Dughallmor Beagles

Oppose plans for breeding Beagles for Vivisection in UK

2011-06-10T16:42:00.001+01:00

Please, please, PLEASE do all you can to help stop this atrocity going ahead. The planning application is already in. Take a couple of minutes to sign the petition and share with all your friends by any means possible....Blog it, Tweet it, Facebook it, email it, WHATEVER....just please pass it on....thank-you xx

Oppose plans for breeding Beagles for Vivisection in UK

It's A Wrap

2011-04-28T23:52:00.011+01:00

Gabbi

3rd July 2007 ~ 24th April 2011

On Easter Sunday, after a brief but very aggressive battle with kidney failure and despite the best efforts of her wonderful vet, we had to say goodbye to our darling Gabbi. She was our youngest at only three years old. Our hearts are broken.

Her ashes will be scattered at Duffus Castle, her favourite place and our daily walk.

I had always hoped to come back to blogging someday, but my heart just isn't in it, especially now....it wouldn't feel right to continue without Gabbi, so sadly this will be our last post, though the blog will remain, I could never delete it. Thankfully, we can keep up with many of our blogging buddies on the dreaded......Facebook!

<3<3<3<3

"Although my tail, it's last has waved,

From pain and suffering i've been saved."

Goodnight sweetheart....until we meet again xx

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We'd just like to say also....thanks so much to all who followed our antics over the past few years....we have had SO much fun with this blog, as well as following everyone else's......all the adventures, the memes, the romances, the globetrotting, the contests, the pay it forwards etc......we have a collection of things that we'll always treasure.....we've made some life-long friends (even got to meet some!) and have lots of very precious memories xx

Perfect Day

2010-05-08T02:40:00.001+01:00

Today has been a perfect day......

After lazing around in the sunshine eating bones and watching the baby bunnies in the garden this morning, this afternoon we went to Findhorn for a walk.

Our Dad came with us and threw sticks.

It was even nice enough to go into the water!

On the way home we stopped off at Burghead, Mum wanted some photos of the harbour, but look what was following the little boats..........a large pod of dolphins. These were the few pics Mum got of them, she had the camera set to rapid burst but you still need to get the timing right.....we have around 400 or so photos of just sea! How cool to see these though :o)

Then we were treated to a gorgeous light show. These are all taken from our back garden and straight from the camera, no editing (apart from cropping), the colours were amazing!

As we said........today was perfect.

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Here are some random photos......our new local walk, the liney, just out the back of our house.

Funny faces.

Fun chases.

Extreme bitey-face!

In the garden.

Some birds, one dead...oops!

Some passing boats...and rigs.

These are the colourful beach huts at Hopeman.

Lots more photos to come.........and some romantic reunions :o))

Bloodsuckers

2010-05-07T21:29:00.005+01:00

Hello furries and peeps! We've been away from Blogland for so long, but after visiting only a few blogs today we realise that there's alot of heartache going on and it's mostly been caused by ticks.

There's Digby who has had a very bad reaction to a tick bite........and Petey's HHI friend Lulubelle who has Rocky Mountain Tick Fever. Paws crossed they both make a full recovery, and soon.

Our Mum has a friend who has suspected Lyme disease and she's really suffering with it. This awful disease is caused by being bitten by an infected tick. It is easily treated in it's early stages with antibiotics but in later stages can attack the nervous system and cause all sorts of terrible symptoms.....and all due to a long-forgotten bite from a tiny bloodsucking critter!

This month is Lyme Disease Awareness Month.....and we weren't aware of how bad it can be until we Googled it. You can buy one of these pins to support research into the condition here,

but the best thing you can possibly do is to prevent further spread of this and other diseases by treating your pets with an appropriate product........go and see your vet for more information.... and do it TODAY! Other measures you can take are garlic supplements (and give your pets pet-safe ones) and to brush your pets, especially dogs after walking, and regular bathing with an anti flea and tick shampoo.

