Ralphie B
Day 37
Today we return home on the underground train, I’m very chilled about being on this train, I’m very chilled about most transport now after all the international travel I’ve been doing, I’m now a very well travelled dog!
I’m looking forward to being able to run free round the garden, not having to be tethered to a long lead.
I’m really excited about getting to see all my furry friends, I hope they know that I’m heading home!
What I’m really looking forward to is sitting in my chair in the kitchen keeping guard watching the birds & cows, tapping on the patio doors so the humans let me out to chase & bark at the birds on MY grass & the cows stood at MY fence. I have to do a lot of barking at the cows I have a lot to say to them, I also encourage my furry friends to join in, the humans & (the neighbours) really hate all the barking, they wag their fingers & tell us to be quiet, but barking is what dogs do & we won’t be stopped!!!
Just before we went on our holidays I’d learnt a new trick, I started jumping up on the kitchen island when the humans went out of the room, I had quite a bit of success managing to help myself to biscuits, crisps, bread & hummus, along with licking up any crumbs that were on it, oh & licking the glass of beer( I’ve got a taste for beer now). I got into serious trouble a couple of times when the humans found me up there, being told how naughty I was & having the finger wagged in my face, but they don’t know about all the other times I managed to get down before they came back into the room. I’ve just got to hone my earring a bit more so I don’t get caught at all!!!, I wouldn’t have to do it if they shared all their food with me would I ?🐕🦺🐾🐾
Ralphie B
Day 36
This is my last full day in France, we are going back to the UK tomorrow.
We are staying at a site in Sangatte tonight as it’s near to where we will get the underground train. The humans have told me we will also be meeting their friend Jane there, she is one of my bestest human friends, she’s always hugging me so I know she loves me.
We park up on the new patch of grass right next to Jane’s campervan, I know it’s hers as I can smell her all around it but can’t find her no matter how hard I search. The humans tell me she is out for the day volunteering at a warehouse & we will see her this evening.
We set off on my promised walk, they tell me I will only be on the lead for a short time until we reach the beach.
I love the beach it’s the second bestest place I like to run, my bestest place ever is the woods & fields. I can’t wait to run & run in the lovely soft sand but then I suddenly remember there’s water by the sand!! so I’m going to have to keep an eye on those two. They let me off the lead & I roll in the lovely soft sand, but I get it in my eyes & around my mouth & it doesn’t taste good, not to worry I can shake myself to get rid of it & it will blow off while running. I run for ages, they keep whistling me back but I don’t go all the way back to them, I’m not giving them a chance to grasp me and get me in the water, I know what there game is, I’m wiser than they think I am.
We come to the end of the beach we’ve gone miles & miles, they put me back on the lead, they tell me I’ll be able to go back on the beach once we’ve had a walk round the town,food & drink for them, zero food for me again just a drink!!! I do get to have some of the he humans juicy burger & during our walk on the promenade they have a massive ice cream each, the she human shares hers with me, the he human eats ALL of his!!, I wish I could have my own ice cream it’s my next favourite thing after meat & fish but no such luck.
We go bac
Ralphie B
Day 33
We had a late start today as the humans said they had an appointment at 10.30 then we would head over to Lille & try to find a patch of something!! to park the MH on for the night, what they didn't tell me was that it was me that had an appointment with the vet!!!, if I had known where I was going i'd have never got back in the MH that morning after my walk.
Imagine my horror when we got to the appointment & I got out of the MH with the she human, I knew as soon as my paws touched the floor where we were, there's a certain smell in the air!!! My legs started doing their Elvis impression, I just couldn't stop them from shaking,& i started to cry. We were put in a room of chairs, where i had to sit down as my legs were shaking so much, the she human put me on her knee, whispering that it was going to be ok & she had some nice ham for me if I was good, (I'm always good!)
OK for her!! she wasn't going to have something shoved in her ear or worse up her bum, which is usually what happens when i go to these places. we were taken to another room, I did try to stop myself being taken there by stiffening my legs & refusing to move but it was of no use she just pulled harder and my claws couldn't dig into the solid floor so I was dragged into the room!!!
The human in the blue outfit tried to make friends with me but I knew her game, be nice to begin with, get my trust, then stick something in me, I was having none of it. She put me on this big metal thing which recorded my weight, I must have lost loads of weight in the last 10 mins with all the sweating I'd done!!! She then waved a circular thing around me which beeped but didn't inflict any harm to me, she then offered me something round & hard which I thought might be a treat but it tasted vile so i spat it out, my she human then got the ham out & the blue uniformed human took a piece & offered it me, I wasn't stupid I knew what she'd done, so I ate the ham & spat out the hard thing, she then tried with a
Treats
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Me rushing home for my treats🐕🦺🐾🐾
Free
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FREE AT LAST🐕🦺🐾🐾
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I was very lucky I didn’t have to have a bandage back on!!!🐕🦺🐾🐾
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Why oh why do they keep insisting on getting me wet!!!🐕🦺🐾🐾
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Look how silly they made me look wearing a bright green coat in that heat, everyone stared at how stupid I looked, it’s not a look I would have chosen myself I’ve got better taste than that🐕🦺🐾🐾
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Ear Flapping Scale 7 what do you think? 🐕🦺🐾🐾
Ralphie B
Day 10
Today was a very quite day, I think the humans had over done it with the drink the night before!!!!
They were complaining of having thick heads (whatever that means),do they mean their thickheads & stupid cause they were doing that rolling around in the garden again this morning & not letting us join in with them.
I said goodbye to my mate Byron & his humans who said they were heading to Annecy, so maybe Byron’s going to race in the Tour of Annecy with his humans & their bikes & break my race record!!!
I stayed home with Kev & Dave, as it was to hot for me to be walking around, my paws might have got burnt on the pavement, so better for me to stay cool at home with the other guys.
The humans headed into town to try out the luge on the mountainside, they all came back un-injured, so can’t have been too dangerous!!!
It was a very leisurely day all round, as it had been a very full on weekend with not much time for me to catch up on my sleep, so I was quite happy to spend the day snoozing with kev & Dave & we did get to have some Bacon & Chicken from the BBQ followed by some ice cream all my favourite things in one meal, so another good day on my holiday. 🐕🦺🐾🐾
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This is the humans doing very strange things🐕🦺🐾🐾
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This is Kev, Dave & me in the stream. 🐕🦺🐾🐾
Ralphie B
Day 7
Here’s me winning the Tour of Annecy in tandem with the human🐕🦺🐾🐾
Me Ralphie B in the lake.
Me Ralphie B having a big run with the human🐶
Ralph & gang enjoying the cooler weather this morning before it warms up and the paddling pool comes out.
Oti enjoying life in the long wet grass🐾🐶🐾💕