Milly Tucks into Her Food

After a week or so of being very light with her eating and apparently picky, Milly has suddenly become a normal dog with her food! It is a bit of a relief, as although the vet said she was healthy,…

Loon

Having written about how good  Queenie is, she suddenly turned into a complete loon – otherwise known as a puppy. She went from walking round the house nicely to going everywhere full speed and full bounce – in a straight…

Milly Goes to the Vet

We took Milly to the vet last night as I wanted to get her checked. She has trouble with her back legs and I wanted to know whether the problem was a genetic problem with the knee joint that Yorkies…

Meet Millie

This is is Millie, a two year old blind Yorkshire Terrier from a town a little north of Seville. She apparently lost her sight in an accident and Millie is short for Milagro, the Spanish word for miracle as she…

Even Nuns Learn English

I’ve had some new students start over the last couple of weeks. One of which is the little nun who was hitting the pope over the head in the photo that Mum took of carnival. But she’s not so little…

Hand Signals

I think that the biggest challenge we face with Queenie is training ourselves. It is so easy to forget that she can’t hear us and shouting ‘no’ doesn’t do any good at all. Hand signals are also of limited use…

Cherries

Ian, in a rather self satisfied way, pointed out that he had written the past two blog posts. To which I pointed out that out of the 1200 blog posts written, I have written over 1160. To which Ian muttered…

Jerte Valley

After eight years, we’ve finally made it to the Jerte Valley to see the spring cherry blossom. It’s one of the first traffic jams we’ve experienced in our time here and the photo does not do it justice. The terraced…

Four Weeks for Queenie

Sunday marked four weeks with us for Queenie and she must be getting bigger, though for some reason her body seems to concentrating mainly on her ears – the sudden strong gusts of wind in the summer could be problematic.…

Vitamins for Sam

Sam continued to have fits until Monday so we took him to the vet. The vet suggested that we try him again on vitamins. He was reluctant to start him on anti-epilepsy medication until we tried the vitamins as once…