Sniffer, Diary of A Dog In Isolation!

Great photos thanks Arbuthnot! Dad is really interested. We all had an early night last night, so sorry for not doing my diary!

Had to brush up on my acting skills this morning, starring role in a short video for Grandma Cheese, keeps the old dear happy and she knows I am doing ok. Then I caught up with the family dogs, Bella the Beagle, Selsig the Sausage, and Murphy the Mutt. He’s a real big softie, half pointer, half Curly Coated Retriever. They are all doing well, sterling work exercising their humans. Haven’t caught up with Bee the Bull Terrier yet, or the six pack belonging to Dad’s brother. Lots of nice photos, mainly of lounging mutts, but one or two action shots as well.

Night all, I leave you with some toast action......

Hi, I’m another hedgehog 🦔. I don’t have a posh name but maybe I should ask for one. I’ve been asleep 💤 for a while but I’ve felt the warmth of the sun on my wooden box (hedgehog hotel) and it’s woken me enough to want some food.

I’ve got two hotels in my garden to choose from. In different locations so I can have a different view if I want. I think I’ve really got my feet under the table here, as last month I got my own hedgehog gazebo.... It’s a wooden house to protect my food bowls from the rain. I don’t like soggy food and refuse to eat it if it’s been rained on. Call me fussy. It’s also a way to stop the neighbourhood cat from helping itself to my food before I get to it. It’s been caught on camera so I know it’s him. It’s been very quiet around here recently, I think the humans have taken a leaf out of our books and gone into hibernation........somebody needs to tell them they’ve got the wrong time of year though. 
Hello to all the dogs out there. I like the toast pictures. May I be your pen pal Arbuthnot?  I’m off to sleep now after trying to show you some pictures of my hotel and gazebo. 

Here are my pictures....

Oh hello fellow hedgehog, you'll have to be a penpal too far, even for me, to your place.

Wow right posh living you have and a choice of 2 human built ones not counting the gazebo. I'm not jealous cos I have one here and my food is in there so I can eat from my bed if I choose. I also have a really big under shed place, extremely safe, and there's log piles and until before I last went to sleep lots of ground hugging shrubs, but the fussy one got someone in to prune and tidy - why I have no idea! Which means I have less if a choice than I did.

Yes we had trouble with pesky cats thinking the kitten food was for them 😤. I like it when the granddog comes cos they stay out of this garden and she just follows my trails through the garden. Fussy one gets cross with the dog cos I go through all her plants.

Must take myself to hide away dont want to let them see how much I like this garden, they seem to be about earlier today, muttering about a lost hour - whatever that is!

Mornin all, me not bin on ere for a week, bin busy winding mam and dad up 😳. It appears as if I was goin to have my hair cut with Aunty Paula but couldn't go coz of some bug or other ☹️ Phew wat an escape, hate avin me hair cut and I have to behave 😖🤓 went in the car wiv mam and dad to the shwaps and to the pet shop.... Whoopeeeee time for treats 😋😬😋 got home and waited for my pigs ear.... Ummmmmmm mam then pulled out a wierd  device that made a funny noise and I went into the kitchen for a treat ... Nope. Got a bath in the sink aaaarrrrgggh hate water and washin😩😩😩😩😩😩 but then mam started up this fing and she started to cut me hair off noooooooooo. Even worse, dad said to mam 'let me have a go' oh nooooooo disaster time. Dad started and ad a go at me tail, now it's a stick!😡😱 knew it, wreck it yourself strikes again! Dad says it will grow out... Yeah right! Mam said words to dad that I did not understand 😳 Oh well got to ave a doze now after getting dad up at 4.15am 😅😄😀 JJ

Oh yeah and thus is me 

I think that's called "hanging around" Kerry. 

Hey up all!👍 I see we have had a “spike” in hedgehog posts😂Brilliant. Some great hedgehog boudoirs by the way, look very cosy and comfortable.

BATH............seldom happens in this house. I am usually toted off to seaside and given the salt water treatment, although it’s been a while, since Christmas🤔

When they had Airedale’s, three of them, the clippers never stopped apparently, but I am low maintenance, usually. Mind, there’s too much grumbling about dog fluff, moulting, Hoover, blah, blah, blah for my liking. And I find the term “minging old carpet” most derogatory! They have a very kinky little tool called a Furminator as well that appears every so often. I like it really, gets the old back legs kicking and the skin creeping.

Tara for now, walkies calling🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

Hints for fun in the garden by Tallulah the whatsit. Keep your owners attention by taking as many of those flat while sticks that you find in pots, trays and borders. They've usually got writing on them, but who cares, it's good fun to run around with them.....  🌼🌷🌻