A taste if town life

Oscar came in to my grandparents with us today for lunch. It's been a little while since he has properly been for a walk in town.
As promised yesterday by the news, it rained today. And it is currently raining now. But it was surprisingly warm out and earlier today it was fairly dry and warm. Warm enough for me to actually go home and change into 3/4 length trousers!

Lunch was pretty nice. Oscar did some begging (bold dog!) and ended up with some bits of raw chicken!

We even brought little Buddy with us today too! Oscar carried him in with him,

Oscar's collar is a little big on him, as you can see in the photo! Speaking of collars, I'm still waiting for his Pacman collar to arrive! It was sent last Thursday, and I was told it should arrive early this week but I expected it to be here yesterday, or today. Hopefully it will get here tomorrow then because I am getting a little impatient now. Why did I decide to get the slider name tag on it? If I hadn't then it would have been here by now, but then again, the slider tag will look so cool! And I won't have to move the tags over every time I switch collars, so it will be worth it!

Oscar got a little carried away with the exploring of my grandparents house. He went in to every room, the bathroom, the sitting room, my room, the kitchen and so on. He is a very nosey dog (literally, his nose is his life!)

The problem with my grandparents house is that they have no fence outside. It means that Oscar can't go outside off leash or on his own because he could run out on to the road and get squashed by a car! And I would rather keep him alive and well thank you very much!
After lunch I went home and got changed into less heavy clothing and when I got back I took Oscar for a walk with my nan and brother out to the graveyard at the other side of town. It was a nice walk, but it's clear that Oscar isn't used to walking in town because it was a mixture of stopping and starting and him following his nose everywhere! He was relatively good though!

And we're off

Waiting outside the shop

Smile for the Camera!

He got a little muddled up!

We got back an hour later, but I had to go into town to get some food for him so my nan walked him back home with her. I arrived back to see him lying in his bed. He was obviously a little tired from all the walking and sniffing. I gave him a carrot for a little chew,

But he clearly got fed up of the carrot and left half of it to go down into the conservatory and have a snooze on the soft mat in the sun,

He spent the next hour asleep down there and I explored the interweb on the horribly slow computer in the sitting room! Then it was time to go home, which entailed yet another car ride! He is never too happy in the car and always looks so confused but it was the car ride or he stayed with nanny!

Car ride it was!

We left poor buddy there though. Oscar doesn't seem to care, maybe they aren't as close as it seems!

He had his first Turkey Drumstick today. It was huge (for a small fellow like himself) and I thought it would take him a little longer to eat than usual, but no, in no more than 7 minutes it was gone and he was licking the grass to make sure he got all of it.

He is Home!

Oscar came back from the Boarding Kennels yesterday. He had a nice week long holiday, and luckily for him the weather was great for it too. My parents are still in Florida and will be until Wednesday. This year, my Brother and I had to stay at home with my grandparents, but my uncle is here now so we are back at out house, not my grandparents.

I've been trying to get photos off my phone and onto the laptop but it just doesn't want to do it. I've tried using Facebook and gmail, but they just don't want to leave! I can't even get them on to an SD card, so you may all go without the photos of Oscar on the way back home and the small walk in town I'm afraid!

Because the weather has been really nice recently (sunny and hot in Ireland, rain and tropical storms in Florida! Lol ), I finally got around to getting Oscar a little pool from my Nan's. It's only a little hard, plastic shell one, but it will do the job nicely. However, today it is raining, so its use was short lived! I do hope it gets sunny again by Wednesday!

What? I have to get in?

Happy now? I'm in!

Ahhh, wet....must SHAKE!!!

Handsome fellow indeed!

Burger, for me? Come back, don't float away!!!

Handsome, and Cheeky!

Taking the plunge into the deeper section

Looking for sunken treasure!

I don't think that Oscar is too keen about his little pool, but he seems OK with walking in and out of it. For a nice treat though! I've even got him doing his 'bubbles' trick in there and, if nothing else, he like to drink from it. Hopefully, over time, he will warm to the idea of it. Weather permitting, for all I know the Irish Summer ended yesterday!

The Horses are now out of two of the fields that we walk in and the grass is getting a little long now too so that's great! There are still some horses in some of the fields but as long as we have one or two then all is well. It was one of the first things we did when we got home, go for a walk that is! The pictures aren't great and I got a little fed up of doing it, so I kind of gave up with them for a while. Here is what I got anyway,

We started on a long line....

.....Then I was leashed and Oscar was free!

Unexpected visitors

Beautiful!

Sulking because I'm talking to horses, not him!

Real, off leash freedom!

The stream has really dried up recently

Ever feel like you're being followed?

On the way home

We were up in Dublin today and I got to go to a pet shop that stocks some raw food! I've been waiting to go there for weeks and I finally got to go! We brought a large freezer box with us so that we could avoid smelly raw meat in a hot car all the way back from Dublin and I filled it with food! I got one 2kg bag of minced tripe (Prize Choice), 3 bags of Natures Menu raw nuggets and a Prize choice Rabbit Dinner block (I would have gotten more but there was only one). I also got 2 pouches on Natures menu wet food which I will use in kongs and maybe some homemade treats.(I'll be baking tomorrow!)  All the food was less than €25 which I think is pretty good. It's a pity they had no bones, I would have liked some decent ones, oh well. I got a new nail clipper for Oscar too, I'm sure he will love that......
I was supposed to get some seaweed and kelp supplements though, but I totally forgot about them. I also forgot to get a finger toothbrush, but that's not the end of the world.
We also went to Ikea. It was heaven!!!!! When I get a house, EVERYTHING is coming from Ikea! All it is missing is a pet section.