Lecture over.....we're off to do more visiting....it's great to have decent service at last!

Dingle, Dangle, Dongle

2010-04-29T23:11:00.001+01:00

Well, we know it looks like our Mum has abandoned her blog and everyone else's in favour of Facebook....and to a certain extent, she has....but when your internet connection is like this most of the time........

....it's the only convenient way to get our photos online and keep in touch with some of our friends! Since moving house, we are around 9 miles from the nearest library.........we thought it would be better during and just after the move to carry on using the mobile broadband....however, just recently we've had a few comments on FB which made us realise how long it's been since we had proper service, one that lets us visit all our bloggie friends.

So, we thought we'd try and visit some of them, starting with Rosie's long neglected hubby Petey , here's how it went....

When that didn't work, we thought we'd try and do a blog post....

....maybe put some of our recent photos on....

*sigh*

Sometimes even Facebook is unaccessable....(not very often, admittedly!)

So, She ended up in the library this morning to do this post....and let you know what's been happening. (Mum's playing taxi to middle sis who has exams at the moment, so she had to go to town anyway and had an hour to kill.)

The upside of this is that it gave our Mum a much needed kick up the bum to get a real internet service ordered and throw the stupid dongle into the harbour, so as of 10th May (yes, everything takes an age here!) we will be back online....but this time we're not making any promises, we'll just wait and see how it goes.......one thing's for certain though......there'll be photos galore.........and hopefully no more moaning about crappy internet!

New Crib......

2010-03-12T13:45:00.001Z

Well, here we are in our new surroundings, we've been busy exploring and want to show you some cool stuff......ready?

Come on then, follow me!

We've only moved a few miles along the coast but it's so different. Findhorn and Roseisle beaches are very flat but here it's much more dramatic! See the building in the top left of the picture? Well that's Burghead and Roseisle is on the other side of that.

Here we have lots of cliffs, coves and caves to explore........and giant insects in the sea??

Thank dog that's far away! Ah, this is more like it.....She calls it beach art.....whatever dude, we call it somewhere to leave our pee-mail, hahaha!

This one has pretty patchwork all over it..........ok, enough with the stones already............duuh, take more photos of us!

That's better...........tag, you're it!

Well, even though we've moved, the small big 'uns still have to be driven to school which means we still get to go on some of our favourite walks.....

.....like Findhorn......see the seal? Gabbi likes to tell him off :o))

But wherever we are.........Snoop always seems to end up up to his neck in "it"!

Uh, 'scuse me.......don't I get a mention?? I've moved too you know! Do you like my tree stump? It's just outside the dog run.........the Beagles love it when I pose for them..at least I think that's what all the noise is about.............bravo Gus, they bark....you're the best!

Sometimes I like to sit on top of this thing too.......and scratch the roof with my awesome claws, that drives them mad......it's their kennel........bwahahaha! How's that for a view though?! I mean there are usually at least a dozen bunnies in that field..not to mention squillions of meeces!

Oh! That was stressful! I thought that cat was never gonna shut up, he thinks he owns the place! Maybe I should practise my doga...............aaarrroooohhhhhhmmmmmmm....

....peace out baby!

Birthday Hubby

2010-02-26T00:04:00.000Z

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It's my dear hubby's birthday! I'm feeling very guilty for neglecting him over the past few months so I baked him a big tennis ball cake and plonked my sorry self on top.

Happy Happy Birthday my little pumpkin xxxx

Back On The Right Track

2010-02-24T15:20:00.001Z

At last..........we have found our way back to our blog......

....and we're on our way to yours.......weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Uncertainty and Unexpected Kindness

2009-12-29T16:29:00.001Z

So, OK.......we've been pretty much AWOL for a long time now apart from the occasional bumper guilt post. There are a number of reasons for this, the main one being that we have changed our internet provider again and the service is soooooooooo slooooooooooow...........even slower than the library if that's possible! (Mum thought it might have had something to do with the snow, and also the busy time over Christmas) But anyway, it means that blogs take ages (sometimes half an hour) to load up and even then we can't see videos or Cboxes, or even all the pictures....sometimes we can't comment. Up until today we have not been able to post pictures on our own blog (and we're not entirely sure this post will publish with the photos we've put on).* Constantly trying to play catch-up, losing touch with people and furries we've come to care about and forever apologising for our lengthy absences. All of this has turned blogging into something of a chore, which it really shouldn't be!

