Blog post No 7 Chilling out.

I have been practising how to relax and not bark and become too excitable.

I am getting very good at it, even if I do say so myself.

I have gone from living life on the edge 

To catching the sun's rays through the window.

They do say the sun always shines on the righteous and those amongst us who do good deeds are usually rewarded.

I may not necessarily do a good deed but I am working on being a good boy and although being nice and quiet may not mean I will have an easier path to follow,  it may mean my snacks, treats and meals may be served a little quicker.

I live in hope.

 

I have been in my bed but still mange to keep an eye on my staff.

Sometimes I am too exhausted to stay awake 

That's when I dream of the places I would like to visit this summer.

I am getting much better travelling in the car.

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I have to tell you a funny story.

Yesterday my staff went out and I went with them in the car, I was in the back of the car on my bed of many blankets.  I was thoroughly enjoying rearranging the blankets to my liking that I forgot to bark!

After lots of stops and turns, negotiating country lanes, ignoring the irritating indicator clicking noises and not a murmur from me, my staff became exceedingly worried and thought I may have passed out or died so they stopped the car, when it was safe to do so, to make sure I was OK. 😲

Silly staff!

They disturbed me so I barked at them.

Why when they want me to be a good boy and be quiet on car journeys do they then disturb me and make me bark?

Think I need to send them away to be retrained!

Barney

Blog post No 4. Car journeys.

Hello

It's me again!

Today I am going to tell you all about our car journeys.

I do love a good car ride.

I admit to becoming quite excited.

First thing to do when you go on a car journey is to decide where you want to sit.

My personal choice would be the front seat next to my chauffeur.

Sadly I am not allowed to sit there.

Nothing stops me from trying out all the other seats though before we leave.

Should I sit on the nearside of the car or the offside?

It is important to sit where you feel the most comfortable .

Once we have all decided where we are going to sit and are safely strapped in,  having had several false starts trying to leave the drive because someone has forgotten something, the fun really starts for me.

The journey.

The staff have a voice locked away inside the dashboard of my transport and it tells them which route to take on our journey. It's quite clever really until it gets thoroughly confused because the staff ignore it!

It is quite a posh female voice and is rather pleasant to listen to for the first part of the journey.

After a few miles, when the staff decide they don't want to go on the scenic route she has chosen and would prefer the boring main road route instead, all we hear is ...

Take the next left.

Then turn left and then left again.

Or when she gets fed up with saying that, we have to listen to...

Turn around, turn around.

Even my little Wirey, woolly brain tells me we must be going round in circles at this point!

I do become rather exasperated and enjoy joining in the general mayhem of noise.... with the staff telling the voice inside the dashboard to stop talking. 

When we finally all agree on the route we will be taking, the nice lady inside the dashboard does settle down and snoozes until we have to turn off the road we are on and join a new one.

Then she comes into her own again and repeats absolutely everything.... twice!

And if you get it wrong  there is no stopping her!

Just to make sure my staff actually understand her instructions I add my tuppence worth to the proceedings  and bark out the directions.

This does not appear to go down too well with them.

I am always a little confused as to why we are all sat in the car having an argument with an invisible lady in the dashboard of MY transport..... when it would be so much easier if they just switched her off and picked up the road map that sits on the floor next to me.

But at least I have the chance to have a jolly good bark.

Always happy to join in.

Barney.