Its two nights out on the tiles.......

Well these outings just get better and better! I now know why my people were looking at sites for their mobile kennel. The other day the human kennel on wheels was hitched up to the blue tin box on wheels (quite clever these humans being able to make your kennel follow you everywhere you go) and I was allowed to go with them.

We stayed at a place called Kyparissia for two nights, I heard my people telling others that it was to see how I behaved in their kennel so they could plan longer trips with me. Knowing that I thought to myself I had better be good. Unfortunately I was tied up though, however I had a long rope and could get about quiet a bit. In the night my people gave me my own room (with hot & cold running water) made up with my bed basket, I even had my own window, (Really it was the kennels shower room)..... I was quite glad of that because I know I tend to snore when I fall asleep.......

More outings................

As time went by I was taken on more and more outings, the photos above are of me and Mrs Stop'it in Finikounda, another village on the sea front near where we live. This time besides being allowed to run on the beach we went visiting mobile kennel sites (caravan camping sites), some were really good but there was one by the main road that had a cat! I decided to jump out of the window of the blue box on wheels to sort that out. Mr Stop'it was not at all happy with me though, for the rest of the day I decided I had better keep a very low profile......

Stoupa visit

Now very often the Stop'its go back out after taking me to the beach and returning me home, but this time I was to go back out in the blue tin box on wheels with them. We drove quite along way and with my head out of the window I could smell lots of different areas as we passed through. Mr Stop'it is quite good to me really as on the way he stopped at a convenient place for me to errrrr "stretch my legs and do what us dogs do", a relief I can tell you when you are on a long journey.

We ended up at Stoupa where the Stop'its ordered breakfast. It was my very first time I was allowed to sit with them in a cafe so I thought I had better behave. Other people in the cafe spoke to me also, gee this is the life I thought!

Its like back to school.......

Most mornings Mr Stop'it insists I learn some lessons, often on the beach and sometimes in the garden. Now as I said yesterday despite me having to learn what he wants in both English and Greek he now has some obsession with following his commands with a whistle! So I have learnt that a series of short whistles means I have to come to him, and one long whistle means I have to stop in my tracks and sit......well I do it to humour him, as it seems to make him happy for some odd reason. In my picture today Mr Stop'it has just told me to "get on", this means I can have a good run about and search for new smells on the beach.

When we were out the other day I found a giant turtle lying on the beach, but it was dead so I was very quickly stopped by the boss from having a good sniff at it......

2010 New Year

The New Year started just like the old year ended really. Most mornings I was taken out to the beach in the blue tin box on wheels (thats me in the back). At the start of each day Mr Stop'it would get up and give me a good brushing, I quite like that because it tickles and also helps me stop itching from any of my loose hairs. He then takes all my pillows off the balcony (where I sleep) and shakes them out, often leaving them out for an airing if its not too damp. Then I get fed !!

One thing he does more and more with me now though is giving me commands and using a whistle at the same time....I'll tell you about that tomorrow

Parties at New Year as well !!!!

Christmas led very quickly to New Year and my people decided to give a party for their friends. Pal and Sally dogs people came and so did some of the Greek neighbours (at least I could understand more of what they were talking about !!!), and I even ended up with some sparkling drink stuff.

Not bad either !

At midnight the traditional Greek cake, "Vassilopitta" was cut and I had ice cream.....yummy......The humans also at midnight all joined hands and formed a circle singing some song that certainly was not Ring-a-ring-of-rosies!!!!!!!!

I'm full up.........

I opened lots of my presents and had a whole load of things. Chewy bones and bone shaped biscuits to name but a few. Not long after present opening my people started to make my dinner, strange I thought at first but then I remembered I get early dinner when they are off out for the day and staying out a long time. I guess they are going to have their Christmas dinner with Pal's people because I know they are great friends. I learned later that they actually went to have dinner with "Sally's" people (Now more about Sally Dog later).

For my part I just took it easy after my Christmas dinner........after all 22 degrees centigrade on Christmas Day what else can a dog do?

Presents........

After my normal morning beach outing we drove back home in the blue tin box. Mrs Stop'it made my master his morning coffee and came out of her kennel with lots of packages all wrapped in pretty red paper. Each package had a name on it and I could see MINE !!!!

As they were done up with lots of cello-tape Mrs Stop'it opened some of it for me. Not only were there presents for me from the Stop'its but some from Mr Stop'its mother and sister.....Yippee, I got lots to eat and play with.....

Christmas morning 2009

Even on Christmas Day my people started the day like most other days, a walk on the beach for me. With temperatures in the low 20's degrees centigrade it was a nice way to start Christmas. Now I was told by some other canines that some humans give us dogs presents at Christmas as well as giving presents to other humans.......yippee I thought! I started by throughly searching the beach for my present, but sniff and hunt as I did I could not find anything. I got a feeling it could be a lean Christmas for a Greek dog !!!

Christmas 2009

Well my first Christmas in my new home....

I can remember my previous Christmas with the Greek people I used to look after, but whilst they seemed to celebrate I certainly was not included. Now this Christmas was definitely different! Mr & Mrs Stop'it had lots of hanging things in the house and on the balcony and for some strange reason Christmas morning they gave me a collar type thing to wear. Now I ask you do I look a "prat" or what? I left it on though to humour them.