It is the time of year that I love when I run in and out of the all the leaves that are on the ground, although Dad picked them all up at the weekend.  

Mom says this is a better picture of me after my Spa Day although Mom says I do not stay this clean for very long!

It is starting to get dark earlier in the day now and I am enjoying being back in my various beds for snoozing purposes.  Here I am going upstairs to pick a bed for my afternoon siesta!

Mom and Dad have also got their Winter bedding out and I do love it because it is very warm and snuggly.  It is getting cooler each day now and Mom even put the heating on the other day when it was cold and raining.  

This was the sunset the other evening when it was very cold and the sky was really pretty but the next day was when we had the fog.  

I am helping Mom with lots of jobs this week so we are very busy.  I hope you are having a wonderful Woofy Week. 

Coco xx

I had a lovely Spa Day last Friday and my Sister/Cousin, Honey, came with me.  I had to tell her how to do things and we were sat next to each other whilst we were waiting for our turn in the bath and on the table for me to be cut and for Honey to be de-shedded.  We both looked amazing when we came out but Mom always says it only takes about two minutes for us to look like we have never been for a bath ever!  Mom also washed all of my beds and the cover over my crate, as well as all my soft toys and the hard chewy toys she put through the dishwasher.  You can say that I smell very clean!

Honey after her Spa Day!

Mom is not going to be here for a few days whilst she is having her hip done.  At least when she has recovered she and Dad will be able to take me out walking again, especially as it is a great time of year with cool nights for a walk.  I have a new collar which lights up in the dark which I cannot wait to try out. 

Although our days are still quite warm during the middle of the day, first thing in the morning and at night it is dropping very cool.  Mom says she will have to look out my coat for walking when it is very cold or wet as it was over the weekend.  Mom also says I need to start thinking about Christmas and what I would like Santa Paws to bring me for Christmas!!!  I have a list already started and as you know I am a huge fan of squeaky balls.  She also has to buy for Honey & Star, Blaze and now Gordon too.  She is also hoping to get their quilts made for Christmas as well!  It won’t be long now. 

I hope you are having a wonderful Woofy Week.  Coco xx

Well it is very warm here at the moment!  It really takes it out of us doggies.  Me and My Gang have spent the last few days snoozing in our crates, although I did sneak onto Mom and Dad’s bed for a quick snooze too.

One of the benefits of our tiled floor is how cool it is when it is really hot!  Here I am stretched out cooling down.

I will be going to The Spa at the end of the month as I am getting a little woolly but you can bet it will not be warm by the time I come back, it usually goes very cold when I do!

Mom says she will keep an eye on me all week as it gets even warmer, so I do not get over- heated!  I hope you lovely lot are going to have a wonderful Summer Woofy Week. 

Coco x

It has been a very busy few weeks with lots of visitors at home including Gordon who is growing fast!  I am going to be spending my holiday, whilst Mom and Dad are away, with Youngest & Fiancé.  When they go up to see Mom and Dad we will all be in the Kennels and then back at home until Mom & Dad get back.  Mom has said that I have to be on my very best behaviour with Youngest whilst I am at their home!  I don’t know what she means!

Gordon is still small enough to get in Blaze’s bed on his cat tree!  Blaze is generally on the top out of Gordon’s way but on this day Gordon had managed to get in this part of the bed from the arm of the sofa!!!!

Gordon came for the day whilst his Mom & Dad were out and we had great fun playing in the garden and I have taught him that the top step is the Thinking Step!  All us Airedales have used the top step as the Thinking Step!

Eldest’s Kelly on the Thinking Step.

Kelly taught Treacle about the Thinking Step.

Treacle on the Thinking Step.

Although there was no one to teach me about the Thinking Step, I found it!

I do occasionally use the other side of the Thinking Step!

I do have my next Spa Day booked so that I am all clean and fresh for my holidays.  Dad will be taking me at the end of June, although I am not too woolly at the moment but Mom says that if we get some really warm days it will be better for me to have been shaved!

I hope you are all having a lovely Woofy Tuesday.  Coco xx

Well I had a very busy day on Friday.  Dad & Mom dropped me off for my very relaxing Spa Day where I was give an extreme de-floofing cut and a nice wash.  Mom says I smell and look so much better.

Before!

After!

Daddy is just sorting out my Spring/Summer collar.  Everything was washed; all my bedding, my quilt, my towel, my crate, nothing was left to chance!  I just love Spring Cleaning.

Here is the latest picture of Gordon who has grown, especially his ears.  He has his last injections on Easter Monday and then we can play!

Dad and Mom took Little Man out the other week and were busy and so was he, so much so that by the next day he was still fast asleep after Breakfast.

