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 ?!

Out and About with my Friends

Today was a very sunny and warm day (which I, as a Scottish girl, do not like it too hot). But chasing around with my friends is just too much fun. We drove up the hill and parked at the shooting range. Yes, the Swiss men are obliged to go shooting regularly as long as they're in the army's reserve. No shooting today though. 

On a field we came by, a farmer had harvested whatever crop grew there before and was now distributing some dusty fertiliser, probably from a chicken farm with all those white feathers on the ground. That got Aysha and Cocoa on the plan. They pelted across the field, ignoring the farmer's large trailer moving around. And Cocoa would not want to listen when he was called. Ran even further away. Naughty boy !!

In the end we all sat panting in the shade, ready to walk into the woods. There was a small stream, and I dared to wet my paws. Uh uh, am not used to that. Later we came by a lovely water fall and who ran to the edge almost slipping down? Cocoa again. So he had to go on the lead for the remainder of the stroll.

At the end, all exhausted from the heat, we were asked to sit down for a photo session. As if! We all still had ants in our bums. This is the best we could do:

Dolly (4), Paco (8), Aysha (12), Ginger (4), Cocoa (4) - © Aysha & Paco's Mum

Ops, am the only one with the tongue out ... 😊

Leisurely Strolling in the Rain in the Woods

Even though it was raining - as you can see me wearing my authentic North Sea rain coat 😊 - nature was exploding with green 🌱 and the air was so fresh.

Meet the Pack

Pant pant ... just got back in from a loooooong walk around the area where we all live. So much to sniff, and a lot of chasing. Spring, yippie!

Cocoa and Ginger (4), the Havanese half brothers and full of beans, like to do the zoomies with me, and Paco (8), the proud Westie male protects me should the play with the boys get out of hand. Aysha (12), the elegant elderly Labrador lady is always strolling around by herself, not bothering much about us, except when Paco chases her. They live together. 

We meet at least once a week, that's nice, and I'm happy that after almost 11 months in Switzerland I made such nice friends.

First photo of the pack - faces coming soon: left bottom: Ginger, Paco, myself; center: Cocoa; top: Aysha; very top: lake 🐶

Sexy in the Rain

This week Tuesday I was already struggling with 21°C. Today, Friday, 2°C and snow fall. Wednesday and Thursday rain fall, so I took my afternoon walkies in the woods, posing in my chic, original Hamburg "Südwester"-style rain coat. How's that, sexy or what 😉?

My name is not 'Cesar'!

Yesterday, I was nicely roaming the woods above the village where I live. We came across a man with his chirpy baby tied to his chest. 'Look, the doggie! Look, look!' he went on to his baby, pointing at me. I briefly looked up but wasn't too interested in his smells and slowly trotted off when he asked: 'What's he called, Cesar?" 

Oh dog, in my beautifully groomed coat HE should have noticed that I'm a SHE, pffff, and my name is Dolly. Hear me? Dolly! Though I'm pure-bred and pretty, I rather roll in fox-dung than getting my nose powdered for some TV commercial. But us Westies are just too cute, aren't we (wink)?

In the Woods on Valentine's Day

Hello, it's 9°C today, far too warm for a February in Switzerland. And my coat is rather long but my groomer says she can only trim every 3 months. 

Sigh. 

So here I am with all that hair. We had a quick photo session for my fans in the woods near by where I was supposed to look pretty. I hate sitting still, but I managed, didn't I? 

Smile.

Back on my four paws on the ground, I smelled some fox stuff. Oh, it was so nice to roll in it ...  about five times.

Har har har! 

Will have to pay for it with some bath tub job, even though it's Valentine's Day.

Grrrrr. 

Westie Zoomies

Cocoa and Ginger are half brother Havanese about my age. They became my buddies a few months after I had arrived in my new home in Switzerland. 

We 'go' well together, often roaming the fields and woods during our afternoon walkies, checking out pipes and holes. Great fun, great playing. Loving it...