Last Straw

If you have read my blog before you will know that I am creative, resourceful and determined. I enjoy redesigning Mum's shoes and finding ways to reach interesting items that have been carefully placed out of my reach.

Mum, however, doesn't always appreciate my talents and will often try to stifle my creativity. One day, after she caught me running past the bathroom with one of her shoes in my mouth, she told me it was the last straw. I don't know what the big deal was, I had shortened one of the bows on the shoe for her, while she was in the shower and was merely putting it back. Apparently the first straw appeared last week when I helped myself to a whole block of cheese left on the table. No one wanted it anyway! And if all these straws were appearing, I'm sure my piggy brother Mima would appreciate them.

Getting back to the shoe, after mum discovered what I did, she shouted at me and my redesigning efforts were rewarded with a smacked bottom.Well I showed her! When Dad got home from work, I was all over him.

Before Mum could tell him what happened that day, I snuggled up to Dad, being as cute as possible and ignored Mum all night. Dad was distracted by the attention, Mum was bothered by the lack of attention, and nobody mentioned any straws!

Chief Shoe Designer

Bailey, my BFF and partner in cheese crime


 

Working Dog

No I haven't turned into a cattle dog but I am working! Mum & Dad are always leaving me to go to "work" and telling me it's so they can earn money to buy me treats.

Well, I decided to earn my own liver treats! With Mum's help I have now got my own store!

Check it out here   My Store - Gemma's Little Gems

It is still growing and I will be adding lots of pretty things all the time.

You will see that there is a page called Gemma's Giveaways. The first Giveaway will be chosen on Friday 5 October. You just need to tweet a pic of you looking glam for a chance to win something fabulous! I have already received a fantastic entry from @WhippetPickle looking very glam in his pink dressing gown. Will post pics later with his permission.

Looking forward to seeing more pics.



Me posing for my glam shot



Onwards To Victory

A very exciting thing happened last weekend. My beloved Swannies are through to the Grand Final after a 26 point victory over the Pies!!!!!



The Swannies will meet the Hawks on Saturday in a Grand Final match.

One good thing about Mum and Dad not being able to go to Melbourne for the Grand Final means we will be able to watch it together. For reasons I cannot imagine, even though I have my very own Pet Membership, I'm not allowed to go to any games.

So I will be watching it at home and cheering the boys onwards to victory.

Everybody Needs Good Neighbours...

Our lovely neighbours next door told Mum that they often notice an outline of a little body with a waggly tail looking through the frosted glass part of their front door.

I'm not a sticky beak, I just like going over to say hello. Most of the time Mum just leaves me to it, but one morning she flew into a panic and ran after me.

Apparently before 6am is not a good time for visiting. Mum chased me, calling out my name. She was shouting in whispers if you know what I mean. I was only trying to be polite, but Mum was really embarrassing me, coming out in her pink jammies. This was up there with her "Wallaby Poo Dance".

Those of you who have seen my zooming videos will know how fast I am. I'm also good at dodging Mum. I ran up to their front door and tapped. The neighbours mustn't have heard me so I ran under their bedroom window and woofed a couple of times.

By now, Mum was really cranky. She had stepped on a gumnut and a twig with her bare feet in her haste to stop me. I don't know how this is my fault.... she should have worn shoes!

I was scooped up into Mum's arms and taken home before I could wake the neighbours up. Mum rang them later to apologise but they said they didn't even hear me. They did however hear MUM call out my name!

Mum says I'm lucky that they like me and we're very lucky to have such wonderful neighbours. We really couldn't have asked for better neighbours. They have been so kind and caring ever since we moved in.

One of my neighbours is very artistic and clever. He makes amazing sculptures out of recycled materials.

This is my favourite.

I have also become friends with a dog called Pixie who lives 4 doors away from me. We have been for walks together which has been fun.

Picking Pixie up for our walk.

We'd rather go to Pet Biz next door!

I hope you all have wonderful neighbours too.

Lucky Gemma

It has been awhile since my last post. I have been busy hanging out with my family who are visiting from a faraway place called England. It's so much fun having them stay. I have a baby to play with and am enjoying more pats and fussing.