*Mum had to go to the library to finish uploading the photos today :o~

Anyway, nuff moaning........today we have a few reasons to blog......firstly, wanna see some snow? (think you can enlarge them)

These two pictures of Ben Wyvis were both taken on Christmas day. The above one was taken from our kitchen window in the morning....the big chimney is the Benromach distillery....and the one below was taken from our Nanny's back garden in the afternoon....you can just see the rigs at the mouth of the Cromarty Firth.

We found a new ornament for our Christmas tree, something that Pamela, Kira the BeaWootiful's very talented Mom made for us a while back.......it's a cute ceramic Beagle.....and of course, it wouldn't be a Beagle until it had torn the fairy lights from the tree! We LOVE it.......and it's about time we were represented properly on the tree without Alfie having to add his own kind of decoration!

This morning we were surprised when the postie knocked on the door.......a parcel? For us?? Surely there must be a mistake....Santa's already been! Mum recognised the return address straight away and when she opened it up she almost burst into tears.....inside was a lovely toy for us........

..........a card with a very pretty lady on it, she's called Lola......(Mum loves this picture so much she's going to frame it!)

.......and best of all (and this is what she was bubbling about)......

.....the most beautiful handmade cushion with a cross-stich of a Beagle on the front! Isn't this gorgeous? We knew Sue was creative, not to mention extremely kind, but this is something else! The detail is so intricate, it must have taken ages and it will be treasured. Sue, I just don't know what to say......your talent and generosity has stunned me....thank you so much ♥

So now we're feeling even more guilty....not only for not visiting everyone, including Sue and the Porties for so long, but for the fact that we are so disorganised........we planned to send Christmas cards to everyone we have addresses for and do an e-card for everyone else.....we planned to send parcels of love to our sweetie-pies (we started a parcel for Kira back in the summer time and it's still in the drawer!) and we didn't do any of it, infact SHE didn't write a single card! (Mum says she's saving the trees and that's her excuse but we know she just left it all too late)

We've had alot of snow in the past 24hrs, on the news last night it said that skiers in the Cairngorms are enjoying the best season since the 1960's! (We saw 5 RAF mountain rescue units heading out there last night, hope everyone's staying safe!) The photo above was taken on the way home from picking big sis up from work....this is, believe it or not, the main road between Aberdeen and Inverness and it's even worse today, Mum couldn't even take the girl to work, had to ask a friend with a 4x4!

Special hugs to Petey and his Mom today xx

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and we wish you all the best for the coming year!

Oops, Offline Again!

2009-12-14T12:41:00.007Z

Grrr..........anyone would think she liked the library........we are offline again and missing all our friends and sweethearts :o((

Just thought we'd let you all know we're still alive.....we haven't forgotten you and want to show you some photos of what we've been up to lately.......we have videos too but they'll have to be done another day....library pcs are S-L-O-W!

Anyhowl, here are some collages of our recent walks.....Findhorn, Roseisle and more Findhorn!

It's been sunny and we've been very lucky with the weather considering the floods etc. down south. On Saturday we had a freezing fog come in off the sea (it descended in about one hour while we were out walking!). It made everything look sugar-coated and very pretty but it was sooooooooooo cold........good job we have fur coats! Today's rain has washed it all away.

You can biggify all the pictures but if you enlarge the next one you'll be able to see the fog coming in. In the top right hand corner, you can just make out the snow on top of Ben Wyvis and the thick band of grey is the freezing fog approaching.....by the time we'd finished our walk it had engulfed us!

