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Dolly is going to pause

This blog will not be updated and rest for a while. 

Now six years of age, Dolly is happily roaming the woods and fields in the area around her home, which is close to the Greifensee in Switzerland.

Best wishes for 2024 !

Snoozing away the afternoon

In the middle of the bed !

Hey, I'm a little anarchist! I'm entitled to nap in the middle of the bed, pushing my bum onto my owner's pillow by ignoring the boundaries of my blanket. Yeah !!!

The Seven Dwarfs

Damit ... sniff sniff ... I can smell them ... sniff sniff ... they must live around here or have come by this springwater stream. Come on out, this is not a fairy tale, I'm real! Where are you, dwarfs ?!

Went to the Groomer again ... pretty?

Posing in the grass ...

Showing off ...

The night before, looking like a hippie ...

By The Lake

Summer morning walkies on a jetty by lake Greifensee, and I even got a treat.

Ain't I tweet ? 😊

Too Hot to Post

This summer of 2023 has been unusually hot for Switzerland since May, and the heat will continue. It affects me, too, and I rather walk early in the morning or chill sleeping inside with a ventilator swirling somewhere in the room. Hey, I'm Scottish by origin and born in Sweden. We're not keen on tropical heat. 

So posting about my adventures still has to wait, simply as there aren't none in this heat, and as my Mum and Dad are busy typing away for  their book projects. 

Too hot to move ...

The Stuffed Sock

Few days ago, I went to the groomer. Man, it was really necessary. Since last time, my coast had grown three months and 8 days = looooong. Good that my owner cut the hair in my face every now and then so I could look out of my face. I don't wear the typical Westie cut with the skirt. Roaming the fields every day at every weather, it's much more hygienic to wear a ‟pixie‟ with a Westie face cut. I learned that the short cut it called ‟the stuffed sock‟. Not sure, is that an insult or funny?

The Bitch from next Door

I don't like her !! The bitch from the next door building. She doesn't smell right to me. Needs a good bark when she gets out of the house. And back in. Going out of her way when I meet her in the fields... growl

When I have a problem with my paws and shall not lick them, they get stuffed into these stop socks...

No baby socks, special stop socks for dogs.

Taking a Breack

My Mom will be busy translating my Dad's lates crime novel «A Time of Adversity» into German, and my Dad is writing on a new book of short stories (first one is already out there). My blog will not be making any noise for a bit. 

Meanwhile I'll continue to roam the fields, sniff excessively, get dirty whenever possible, chill at home, eat my favourite food and chase any cat crossing my path ... See you soon.

Checking out the hood from my inside perch 🐶

The Model ....

Some people said that I am posing on this photograph. Na, was checking out the kids that were coming down the road behind the camera.  🐶
And yes, February and no snow...
And yes again, I was at the groomer's a week ago...

Miss Dolly in charge.

I make funny noises, they say !

I get really excited when I see a cat. I want to chase it and I get mad when I can't get to it. 

Being on the lead, on the balcony or inside by the window. Hey, let me go for it! 

But do I want to chase or do I want to play with? I don't know. When I get close to it I'm being careful and walk away, barking. 

Oh well, cats ....

(video taken in April 2022)

At the Vet's

Not my favourite place. Being treated for digestion issues. Got two injections and will have to swallow some pills. Aaaaargh !!

New Year's Stink

What better way to start a new year than a nice roll in some stink ! I tried to paint my back in Panda style but went a bit too low. Whatever, it was an instant disguise. The session in the bathtub later was not too brilliant.

Beautiful Morning by the Lake

This is what I saw this morning. Lovely sunrise over the mountains (I wished I could have chased those ducks).

Neighbourhood Watch with my Dad

For the cold winter months my neighbourhood-watch-deckchair has been moved to my Dad's room. Sometimes we do the watch together, from his sofa, waiting for one of the cats to walk by or controlling who walks in and out the building opposite us. Oh, and that dog from across I don't like. Growling and barking for sure, whether I'm inside or outside. Have to give her a mouthful 🐶!

Misty by the Lake

Walkies by the lake Greifensee on an early December morning.  

Misty morning

Red Paws 2

... ok, better now, got some real doggy sox now to wear a while after the cream had been applied to my paws... but am still not amused.

Red Paws ....

I'm not amused ! 

Paws are itching recently more often, so I lick them more than usual to spread my super-healing saliva over them. Owner took me to the vet yesterday. Got diagnosed with some kind of a rash between the balls of my paws. Now they're applying some ointment twice a day into the creases. To not spread that stuff on floor and carpet, I need to wear some socks for an hour after the application. Owner made them herself (obviously!) from her summer socks. No store close by that sells baby socks, which would have been the more fashionable choice. Now look at me..... I'm not amused !!!

I mean .... really?

And here's the issue: