2012 January — A blog from my dog

Beware of ticks when we go walkies

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January 26, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Ticks at various stages

Ticks are nasty little critters and latest research says they can make us dogs and our humans very sick. So please take care when out walking.

Filed Under: Featured, Spreading the Word Tagged With: Biological Sciences, Blood Stream, Bracken, Chronic Infection, Clinical Signs, England Scotland, Faith Smith, Little Critters, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Bacterium, Neurological Problems, Parasites, Poppy Seed, Prevalence, Rash, Rich Areas, Smith Of Bristol, Ticks, University Of Bristol

Making music with my nose

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January 23, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie sees if he can make music with his nose

We had heard of some new musical instruments that had appeared in Bitts Park and were eager to try them out, but first we had to get there.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: carlisle, Carlisle Castle, Chinese Garden, Cold Weather, Country Paths, Cross Country, Daffodil Bulbs, Daffodils, Football Pitches, Frosts, Good Fun, Incase, Left Behind, Leg Length, Music, Nbsp, New Musical Instruments, Paws, Play Area, Puddles, River Eden, Troll Bridge, Trolls, Wart

Love Star Wars and Volkswagen?

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January 23, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Love Star Wars and Volkswagen?

The Volkswagen Superbowl 2012 ad features around a dozen dogs barking the “Imperial March’ from the George Lucas film Star Wars.

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets and boys toys Tagged With: Ahead, Airs, Autoplay, Car Company, Dozen Dogs, Film Star Wars, George Lucas, George Lucas Film, Imperial March, Love, Nbsp, Star Wars, Superbowl, Taster, Volkswagen

The latest stone circle in Cumbria

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January 15, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Buster takes a moment to look around the new stone circle

With the ground frozen after cold overnight temperatures it was decided that we could return to Rickerby Park in Carlisle and not get too muddy. This was good news as we were keen to investigate the new stone circle.

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Bright Sunshine, Car Park, carlisle, Circle Gallery, Cloudless Sky, Conservation Organisations, Cumbria, Eden River, Flood Plain, Floodplain, Keen, Long Shadows, Metal Bridge, Morning Sunshine, Overnight Temperatures, Paws, Reason, River Eden, Riverbank, Riverbanks, Rspb, Sand Martin, Sand Martins, Saplings, Small Birds, Stone Circle, Willow Tree, Willow Trees

More than 200 posts and a new year – welcome to 2012

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January 1, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Snowdrops - first of the year

We start 2012 with our 201st blog post and a sighting of our first snowdrops of the season.

Filed Under: Expeditions, Featured Tagged With: 201st, Behaviours, carlisle, Clumps, Collapse, Cyclists, Dalston, Dark Clouds, Deg C, Faces, Fence, Flower, Grass, Late Night, Leggers, Milk Factory, Monsters, Mum And Dad, New Year, Pooches, Puddles, Slight Detour, Smile, Snowdrops, Soil, Walkers, Warm Temperatures, Warm Winter, White Flowers