As you can see, we have been looking for our true loves......Petey, Jakey, Kira and of course Mason Dixie (Alfie was away searching for about an hour and got a chapped muzzle, hehe). Hopefully we'll be back in the library tomorrow to visit your blogs and catch up........we've missed you loads!

Beachy Beach :o)

2009-11-19T21:04:00.002Z

Woohoo....we've had some lovely weather (while the rest of the UK has been plagued with gales and flood warnings) and we have been to the beach again....alot!

Findhorn....

....to see the seals...arf-arf...

....and Roseisle of course!

Mother was feeling brave and we got off lead for a while!

We are used to seeing Nimrods and the occasional Eurofighter but we've had some unusual aerial visitors recently.....if you're interested....this is a Hercules. Also spotted (but not snapped as they were almost in space!) were a couple of Harriers among other things.

Heard there's more coming next week so we'll probably walk near the runway :o)

We're still struggling to keep up as you may have noticed....fighting a losing battle I think!

Whizz-bang.....Thank-you Ma'am

2009-11-08T12:50:00.000Z

Here are the slackers again! We've been busy getting lovely Autumn walkies....

....romping through leaves....

....another modelling assignment....

....hunting bunnies....

....enjoying our park....

....sniffing the fresh air....and taking in the lovely Autumn colours :D

But yesterday....Snoop went to the park in the morning with Mum....

....and look what they found....slap-bang in the middle of the grass.....can you see the huge stuffies?

In the afternoon we went to Roseisle beach, it was so calm and beautiful.

The sea looked like blue milk! We snoofed in the woods for a while.

Then in the evening.....pretty loud pretty sky :o)

Mother of course took a video of possibly the crappiest one of the whole display!

I Believe I Can Fly.........

2009-10-30T00:10:00.004Z

Hmmmm....I heard a rumour that my Mummy might be going to visit MY HUSBAND next year!

Apparently I won't fit in her suitcase so I better practise my flying....must....sort....ears....out!

Service Announcement

2009-10-23T01:44:00.000+01:00

Just to let you all know......we are in the process of visiting you.....we are currently on the letter 'G' in our big blog list, trying to do a few every evening and missing out those who haven't posted for a few days, we'll catch you next time round!

Thanks for sticking with us, you rock our socks!

Wordless Wednesday: doGzilla

2009-10-21T04:04:00.002+01:00

Awards, Hot Dates and Where's Mason D?!

2009-10-07T15:47:00.002+01:00

Hello blog buddies! Today is the last catchy-uppy post with random walkies pictures at the end. But first, we were given these awards literally months ago....when we were still using the library!! The first is from those cute little Munchkins who delight us with their funny memoirs :o) It's the Awesome Pawsome Award featuring Daisy Dog.....thanks Bentley & Lexus!

Next up it's the Class Act Award, also featuring Daisy Dog (wow, she's popular huh?!) This one was given to us by Frappie, Mocha, Sugar & co. over at Piappies World......thanks tinies!

Both awards were made by the Purple Hatter and the only rule is that you give him a shout out on your blog......done! I think they've both probably done the rounds by now but if you want them, help yourself!

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So, what else have we been getting up to?? Well......we all managed to sneak away to see our honey-bunnies while Mum wasn't watching.....

Rosie caught up with her sweetie Petey on his island......errm, I hope you're not fighting over that tennis ball guys? Play nice!

And then they were snapped by the pupperazzi wearing his n hers Loius Vuitton!

Snoop lounged by Kira's pool but didn't get his paws wet :D

Gabbi got a whiskery snog from her Jakey....and it made her shrink! (someone needs to hone her PS skills!)

And Alfie caught up with Mason Dixie at her lake.....but he hasn't seen or heard from her since :o(

Does anyone know......where in the world is Mason Dixie??? We miss her and hope that she and her lovely Mom and the BF are ok and just having a rest.

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So here are the last of the random walkies photos. The first batch are from the park and hill across the road and the beach ones were taken the other day at a FREEZING Nairn Beach!

