Santa's little helpers?

Www.the adventures of Gryff.  Well the little horrors managed it... Took the red sleigh out for a spin and brought it back in one piece. Got to say I was bone smacked they went , especially as I have been doing my best to wind the two legs up all week. ( and although I say it myself , have been doing a cracking job too).  I really thought her indoors would not be in the mood and would cancel... But no, no her! Add to that it was cold and raining and I would have put all my biscuits on it! Just proves what the troll says.... About females that is.  And then just to really wind ME up , she went and booked me in for a wash dry and iron. Just what does she think I am? Got to admit I have been a bit of a B@@@@r this week. Counter surfing, bit of a scrap with some mutt that barked at me, and a bit of bowl swopping on the old Q T. Personally I think taking the sleigh out in November is a bit early, but I suppose they have to have a bit of practice.....  Thought as it's the first time they would cock it up, but we are talking the Kray twins , so I should have known better. Anybody would think they were going to be santas little helpers at some bash! I know... I can get them some of those reindeer antlers to wear, that should wind them up. Just make sure I remove all their tools of the trade before I do is so they don't retaliate. Anyway, better go and have a think about what I can get up to tomorrow, and I need a really good one for the day after my enforced bath...... FOX POO sounds good for that one! Cool runnings Gryff

Lock up your bones boys and girls...

Www.the adventures of Gryff . Well I warned you all... If it's valuable lock it up everybody. Bolt or screw your basket to the floor. Pile up your rugs, bones biscuits and toys and chain them all down.... The Kray twins have formed the perfect carting team. Last week Lace took to it like a dog to a bone and this week Asti did exactly the same. Wouldn't be so bad but the two legs took them to the motorbike scrambling first to take the edge off them, and I swear I saw them timing the laps ......  I just know that they would love to cart the track , mud muck and all.  There isn't a pet shop that's safe from them now, and I know I heard Lola ordering a pink leather collar with diamonds after they got back, so saddlerys and jewellers are probably also fair game.  Add to that the fact that her indoors and uncle rob were rolling around in the mud under the trailer together , and I couldn't be more embarrassed!!!!!.  They had the nerve to blame my puppy Hatty , by saying she takes  her toys under there , so the big dogs can't get them and she'd pulled the wiring loose to the back lights!  Like anybody is going to believe that of my little Hatty . The times I get told off for getting muddied up and they expect me to accept such a stupid excuse. If it had been my puppy , she would have had the floor out as well!  And then there's Dexter...... All smug because he's got a bit of totty doubled  up with him on one side, and the other walking the other side...... Just to stay close to him. I told them you can't trust these  older males, but they just won't listen to me!   AND THEN her indoors goes and gets the two little Bugrats  matching new collars. Matching collars,matching leads, it will be matching new harness soon, probably in gold, or black patent with gold bones on something equally stupid.  I can just imagine Lola (the St Bernard) suggesting pink, but I know the girls won't have that. Far to girlie for them. Oh well folks, consider yourselves warned...... Cool runnings. Gryff

Dred locks or extensions?

Www. The adventures of Gryff .  I told you I would get even with them for putting me in a cart.... Well I am BIG TIME! Guess who's in the show ring in a few days ...... And guess who's blowing his coat. Yep you got it!!!!  And I mean big big time blowing my coat. Her indoors has brushed me, hoovered me,stood me out in gale force winds and she says that technically I should be totally bald. Yeh like that's ever going to happen. I even showed her a few pictures of Komodors and Pulis but she thought I was taking the mick!  I see absolutely nothing wrong with her platting in the brush outs or glueing them back on, it just means that I change class ...... Can't see a problem, and she gets to keep all her money for entrance fees. What more can she ask for.? Nanny on the other hand will be a different matter. Î know she's looking forward to seeing me and it wasn't her that stuck me in a cart,  plus last time I did quite well.... OK, which classes guys, Rough Collie, Puli, or Komodors ? Cool runnings Gryff

11th hour of the 11thday of the 11th month...

It's a grey day today, it's raining and that seems appropriate , as we stop and remember those who served and didn't return in years past. Somehow all the parades and poppy tributes seem to help, but do they remind us of our forces who are still serving far from home? Did you know that there are upwards of 100 service dogs currently on duty in Places like Afghanistan?  I tried so hard to get one of those Poppy's to hang of my collar but I couldn't get one. Not too impressed with wearing a flower in my collar but I am determined to show support. Us dogs have been used in wars for thousands of years.... Doing our duty, along with the likes of horses and pidgeons, and it's them I would like to remind you of. Along with the security and explosive sniffer dogs, our sort fight other battles...... Against disease, loneliness and physical disability. Think of the ones you see .... Guide dogs, hearing dogs and assistance dogs. Then add the depression support dogs, Autism support dogs, a gap where in Canada,  Bernese and Bernese retriever crosses are leading the field. Then there are the dogs that give warning for those with chronic Diabetes , narcolepsy , and epileptic fits. Then the lower profile pooches,  search and rescue! the Newfies that practise water rescue off Cornwall. The sheepdogs that cover miles to bring home the livestock when the weather is closing down working in a team or on his own. Then, you have that group of specialists that we hardly ever talk about.  The dogs trained and being trained to scent cancers, the cadaver dogs, and those who can scent remains lost in water. As a species there is nothing to touch us, and I for one am extremely proud of our heritage.  So just remember all those who also served and are still serving that have four paws.... When it's the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Wear your collar with pride.....Cool runnings Gryff

Female drivers!!!!

