Arthur's Antics! - Christmas 2013

Arthur was a little confused with his advent calender to begin with!

Curiosity soon got the better of him and he was able to remove his daily treat himself!

Arthur hates to dress up but his favourite girl Willow loved wearing his Christmas Pudding outfit - Pets at Home, £9.99

A very excited puppy on Christmas morning, Arthur's pressies were all wrapped in paw print wrapping paper, again from Pets at Home

Arthur's not sure about the whole 'family Christmas jumper' photo!
My holly jumper - Topshop
All other Christmas jumpers, including Arthur's - Next

Like the rest of us, Arthur was all Christmassed out by the afternoon, way too much excitement for a dog!

Normal service is resumed!!!
A trip to our local beach was what a dog really wanted for Christmas!

Christmas seems like so long ago now but I thought it would be good to update you on what Arthur got up to over the festive season. This is his second Christmas and he was just as curious about what was going on. It didn't take him long to get the hang of his advent calender although I don't hold out too much hope of him getting to grips with the training clicker found behind door number 25. Thankfully, he was less interested in the tree, however, he was quick to chase one of the Ragdoll cats whenever they sort cover underneath causing the tree to shake violently dislodging several baubles, I can not believe it survived intact until January 1st. Christmas day was all a bit too much for an excited pup and by the afternoon he'd had enough and retreated to his favourite chair in Tim's office for a nap. 

Like us, I'm sure all you dog walkers out there were not happy with the horrible wet, windy weather over the holidays. Our local recreation ground was saturated so the beach seemed a better option. Arthur loves the beach when the tide is out and chased his ball continually for over an hour. Not sure though if the sand he bought home was preferable to the mud, he has been subjected to more than the normal amount of baths this month!

Like the rest of us, Arthur had a Christmas jumper. He was not as impressed as my kids were but it made for a great Christmas family photo opportunity. Arthur was definitely not impressed with his Christmas pudding outfit but his favourite border collie Willow, who loves to dress up, was more than happy to model the offending article for us, she's such a poser!

Finally Arthur wanted to extend a belated but heartfelt 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' to all you dog lovers out there and I will hope to keep you updated throughout 2014 on any shenanigans that he might, (who am I kidding) will get up to!!!

Do you have any festive tales involving you're furry friends over the Christmas season?

Deborah & Arthur

xxx

   

'Arthur's Antics!!!' - Oct 2013

 

 Arthur after an intensive ball chasing workout!

So what's Arthur been up to this month?

It started with a weekend in Cardiff visiting No.1 son and his girlfriend. Although Arthur whimpered pathetically in the back of the car until I sat with him (spoilt brat!!!) he was really excited to see his favourite girl Willow, a beautiful red border collie. After much chasing and teasing with balls they finally decided to work as a team in the pursuit of attention and treats, clever dogs.

Synchronised begging!

We all had a great time and the dogs were completely worn out by Sunday evening when it was time to come home, this resulted in a much quieter trip back.

Little man has had a busy weekend!!!

The next highlight in Arthur's calendar was Halloween. He had a lovely new skeleton outfit to wear although I think we were more impressed with it than him. My husband was also a skeleton and hoped to scare 'trick or treaters' when they came calling. Unfortunately, instead of screams of terror they were met with 'arrrh! he's so cute' (Arthur that is).

Arthur trying to savage the dropping spider. 

What a scary pair!

For the rest of the month Arthur has busied himself with several pussy cat related misdemeanours, my poor Ragdoll cats are exhausted!

Dougal manages to finally get some sleep, evil genius, I don't think so!!!

Arthur has also discovered the joys of squirrel chasing, he's way too slow thankfully! By far his worse offence was when I caught him in the garden with one of his dads Boss shoes!!!! Managed to retrieve it before any permanent damage was inflicted but we have renamed him 'Jimmy Chew'. Be warned if he gets anywhere near my Choo's there will be carnage!!!!

Arthur is now looking forward to Christmas, especially as he has a new Christmas pudding outfit to wear, it's not cruel is it? I do fear for the Christmas tree and don't think I trust him enough yet to leave any presents around the bottom.

Look out for Arthur's festive antics next month, should be fun!

Would love to hear what you're little doggy treasures have been up to.

XXX