I'm such a lucky puppy. Not  only do I have a Mum and Dad and family who love me, I have very special pals too. It's obviously not just about all the lovely presents they sent me for my birthday but the friendship and support that I value. I just wanted to thank them all and show you the presents I got.

My best friend Bailey got me this for my birthday

My pal Dugal sent me my very own Bark Jacobs shoe along with other treats

Captain Worm Sparrow sent me a pink hairdryer, a pink bone treat box and Swans stuff for Mum & Dad

Love getting packages in the post! This is from Tilly.

Tilly sent me this amazing box of surprises

This is from Stanley who sent me so many cool toys

This beaver was one of them

Penne sent me this wonderful handmade squeaky fish

Mimi, Mac and Shelly sent me this

Ruger sent me this lovely birthday card

 This post is dedicated to all my wonderful friends, some that I haven't mentioned but they know who they are. Your love and support means alot to me.

Doggy Big Day Out

My pal Bailey invited me to the Doggy Big Day Out today. It was so much fun! So many stalls, shows and heaps of dogs.

Look greyhounds! Should I go over and say hello?

 

Hello.



 

There was an agility demonstration and afterwards I was allowed to have a go!

I didn't really like the tunnels or hurdles but I loved the boards. Except when certain pups hold me up...



Hurry up!

 

There was a cutest puppy competition that I wanted to enter but I had to be under 1 years old. Can you believe this dog was allowed to enter?

He was apparently 11 months old... but I'm not so sure.... he was 95 kgs!!! And Mum worries about MY weight? Bailey and I should have just entered anyway... it's not like anyone was checking our birth certificates. Although, I'm so cute it would probably have been unfair to the others.

I met a Chihuahua called Taco.

He was cute. But not as cute as Bailey. I even got a goodbye kiss from Bailey today. Some of you will know that Bailey has not exactly been enthusiastic about kisses from me... until now!

My best pal Bailey. Isn't he gorgeous?

 

I also had my teeth checked by a dental vet and a pet massage. And the best thing about today... well apart from the kiss from Bailey.... look at the freebies and showbags I got.

Mum says she has claimed the piggies... since they actually fold out into bags and aren't toys I guess that's ok.

Time to go home.

Thanks for inviting me Bailey. Looking forward to our next outing.

It's been a Big Day.

ICU

I gave Mum and Dad a big scare last week. Late in the evening, just as I was coming in from the garden, I started to cough and choke. I eventually threw up but still had trouble breathing.

Mum and Dad rushed me to the emergency hospital. They were convinced I had swallowed something and was choking. After giving me an X-ray, the specialist came out saying that there was nothing stuck in me. Mum and Dad were relieved for two seconds until the specialist pulled up a chair and sat down.

This was not a good sign. She went on to say that I had an enlarged esophagus which meant I was in danger of getting fluid in my lungs and pneumonia. The main causes were ticks or sometimes this conditions just develops.

Mum's eyes started leaking heaps as the specialist said that I had to stay there on a drip. I was so scared as I was taken to a cage in the back room.

I ended up staying at the hospital in the ICU for two nights!!  Mum took a day off work to stay with me and they visited me as often as they could.




I got this Get Well message from my best pal Bailey. Thank you!

It was such a scary time for me and for Mum and Dad. All the messages of love and support we received from my Twitter pals meant so much to us.

Can I go home yet?

I had another X-ray on the second day and it showed that my esophagus  had righted itself!!! The specialist was amazed and said that I could go home if Mum and Dad watched my eating and breathing closely.

Waiting for the doctor

Resting at home

I had my leg shaved in hospital!

 I had a follow up scan a week later which showed a normal esophagus. The Vet I saw said that I was a mystery! He hadn't seen this condition fix itself so quickly before. They were originally going to do a scope but said it was best to let sleeping dogs lie.

So I'm now back to my usual bouncy self. The only difference is that Mum is watching me very closely for any signs of choking and I have been getting smaller portions of food! The up side of smaller portions is I get food more frequently so I guess I'll cope.

Thanks again to all my special friends who cared about me when I was ill. I love you all.