It's a Dog's Life!

Day 2

I was awoken by a very cheeky dog this morning, at approximately 8AM. As much as I could have been angry, that cheeky face is impossibly cute. Besides, he let me have a  couple more hours sleep before jumping on me and slobbering again!

Yet again Oscar has been great, we even had an off lead run on the racecourse and he loved it! For several hours afterwards he was completely zonked out on the floor. Now he is cuddled up to me on the sofa watching the football, proper chilled out.

Still trying to find a fault, minus being an annoyingly good alarm clock!

Foster doggy!

So, on Sunday I decided to take home one of Wood Green’s long termers, Oscar. He’s a lovely Labrador cross (don’t ask me what he’s crossed with cos I haven’t the foggiest) and has barely ever been walked by the public in the time he’s been up for rehoming. 

I remember when I first met him, I was looking after the dogs that had been brought over from a shelter in Ireland. He was great back then and still is now. But we have no history on what he’s like in the home at all, so fostering seemed like a great idea.

He has been brilliant, and I’m not just saying that because I want him to get a home, I genuinely mean it. The first night I had him he happily pottered around the garden and did his business, then he explored the house (literally every nook and cranny). After that he took up most of the sofa watching Match of the Day. What a clever boy!

Today was my first full day with him. He happily stayed on his own in the house for an hour and a half this afternoon! We then had a play in the garden. He loves Tasha too! After a nice long walk and a meeting with a very cute mini schnauzer puppy on the park, he is curled up on his bed. Happy as larry.

He has got to be the sweetest dog. He goes to the door when he needs a wee, he stays on his bed all night. He doesn’t jump on my bed. He doesn’t mind being in the car. He even ignored a man in a fluorescent coat earlier! I’m actually trying to find a fault with him!

So, tomorrow its time to up his home alone a bit more and get him meeting some more dogs and people.

=]

New beginnings

I have a new job. My PERFECT job.

I’ll be an animal rehomer in the dog section at Wood Green Animal Shelter.

I’m excited.

It’s been a while…

So I haven’t posted on here in a long time, I’ve been a busy bee! I’d report back on what I’ve been up to but a lot of this can be read on Facebook…

Last week I found out an old friend from Primary School had sadly passed away. I was just reading the Facebook feed and a lovely friend Dan Baron had posted an RIP to Maria Masqueda. I honestly didn’t believe it at first so I went to her page and discovered page after page of beautiful messages. I can honestly say I burst into tears, mainly from shock, I’d not seen her for more than a few minutes at a time for nearly ten years. So on Friday I’m heading back to Preston for the funeral, a lot of my year will be there, it’s just a pity we’ll be reunited on such sad terms.

In happier news, I’ve managed to stay single (not to mention enjoy it) for almost two whole months! This is certainly an achievement for me, as people who know me will realise. I’ll admit, sometimes I struggle with not having someone there whenever I need them. Yeah, I have my friends, but its not the same level of comfort, is it? But I’m getting there. I have my fair share of fun and games, it’s just a pity a messed up with someone I had quite like for a long while. But hey, I’m over that now, happy to sail along and when someone likes me for who I am, and not what they want me to be, I’ll be happy. But for now, things are good in that department. My dearest Sonam is to thank for that one.

Recently I’ve found myself in the firing line of a couple of people bad mouthing me. I am honestly not sure what I’ve done to wrong them, but at the end of the day I have some amazing friends and lovely family, what more can I ask for? I’m past caring what they think of me, if they’re going to bitch behind my back and not say it to my face then it just makes me the better person for ignoring them. I’d gladly say it to their face if I had a problem. In fact I do.

Anyway, rant over, I best get off my lazy bum and get some breakfast/lunch :) Over and out.