We’ll I’ve had a very busy month. The first weekend I went to stop at Granny and Granddad Capel’s whilst mum and dad went to a wedding. Uncle Stuey came home to help look after me, not that I’m that much trouble. I tried to be ever so good whilst I stopped there for the night, so that they will let me stop again sometime.
The next weekend was Easter which means I get extra treats for some reason. I don’t understand that but I’m not complaining. That was quite a busy weekend. Saturday night I had the house to myself as mum and dad went out for a bit. I was very good and didn’t have a party or anything.
Then on Easter Sunday, Bramley, Nana Lesley and Grandad Dixie came over in the morning on their way out for the day. They were taking Bramley somewhere nice but I got have a play with him first, which was nice ‘cos I hadn’t seen Bramley in couple of weeks. In the afternoon mum and dad went for lunch with Granny and Granddad Capel, Uncle Stuey and Great Nan, cos it was dad’s birthday the weekend after, and then they all came back to see me. I was very well behaved again, well I tried to be.
Easter Monday was the most exciting day because I was invited with mum and dad to go walking on the Malverns with Helen and Matt. I’d never been to the Malverns before. It was great. There are these big hills with grass and stuff on, and lots of smells and space to run and then sometimes there is some water to splash in. I splashed in some water with Helen; that was fun. We did lots of walking so we had to have a sit down for a bit and look at the view.
After all the walking we went to the pub. It was my first proper trip to the pub, but I was so tired that after eating my lunch I fell asleep in the sun. I was so well behaved though that mum and dad said we can go to the pub again, and Helen and Matt have invited me walking again some time. I like Helen and Matt, they’re fun.
So after that very busy and exhausting weekend I spent the week sleeping ready for the next busy weekend. It was dad’s birthday so mum and dad had a long weekend, so everyone was home on Friday. I asked mum to go into town for me to get dad a birthday present and she got a new camera too so there are even more photos of me! Whilst she was gone I help dad do some DIY. In the afternoon Bramley came over with Nana Lesley and Grandad Dixie. Apparently they came to give dad his present but I think they really brought Bramley to play with me.
The next day was dad’s birthday so I went upstairs to help him open his presents and then we packed up the car and went on an adventure.
We drove in the car for probably quite a while, though I’m not sure ‘cos I was asleep, and eventually got to a place which had lots of fields with caravans and tents in. We found a spot and I had my lunch whilst mum and dad put the tent up. I did some supervising and helped out a little. Once the tent was up we all went for a little walk to a beach which was just like my sandpit but much much much bigger and had moving water which tasted salty. We played fetch on the beach for a while and ran in and out of the sea and then we went to the pub for lunch, where I fell asleep again. I think that’s what I’m supposed to do in pub gardens. After my much needed rest we went back to the beach and dad bought a spade so we did some digging together. Someone had stolen the sea though, don’t know where it went, but it wasn’t where I left it, so instead of playing in the sand and I investigated some holes instead. Soon it was time for tea so we walked back to the campsite. I had my dinner and a doze in the sun and mum and dad had some birthday cake. The birthday cake looked interesting but I preferred dad’s empty beer bottle.
When it got a bit later mum and dad put me in the car and took me to Weston Super Mare. It’s another beach but this one had a pier once and might have had the sea too. We had a play on the beach and I met some dogs. Some weren’t very nice but some were fun to play with. As it got darker we watched the lights come on, whilst I ate a bit of sausage the nice chef in the pub gave me. Then it was back to the tent for mum and dad’s dinner. They ate fish and chips in the tent and I was very good and didn’t dribble or steal any. We all lay around and chilled for a bit, and then the fireworks started for dad’s birthday so we went out to watch. I quite like fireworks. They’re quite pretty and don’t scare me at all. We watched the fireworks for about half an hour and then got ready for bed. Mum and dad had brought my crate to sleep in so I got in that for a sleep and they slept round me in their sleeping bags. They left the door to my crate open in case I didn’t want to stay in there and as it got later I got colder, so came out and snuggled into mum’s sleeping bag. It was nice and warm in there and with us all snuggled together I was very happy and fell asleep.
I didn’t wake up to quite late the next morning and it was nice and warm in the tent. We all got up and I had my breakfast whilst mum and dad took the tent down. Then we went to the beach again. This time we walked the other direction, down to the cliffs and dad played with the toy I got him for his birthday. I bought him a doggy driver so he can throw my ball like it was a golf ball. It was great fun and I really enjoyed running up the beach. It was very windy though so it was nice to get to the cliffs where there was a bit of shelter. We had a look at the pebbles and the rock pools. I found some seaweed which was interesting and left some footprints in the sand. I didn’t find any crabs or fish though. The sea was still missing and mum and dad said it wouldn’t be back ‘til later that afternoon. I was tired out so I was happy to eat my lunch and have a sleep in the car on the way home.
I was so tired I slept nearly all day the next day and only really woke up for mum to take some photos of me in the bluebells and to go the puppy class in the evening. As it was a nice evening we played games outside. We played recall, which I was good at and then had a relay race, big dogs against small dogs. Our team lost, but never mind. After the excitement we went inside and all the mums learnt how to bandage our paws. I was the model for Janice to show the class how it should be done. She kept wrapping a piece of material round my paw which was fun and I wanted to eat it, but I don’t think I was supposed to ‘cos mum was feeding me cheese to distract me!
Mum managed to bandage my paw eventually, after I stopped wriggling and she gave me my ball to play with. Sometimes I am trouble!
And then finally last week it was the last puppy class of term. I passed all the things I had to and have now passed my puppy good citizens so I can go up to the next class. We had a party for our last puppy class and played musical mats, had a relay race which the big dogs won J, played a sit and stay game which dad and I won and a game where you had to different things at different points; that was a bit confusing. At the end of the class we met Lucy who will be taking us next week. I’m looking forward to her class.
A mum has taken so many photos of what I have been up to in the last month, she is setting up a webpage to view the photos on. I’ll get her to post the link when they are done.
PhotosArthur on the Malverns -
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/110335417Arthur goes to Brean -
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/110147446Arthur passes Puppy Foundation -
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/110351342
