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Nelly and I had a great time being part of the Gooberstanian Beard Growing Competition, so much so she is now practicing for another one …

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She paused there for a moment because she couldn’t remember how it goes. However, this is the finished article …

Not bad …  hey?! Now all we have to do is find an ‘Entrance Mat Origami’ competition …

Nelly is learning very quickly. The other day I was giving her a lesson in ‘Elk Appreciation’. We each took an elk into the living room and gave them a good chewing over …

But then she started playing the ‘I want your elk’ game.

She’s pawing my elk!

No, Nelly, you can’t have it. This is my favorite elk that Santa brought me.

Right then, you put your nose into the hand hole like this …

No Nelly, you can’t have it! Aaaaaah …. my ear!

Well, then the whole thing just deteriorated into an all out wrassling match. Nelly has 9 new teeth now …

And guess who ended up with my elk?????

But I don’t mind. I love my little sister.

Bye for now.

Finni

Hi All & Happy New Year!

Hope you had a lovely Christmas – we did!  But first things first:

Here are the Beard measurements for the Gooberstanian Beard Competition!

That’s 3.5 inches! My beard hasn’t grown longer but I think it has become fuller …

Back in November the tips were only just measuring 3.5 inches. Aaah well…  Anyway, this is my entry for the muddiest beard competition – I’m quietly confident of having one of the muddiest beards around!

… and here is how I did it (just in case anyone wanted to try …)

Nelly insisted on having her beard measured too …

This was not an easy job, she kept trying to eat the ruler … she eats everything at the moment – she is teething. 7 new teeth!!! Anyway somehow we managed it …

… 1.5 inches !!!!! Very respectable. We think she is under 25 lb but couldn’t be sure. She is a magnificent and enthusiastic raw feeder and now loves to tackle the sort of hard bones I have … I think she eats more than me!

Christmas was wonderful but we think it should be renamed … Chaos Fest! Amelie was unwrapping her presents in the living room

… and we were unwrapping ours in the kitchen and garden …

Nelly particularly liked the pink pig – it made a noise every time she squeezed it but she couldn’t figure out where the noise came from. Took her ages to figure it out 😛 .

And for the Queen’s Speech she just crashed out with her favourite elk …

Thank you Molly and Taffy for those lovely presents, the Christmas pudding tug toy looked so delicious I ate it!!! (I don’t usually eat toys!) Nelly just loves the squeaky reindeer tug toy … and Taffy … the ball … we obviously share a passion for squeaker balls. Thanks matey!

Thanks also to Scooby for the lovely Christmas pudding and the squeaky cracker … they’re great! Thank you also to Bandit for the pink pig!!! and to Mike and Kate for the lovely Santa and Reindeer tug toys – we love them all!!!! But I think we need a bigger toy box

New Year Eve was pretty uneventful, I had a few barking sessions at fireworks but saw the New Year in with a well cooked cheese sauce dish. Nelly and I are being kept apart at such times as she isn’t really bothered about fireworks but always backs me up when we’re together.

From Nelly and me …

Bye for now.

Finni

Hi All!

It’s been a while since we blogged. The reason is that WordPress suddenly stopped working properly for us – but it’s fixed now … mostly.

Anyway, Nelly and I have been having quite a bit of fun these last 2 weeks. She is growing and filling out and firming up on raw. We had a little problem with her being sick quite a bit for the first two weeks. She was literally inhaling her food in a few seconds flat and then brought it back a little while later, her stomach hadn’t registered that food was coming “Wha….? Run that by me again!” So Mum made her chew a bone immediately after eating and … voila! She started keeping things down.

She also had to have her ears glued – she didn’t like that one bit …

… and kept saying for Christmas she just wanted her ears back! … Well, she got her wish. The glue came undone one week after it was put on, but the ears are lovely and symmetrical now.

Mum has been very busy shopping, and of course this close to Christmas  it’s … ELK SEASON!!!

The one on the left has no less than 6 squeakers in it – one in each foot, one in the nose and a honking one in the body – it’s glorious! But Nelly’s favourite game is ‘I want your chewie!’,  sometimes we swap toys and race around the garden and house.

She hasn’t been for a walk yet and keeps wondering what the lead is for.

Mum said over the Christmas period she will come a little walk with us. Cool, I can’t wait.

One day last week the postie left us a parcel. It was for me and Nelly!  And it was from Molly and Taffy … Thank you so much M & T, we love presents!

We immediately started to open it but when Mum realized it was full of Christmas presents she quickly put it somewhere safe. Well, she thinks it’s safe. The other morning she was in the shower and heard a rustling sound outside the bathroom door (Nelly waits for her on the upstairs landing) and when she came out she found that Nelly had found our other Christmas presents and played with all of them … she won’t tell me what they are though!

Anyway, we’re baking tomorrow – I love baking, I’m very attentive right by Mum’s side especially when she makes pastry … with lard!

So I’ll leave you with Nelly’s ‘Chicken wing dance’. She has an extra chicken wing when I’m on my evening walk.

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Bye for now

Finni

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