We looked for Petey in here, it's like the one he made on his island for he and Rosie....but this one was so big we couldn't even find the front door. We left a message though :o)

Random Walkies Photos, Part 2 (with added Pointer goodness :o))

2009-10-05T00:25:00.002+01:00

So, where we off to in this catchy-uppy post then Mum?

Super Mario Land??

Ooooh, goody....it's Roseisle!

But wait.....who's this peeping over the edge of the dune?

Can you guess?

Nope....it's NOT Gabbi on steroids.....it's our old friend Chester!

Hi Chezzy! Chester has been on our blog a few times as we sometimes meet when we walk at Roseisle and then our Mums start chattering. But if you search only one post comes up :o(

Not many words for the rest of the post.....just lots more photos....yep, Mrs Snap-Happy returns and is too lazy to sort the good pics from the bad so she's posted the lot, mostly of us but a few random fungus and scenery shots thrown in.....sorry!

Bwaaaahahahahaaa.......good one Gabbi!

SH*T.....busted! I know....if I don't look at her then she can't see me and i'm not in deep water.....right?

RIGHT??

Random Walkies Photos, Part 1

2009-10-04T01:55:00.000+01:00

Findhorn......*sigh*.....love this place :D

(Just lots of pics....no commentary! If you're FB followers you've probably seen these already, sorry!)

Y'all Ready For This?

2009-10-03T03:58:00.000+01:00

Hello good furries and peeps of Blogland!

Yes, we've been away too long....so what's been keeping us so busy we hear you bark?

You ready? Well, let me tell ya......

We've had lots of "issues"....some PC related (again!), some paint related and some neither.

We've also been zooming around so much it's a bit of a blur....

Let's see..........well, we had some VERY special visitors all the way from Slovenia. Luna's human came to see us!

Luna's is one of the very first blogs we came across when we first started ours way back in September (OMDog, just realised we missed our own Blogaversary....duuh!!) so we were really excited to finally meet Teja......not only is she a fellow blogger.....she's from a whole nuther country AND she has a Beagle (so she loved us!). She had baked us some lovely treats (yummy cookies) and gave our Mum and Dad some really cool gifts, including a book about Slovenia for when we go to visit them (ahem.....you BETTER be taking us M&D! Heyyy, it's nextdoor to Italy so maybe we could see those lovely Golden boys and Maya too!)

She and her BF Ales, his son Lars (cutie-pie) and their friend Nina were touring Scotland for a few days and made time in their busy holiday to come for a walk with us :D

We went to Findhorn Bay, it was a lovely evening and Teja got some beautiful photos......check out her blog to see them! (she really does take lovely pics)

Dad was in charge of the treats.....he's less of a push-over than Mum! We were so excited to have someone to show off to we got the zoomies.....and after Rosie & Gabbi had tied Nina's legs up with their silly long leads Mum finally gave in and let them off to play properly. (and they behaved....OMD!!)

We zoomed.....

.......and played......

....until we were all zorsted! (thanks for that word Ludo!)

Thanks for coming to visit us guys, come back soon....and big juicy slobbers to Luna, if it weren't for her we would never have met!

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We've done a couple of dog shows, well, the girls have.....us boys are retired you know!

First it was Roseisle companion show....Gabbi was 3rd Hound. It was a lovely sunny day :o) Mum made the ribbons for the show and you can see them on her rosette blog.

Then Mum and the boy took Gabbi & Rosie all the way down near Stirling for the Scottish Beagle Club show.

This guy almost came to a sticky end as he stood in the middle of the road wondering what the hurry was!

There was a wedding before the show, two fellow Beagle exhibitors were tying the knot there as it's such a beautiful setting and all their friends were there anyway, it was really lovely.

No ribbons to take home....Gabbi came 4th in her class but we had a lovely day, catching up with friends we haven't seen for ages :D

Beautiful Alva

Mother is now wishing she'd a) smiled....or....b) used the crop tool....or.....c) DIETED!

