Sniffer, Diary of A Dog In Isolation!

Hedgehog with no name here again 🦔.
Arbuthnot I fully understand your invasion of privacy.......for the last three nights, when I venture out,  I have come face to face with a recording camera. 😮 ......taking VIDEOS.😮😮  My human muttered something about “that cat” and my food. At least the camera will show them that I get to the bowl before the cat! 🦔

Hi Sniffer and all you other animals who have their own keepers to look after you,

My Man friend has been very helpful digging over a patch of the garden to unearth some bones I feared had been lost but my helpful input (or should that be 'output' ?) of digging alongside of him seems to have been less than appreciated.

His attempts to keep fit by throwing a ball for me are getting more frequent in this sunny weather but he does stop to take refreshment from small bottles more often than perhaps he should.

I've just had a stern word from the Keepers about me chatting to a couple of my mates in the next garden.

“Pack up that racket” said my Lady keeper “or you'll be inside” ---- I didn't know she played tennis !!!!

Anyway, after a sleep I feel ready to let him throw the ball again so it's off to the garden and interrupt his digging.

Keep wagging (or whatever hedgehogs do), Lads and Lasses …....

Arbuthnot back again, they spotted me as I arrived and entered my feeding station abode. I can't fool them with different timings, they have this light that seems to know when I arrive, it goes from pitch black to bright instantly! 

And would that hedgehog that abides with ADD46 please not give them ideas about filming me!!

Well needless to say I was rudely interrupted as I ate 😤. As if that wasn't bad enough they seemed to have not supplied my normal brand of kitten food, it's not quite the same and I'll tolerate it, but I'll let them stew and worry about whether it's ok for a while to keep them on their toes. They keep muttering about being in self isolation and they can't get out to the shops so I too have to be grateful to the hunter gatherers that bring us all sustenance.

Nice to read of others activities but you've been quiet lately.

Oh the fussy one spent sometime watching 2 thrushes in the bird bath, taking turns. Now she's not keen on thrushes generally as whenever she hears one, not necessarily the garden but anywhere, they seem to be just ahead of bad news, generally the worse kind, for her. However, as she's not seen 2 together she's hoping that it's a good omen. Fingers crossed otherwise I might lose out.........

I am rather hopeless at diary maintenance 

Yesterday I was hauled off to woods again, combined with a bit of supplies shopping. Nice to get amongst the sticks and trees again, no one around, but plenty of Sniffer threads from one or two old mates. It was hot yesterday here, and no chariot, so I had to have a good old sit down at one point. Apparently, it’s good for me though🙄

Back out in chariot last night. Local plods were amused, good to see them out and about in park. I am hoping to time it nicely for when plod horses are around, they are interesting to watch. 

No idea what’s happening today, there ain’t much happening at all at the moment. It’s one of those times where you miss being able to chase your tail just to relieve the boredom, but nowadays, given my pins, it’s a distant dream.......

Hello Sniffer and you other companions, I hope you are still well and keeping up the entertainment for your Keepers.

Today I've been told my Keepers Son is coming to take me to the park – at last a decent run and a good chase of my ball collection I hope.

The Keeper bloke has been tapping on some buttons, muttering a lot to himself instead of me, watching pictures on a television screen thingy and eventually looking pleased with himself.

Apparently, and you've got to believe this, he's posted a blockbuster video (whatever that is !) on something called 'Youtub' of me playing in the back garden.

I've not seen it myself but he says some people have actually 'liked' it – see what you think.

It's time to get my Keeper out in the garden for some exercise as he looks as if he's starting to put on weight and I don't want him taken to the Vets for slimming pills or having his temperature taken – we know how that feels, don't we Sniffer ?

Anyway, keep your companions happy and well.

Excellent keep fit video Merlin, you don’t half have your human well trained. Consider my paws clapping👏 My human’s don’t do that Twitface, or Gluetube, but I reckon I could get hooked!

Been fairly routine here, not too much excitement, same old walks, but plenty of new threads on Sniffer, lots of new visitors coming to Park. There’s been some complaints about having to push hefty weights around through long grass lately though, lots of moaning about shoulders aching, and some rude comments about “lazy lumps”. Don’t know why, it gives them a good work out, keeps them up to scratch.

One major event that deserved a medal did happen a couple of days ago. Eddie the Pup decided to pay a visit. He was showing off really, leaping about, chasing round and round garden like a small fluffy meteor, showing off his youth and agility, sort of a miniature show jumper. Ha, but we all know youth takes a tumble every now and then, and his pedestal collapsed spectacularly when he mistook the water jump (or big pond as it is better known). Ker-plunk, right to the bottom where the frogs live😂Now he is usually white, and in fact was newly clipped and bathed (‘cos his Mum is a dog groomer, poor lad😱) so that made his disgrace all the worse. He was hauled off sort of green and a bit smelly, but it didn’t seem to bother him. Took a while to sort out the pond fountain though, and there were a few disgruntled looking frogs hopping around🤣

Hello Sniffer and all the pals on here, you've been keeping your humans busy. I've just found something really interesting to keep me busy, I spotted some nice books on a shelf, special ones, collected in a little group....they tasted absolutely yummy...🐶

love Tallulah xx

aged nearly 9 months (if I'm lucky...)

Tallulah 😱😱😱😱. Bet we don't hear from you for a while!

Don't tell my humans, they should have a young one arrive next month if they're allowed out. You might put them off. Oh on second thoughts.............. might be better for me and my mates.

Keep your head down and your teeth inside a closed mouth.

Arbuthnot 🦔🦔

Hi Tallulah. I was a bit of a book worm as well in my younger days, there’s something very tasty about paper and a nice hard cover. Dad wasn’t pleased at all, I was in the doghouse for weeks. Only following a family tradition, apparently the Airedale’s were serious snafflers of paperbacks, mainly those nice old orange and cream ones, and the odd green ones. Xx

Well the fussy one is happy, not sure I am!

Fussy one saw 5 hedgehogs whilst outside looking at the sky - why? No they weren't in the sky 🤣. 2 small ones came out from under the shed, its huge several of us can easily be under there and follow the self isolation rules, not kind as distant for us as were smaller!, triggering the lights. Fussy one gasped as light coming on made her jump so they shot back in. Once it went dark again rustling caused her to use phone torch, 2 more had come under the fence and were seen. They froze, she almost missed them. But did manage a photo.

She went back indoors and I appeared for a good drink and that triggers another light. She came right out 😱 I ran behind the adjacent water feature and into the hedgehog house and she lifted the lid. The nerve of some folk.

Anyway we've managed to stay out of her sight for a bit, she has been keeping the food well topped up, but saying we're eating double what we were. What does she expect there are 5 of us!! This morning we left a bit in the bowl to prove we are not greedy when there's natural food around, especially after this lovely rain, we can feed ourselves.

Someone, I'm not naming names, left her a surprise in the front doorstep and mat overnight. Only the usual calling card 😉, it wasnt me - not my shape 😂. We have to make sure humans know that steps are not an obstacle! Mind you there's nothing exciting in the open porch, an old metal cat labelled Tiddles and up until recently cobwebs and leaves, but she's gone even more fussy over cleaning places recently 😢

Looking forward to reading about others adventures 

Arbuthnot 🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