassie, what a friendly dog, we got to have a hug! Lassie human mummy really wanted to get a dog but her dad wasn’t so sure so they named her Lassie after his boyhood dog to talk him round; good thinking! Lassie is a rescue dog from the Destitute Animal Shelter in Bolton http://www.animalshelter.org.uk/. She was rescued at 6 mouths old. Lassie lives with another dog called Dylan who’s 14 years old. They get on very well but she’s a bit nervous around other dogs, her human mummy thinks that something possibly happened to her before she was rescued.

Lassie’s human mum happens to be an animal photographer so I’ve asked her to give me some tips! You can check out her photos at https://www.facebook.com/jaderileyphotographyuk?fref=nf

Beautiful Lassie!

Beautiful Lassie!

Look at that smile!

Look at that smile!

Name: Lassie

Breed: Border Collie Cross

Age: 7 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Sardines, carrots and cheese. Lassie isn’t a massive eater though!

Favourite toy: She loves playing with her ball but she also has a soft toy puppy which she carries round by the neck and cuddles!

Favourite pastime: Walking. Lassie has walked up Snowden twice in the past year!

Year of the Dog Day 105

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It was my day off today so I knew I wouldn’t have too much trouble finding a dog! I went to visit my parents and we all wet for a little walk. We then spotted a very beautiful and friendly Black Labrador called Mia. I think that Mia is one of the friendliest dogs I’ve ever met! She came up to all of us to say hello with a big smile on her face; she’s a gorgeous dog! Mia is best friends with a French Bulldog called Rudy. They hang out with each other most nights and they both sulk if they don’t see each other, how cute! Mia is also friends with the lovely Bentley from day 99!

Beautiful friendly Mia!

Beautiful friendly Mia!

Name: Mia

Breed: Black Labrador

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything! Mia is currently on a diet though which she’s not happy about!

Favourite toy: Squeaky pig

Favourite pastime: Eating!

Year of the Dog Day 104

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The weather was really nice today so I went for a walk at lunch time to spot a dog, unfortunately I didn’t spot any!

As soon as I parked up back in Bolton I was very lucky and spotted a very cute looking dog so I ran over to say hello! George has lots of personality and he likes being heard, he was having a good old chat! He’s very cute!

Handsome George!

Handsome George!

Name: George

Breed: Cockapoo

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Everything!

Favourite toy: It was a big cuddly polar bear but he was getting a little too friendly with it!

Favourite pastime: To curl up behind her human mummy’s knees!

Year of the Dog Day 103

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I didn’t manage to get out at lunch time today so I headed to the park when I got back to Bolton. It didn’t take long before I spotted a very smiley, friendly looking Chocolate Labrador. Mollie was all wet as she’s had a little swim, it’s her favourite thing to do! Mollie’s owners have had her for a couple of years; she originally belonged to a relative but they took her on when she was 1 year old. She’s very happy, I don’t think she stopped smiling the whole time!

Smiley Mollie!

Smiley Mollie!

Name: Mollie

Breed: Chocolate Labrador

Age: 3 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything! She’s like’s food a bit too much so she’s on a health kick!

Favourite toy: Tennis ball

Favourite pastime: Swimming!

Year of the Dog Day

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It’s been a really rainy day today! I waited for the rain to get a bit lighter before I headed out on my dog hunt. I walked to a local park and spotted a lady with a very lovely looking dog. Goldie is 16 years old; she’s looking very good though! Her human mummy showed me her teeth which are in great condition for a dog her age! Goldie is really friendly with a really calm temperament, I got to give her a good stroke!

Lovely Goldie!

Lovely Goldie!

Name: Goldie

Breed: Cross breed, possibly Labrador!

Age: 16 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Goldie likes most food, she even likes ice cream!

Favourite toy: Goldie has lots of toys but hardly ever plays with them, she’s never been that bothered about toys!

Favourite pastime: Sitting on her human mums feet. She thinks if she does that her mum won’t leave the house!

