Happy Birthday to me!

Today is my 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday to me!

Unfortunately the weather is really horrid :-( Muzzle was hoping to take me to the woods for a lovely walk but she has postponed because of the awful wind and rain. Said it's not good to be around so many trees in case one falls on us!

Muzzle did bring me some free-range chicken in bed earlier though, which I ate snuggled under my blanket. Nom!

Minnie-Moo xxx

Hello again!

Hello, we hope you all had a great Christmas and have a wonderful New Year :-)

I have some news - I have a new Sister, called Daisy. You can see her on Muzzle's blog, here. She has perfected a very sweet and innocent, butter wouldn't melt look for the camera!

Muzzle was taking some photos of her last night and making noises to get Daisy to look at her and I was intrigued too, so I got off the sofa, stuck my tongue into Muzzle's mouth and asked her to photograph me too. Not that she needs asking as she says I am beautiful and a true joy to photograph.

Love Minnie-Moo xxx

A Little Gift

Hello all, haven't blogged for quite a while. Thank you to those who left kind messages when we lost Jasper. Muzzle has been having a difficult time and I've been doing my best to cheer her up.

Recently, we've been taking part in the Pedigree Adoption Drive 2011, which aims to raise £100,000 to help rescues in the UK. Muzzle is hosting a virtual kennel on her blog and anyone can take the lovely Ripley dog for a virtual walk to unlock a donation for rescue (so do take a minute to go and visit, it doesn't matter where you live!).

Today we received a little gift - an adoption drive ID tag - for taking part. Muzzle photographed me wearing the new tag. She told me I'm beautiful :-)

Minnie-Moo
x

Nearly the weekend

Hello all,

We have had a worrying week as my older brother Jasper has a poorly heart and as you can imagine, Muzzle and Daddy are worried :(

Jasper is on meds and has another vet check in a couple of weeks. He's still got a good appetite and zest for life and as we always have, are counting each day with him as a blessing.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Minnie-Moo
xxx

(Muzzle thinks I had caught a whiff of tuna cake)

Find your sunshine ...

... adopt a rescue dog.

Muzzle took this photograph of me this week for her blog and said it is one of her favourites ever of me. So we thought we'd share it here too :-)

Wordless Wednesday

Remembering my Best Big Sister Ever

Today it would have been my big Sister Cassie's Gotcha Day. Muzzle wrote a long blog about her here.

Muzzle and Dad got sad lots today, but we decided to remember all the wonderful years and times we all shared with Cassie too and celebrate her life. She really was the BBSE!

Sorry also to the lovely people who had left comments on previous posts. Muzzle hadn't had any notification of them so had only just seen them. Not sure why they didn't come straight through. Usually it's just the spam that gets held back.

Love Minnie-Moo xxx

Thank you!

Thank you so much to the very gorgeous Dexter who very kindly requested good thoughts for me on his (and Mango's) blog and thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to post here and wish me well. We are so grateful for your thoughts.

Muzzle says I look so fit and healthy but the results are still really worrying her (and the vets are concerned too and talking about ultrasounds). We are really hoping that this new supplement does the trick and brings my results back to an acceptable level on the next test.

Could you spare some thoughts for my little old brother Jasper too please? He's 13 plus and has a heart murmur and now his liver isn't looking so good. He is still very much enjoying life, but he could do with some healing energy too please. You can meet him here.

Love Minnie (& Muzzle)
xxx

Good thoughts for my liver please

Hello, hope all my blogging friends are well. A special hello to the gorgeous Mango as he has been a bit poorly of late :( We have always loved Mango and his gorgeous Lab brother, Dexter, but ever since we lost our brindle girl Cassie last year, we have loved the Mango even more. Nothing beats a gorgeous brindle Mastiffy creature.

Muzzle is worrying about me at the moment and would like to ask for your good thoughts. I had a routine blood test a few months ago, which showed my liver enzyme levels were elevated. It was retested a few weeks later and the levels had risen (though I had had an operation and medication so we thought it might be related to that).

I then had a re-test a couple of months after that, after being on Milk Thistle for about 8 weeks. The levels had increased again :-( Muzzle took me to see our holistic vet today and we are trying an additional supplement for a month and then doing *another* blood test. I may have to be sedated and have an ultrasound after that.

Muzzle and Daddy are worried about the sedation and we just want me to be all well, so if you have any good thoughts to spare, we would love some to head my way. I am looking really good, am full of energy etc., but that isn't stopping Muzzle worrying.