I've been looking into adding another dog to the clan for a while now and today I finally got around to buying one! He is a Beagle just like Oscar, and they get on extremely well. Say hello to Oscar's new friend, Buddy!

Friends forever!!!

Cute, ehhh? 

Yawn.....

We're trying to sleep, please go away!

He still has little Buddy with him. Carries him around the place, even took him out to the garden to his little pool and almost on a walk! They are made for each other! Buddy is here with thanks to Ikea! ( I did say they had everything, didn't I?)


I think Oscar is happy to be home! He is currently snoring his head off as I watch 'The Dark Knight' with my uncle. I have a little obsession with Batman at the moment! I cannot wait for my parents to come back, I'm getting Batman converse!!!!

Oscar's new pacman collar should arrive tomorrow! (it's a little later that I had hoped but the name tag took a while to arrive to the maker) I cant wait to get it!

The Big 3!!!!!

Happy Birthday Oscar!!!!!!

He was the big 3 yesterday! Cannot believe it, time has gone by so fast!

For his Birthday Oscar got to go to the vets! It was definitely what he wished for, his boosters and the Kennel Cough vaccine......... NOT! He was not a happy hound. To make it up to him I gave him a pack of bacon, a WHOLE pack! Mind you, it was 5 days past its best before date but it smelt ok and I'm sure his industrial strength Hydrochloric Acid stomach of steel can cope with it. I think that made his day better.

I must admit that I didn't actually have anything for him. I had to go down to Wexford and pick him up something. I got him an Antos dog chew, which lasted about 5 minutes, and a Busy Buddy treat dispensing toy, which I'm not certain he knows how to use. 
Here's the toy
But in all fairness, even I find it hard to get treats out. I think I may have to modify it a little. He loved it though, he spent 10 minutes bouncing it around.
I was hoping to get him a new collar and I had one in mind which I could get from a pet shop but it's quite expensive for something that isn't too impressive. I could get a pacman half check chain one with an engraved slider name tag attached for about €25 roughly. It's this collar.
I wouldn't be able to get it until the end of the month though.

I have brilliant news! Oscar has finally lost the weight I wanted to get off him! For months I was trying to get a little bit of extra weight off him and I weighed him to see that he is now 13.6kg!!!! He was 16kg this time last year!!!!

He really enjoyed his walk. Sadly, he is restricted to the long line for the time being because of an incident that involved shouting on my part and ditch climbing on his. (if only I hadn't forgotten my whistle)
He was very good, and his recall is just stunning!

Lift me in please, I'm ready to go!

Its been quite some time since he wore his Julius K9 harness but seeing as it was it's 1 year anniversary with us (he got it when he was two) I thought I'd give it a spin.
We had a quick game of catch the treat,

The Horses are back in the fields again so now we are back down to only one field to walk in. I would go into the field with the horses in but there is a tricky gate and electric fence to maneuver and there are a lot of horses that I know nothing about. I spent enough time taking photos of them though, so they definitely know who I am!

Then we did some recall stuff and Oscar was great. At one point I turned around and he was doing a sit stay for no reason! I hadn't asked for it or even hinted that I wanted one but it was very good none the less!

Then we headed home. Just in time actually because it started to rain as we stepped in the door! 

Mam and Dad got Oscar a pack of pigs ears for his birthday so while they were out shopping I gave him one. It took him about 5 minutes to figure out that it was edible but then he scoffed it down! 

Happy Birthday Oscar!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sunny Day

The sun was out today. It was quite nice, but despite the sun, it was freezing!!! I still had to wear my coat, and actually zip it up on our walk and even then I was cold! Stupid wind! It ruins everything with its coldness!
If you found a spot sheltered from the wind but still open to the sun then it was really nice, so nice that if you were a dog or a cat that you could sunbathe!

We did go for a walk today, and I did bring my camera but I didn't bother with photos. I love Oscar but they are all the same, look here is one of Oscar sniffing, and another, and now one of him looking at me and then one of him in a stream looking at me, oh and then one of him sniffing....again! So if you want to see what our walk was like today then have a scroll down at some of the other blog posts.

I did take some nice pictures of him earlier though. Just to let you know though, they are all of Oscar lying in the sun and thats pretty much it so enjoy!

And then he got annoyed and hit my camera so I went out and annoyed the cat instead, but she isn't as interesting to photograph...... at least she never killed me though.....

As you can tell it was a really interesting day.......... not really.
Oscar had some turkey and pork for dinner with an egg and shell and a bit of garlic, but the freezer is bursting and the dog food is at the bottom and I really don't want to go out and dig through it to find something to give him tomorrow. I'll have to though, but maybe later......

I just saw this on Facebook and I really want to take Oscar!
 Bark in the Park
But its an hour away from us so I'm not sure..........  We will have to wait and see though.