YORKSHIRE HOLIDAYS

Mabel : After the trauma of the previous Friday, we all went on our holidays to Yorkshire. We stayed in a lovely wee coattage in High Bentham. We went touring and walking in all directions. It was great. We were patted and told how beautiful we were, EVERYWHERE we went. It was like being on a celebrity tour. We slept really well and loved being there. We got to run around like racing dogs, to climb limestone walls and to visit rivers and caves. Very educational.

Morris : She is right. We were patted everywhere we went. Weirdly, most people thought we were Irish Wolfhounds!!! I didn't think we were THAT big. Like Mabel says, we did get a lot of exercise. I did sleep a lot when we got back to the cottage. Lovely dreams of rabbit ears. We even went shopping and carried our own pigs ears home. There was also a brillaint window where we could lean out and say hello to passing dogs. Felt really impressive.

VISIT TO THE VET!

Mabel: It has been a very dramatic week. I injured myself on Friday. Up till then the week was going fairly quietly. Okay weather, walks, sleeps, eats, the usual. Out for a walk on Friday , in the woods near home and I never felt a thing. Apparently, I was just pouring blood out of my back leg.. Ewen was upset and Pam was concerned. She even took the tie out of her trackie bottoms to tie round my leg to stop the bleeding. Pam said that Orry, our friends dog, tore his dew claw and that it bled very badly. She thought that was what happened but no. No-one knows. I was running very fast through the woods and must have run into some glass or metal. I had a deep, clean cut on my back led and had obviously cut a vein. There was soooo much blood they thought it was an artery. Anyway, Ewen rushed me to vet and before I knew it I was whisked away. Don't remember much till much later when I told the vets I wanted to go home. I felt very odd all of that night and tired the next day. On Sunday we went to Ednam house in Kelso and lay out on the grass and chilled. I was better when we got home because I whipped Morris's ass again.

Morris : For once she wasn't a drama queen. She carried on as if she wasn't creating pools of blood every where she went, and despite Pam's tourniquet, managed to cover the inside of the car in blood. It was peaceful, while she was away but I missed her. I wanted to get back to the vet to make sure she was alright. She was totally stoned when she got home. Next day, we all enjoyed a rest and then, on Sunday, we all went to Kelso and us dogs, lay out on the lawn. Really lovely. Just lay in the grass, nibbled some, and took in the lovely day. I stayed close to Ewen. Pam pointed out there could have been two of us at the vet on Friday. I have a long scratch on my back led. This one is jaggy and uneven. It didn't really break the skin. I must have ran onto a branch or something. The woods are now banned for walks. We now know I am 39Kgs and Mabel is 32.5Kgs so we are really growing up now.

Mabel : Met some friendly cattle this week. They seem to like me very much and follow me, along the fence, as I walk by. It's good to know I've been noticed. They smell very well, a bit like the hoof things Pam gives us. Pam also bought me a duck this week. I like the real ones, who fly away when I chase them out the water. This isn't a real one but it makes a satisfying quacking sound when I pick it up. Morris is a bit rougher and tries to pull the quacker thing out the duck's bottom??? I've been avoiding him by hiding in Pam and Ewen's bed but Pam says that has to stop since I acquired a tick on my ear. Got tick stuff - ed again.

Morris : The cattle are pretty big animals and Ewen says they will get much bigger. Mabel, of course gets it all wrong. Those guys would trample her if they could. The duck thing is interesting but I'm not called "The Shredder" for nothing. I seem to manage to choose things Pam would prefer me not to shred, like curtains and chair arms!!!! When sleeping, and not sunbathing, I prefer enhancing my physique and doing some yoga stretches. This week I went for a stretch with a twist. Good for the core muscles!!!!

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