Love,

Minnie-Moo
xxx

What happens when Daddy's left in charge ...

Thank you :-)

Thank you to the lovely people who are still visiting my blog and posted the other day, despite my long absence. Hope everyone is ok.

It was my Gotcha Day at the start of the week. Three years since I was adopted and came to live in my forever home. I had a lovely day, which included a walk with my older brother, in the woods, which makes me very excited. Here we are posing after a good run about. Great fun!

My older brother Jasper, who came to join us just last year, has had a couple of funny turns in recent months. He had one just a few days ago. Seems to be doing well now but Mum and Dad have kept a close eye on him. If you would like to send good thoughts, Mum made a post about him on her blog, here.

Also, if you are in the UK and know anyone looking to adopt a rescue dog, do keep an eye on her blog as she photographs a few of the lovely dogs looking for a great home. It's really sad that not every doggie has a wonderful home yet :-(

Hellooooooooooooo

Hello, is there anyone out there? How are you? If anyone is still following my blog, please post and say hello and let me know how you are doing.


Haven't blogged for AGES, sorry. Muzzle is really busy on the computer working and trying to help rescue doggies.

I had to have a lady operation a while back, which went very well and I'm all recovered and back to bouncing around now. Here's my I've been running after my ball again face.

Have fun!

Minnie-Moo
x

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my blogging friends.

Sorry I've not been posting as much as I once did,
but I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and New Year!

Love, Minnie-Moo & family xxx

Muzzle and Me

Muzzle took this photograph of the two of us recently. We love each other very much ...

Fun Friday

Wishing my friends a lovely Friday and weekend - enJOY ...

Mr Moo's Gotcha Day

Yesterday we celebrated my big brother Max's (AKA Mr Moo) eleventh Gotcha Day.

Muzzle says if you see him bouncing around and standing on his hind legs to try to grab apples from the tree (a trick he has very kindly passed onto me) you'd not think he was almost 12, but he is!

A few of our favourite photos of Mr Moo. For those of you who don't already know, I got my name because of him. When Muzzle and Daddy were waiting for a Lab pup to come into rescue, Muzzle was struggling to think of a suitable girlie name. She was having a chat with Mr Moo, as you do (you would, if you met him!), and told him that the puppy would be a little version of him, a mini-Moo - and there was my name, Minnie!

Love you Max ♥

Incoming tuna cake ...

Time to make Muzzle smile

Muzzle has been very, very sad since we had to say goodbye to dear Cassie. We have been taking Muzzle out for walks and this week she felt up to taking some photos of me playing chase/bounce with one of my brothers. He is 11 and still up for playing :) She also took a little video clip. Hope you enjoy.

Minnie-Moo
x

Running together:

I don't like being chased by strange dogs, but love to be chased by my doggie friends


I am good at jumping (though not good at jumping over things like teeny fences, says Muzzle)

I am not so good at hiding ...


Muzzle says my brother was mostly white when we left home ...


Oops!

Goodnight Cassie, sleep tight ♥

We are having a very sad time :-( My big sis, Cassie, very sadly passed away this week following a serious illness. Cassie had seemed completely fine until just over two weeks before she left us. Muzzle is heartbroken and crying lots and we are all missing her.

Cassie was 12 and a rescue Bullmastiff cross Muzzle and Dad adopted when she was 12 months old. She has been so lovely and gentle with me since I arrived from rescue as a pup and we had lots of great times playing and snuggling together. She really was a beautiful girl and we can't quite believe she has gone.

Muzzle is too upset to write much right now but is going to write a proper tribute to her, on her blog, once she is ready.

Here are a few photos - one of the five of us taken just a few months ago when everything was ok; one of Cassie and me snuggling when I was a pup; and one of the last photos taken of Cassie.

If anyone would like to light a candle for Cassie, that would be very kind.

Sleep tight Cassie, we will love you always ♥

Minnie-Moo
x

Sunshine

Muzzle took this one on our evening walk yesterday. She says it sums up my joy of life nicely.

Sorry I haven't been blogging much. Muzzle is very busy on the computer and my big doggie sis has been rather poorly so we have been concentrating our efforts on helping her get better.

Hope all my blogging friends are well.

Love,

M-M
x

Minnie, Minnie on the wall

Look, Muzzle has hung me on the wall!