I told him, I said don't do it Dexter , but he had to go and be a gentledog! What Bernese in his right paws agrees to lend his best wheels and his two legs to teach some upstart female bone digger to cart?  I made it quite clear last time that carting wasn't for me.... I even went to the extreme of breaking the traces (in two places- might as well do it properly) , and as for teaching some female, well I ask you. Anyway our Dexter went out with me! two up! but being an experienced OLDER dog, he just wouldn't put the paw to the metal, and despite all my playing up we had a sedate and controlled walk. Now that Lacey Locket the pocket rocket, well she's an entirely different kettle of fish. In fairness she's been about carts since she was a small pup, and if I didn't know better I would say she's been practising on the quiet. She had a go last time with harness only,then harness and what was left of the traces and this time it was all or nothing. Add to that there were two black labs and another berner creeping up behind her , and I have to say she coped really well.  I personally think that she and her sister are planning a bank job or something, perhaps a pet shop, or a jewellers? Something that's going to need a quick getaway with a set of wheels to carry the  spoils. I bet they've got passports hidden in their baskets somewhere! That could be why her indoors has spent a large part of this week emptying , washing and drying our goody cupboards. She was looking for their falsified papers and bones. All our winter rugs, towels and kit have all been washed.even the senior dogs coats, and the trolls collection of silly hats and four fingered gloves got thrown in to the washing machine too. Personally I can't see the point cause we are only going to get them dirty, but she said they smelt fusty.  And then as if that wasn't enough the soft old dog let her take the cart out on her own. For all we knew she could have just disappeared with it and hidden it up while they planned the job.  Or, or there is this new berner she's just met. Name of Monty..... Perhaps she's planning to impress him? She was a bit choppsy when they first met on Saturday when we all went for a walk, but she seemed quite struck by the time he went home. Oh well we will just have to wait and see......... What's your choice? boyfriend or bank job ? Cool runnings Gryff

COI 27.... You can't be serious...

Well it's true.... I checked it three times off the KC Breed records Supplement AQ2 April to Jun 2013. The KC have therefore accepted that which they say they don't!!!! A mother/son A Daughter/father or a brother /sister mating gives a score of 25 according to the Kennel club and is no longer acceptable..... So how on earth does somebody manage to generate a score of 27 and still register their pups with the Kennel club?

Flash in the pan

Well it looks like I made a few friends and I lost a few friends, much as I expected with my last comments. Good job I am made of solid stuff.....  But the good thing is everybody is reading talking and arguing over things. Perhaps with a bit of luck they are even wandering around the internet trying to learn for themselves. Part of the issues that are about now are due to people not having up to date knowledge..... Things have been in place, such as the annual vaccinations , for so long that we have grown so used to getting the reminder card from the vet and off we go. We ASSUME that the vet is always right because they are THE VET!  Well folks, those days need to be gone..... When was the last time your vet told you that some vaccines are live and can actually give your puppy the disease that it's supposed to stop. When was the last time your vet told you that the eight week old love of your life could go into shock and you should keep your eyes open for any symptoms? That there is in fact now a register for dogs that have died or had a reaction to a vaccination . .......  The average professional doesn't even mention that there are TITRE tests available which will tell you if the light in your life is still immune from a previous injection, and that further vaccinations are putting your dog at risk and a total waste of your money ! If I can teach my two legs to search for things on the internet, then I am sure that you can teach yours..... Two years it's taken me, but it's been worth it. Now nothing gets taken at face value, everything is looked at and best of all I get to do my blogg, ( even if she tells me I am playing with fireworks!)  .  It's like one of the pups when it went for its first vaccination.... Her indoors will not vaccinate under 8 weeks, and the pups were born the Sunday night early Monday morning, of course everybody wanted to take them home on the Saturday so she gave  the new parents the choice, they could wait till the Monday and job done or have them Saturday am and sort the vaccinations out for the following week. What did happen on the Wednesday before they left was that they were microchipped and vet checked , weighed and wormed with a product that lasted four Calender weeks. When they left they had all the relevant paper work to show their new vets and instructions to show these to the vet so new records could be started. On the following Wednesday a new owner rang up in a panic... The new vet had done the injection, given them a joint worming flea treatment product FOR IMMEDIATE use and told them that the pup should be neutered at six months. Her indoors went loopy! She got even more cross when  she was told the vet had charged  nearly £80 for the treatment and information given. When she calmed down, she suggested that a new vet was in order, and had they definitely shown him all the paperwork ???? And was he an older gent or fresh from college? One thing that she did ask was did he drive a fancy car? That bit I didn't understand but I guess it's a two leg thing! Anyway, little one now goes to a different vet, who is homeopathic ally  ( bones! That's a big word) qualified as well as BVA qualified so her indoors is a lot happier. Needless to say the wormer / flea treatments weren't used and when eventually returned the new owner was told that they were complimentary so no money was refunded. That means that the initial vaccination cost nearly £80.  So like all things there are the good and the bad in every job. All I am saying folks, is check things out for yourseles. Look up over vaccination on the internet, if they say your dog needs this and that doing, look it up before you say yes. If your dog is always scratching then look at what it's eating and don't assume he needs his monthly flea treatment... In fact have you ever seen a flea on him?