Year of the Dog Day 101

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We all popped to the shop this morning and as soon as we walked in I spotted some people with 2 guide dogs who were there to collect money for the Guide Dog Association http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/.

Inca is a working Guide Dog and has been with his human daddy for 3 years. Inca is pretty tall and his dad was telling me that they breed Guide Dogs to different sizes to match the height of their owners. They also take other things into consideration like how active the person is and the kind of activities they regularly do. It’s so obvious but I hadn’t thought about it before that they would do that, it makes so much sense! Inca was very friendly and was happy for everyone to say hello! He lent into me for a little cuddle!

Rinty is a retired Guide Dog. His previous owner developed problems with his arms and so couldn’t walk with him anymore. They did try to re-train Rinty but they found that he had developed a fear of heavy traffic and so he had to retire. His current human daddy has always had dogs and has been a puppy walker for 13 different Guide Dog puppies. I asked him it was really hard giving them up; I don’t know if I could do it! He said that it is pretty hard but you have to remind yourself that they’ll only be with you for a year and that there going on to do an amazing job! He said that it’s all worthwhile when you receive a letter from there new owner thanking you for the work you’ve done! Rinty also lives with a former Guide Dog trainee that didn’t make it!

I know I’ve said it before but I think that Guide Dogs are so amazing, what caring, gentle, clever dogs they are!

Friendly Inca!

Friendly Inca!

Name: Inca

Breed: German Shepherd and Retriever cross

Job: Guide Dog

Age: 4 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Inca is on a special Guide Dog diet

Favourite toy: Pull ring

Favourite pastime: Free running and swimming!

Handsome Rinty!

Handsome Rinty!

Name: Rinty

Breed: German Shepherd

Job: Retired Guide Dog

Age: 4 years old

Favourite food: All food!

Favourite toy: Squeaky duck

Favourite pastime: Free waking out and about!

Year of the Dog Day 100

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100 days, can you believe it!

I went for a little walk at lunchtime and as the weather was so nice I decided I’d eat in the park. I bumped into colleagues from work which was nice! Anyway I spotted a very cute Chihuahua on the other side of the park so I ran over to say hello! Bombon is very sweet but also a little bit shy!

Pretty Bombon!

Pretty Bombon!

Name: Bombon

Breed: Long haired Chihuahua

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Roast chicken!

Favourite toy: A cuddly dog which is about the size of her! She cuddles into it a night; it’s her boyfriend!

Favourite pastime: Playing and going for walks!

Year of the Dog Day 99

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Just as I was taking pictures of lovely Glen yesterday I spotted a very handsome Old English Bulldog; sooo gorgeous! I asked his human mummy if she would be able to meet up with me today so that I could take his picture and she said yes, very happy! It was pretty nice knowing that I had a dog lined up today so I didn’t have to go searching at dinnertime, I did happen to walk past about 5 dogs though!

After work myself, Ethan and my Dad went for a walk down the street to meet up with lovely Bentley! He’s such a lovely dog with bags of character; basically everyone that walks past him wants to say hello! You can’t really tell from the picture but Bentley is quite big considering he’s only 7 months old!

Bentley is a rescue dog. His breeder took him to the vets to have him put down as a young puppy because he had cherry eye even though the condition is very treatable. Luckily Bentleys Human mum’s daughter works in the vets and rang her mum to ask is they could give Bentley a home; the answer was yes! Who wouldn’t, he’s great!

Gorgeous Bentley!

Gorgeous Bentley!

Oh hello!

Oh hello!

Name: Bentley

Breed: Old English Bulldog

Age: 7 months old

Favourite food: Carrots

Favourite toy: Kong ball

Favourite pastime: Paddling in the reservoir!

Year of the Dog Day 98

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I went to my parents house with Ethan and as the weather was nice we went for a little walk. We didn’t go far when we bumped into a very handsome Border Collie called Glen. I’ve met Glen before as he lives with Millie from day 73 (she’s in the background). Glen is little bit shy with new people so it was difficult to get close to him to get a good photo! Glen is a rescue dog.

