Rosie is a brave bear

For years when people asked me whether Rosie was a good watch dog, I’d say she has excellent hearing and an impressive bark but that she is not a very brave little bear. Often if there was a strange noise at night, she would leap up barking, but then expect one of us to follow her […]

Rosie’s new blog

Our dog Rosie now has her own blog! From  Life with a Neurotic Cat . . . So why would I, a dog, want to have my own blog? I suppose I could say “because I can”, but it’s more than that. I’m a smart and opinionated dog, and since Lisa (female human) won’t let […]

Lean on Me

Seeing the photograph, made me think of the iconic song Lean on Me by Bill Withers. It reached  number one on both the soul singles and the Billboard Hot 100, and is ranked number 205 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time“. It has been performed and recorded by a […]

The Jet-set Puppy goes on a diet

Rosie (AKA The Jet-set Puppy), has always been a sturdy looking dog. Or as somebody once described her: “a chunky pup”. Chunky looked good on her when she was a puppy. It made her look like a healthy little bear cub. But as our vet told us when we recently took Rosie for her annual […]

My own dog is barking at me

Monday morning. I’m following my Monday morning routine of emptying all the bins in the house, for the Monday morning garbage collection in our neighbourhood. Bending over a black garbage bag, my back suddenly “goes”. I’m hunched over unable to move. Or at least unable to move without a great deal of pain radiating from […]

The jet-set puppy: How to win over your new family

If you’ve read the previous installment of this series (The jet-set puppy: A year of chaos) you’ll probably be asking yourself why we put up with this little puppy terrorist. Quite simply, Rosie was the cutest thing on four legs. Just when I felt I could murder her, she did something so cute or funny […]

The jet-set puppy: A year of chaos

After Rosie landed in our lives (see The jet-set puppy: buying a puppy via the Internet), things were literally never the same again. Our previous Staffie, Jessie, had been a calm, old soul (practically from puppy-hood), so to have to deal with a puppy which had a completely different personality, presented its challenges over the […]

The jet-set puppy: buying a puppy via the Internet

Last Friday I was lying on my bed, trying to calm my throbbing head and resting my feet against Rosie. Then it occurred to me that it was 25 February. Two years to the day that Rosie had landed – quite literally – in our lives. And I thought about how it all began, and  […]

Photo day: Who’s a clever girl then?

I know I must sound like a doting parent, but we do have a very clever dog! She’s currently learning English. Okay, she doesn’t speak it, but she understands an amazing amount of words already. Must be because I’m always talking to her. Somehow that makes me feel less crazy than talking to myself . […]

Photo day: Boots and Lead

These are two of Rosie’s favourite things. My boots and her lead. She sees these and she knows a walk is imminent. She sees these, and she follows me around the house (even when the boots aren’t on my feet) in case I try and sneak off without her! And the longer I walk around […]