We have a busy Easter weekend coming up with painting of my new bedroom on the plan!  Mom says it is the guest bedroom but I think it will be mine.  Mom has bought the paint and it is going to be painted in Antique Cream, whatever that is, but Mom says it looks nice.   I am going to help of course.

I hope you are having a wonderful woofy week and have a lovely Easter Long Weekend. 

Woof, Coco xxx

I have my Spa Day booked for next week on the 11th and it is a good job as the weather this week is nice and warm with sunny days but cool nights!

As you can see from this picture with Dad I am getting very fluffy.  My last spa day was before Christmas so I am definitely ready for a wash and brush up!  Mom does brush me but within five minutes I look like this again!  I do not stay brushed at all.

I did spend Thursday last week running in and out as the day was warm and Mom was doing home jobs but I also wore myself out!  I have not been used to doing that since the Autumn and have been hibernating over the Winter so I will have to build up my stamina for Spring and Summer!

I am also due for a visit to my Doctors soon for my annual physical and jabs, which I don’t mind usually although they do have treats I am not fond of them at all, so Mom takes my treats with me as I am so good and don’t mind the injections.

Mom and Dad have some jobs to do this weekend but Dad is at home all weekend which will be great and I can always help.  Mom says I am great helping her when she does her home jobs, although she has said that I would be even more help if I had a duster tied to my tail!!!!

Happy Woofy Tuesday.  Coco xxx

We have a new member of the Parr Gang, little Gordon.  He will be the smallest of us all but we will make sure he is safe with Honey, Blaze, Star and myself!!!!  I am sure Mom will try and get a picture of us three dogs together when he has had all his vaccinations.

I am also in trouble with Mom.  At the weekend she changed all the things in our home from Winter decor to the Spring decor including Mom and Dad’s bedding which is all white with a very nice and comfy cream throw on their bed.  It has been a bit wet over the last few days and although Dad wiped my paws when I came in they were not quite dry.   When Dad leaves for work I always hop up on the bed and snuggle with Mom for a bit or lie there whilst she gets ready and well you know what happened; I got some mud on Mom’s clean, white bed!!!!  I was not popular.

This was me the other evening when Mom and I were watching TV.  Mom keeps saying I need a Spa day but as it has been cold still, she is putting if off for a bit.

I was fast alseep!!!!

Dad got back and Mom was in the sewing room so we were both sat on Mom’s chair!

When they all came for lunch on Saturday Little Man was outside with Dad and I in the garden and on the deck.  Little Man was directing operations!

Have a wonderful Woofy Week, Coco xx

Happy 3rd Birthday Miss Coco Floof!

It is Little Miss Coco’s Third Birthday today!  Where has three years gone to?  She will be having her presents tonight when DH gets home from work.  She has some new toys and a packet of treats from Mungo & Maud and some of their wipes which I used to have for Treacle, they are great for eyes, ears and pads.  As I showed you last week she was so tiny when she first came home with us at eight weeks old and now she is such a big, grown up doggy.

She was so tiny she could not get up the step into the kitchen.

She loved taking all her toys into her bed with her and she is still like this now!

Above Eldest with her.  Below Youngest with her.

When she was tiny we stopped her going up to the main garden as there were too many places for us to lose her, but it did not stop her looking and trying to find a way to get up to the garden!!!!

Growing up!

Above at the village park and below at work with Eldest!

Above First Airecut!!

In fact we have been leaving her out of her crate whilst we are out for a little while to see how she gets on and so far she has been very good.  In fact I think she just goes up to our room, gets on the bed and goes to sleep!  We are still keeping the crate up so that if we have any workman in or I am answering the door it is handy for her to go in there and she actually goes in there on her own during the day when she is fed up with her basket next to my desk!

When Treacle passed we, as a family, had a big dicussion about having a puppy.  I know that we are encouraged to adopt dogs but I so wanted another Airedale.  They are very much, in my family, a family dog as my Grandfather used to breed them so my Mom grew up with Airedales.  It was her that had the first one I knew after my Dad passed.  We did discuss the looking after of a new puppy as it is mostly on me as I am at home all day and the Boys would look after her if we were away and also if anything happened.  DH was a little concerned but because I am at home all day and quite often for long hours I really, really missed Treacle, so we decided to get a new puppy and Coco arrived.  I am so glad we had her and she really is a wonderful dog, very loving as they all have been and extremely gentle with the children but can be very puppy like even though she is three!!!

Anyway Miss Coco Happy Birthday, have a wonderful day.  We all love you very much.  

Hugs & Love, Susie, DH, Eldest, Partner, Youngest, Fiancé, The Girls, Little Man, Blaze, Honey & Star x