The Winners

We had arranged to go and see Marvin and his J before coming home but the show went on a bit too long so sadly it didn't happen.....probably because of the hilarity involved in getting this shot, what a hoot! (If you click on the SBC link above you'll see a much better version as Photo of the Month!)

Such a shame, we were so looking forward to it.....nevermind, next time Jeannie! (and sorry!!) We did manage a detour to Edinburgh for IKEA though, and the girls got to share a portion of meatballs for being so good.......grr, didn't save any for the boys!

This is how the sky looked out of our kitchen window the night before the show (Friday....see, I was still sort of taking part in SWF!)

We've had some beautiful weather too so we've managed some lovely walks at the beach and park.....but this post has already taken hours so we'll do a separate post for the walks.......and you'll get to meet this handsome fella!

So until next time folks.......

SLOBBERS!!!!

Findhorn Vids

2009-09-13T01:34:00.000+01:00

We weren't going to post again until all our visiting was done but Mother has been at it with the camera again, so here a few videos that are perfect for Sunday Scenery, it's about time we started our memes again! The first two are from a few nights ago at Findhorn Bay, the seals were calling but not sure if you can hear.

And the last one was from Friday evening's walk along Findhorn's north shore, the beach was filled with happy dogs whose humans were just taking in the gorgeous lightshow that is a Moray Firth sunset, there was a seal playing in the sea too....nosey critters but so cool!

We have a couple of awards, thanks to the Munchkins and Piappies....we haven't forgotten and we'll put them in our next post.

Sad Day

2009-09-11T10:35:00.004+01:00

Remembering those who perished in the 9/11 terror attacks and thinking of their loved ones today :oX

Also, please pop over to the Hudson Furkids' blog......their Mom could use a hug right now, her heart is broken :o(

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The decorating is almost finished so we'll have our secretary back soon.....it wasn't all dog shows and Facebook ya know!

Ladies and Germs....

2009-09-05T12:48:00.005+01:00

....we are experiencing some technical difficulties (namely a certain human's fixation with Facebook)

This is a temporary glitch and normal service will resume shortly....thank you for your patience....your bark is important to us.

Food Thieves and Big Ears

2009-08-29T10:04:00.001+01:00

Hello furries and peeps! We've been tagged by our good friends Cocoa and Barley to spill the beans (haha, geddit?) on our food stealing antics.

Sorry it's taken us so long to post this, Beans....being greedy Beagles our Mum had lots of material to look through for this tag and some of the photos are old. (and small?!)

First up, Alfie...well, he has better manners than he used to and rarely steals food now (but he still loves to rummage in the bin). This cheeky photo was taken when he was just a pup.

However, he is the only one of us who's tall enough to counter-surf and in the past has stolen various items including a pack of butter and a treacle tart which was about to go in the oven....he was kind enough to share it with Rosie & Gabbi though. And he does lick Nanny's BBQ till it sparkles whenever we're at her house!

Now Gabbi.....Queen Drool, she doesn't really steal food either, she just sits and stares at you...the only giveaway is the juicy chops....drip drip drip....

Gabbi was our only entry for Honey's drooling contest!

Rosie is a different kettle of fish. Just the other day (think it was the same day we got this tag) the humans were scoffing an Indian takeaway and Mum had a bit of Naan bread on her knee....Rosie snuck up on her and gingerly got the very, very edge of it between her gnashers....she nearly got away with it too until Mum swiped her away....too bad Rosie!

She'd steal the food right out of your mouth, this girl....so you better eat with your pie-hole shut! Once the whole family were on a day out and had a picnic packed. They went into a shop for 5 minutes (and left the picnic in the same car as 4 Beagles....duuuh). About an hour later they stopped to eat the picnic and discovered it was gone. One look at Rosie's enormous belly told the tale....it was so full she was crying! She'll eat just about anything too, doesn't have to be food....she steals socks, especially from the laundry bin....shoes, she wrecked one of the human sissy's high heels the other day (this pleased Dad!) but her favourite has to be tennis balls....she can devour one in mere minutes...wait and see!

