So ? it?s been a while since I posted here but in the mayhem of my life I?ve managed a small visit here while the puppy is asleep!!!
It?s been almost three months since I fetched Alfie from the breeder, who, by the way, i wouldn?t recommend?.
The little bundle of fur has grown a great deal since his arrival?
Ah? wasn?t he sweet!!
He has also become an excitable ball of destruction in many ways.. he can remove artex from walls, something many builders have said was impossible?. dig up carpets, particularly in the hall ? and that one was replaced after Hippie dug it up two years ago? the timer buttons for my cooker now reside in a pretty little glass jar because he removed them so regularly.
He has spent one day in hospital after eating a whole biro, chewing it into little shards before swallowing it, demolished any toy within minutes when unsuspecting friends supply them, and grown enough to reach the worktops!!! This the time the supersoaker water pistol comes into play and I am afraid ?puppy power? goes out of the window?. he is learning..
His dog guard for my car has finally been fitted ? despite the problems with the first one that just did not fit. Thank you Halfords and particularly Joe for all your help in supplying and fitting one that works ? fitted to the headrests on the back seats ? it hold him back completely!!!!
However, he gets horribly travel sick and despite all my good intentions, if its a long trip he has to be sedated and travel in his crate on the back seat to get to our destination?.. he can?t even get to the vets in the village without being sick!
But, with an enormous amount of patience he is coming through ? and even ?left? a treat on his paw four 5 seconds this morning, he sits on command and waits to cross a road?.. it is all coming but it takes time!!
We have long walks ? sometimes with my daughter..
While ?our? big girl gets jealous?.
and sometimes, just the two of us, but we meet amazing people with their pooches and that is great!
He has also eaten most of these Livingstone Daisies in my garden that looked so lovely when the sun shone..
But he tells me he is sorry?
And that he loves me?..
And of course I believe him (!?)
I have also, despite the odds, finished making a ?hug me tight? for my friend?s expected grandchild ? the pattern was one my mum made for my elder sister and obviously my brother and then me ? so called because the knitted garment just wraps around the babe and ties at the sides with no awkward sleeve issues.. I like it ? and so would Alfie if he could get his paws on it?. No way!!
Oooh and at last i have found the perfect shower curtain to suit my bathroom?.. Hooray for Ebay!!
Sorry Cortes ? I know its boring girlie stuff but sometimes it just has to be done!!!
Keep Smiling!!!
Hmmm…… I like girlies! And besides, you have to keep everyone up to date on the progress made by Alfie. Perfectly understandable. And who can argue with a scarlet shower curtain? Or a gate in the back of your car? And in truth, the daisies will grow back, in time.
I was missing having dogs …….. thanks for the reminder!!!! – tee hee
Welcome back! You were missed. Alfie sure is a full time job. It sounds like you have great patience.
Oooooh, I love your shower curtain!! We just have plain glass screens.
Alfie looks (and sounds) like a bundle of fun, though quite a handful. See, that’s why I don’t do puppies! The bit that made me laugh was the cooker knobs. In all my years on Greytalk, reading of various doggy adventure and they things they do (the whippet on top of the microwave which was on top of the fridge was my favourite for a while) I have never heard of a dog removing cooker knobs! ROFL!
One tip I did pick up for counter surfing was to stick strips of double sided tape along the edge. They don’t like the feel of it on their feet.
Cortes- Scarlet? it must be the photo – its actually cyclamen pink!!! Very girlie!!! But why not! The daisies, I’m afraid have gone past the point of no return! But maybe next year!
DaddyP – I am obviously a victim of my own success here – I started my greyhound blog to put people off getting one and then after training her – Hippie is wonderful! Maybe, just maybe Alfie will be like that …. one day!
Grannymar – Patience? is that what its called….. I think I just don’t like admitting defeat !!!
Jay – I might try the tape – although the super soaker is favourite at the moment – that and ‘leave it’ of course.
How about the whippet on top of the hot tub? One day the lid will be open and he will be taking swimming lessons!!!!!
The shower curtain is gorgeous – it just finishes it off – its all white tiles and fittings and then, for now, I wanted hot pink accessories but the good bit is – if I get fed up – its easy to change!!!
Alfie sounds like quite a handful, to put it mildly. I hope all your most treasured possessions are locked up somewhere safe. Glad you’re taking his training seriously, that should control him a bit. I do get pissed off with dogs that haven’t been trained properly and are totally wayward.
I love the shower curtain. Hot pink is a wonderful choice.
You forget that Alfie got all poetic on us 🙂
Nick – oh yes he is a handful and at the moment I’m going for damage limitation in the house – he is confined to the kitchen and garden unless he is on a lead! I like them trained too – its not easy though! Thank goodness for my ‘Its me or the dog’ book!!!
And … hot pink is wonderful in there – pretty lampshade with sequins – new blind, matching towels and now the shower curtain! I love it!!!
Keiron – Alfie’s poem is in your guest book – he won’t tell me what he wrote…… maybe its one for your blog!!!! xxxx
its been ages since i was last at your blog. so i just thughtn i would say hello. I have to say i love your new puppy alfies hes very cute indeed. Although i never knew greyhounds can cause such chaos in the home. I know that they greyhounds are the sweetest dogs ever andnothing or no one will ever change tha. my sheppies has gone big the only bold thing he has done of late is chewing a leg off the kitchen table. But hey i dont mine at least that way i can now get a new table for mum. say hi to hppy and alfie from me