A sneaky lick …

At last we are having some warmer weather and we can get some serious warmth in to our bones. I don’t know about you but the last few months without the sun just makes me sluggish and aching to the bones.

A sneaky lick

But the sun is here and the spirits are lifted, and Buster can top up his suntan.

One thing I have noticed when it gets warmer is that mum and dad start to have their meals outdoors. This brings me on to the photograph and the sneaky lick i got of the muffin.

It is well documented that we love food and whilst my dad was waiting for his tea to cool, he was taking some photographs for Oldvarieties and he left out his cake.

Now not one to miss a chance of cake, and chocolate cake at that, I waited until he was well involved with setting up the photograph and I pounced.

Up on to the chair and paws onto the table…. Dad swung around and click… photo taken, plan foiled… drat. What a chance missed.

BBQ

With the sunshine also comes the smell of sausages and the tradition of cooking outdoors. My mum can’t see the point in setting fire to some charcoal in a bucket and burning a couple of ‘snag’s on the barby‘ . But as the smell drifts across the calm night air, from neighbouring gardens, we lift our noses to the heavens and sniff. The whiff of sausage, bacon, chops and other munchables is just heaven.

A fellow blogger…

As you know I love to surf the net and find stories from around the globe featuring colleagues. Given all the searching, you would have thought I would easily have come across a fellow Cocker Spaniel also publishing a blog. Well the search is over as I have found a blog written by Rags. He seems to be a bit of a nutter like me and loves to have his picture taken. A kindred spirit with his own fan club no less. I think I need a word with mum to see if I can have one.

Looking through his blog it looks like he stayed near here during his holidays so maybe our paths might cross on a walk someday. Keep in touch and hope the toothbrushing goes ok...

Update.

A couple of postings ago I mentioned about a few services for helping to reunite lost colleagues with their humans.

Following on from this and after a little bit more webwork we have found another site called PawTrax. They list lost and found pets but also are soon to offer a GPS tracker system incase we wander off. Not sure how it will work but we would love to review one when they become available.

They also have a big contacts list for dogwarden services throughout the UK. If you know of a similar list for your area then let us know and we can link to it.

I have asked my dad to add the RSS feed of the lost and found pets to the bottom of this post.

Well that is all for now, Mum has just shouted tea -time

So until next time

Charlie and Buster

Here is the list of lost or found pets as listed on PawTrax

PawTrax at Merton Dog Watch 19th May - Fri, 11 May 2012
We have a stand at the Merton Dog Watch event on 19th May – 10:00 14:00 in Morden Park by the Bandstand. Come and say hello. Bookmark It Hide Sites

PawTrax follows Denis for The One Show - Sun, 06 May 2012
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PawTrax Tracks Denis the cat for the BBC’s The One Show - Wed, 02 May 2012
Denis the Cat Burglar Newman from Luton collects ‘items’ on his travels, such as socks, flip-flops, sponges and brings them home to his Mum. Icon Films wanted to track his travels and find out where he was getting his stash. So, PawTrax supplied them with a PawTrax GPS tracker and tracked his movements over a [...]

PawTrax provide trackers for Channel 4 TV show - Sun, 22 Apr 2012
WEDNESDAY 04 APRIL 2012 In a TV first, Foxes Live: Wild in the City will carry out the broadest-reaching, most technologically advanced urban fox study ever conducted. They will be tracking wild urban foxes with hidden cameras, state of the art GPS tags, inner-city CCTV and onboard FoxCams. Domestic cats in the vicinity of the foxes [...]

PawTrax help out at the Lurcherlympics - Mon, 09 Apr 2012
Peter from PawTrax GPS Pet trackers has put a website together to help Southern Lurcher Rescue raise funds. Based on the theme of The Lurcherlympics the website features the Lurcherlympic Torch Relay Route and visitors are asked to help transport the torch across SLR regions. This is achevied by visitors buying a square on the [...]

PawTrax and Denis the cat burglar on the One Show - Mon, 09 Apr 2012
Denis the Cat Burglar Newman from Luton collects ‘items’ on his travels, such as socks, flip-flops, sponges and brings them home to his Mum. Icon Films wanted to track his travels and find out where he was getting his stash. So, PawTrax supplied them with a PawTrax GPS tracker and tracked his movements over a period [...]

Lost – Cat – GL6 - Sun, 08 Apr 2012
5 year old Tribble is a small black cat. Disappeared 2/4/12. Quite timid. Contact owners or PawTrax � Bookmark It Hide Sites

Lost – Lurcher – SE27 - Fri, 06 Apr 2012
Shy – Brindle Lurcher – Has a slight purple stain on her back right paw. Rescue dog, so a bit shy and nervous. Last seen on St Gothard Road. Have been searching the West Norwood/West Dulwich area/Gipsy Road area – contact PawTrax Bookmark It Hide Sites

Lost – Cat – BH14 - Fri, 09 Mar 2012
Sabre was last seen on Wed 7th March Wearing grey collar with ID tag and bell. Contact PawTrax or owners Bookmark It Hide Sites

PawTrax GPS Live Tracking Map - Fri, 02 Mar 2012
Here is a sneak preview of our LIVE pet tracking map. Just testing functionality and will be going live very soon. Click on image to enlarge Bookmark It Hide Sites