Showing posts with label Travel with dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel with dogs. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 April 2014

Doggy Easter Egg Hunt

As you can imagine, it's hard to find friends who are as 'dog crazy' as me. Whenever, I mention 'we' in work, everyone assumes I'm talking about me and my dogs... and they're usually right. Luckily, I have Maria who is so dog crazy, she suggested we take our dogs on an easter egg hunt this weekend - GREAT idea! We decided to just take the puppies, as five dogs would be a bit much to handle; so Poppy, Panda and Teddy had their walks before we went.

We took Poppy and Panda for a walk along the river...

... and Teddy came on a couch to 5k jog with Matt and Me.














When we met Maria, Natalie and Benny at Danson Park, the puppies and Benny loved running around and finding all of the treats we hid for them!


Naughty Kitty and Boris also managed to sneak some human food when we were having our picnic; and even after this, were still begging for more treats!

We all had a great day at Danson Park - and the dogs were big fans of the Treat hunt!





Sunday, 16 March 2014

Panda's Birthday Beach Trip

As the sun has been out this weekend, we thought it'd be a great time to take the dogs to Herne Bay beach. We haven't been for a while, so the dogs were very excited when we put them in the car. They slept on the back seats for the first part of the journey; however, once we got off of the motorway, they started creeping into the front one by one, until before I knew it, I had 3 cockapoos on my lap!




When we arrived, it was more of a muddy marsh than a sandy beach, but the dogs absolutely LOVED it!








By the time we left, everyone looked like mud monsters (humans included), so there was a lot of showering needed when we got home!

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Back to see our favourite vet

Yesterday, we took Evie & Kitty to get their second vaccination. They were both so chilled out and not at all phased by the vaccination.








Poppy absolutely loves our vet, Kfir, and I think the feeling is mutual. She was so excited to see him and have a big cuddle!


Kitty is a little flirt like her mum, and was so excited to see Kfir when we got there that a little pee came out! When he left the room to get some flea & worming tablets, she couldn't wait for him to get back, and greeted him with a very waggy tail when he did. They are such happy, friendly little dogs and we are so proud.





Monday, 10 March 2014

Happy 5th Birthday Panda!

Our pretty little Panda turned 5 years old yesterday!! When we picked her up from Derbyshire at 6 weeks old, she was so, so tiny; and I had, let's call it, interesting hair! She was mainly white with black markings around her eyes so we decided to call her Panda! She loved playing with her big sister Poppy, even if initially Poppy wasn't too keen!





Almost 5 years later, she isn't so tiny and doesn't look much like a Panda anymore! As well as Poppy, she now has another brother and sister to play with, and we couldn't imagine our lives without her (I'd also like to think I have better hair than 5 years ago)! Panda enjoyed a birthday walk yesterday with Poppy & Teddy, but we have delayed her big birthday celebrations until next weekend, when we're going to go to the beach with Kitty for the first time!



Thursday, 27 February 2014

Visiting our own Doctor Doolittle

Yesterday the puppies went on an adventure to the vets for their first vaccination and to get a general health check. Transporting them proved to be a big challenge! We decided the easiest way to do it was to put them all in a crate on the front seat. They slept on the motorway; however, when we got to the side roads, a couple of them started howling and one of them had a little car sickness all over her brother! Once we eventually got them into the vet, they were very pleased to meet Poppy's favourite vet: Kfir (as you can see by the blur of the ginger girl's waggy tail)! They were all very well behaved when being examined, and not one of them cried when they had their injection! Our vet confirmed that they are perfectly healthy, happy & sociable puppies - we are so proud!



Kfir told us to keep a close eye on them for the next 24 hours to ensure none of them has a bad reaction to the vaccination. Luckily,when we got home, they all seemed completely un-phased, as if nothing had happened. They had their crazy half hour where they ran around playing, then ate their dinner as usual without even noticing the worming tablets we added in. The ginger girl even seemed up for a late night Kardashathon (watching KUWTK  episodes back to back) with me!!



Finally, they all snuggled down in their bed, for one of their last night's sleep all together as a litter. I can't believe they are 8 weeks old already and will soon be going off to their new homes! We have had such an amazing time with them and it is going to be so, so hard to say goodbye; however, we know they are all going to amazing homes.

Pub pooch



Earlier this week, my mum & Poppy took a well deserved break from looking after the puppies to come to meet me for lunch. Poppy was not very happy about sitting in her own seat on the train, but posed for this cute pic nonetheless, before jumping back onto my mum's lap!







We went to The George pub on Fleet Street who were very happy to welcome a doggy customer!


Poppy was given her own mug of water, and then a sausage for main course which she thoroughly enjoyed for all of 5 seconds! She even enjoyed helping my mum out with her glass of wine for desert!



The food was great, and the staff were very welcoming! We would definitely go back to The George with the dogs.



Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Pups à Paris

This weekend, Matt & I went to Disneyland Paris for Valentine's Day. I missed the dogs & puppies lots but we met some adorable dogs on our journey...


Whilst waiting for the TGV at Lille, we met these gorgeous french dogs. This labrador and golden retreiver are assistant dogs in training. They were very well behaved, and absolutely loved having lots of cuddles and kisses from Matt and me.



Paris was amazing, but it was so nice to get home and see all of the dogs on Sunday. The puppies were very pleased to see us, and were curious to meet the Minnie Mouse we brought home. After discovering that the Minnie wouldn't play with her, the ginger girl Puppy quickly got bored and decided to go to sleep.



Poppy, Panda and Teddy loved dressing up in the disney hats and head bands we brought home and made the cutest Minnies and Mickey!