Echo at park
Happy 10th birthday Echo! We took him for a walk in the park to celebrate, but he was more interested in trying to get to me as I was filming him. Doesn't he look happy? 🤣🎉🐾💕
Ada &Co
.Ada having a romp whilst the others chill out.
Too hot
Flashback to the heat of summer. Pip appreciates having the fan on to cool himself down enough to sleep. Love his tail blowing around. 🤣
Braveheart & Friends
Braveheart and friends. 💖💕🐾
Dogs gardening
Various dogs 'helping' Nige garden, except Buddy taking care of discarded plant pots, plus Danny is digging planting holes - in the wrong places. 🤣🤣🤣
all spread out
All spread out and doing their own thing in the late afternoon sunshine.😍
Explorers
Ada, Buddy and Shep go exploring💕🐾
dogs rummaging
A variety of dogs having a good rummage around. 🐾🐾🐾🐾
Pixie cameo
Our new foster dog and Billie are getting to know each other in the paddock. But Pixie, being her usual self, steals the show by trotting past busily on her own business, as always. She's just busy, busy, busy all the time, even though she'll be 14 next month! Gotta love her! 💕🐾🤣
Dogs in paddock
Ten of our dogs each doing their own thing in the paddock. 😍💖
B & B training 2
More Billy and Baxter training, but with me holding the camera. Much trickier only having one hand for the treats! 😂 Please excuse Breeze barking in the background. She knew there were treats on offer, and wanted a share of them!
B & B training 1
A quick bit of training with Billy and Baxter (before Baxter left us). 😄
Bonnie at car boot
Car boot trip for Bonnie🐾💕😁
pixie playing
Classic Pixie. 'It's my ball'!!💕💕🤣🤣
Breeze car boot 2
Another clip of Breeze at the car boot sale. We just had to be very careful to keep her away from any food sources, as she would grab anything and everything edible if she could! 🤣😬
Breeze car boot 1
For a change, we took Breeze to the car boot sale along with Pip. She behaved beautifully and enjoyed the chance for some new experiences. 😍
Buddy's 4th Gotcha day
Is it only 4 years since Buddy came to us? It feels like a lifetime! 🤣🤣🤣 This is a typical shot of him coming to see what is happening, then running off to see what is happening elsewhere. 🐾💕
Pip dancing Flamenco
It's Pip's 3rd Gotcha day, and only a couple of weeks until his 13th birthday. He's so important to me that I can't believe it's only been 3 years since I met him and fell in love. I was reluctant to take him on as we had so many dogs, but Rose at Second Chance Animal Rescue Southampton knew better and encouraged us to take him. I'm so thankful that she did!
This video is my absolute favourite one of him. Make sure your sound is on! He 'dances' like this with several of our dogs at home, but I have never managed to capture it on video. Last year when he stayed with a dear friend Louise Kirby who also has chihuahuas, when we went on holiday she managed to capture this magical, flirty flamenco! 💕🐾🤣 Make sure your sound is on!
Dogs in long grass
Flashback to earlier this year when our tractor mower broke down and went off for repair. It was quite hard keeping track of them all and even harder dealing with all the grass seeds they picked up on their coats. But gosh, did they have fun! 💕🐾🤣
Ada and Friends
Ada and her friends enjoy a good old sniff and explore. 💕🐾
Best buddies just mooching
Best buddies just mooching
Billy & scooter
Billy starts learning how to walk beside my scooter. For the first time, I don't think he does too badly. 👍🐾👏😄
Billy on sniffari
Billy on sniffari - and not missing his brother one bit! 😍
Pip at Balloons 3
As the sun started to set on the balloons and the temperatures dipped`,Pip snuggled into his carrier to watch the balloons take off. I wondered how he would react to them as we had picked a good spot, and they were drifting over us at just 50 feet above us, with the burners roaring. Was Pip the Brave bothered? Not at all. Actually, he seemed rather bored! But we loved seeing them all and I'll post up a few photos in a moment.
Pip at balloons 2
After a quick reset on Mummy's lap, Pip the Brave is off again to explore some more!
Pip at Balloons 1
We recently took Pip to the Northampton Balloon Festival. He was enjoying having a look around with Nigel so I got my camera out. Just before I started filming a cannon went off with a VERY loud bang, and it shocked everyone, including Pip. He spotted me and made a beeline for me and some Mummy-cuddles to help him recover!
amy
Confidence building with Amy. Little Amy is friendly and outgoing in the paddock, but even after 2 years and much effort, she and Millie are still very wary of everything in the house. Here, her favourite person Wayne is working on building her confidence. Instead of getting her dinner in a bowl, he is using it to encourage her to eat off the rug. You can see that she finds even this challenging. In addition, we've put a large cardboard crate and a toilet roll inner on the bed to see if she'll eat the food when placed near them. This is pretty much impossible for her. Such a shame she is so frightened indoors.
Ada and Shep
Newly groomed Ada, and Shep out for a quiet wander together.😍
Here comes Shep
Here comes Shep
Billy
Most of the other dogs are having a rest, but Billy is still full of life!