The more it snows...

We certainly get a whole lot more snow here than we ever used to in Bournemouth! On Tuesday and Wednesday we had about 40cm of the white stuff. It's cold but it is also oddly exciting and makes me behave quite madly! There's not a whole lot of wildlife out and about but this morning I did see a hare. Hares are strange. They are like big rabbits but run much faster. I don't think I've got a hope of catching one of them (unlike rabbits hehehe).

Walking in the snow is hard, according to mum. She can hardly manage our paltry morning 40min loop (suppose it is taking more like an hour in the snow). I, on the other hand, am able to run and jump and still have JUST as much energy as usual. This is annoying mum who feels like an old lady.

After a workout in the snow I decided to pop into our local and happened across these two lovely labrador ladies. I was pretty much in heaven.

Humans do odd things in the snow. Sliding on bin liners is one of them. Daft but very exciting. Here I am showing mum that I'm still faster running than she is sliding.

Snow!

We've got snow! It's not something I've seen very often so I got quite excited. Apparently I'm going on holiday in the new year to a place with LOADS of snow so i've got to get used to it.

Walkies in the snow is fun cos you can SEE the tracks that you're sniffing.

New home

I've moved house! I spent all my puppyhood and life to now in Bournemouth so I'd never lived in another house. We've moved to Basingstoke to be nearer to mum's work. I like the new house - what I like the best is that we're right next to fields and yesterday I caught a rabbit! There's deer and all sorts - so lots to keep me busy on my walkies. Just as well as I've been here two weeks and only met my first dog to play with today.

Unfortunately I cut my foot this morning whilst playing in the bushes. I had to go to the vet and got this stoopid huge bandage on that I have to wear for 10 WHOLE DAYS!!! I was much better this afternoon so we went for a walk and now mum is worried cos the blood looks like it's coming through the bandage. Oops we probably did too much. Mind you the vet said it was ok to walk as long as I had my boot on.

We went onto the building site to look for Oscar who's gone missing. I trod in some slurry stuff with all four feet so nearly ended up with concrete boots let alone stupid vet boots!

Rockpooling

We went out to the Jurassic Coast over the weekend to do something called 'rockpooling'. I thought that time was probably better spent looking suave and sophisticated....


Maybe this is my better side?

I didn't really get the concept of rockpooling, so thought I'd better read up on the thing first...


Seems some people aren't content with looking at pools in rocks and must go out and swim around.



I wasn't too fussed about getting my paws wet so stuck to dry land.


Nope, still don't geddit.


Something called a 'fossil'... Still boooored....


Ah, hang on a minute. I seeee!!! Now if you'd said that I'd find a handsome dog who looked just like me in the water I'd have tried MUCH harder from the beginning! No wonder they spent so long staring at the sea!

At the polls

I made sure to exercise my constitutional right last night at the polling station. I was going to dress up specially in one of my bandanas but then I realised that they are red or blue. That might say something about my politics and everyone knows a dog should keep that to himself. Come to think of it I don't think I have a bandana the colour of the 'Free Bones for all Dogs' party. DOH! There goes the secrecy.

Posing

As the bluebells were blooming I thought I'd take the opportunity for a little photo shoot, and to see if I could have a stab at the cover shot of the Vizsla 'Bible'. See the elegant dog pointing in the bluebells....

Now, see the EVEN MORE elegant dog pointing in, quite frankly, much better bluebell coverage than that pathetic attempt above.


Hrm, next time I'd better try to keep my head down a bit and lose the collar. Right - off to the woods again!