Strange things arrive....

Hmmmm......

What's this then.......?

This funny big black thing arrived at our house the other day. Gert was a little scared of it (she's scared of anything that moves) but I reckon we'll get used to it.

Daddy told us it was where our little brother will sleep and sit - and the best bit about it is, it means he can come out on big walks with us - yippee!

Some of our frineds have told us that the big black tray underneath is where all the puppy treats will go, so we'll just have to wait and see about that.
You see - Gertrude did get brave enough to come and sit next to it for the photo.

Here I am having a little natter and nose-poke with my baby brother. We do bark at him quite a bit, so he'll know who we are when he arrives. I think he knows me quite well already!

Do you like my close-up?? Mummy and daddy finally got a new camera that will take nice clear photos of us without blurring. Apparantly it is the same as the Thuglets' camera - and Molly and Taffy's - so it comes with great recommendations! Thanks guys!

Why am I ALWAYS on the floor with my legs in the air, and Gertie is ALWAYS standing on top of me?! (I like to play the victim, but she knows I could floor her any time I like.....)

You see, I've got my paw over hers just to keep her in check - cheeky pup.
Oh yes, it's me again! I'm not so sure about this close-up lens....!

Haha - now just look at this photo below.... What am I supposed to make of that?! That's my little sister Gertrude trying to toy with me. First she slowly crept towards me ready to pounce (I just lay down in readiness watching her trying to creep up on me - as if!) and then suddenly with a little jump and a prance she thinks she can charge at me! She is such a funny pup. We had a bit of a wrestle and a chase, which seems to be her favourite past-time.

Other big news!

A couple of weeks ago mummy took me over to a house in our town to meet Shane, a new little Dale puppy who has just moved in! We played together in his garden for a long time until he was exhausted - he has some great toys! He was a cutie pup and kept trying to jump on me.


Here's Shane with his owner below. And me, trying to be a good Airedale and set him a good example. We will introduce him to the Gertster another day.....!! Hahaha!

Hopefully when he's a bit bigger we can all go on a walk together and have a proper race around.

Look at him go - the flying pup!
Well, that's about it for now.

Lots of love from

Molly and Gertrude

xx

Meadow flower-girls

Pretty meadow girls

Love Molly and Gertrude

xx

Walkies with Harry!

It's Harry!!!

We were so lucky we got to go for a walk with Harry, the 10 month old Golden Retriever.

We've never met Harry before, although our mum and dad first saw him when he was a tiny bundle of goldenness....but now he is old enough to run and play with us!

Here we are all posing together in the green fields.

Harry was great to chase - and a good sparring partner for Gertrude too We love Killerton - it is so pretty in the spring sunshine
Here I am relaxing with a stick in the long grass
Oh yes....almost forgot to mention...there was quite a few cow-pats around....I couldn't help but try one on for size....

What do you think of my stylish new headgear - I thought I looked quite the bees-knees. Just like daddy's flat-cap I reckon.

There was greenery everywhere and lots of lush grass to eat

By the end of the walk, Gert and I were pretty worn out!

Oh yes - and how could we forget..... Mummy went for her 20 week scan on Wednesday so they could have a good old look at our new baby......and, guess what....

It's a boy!!!

So, sorry Persephone, it looks like we wont be stealing your name after all, or any of the other girls names for that matter.....Buster, well, we'll think about yours but no promises ok!!

Looks peaceful in there don't you think?

Love Molly and Gertrude

xx

Airecuts and BBQ's!

My daddy gave me an airecut.

I am pretty pleased with my smart new look!

Gerta's tail looks like a whippet - she's a whipper snapper alright!

AND -we got a new toy -

THE GOOD CUZ!!

(this is the one without the devil horns - because we are angels)

Watch out - Gertie's about! You've got to keep your wits about you if you want to hold onto a toy when Gertrude is on the prowl...

Cuz is so much fun!

Stand off!

So we just played and played while daddy tended to the BBQ.

There were sausages and chicken -we could hardly wait!

