Charlie Morph's diary

Weight: not sure but at least a few lb heavier
Walks: 3
'He's Gorgeous's': 3

I've been quite busy being a monster these past few weeks so think it about time I auditioned for a horror movie. I had my pal Radar to stay this week so we decided to get some photos of some scary faces so that we could send them off to the casting agencies.

This is me doing my best fearsome monster face.


Then Radar is doing his 'I-can-eat-your-whole-face-you-know' move. Impressive stuff.


But not to be outdone I move in for the final blow - the throat lock.

Don't worry - no dogs were harmed in the making of these photos. We are very good at faking it, sorry, acting, and just waiting for the perfect roles.

Viz Whiz

I had a wonderful time at the Viz Whiz on Sunday. But for some reason I seem to have made mum REALLY mad at me and there are lots of dark mutterings about something called 'the snip'. I think what happened is that I mistook Tuscan for a particularly appealing lady. Sorry Tuscan. I basically hassled him the whole way round and he was far too polite to let me in on my mistake. Oh the embarrassment. Ditto will never speak to me again.


Before I developed my one-track mind we had some fun in the water.


This is me above with my half-bro Ernie. We are quite alike - particularly when it came to fancying Tuscan.


This is my newest blogger friend, Maggie. She is a VERY quick runner. She's got a darker coat like me so we were quite hard to tell apart...oh, except for later when I was always to be found bothering Tuscan .


I think this is Radar and Maggie.


And this is us having a nice cooling drink!

Well, Mum was so mad at me that she didn't let me update my blog last night. I think the main reason she was mad was cos I kindof closed my ears to them and pretty much didn't care if they were there or not. Hrm, not sure if I can be trained out of this one or if the only solution is surgical...gulp. I hope we sort it out or they won't let me go on a nice walk like this again, oh dear!

Happy New Year

Like some of my fellow blogdogs I've also been very busy over the Christmas holidays. Christmas is fab. First you get to look up in the sky for a man bringing presents...

...then the man comes with his red and white hat...

...and he brings you lots of excellent pressies. And robot eyes!....

Then you get to go on loads of amazing walks. This is me in Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, near where my grandma lives and also near where I was born.

We went to the New Forest tons too - we did some really long walks. This is me posing with dad.

And posing by the pond...


...before swimming in it...


...and then, after all that mature posing, going completely puppy-mental after doing a bit of dig-dig-digging.

I also went on a Studland Viz whiz - we couldn't make the Richmond Park one as we'd only just got back from that part of the world and didn't fancy the drive again! This is me at the back, facing the camera, then Radar, Albi and my half-bro Ernie in the middle and Benson in the foreground. All boys, and I was the oldest one!

This is me trying to catch Radar.


And this is me on New Year's Day in the New Forest, starting the year as I mean to go on by chasing sticks - yay!

And after all that fun and games I'm pretty shattered! But not enough to stop me going on another Viz Whiz next Sunday - anyone else fancy a trip to the New Forest?

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everybody! You can see in this pic that because I was a bit unwell and couldn't go out much they decided to bring a bit of outside in to me - a real tree in the house! Anyway, i'm all better now and looking forward to my christmas party at training on Friday. I've got a special party trick up my sleeve that i'll tell you about if it works :-)

Just been to the vet for my boosters and I've managed to put on another kg - making me 23.1kg now. The nice lady said I could start jogging with mum too - that i'm old enough and my weight was ok - I just look lean and mean really rather than skinny now. They are doing their best to stop me being skinny mind you - I just ate a rather delicious pig's nose. Do you think all animal's noses taste that good?

Oh - ROFLOL Brisztowe - that 'Elf yourself' site is SOOO funny - we have done our own too! Click here to see it!

Kennel cough

Well on top of everything else I've now come down with kennel cough. I'm not feeling too poorly in myself but am coughing a bit. Mum took me to the vet to make sure because she wanted to be sure we didn't come into contact with other dogs if it was. My glands are up and the vet gave me a jab of something to ease my cough plus some antibiotics.

Apparently there is a 3-day cough going round the park - so we're not sure what makes the diagnosis of kennel cough and what is 'just a cold'. Ho hum - means I can't go training for a couple of weeks so I will have to work on my special party trick for their Christmas party - which I think I'll be allowed to go to on 21st December.

Luckily one of my best pals has recently had this cough (although I've not seen him for a fair while so I don't think he gave it to me) and his mum says that we can still go out on walkies together. So I'm not totally confined to barracks which is a big relief.

Have any of you had kennel cough? What did you have to do? Walkies at 5am to avoid other dogs is all very well in the summer but we're (read, mum) too wussy to go out in the dark on our own at the mo.

Two whole kilos!

I've just been to the vet to weigh myself and I've managed to put on 2kg! I'm now 22.3kg so I reckon I should try to put on another 2 and then we'll see how I look. Some people think I look pretty much ok right now, but I think I want a bit of extra padding just in case I ever need it in the future. Mum was so pleased we went straight to the pet shop and got lots of chews and treats.

I've been feeling much better - even enough to go swimming again in the freezing sea! I had to show off to Amber - a 5yr old girl we met at the weekend. She went in so I'd have just looked a wuss if I didn't. Thankfully it was a warm day and I soon dried off.

I'm going on another little Viz Whiz next weekend - 12 noon on Sunday 9th December at the Royal Oak in Fritham again. Someone else is organising the walk this time so hopefully we won't end up walking through a bog again (thanks dad). If any of you are around please do come along!