HOLIDAY ESCAPE !

Here we are on holiday at PAWS A WHILE - my favourite dog friendly place. Once more I am having fun with my friends Bonny and Clyde and relaxing

The family have had to have some more (emergency/ work done at our house so this time we have 'escaped to the country'...

My blog has been a bit neglected again recently so once we get sorted out I will try and get my secretary to pull herself together and maintain it better for me

Woof !

UPHEAVAL AT HOME

Hi folks! Been a very busy summer as you will see from the family home blog - click this link
www.ivyvilla-one-hundred-not-out.blogspot.com





After having new windows put in during April - SHE has been moving stuff around the house so as to keep it out of thhe way so more windows could go in AND lots of plastering to several rooms.

Course, all this has caused be endless work. Us Border Collies are expert organisers and feel it only fair to put it to good use when duty calls!





Soooo - naturally I got involved in all the movements





Now the work has started I am sticking closr to my Missus so I can see what will happen next. We are confined to the kiitchen annd half the dining room plus one bedroom at a time - PLUS the garden. My walks are good as it gets us out from under the feet of the builders annd enables us to stretch our limbs.





Soon though our rooms will be back to normam - only better with fresh paint and carpets to enjoy ..I am keeping it all under observation though

BACK AGAIN

Hi again folks! You must have been wondering where on earth I have been and what I have been up to. Well first of all I have been helping the family with some major sorting out works and the builders are coming this month to do some more jobs - I have been protecting my toys and ensuring they don't get packed in a cupboard or any sort of nonesense; SHE does get a bit carried away when any domestic stuff is going on!

Also we have been building up the http://www.ivyvillacompany.com/ website a lot; I have some chat on that too !

And there is a super new website out called http://www.petstreet.co.uk/ which is a forum for pets and I am enjoying that too.

Anyway, I have missed being on my own blog and will try and add stuff regularly; I know it is called Chez's dailynews but that is her daft idea;

With all the organising us Border Collie have to do it is silly of her I know; I will do my best

Back soon (promise!)


Your friend Chez xxx

Hi Folks

I wonder if any of your other dogs have this thing called Arthur Itis - 'parently that is what is wrong with my leg. My back leg (left) is very stiff sometimes and I am OK on my feet; but when I have been having a snooze it is a bit difficult to get up.

Nooow I find I have it in my left elbow as well which is not helping. I have several short walks a day and if I want to go further we have a compromise - and go somewhere I can flop down when I find the going tough.

My lovely vets (two ladies - one called Katrina who is away at the moment and Claudia) are very kind and give me some syrupy stuff called Metacam which Sue and the Boss put in my food at teatime to take and this relieves the pain.

I am also on a DIET ! ugghh ! When I arrived with this lovely family I was very thin and underweight and they built me up and made me feel lovely and my coat grew long and curly and I am very happy. Unfortunately I am now apparently a 'bit overweight' (honestly!) and so I am dieting. It is going very well and everyone is very pleased and Claudia says it will ease the pressure on my joints and help my friend Arthur Itis or something (she knows all this stuff!!!) Sue is on a diet too as she needs it as well so that's a help!

Anyway we now measure my tea very carefully and count out the few treats I am allowed over the day and no more and I am trimming up beautifully.

I am feeling stiff today as it is rather cold, but I feel very well otherwise (don't let on, or they w8ill think I am enjoying dieting or something!)

Anyway, off for an afternoon nap right now ...

See you all again later


Chezzzzzzzzzzzz

HERE I AM AGAIN!

I expect you have been wondering where I have been to! Well believe it or not my PA/Secretary spent the whole of last week helping out her old firm at their office - instead of reporting on my goings on! Talk about letting a chap down!.

Whilst she was out me and the Boss had a lovely quiet week, pottering about on our own and not having to listen to that woman organising (trying to) and so on! Still we did miss her and glad she is around again now!

I was also a bit under the weather last week (had a tummy bug) so that didn't help - still all is well now and this is up and running again.

We spent some time in the garden this week, tidying and pruning - and to my horror she took all my toys inside today because a friend is coming tomorrow ti dig up a shrub and she thought "they might be in the way"!

I took some of them staight out again and am keeping an eye on them as you might guess.

At present it is teatime so I have told 'her' not to take too long posting this page - as I am getting hungry with all this activity.

Back later ...


Chez xx

SEPTEMBER BEGINS

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month ....white rabbits...white rabbits...white rabbits ... Does anyone know why we are supposed to say that at the beginning of the month??? My dotty family all say it and I just look wise and try not to smirk at them!

Following some lovely sunny days it has turned a bit dull and cloudy today but I enjoyed my morning walk with Sue; it was not too hot with my big fur coat on and we met some other doggy friends on the way.

Sue has been busy catching up work on her Jerry Green website and the Ivy Villa one because she is not at home during hte day next week. The Boss and I will have some peace! As I told you she has been asked by her old firm to give them a hand and so we shall have to keep each other company until she comes in at teatime with all the gossip!

My friend Signe likes my blog, apparently, and has sent me a nice email about it. Thanks Signe.

more later ...

UPDATE 31ST AUGUST

Believe it or not I made a page for the 30th but SHE messed it up so now I am all behind and it here it is the 31st.

Mind you we have been enjoying the GREAT OUTDOORS more than ever this week as it has been nice and sunny and very tempting.

This morining she got tbe flipping ANIMAL out again and whizzed it around and got all my carefully woven dog hairs out of the carpets again; she is annoying. It did not take long and we soon got back in the garden, hanging out the clothes and drinking coffee and I got a treat which was nice....

Have you had a look at Signe ? She is lovely isn't she. In the winter in Sweden 'parently it is VERY cold and Signe grows a lovely think coat - will send you one of her later in the year when she has grown it back again!

Think that's all for tonight; will go and see what the family are getting up to - watching TV I suppose


night - Chez zzzzzzzzzzzzz