DOGS, SONS and TV!

Hello everyone, I just had to post this photo.  I`ve seen a few journals where people have been playing about with their photos just for fun so I thought I`d do the same. I think I`ll try out some other stuff later.  Today we took Jake for his yearly vaccination booster.  He had a complete medical check and the vet said he is in great shape.  He now weighs in at 32 and a half kilos, which is just over 65lbs.  When we got him  3 months ago he was just 26kilos and much too skinny.  he is all muscle now and his coat is healthy and shiny.  One of our concerns with him was that he hardly eats enough to keep a bird alive, let alone a labrador, but the vet thinks he is just the sort of dog who eats what he needs, and no more, as he is so healthy looking and has gained weight, not lost it.  As he said to us, most labrador owners would love to have a dog who wasn`t greedy all the time! Another concern is that he has never been taught how to walk nicely on the lead.  He really does pull and it`s a good job we are both strong and healthy or we wouldn`t be able to handle him.  We have been given the telephone number of a good trainer and behaviourist , so I will give them a call and he what they can do for us. Oh yes, and a recommendation for Jake to have THAT operation as it will make him a little less likely to chase after the ladies !   When we left the vet, what with the injections, worming tablets and flea, lice and tick treatments our pockets were considerably lighter.  I thought to myself how lucky our pets are, private health treatments, no waiting lists for operations and living in the lap of luxury in centrally heated kennels that we call our houses.  When I leave this world I want to come back as a much loved labrador.  A shorter life perhaps, but ah..... the quality!

I forgot to say yesterday, my son-in-law Slava made his TV debut last night.  He was a bumble bee in the channel 4, 3 part program " Dr Tatiana`s Sex Advice for all Creation".  I know it sounds like it, but it`s not porn!  He was not just a bee, but a sunflower and a couple of other things.  It`s on again tonight at 11pm and again tomorrow.  It`s  a Canadian production about various animal and insect sexual habits...some of which are rather bizarre to say the least, and certainly not something that I would talk about in my journal!  Slava told me that while they were filming he just had to dance about but last night seeing it after the editing he was really surprised and Kerry thought it was hilarious!  Seeing Slava fly after a female bumble bee was just so funny.

Today is Danny`s first day at his new job.  Last night, I called him to wish him luck and he said he doubted he would sleep at all as he was a bit nervous.  I`ll give him a ring later and find out how it went.  Our new front door arrives tomorrow, and the panel for it next Monday.  With luck it will be fitted next Tuesday.  I`m really getting fed up with answering the side door when someone knocks on the front, and poor Jake doesn`t know which door to bark at!

I`ll finish with my usual trivia.  Hope you`ve all had a good day.  Bye for now and take care :-)

 

~  Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.  ~

~  According to the ancient Chinese, swinging your arms cures headaches.  ~

~  Syphillis was known as the fench disease in Italy and the English disease in france.  ~

~  Pliny believed that the souls of the dead resided in in beans.  ~

~  Coffee drinkers have sex more frequently and enjoy it more than non-coffee drinkers.  ~

~  Traditionally, a groom must carry his bride over the threshold to protect her from being possessed by the evil spirits that hang around in doorways.  ~

~  Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.  ~

~  Lipstick contains fish scales.  ~

~  Kidney stones come in any colour from yellow to brown.  ~

~ The hundred-billion Crayola crayon was Periwinkle Blue.  ~