Magnus 11th December

Pam thinks I am a genius.  I have found a new way of letting the humans know what I want.  I head butt and push them until they get where I want them.  Pam was wrapping presents and I needed her to listen to me.  So I did the usual. Swiped her with a paw.  Having got her attention, I wandered towards the kitchen and the back door.  She thought I wanted out.  I got behind her and butted her with my head so she went in the direction I wanted her to go.......... the fridge.  She called Ewen, so I had to push and bump him until he got in front of the fridge.
Bingo.  I got chicken.

Magnus 9th December.

Snow. Snow. Snow.  Yipee.  Snow's back.   I love it.  Makes my hair all tingly and standy up.  It feels right when I am in the snow.  Just love it.  Mirren quite likes it as well but she's a bit more careful.
She was a lot nicer in the snow than she was at the beach.  She really was "The Bitch on the Beach" the other day.  Ewen let her off the lead for the first time in ages and she was just horrible to me.  She kept giving me verbal grief and then she'd snap at me.  She can't be in season again already, so she doesn't have that excuse.
Anyway, back to the snow.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat stuff.

Mirren 9th December

I guess I was a bit nasty the other day.  It was just lovely to be off the lead, even if just for a wee while. Big Boy has got too used to being his own boss when we are out.  I just had to re-establish my authority on things.
Snow's okay.  Personally, I find it a bit chilly on the paws.  We were passing The Grey Mare's Tail and we were let out for a run.  Pam stayed in the car.  Too nippy for her.  Snow is alright if you are running at speed, but when you are trotting along it is inclined to get stuck in between the pads of my paws.  I do prefer the comfort of a warm and furry couch these days.  I have rather got stuck in the couch potato mode.  I think I'd better get back to the gym if Big Boy is to be kept in line.

Magnus 29th November.

Magnus 29th November

Huh!! Well  can lounge with the best of them too.  Nya nya nya.

Magnus 25th November

Been a bit hectic recently.  I was right.  I did see a suitcase.  Ewen went to Paris, to some Paris Photo exhibition.  Left me with Pam.  Ho hum.  Got long walks, but mostly on the lead.  Now I know what it's like for Mirren.  Then we've had a new kitchen put in.  We had a few incidents with water so the old one needed replaced.  Now Ewen's painting.  Personally, I don't see what the fuss is about.  As long as I have my food, I really don't care about the decor.

Mirren 25th November

How many sleeps before I get off the lead???  Really need to run soon.  Big Boy got a taste of what's it's like on the lead.  That wiped the grin off his face.
As to the new kitchen, I think it's good to have a nice place to eat.  However, I have had to go on food strike.  They've been giving me Turkey food.  I really fancied Rabbit so I just stopped eating for 36 hours.  That got them running around, tempting me with tasty morsels.  Eggs, ham, fish. Just wanted a change of food.  It gets very tedious having the same thing ALL the time. I have a very refined palate after all.  So got Rabbit.  I like to keep them on their toes.
Must go.  I have a fur covered couch to go lounge on.  This requires skill.  I am VERY good at couch lounging.

Magnus 13th November

Been looking at some pictures of us when we were little.  Here's one of me and Ewen..  Always together and VERY outdoorsy.  I have to say that snow was very cold and, since I was little, my tummy was freezing.  
Couldn't wait to get back in the car that day.  Love snow now.  Hasn't touched my tummy in a while.  I'm a big boy now, of course.
Pam keeps going on about how clever I am and how many words I understand.  Does she think we're all daft.  I have a new trick.  Ask out for a pee at 3am and don't come back in until I am offered some ham.  Clever.
Have a nasty feeling something is up.  I see a suitcase.


Mirren 13th November

THEY WENT TO SEE COLIN WITHOUT ME!!  Apparently they went to pay bills.  Mainly mine.  Pam says what they and the insurance have paid out this year would buy a small car!!  No idea what that's all about.
Just look at how cute I was as a puppy.
Pam has made new fleece covers for our downies.  I have always liked sleeping on a furry thing.  And it obviously started when I was young.  Princess and the Pea on all those folded beds.
I am, of course, the Princess.
As to Big Boy's intelligence quotient..............  I say nothing.  But she who controls with a velvet paw and sad eyes doesn't need all that stuff.

Some missing Photographs of us ........

Mirren 4th November

I have had to go back to the Royal Dick Vet again.  Nothing to worry about people.  I am fine.  They knocked me out again and x-rayed me, but all is well.  The plate in my leg has settled in nicely and my leg muscle has developed too.  Ewen took me up in Pam's car.  I knew right away where he was taking me because we left Big Boy at home.  I decided to have a re-run of the last time and howled, vociferously, the whole way there and back.  I then treated everyone to absolute Coventry for taking me back up there.  I might not be the brightest dog, according to the Telegraph IQ test, but I REALLY know how to make people pay.

Magnus 4th November

Ho-hum.  She'll be getting off the lead again soon.  Five more weeks.  I'll need to get in some serious playing with Ewen before she gets loose again.  Walks have been so peaceful and organised when she's on the lead.  One good point is.......I won't have to keep giving her the best sleeping spots anymore, because she's not well.  She's fine.  So, time to reassert myself as top dog.  After Ewen that is.  Oh and maybe Pam.  Maybe!!