I decided to see what I'd look like with a red curly fringe...
Then it was out to the front garden to bask in the sun until the BBQ was ready

Just checking if it's ready yet dad?

It's a nice life when the sun shines!!
Love Molly and Gertrude

xx

Pawty Down Under!

Wooofarooos!!!

We are going to a pawty!

AND

it's in Australia!

Willow and Putter have kindly invited us to their joint celebration this month and so we better start packing our bags and decide what we should take.

We hear there will be lots of activities: we vote for climbing Ayres Rock best of all - can you believe it??

Thanks for the invitation guys -

can you book us a place on Aire-Ruby - we're coming on down!

(see, it's not just our mum and dad who get to go to Australia - now we're invited too!)

Love Molly and Gertrude

xx

Back home!!

Well - three long weeks are up and it was finally time to leave the Thuglet Basecamp - sigh.

We have had such a great time with the Thuglets and K and A - they have all been so generous to us and made sure that we had the best holiday ever!

THANK YOU THUGLETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(and thanks to everybody who went to visit us on their blog - didn't they take some brilliant photos??!!)

Here I am on the long trip home watching over daddy's shoulder just to ensure he knew his way home......

Well - 3 weeks of raucous playing in the mud with 6 Airedales can have its toll on girls like us - so when we got home we had a warm soapy bath. Actually, we did smell rather nice and weren't too dirty at all, but you can't beat a good bath to make you all fluffy and cosy again after a long journey.

I leapt into the bath and curled up, waiting for the fun to begin - can you see my huge smile??!!

Gertrude waited patiently for her turn to go under the shower!

But don't worry Thuglets, I've reserved a small amount of special Thuglet mud under my left paw so that I can lick it now and again and remind myself of the fun we all had together....

That evening we were so tired. Everything suddenly caught up on us and we slept and slept for as long as we could. We were both a bit confused and bewildered by our adventures and took a bit of time to adjust to being back home.

Whilst they were in Australia, our mum and dad met up with Noah and his sisters, Brooke (Opy's mum) AND Jo and Tim who are Ellie and Baz's pawrents!

Jo and Tim sent us some amazing squeaky toys - one is a kangaroo an the other is a koala -

THANKS so much, they are brilliant!

Come on, just let us play with the toys!!

Gertrude rather took a shine to the Koala!

AND the Thuglets sent us home with some toys too - we are so so lucky you wouldn't believe it!

We loved playing with the Thuglet's pink hedgehog so much that they gave us our very own hedgehogs - one pink and one yellow!! They make a great noise and are such fun!

As you can see, I am quite fond of the hedgehogs....

Mmmmm....hedgehog.......

I love this pink one!!

There was also this strange looking creature called a wombat.

It isn't for us (yeah right...) but we still tried to see if he would play with us.

(He wouldn't, by the way - boring wombat)

I wasn't so sure about Mr Wombat....

Aaaaah - back home and chilling with daddy.

We have had such an event-filled 3 weeks that we need a bit of time to just recover our breath.

We have so many lovely memories and I know I'll be dreaming of Thuglet Towers for a long long time.....

So long Thuglets - thanks for the fun and for the great howling opportunities!

This video is really funny - here we are meeting Wally the Wombat for the first time....

Hmmm - not too sure about him at all.

(warning, I do bark quite a lot - and Gertrude just does some silly waggy tail dances)!!

With lots of love from

Molly and Gertrude

xxx

What a special birthday!!

Well - here it is! Our little sister/brother.......

Apparantly it wouldn't keep still and kept leaping about, but then curled up all sweet for the photograph.

You can see its head on the left and a hand on the chest, then a little foot sticking up on the right - it is tiny!

AND the best bit is.........

We now know it is due on

MY 3RD BIRTHDAY!! (Molly's)

12TH October!

I always knew I had the best birthday in the world and I really hope we can share it.

Imagine the joint birthday parties....

Well - we are all off tomorrow to far flung places, so for the next three weeks you can catch up with us over at the Thuglets blog!

See you!

Love Molly and Gertrude

xx