And last but definitely not least....Steel Bellied Snoop. This fella is the master, King of Thieves!

On his list of pilfering successes to date are: A few loaves of bread, several dozen unknown food and non-food items from our Nanny's house -she underestimates the greed, we used to regularly find him wandering about on top of her dining table- he's not allowed in anymore -instead he stays in the garden hoovering up the crumbs from the bird table that had to be moved so he could no longer reach it, a punnet of strawberries, a victoria sponge cake, more than one but less than ten Easter eggs over the years, half of someone's birthday cake (we got to him halfway through, it was chocolate flavour). If one of the humans is holding a biscuit or something he will casually walk past and swipe it straight out of their hand. He once did this to Dad, who had a doughnut poised, ready to take a bite but also glued to the telly (anyone spring to mind? Homer J.??) Snoop swooped in and rescued it....yoink! "Why you little........." But the worst thing Snoop has ever eaten was an almost entire pack (one dose short) of Ex-Lax chocolate....he ate everything, we caught him just as he was polishing off the instructions. Mum was beside herself...on the phone to the out-of-hours vet in hysterics, thought he was going to die....the vet was mildly concerned too, told the humans they were in for a messy night.....Snoop barely farted but he was shitting foil for a few days!

All four of us are guilty of destroying Paw it Forward parcels which contained treats and were all packaged up and ready for the Post Office and all four of us steal nextdoor's dog's bones from his garden....well, his Dad should shut the gate, shouldn't he?!?

So now we're suposed to tag five others to play...hmm, don't know if we can manage five, you're all so much better behaved than us....let's see....ooh, we know:

Eric, Chester, Joey & Tanner, Dennis, Scotty, Sophie & Hazel and finally that little cutie Maya, she's bound to have some tales to tell already! If you have time and want to play yippee...if not, no worries ;o)

Thanks for tagging us Cocoa & Barley, it was fun... but we're hungry now....

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We heard about another cool contest. Bentley & Lexus are hosting Most Earrisistible Ears.

Well, our long ears get into all sorts of states, especially when we're zooming, just look!

Rosie

Snoop

Gabbi

And when we're catching zzzz s

Rosie

We can't work out which of Alfie's pics to enter, his ears are always all over the place....will you help us? We're going to put a poll in our sidebar so you can help us choose.

1) Yoga

2) Playful

3) Windy

4) Crazy

5) Demented

If you haven't already checked out Munchkin Memoirs why not pop in and say hi....and maybe enter a picture yourself, the contest is open for a couple of weeks yet.

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Oooh, what's this? A parcel....addressed to Rosie & Petey? Mmmm, smells like jellied eels and Wimbledon....that must mean it's from Old London Town! Quick Rosie, open it up!

Ahhh, it IS from London....from our dear square friend Eric, Petey's bestest mate! It's a wedding present.....matching heart shaped tennis balls, isn't that sweet?

Rosie gets straight to work on them....chomp chomp....

....and more goodies for Gabbi, Alfie & Snoop....chocolate favour tennis balls, ha...they look like profiteroles!

Thank you furry much sweet Eric for the cute pressies, you are kind :D

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Now, you're wondering....what else have we been up to since we last posted yonks ago....?

Well, in between all the rain we've been on lots more walks. Some at Duffus (our new favourite place to zoom) and some in the park and up the hill into the forest.

We also had to take care of the lodgers....

Ugh!

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Some of you might know that our Mum makes rosettes, well she's only gone and given them their very own blog.....hmpph, you'd think they were, like...alive or exciting or something. Anyway, if you want a look at why our Mum can't spend 24/7 doing our blog for us, here's the reason....they even have to share OUR email....huh!

At. Long. Last!!