Handsome Glen!

Handsome Glen!

Name: Glen

Breed: Border Collie

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: All food!

Favourite toy: Rope and a rubber ball

Favourite pastime: Walking! Glen also likes sleeping with his feet in the air!

Year of the Dog Day 97

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We went for a trip to York today to visit some friends so we went for a walk to a park. It didn’t take long for us to spot a very handsome Greyhound; Tink was very friendly and smiley! Tink is a rescue dog from Rescue North East. He was rescued when he was 6 months old but he wasn’t ever used for racing.

Handsome Tink!

Handsome Tink!

Name: Tink

Breed: Greyhound

Age: 5 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Pig ears

Favourite toy: Tigger the tiger. It’s a cuddly Tigger but it’s in bits now!

Favourite pastime: Running!

Year of the Dog Day 96

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I went for a trip to a wildlife park called Brockholes today. I thought I’d have no trouble there finding a dog there until my husband informed me that dogs aren’t allowed!

When I got home a did a bit of gardening in the front garden and kept a look out for any dogs. I was very pleased when I spotted a very cute Pug; I really love Pug’s, they have so much pizazz! Roxy was no exception, she’s a very happy girl! Roxy is also very clever and can do a number of tricks; she showed me roll over and shake a paw!

Happy Roxy!

Happy Roxy!

Look how long Roxy's tongue is!

Look how long Roxy’s tongue is!

Name: Roxy

Breed: Pug

Age: 2 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Anything!

Favourite toy: Roxy loves playing with things that aren’t officially dog toys! She loves getting a bottle and making it shoot across the room so that she can chase it!

Favourite pastime: Eating!

Year of the Dog Day 95

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I had another easy day in terms dog hunting! Today I met up with a very handsome Curly Coated Retriever called Hector. Hectors human mummy Kirstin is the human daughter of Muffin and Jake’s (day 68) human mum; she got in touch after I met Muffin and Jake and so we got chance to meet up today! Hector is a very friendly handsome boy, he’s massive too, you can’t really tell how big he is by the picture! He also came along to the park with Muffin and Jake; it was very nice to see them again! They’re all really sweet together, at one point I was stroking all 3 of them!

Hector is a rescue dog, he was left abandoned tied up to a lamppost. I can’t understand why people do that. He’s such a lovely dog, I’m really pleased he’s got a good home now!

Handsome Hector!

Handsome Hector!

Friends!

Friends!

Name: Hector

Breed: Curly coated retriever

Age: 7 years old (human years)

Favourite food: Sardines and Pedigree Jumbones

Favourite toy: Plastic cupcake

Favourite pastime: Being the centre of attention!

 

Year of the Dog Day 94

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I had the day off today so we planned to trip to Quarry Bank Mill. Since doing my blog I’ve made friends with Cooper the Dog on twitter; he doesn’t live that far away from Quarry Bank Mill so we arranged to meet up! Cooper is a very friendly dog, sooo happy! I think pretty much every person that walked past him wanted to stroke him and say hello! It was nice that I was able to spend a little bit more time than usual taking lots of pictures, to be honest I’ve found it quite difficult deciding which one to chose; that’s why I’ve chosen two! Cooper’s human dad showed me a video of Cooper walking up the stairs; he really enjoys walking up the stairs but he finds it quite hard as he’s only got little legs and then he can’t get back down! Cooper is a proud member of the Zombie Squad!

Ethan was little shy when he first met Cooper, he’d only just woken up but Cooper has definitely made an impression on him; he’s been taking about him all afternoon!

Gorgeous Cooper!

Gorgeous Cooper!

So handsome!

So handsome!

Name: Cooper

Breed: Shih Tzu

Age: 18 months old!

Favourite food: Ham!

Favourite toy: Squeaky moo cow toy!

Favourite pastime: Playing in the park with his dog friends. His best friend is a dog called Ellie.