2009-08-18T12:24:00.003+01:00

Hi furries and peeps and welcome to our

.....AND.....we're back online at last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To say that we're glad to say bye-bye to the library is the understatement of the century! But it has been useful....we've managed to post a couple of times, keep up with some blog friends on Facebook, look what our buddies over at the AO4 gave us....how cool is this?? It's our new Facebook profile!

....and even make a few new friends, pick up our peemail and read all your lovely comments....how lovely that we still got so many visits, and even gained a couple of new followers even though we were unable to return the compliment....thanks guys, we'll be round to see you soon :D :D

It's been months since we went offline, infact it was around the time that we discovered our Rosie wasn't in pup, back in June. Of course, since then we've had happier times.....Rosie and Petey had a beautiful wedding which was celebrated by all our blogging friends and they are now back from their Roman honeymoon.

Mamma Mia, they're even more loved-up now....photos to follow, watch this space....and Petey's blog! Rosie and her girls had a wild hen party and the damage was evident in the morning....

....and just look at the state of Alfie when he got home from Petey's stag weekend....oh deeery me!

Well, you all know what Mother is like with the camera....so we have squillions of photos to post....so many infact that we've had to condense them into -wait for it- collages! (you can biggify all of them if you want)

We've been to Findhorn for lovely evening romps along the beach.

Seen pretty skies.

More walkies, this time at the park....

Met up with some old friends....

We went to a different beach to see another friend. This is Mollie and she goes to our club, or at least, she did. Her human, Jodi is moving to Australia with her Mum, infact they left yesterday :o( and Mollie is going to stay with her Papa in Burghead....we hope we still see her and wish Jodi and her Mum the best of luck with their wonderful new life Down Under....miss you already Jodi!

It was SO COOL! We ran riot on the beach, up and down the dunes....Mollie played chase with us for a while but she prefers to be in the sea (brrr!) so we went exploring. You may know about Gabbi's fear of bridges.....well, the one to the beach at Lossiemouth is quite long, pretty high....and you can see the water through the wooden slats....so she did very well, don't you think?

We had some very strange winged visitors. First, a butterfly came into our house (you probably heard the human girls screaming) C'mere Mr Flutterby....we just want a little taste, you look....a bit tasty!

And then....look who's resting on top of our shed...a baby seagull is right outside, about 5ft away as we type....what a cheek!!! (tastes just like salty chicken. Fish and bird all rolled into one....what an efficient meal!)

We bark and howl at him but he still just sits there gawping at us!

Gabbi's "adventure" last week (see previous post) is still fresh in our minds but she's all better now, her pad is completely healed.....thanks so much for all your kind words :o)

Petey and Rosie gave Gabbi a present incase she ever pulls a stunt like that again....introducing....

....GABBI-CAM!

To celebrate her safe return Mum made us a liver and honey cake *yums* and she even let us lick the bowls and spoons *double yums* Alfie got his ears all crusty with cake dough, hehe!

*sigh* Is it ready yet????

While we waited we did the next best thing to eating....zzzzz....

Another walk and a roll in the sand at Findhorn....

...we saw moody skies, oilrigs and early blackberries.

And finally, on Sunday we went back to Duffus Castle....

.....still didn't see Tanner though....or Just Harry! But Alfie found a frisbee ring and teased us all with it....

....Rosie jumped in the moat, well it's more like a ditch. (top left in the collage)

And we did a spot of modelling for Mrs Snap-Happy....spot the world's biggest poser!

So that's us all up to date now....we've missed you all so much that we'll have to visit you all before posting again. Hopefully next week we'll pick up some of the memes and get back to more regular blogging.

Soon, Furries.....Very Soon!

2009-08-12T13:40:00.009+01:00

Beagles Mum here. Yippee.....our new internet stuff arrived this morning and the engineer is booked for Monday.....so by Monday night we should be all back to normal.....can't wait to be away from this stupid library! What happened to the days when the library was a place of quiet, where people came to read in peace and if you made so much as a peep you were shooshed by the tweedy lady? This has to be the noisiest library in the world and i've given up trying to visit any blogs, the pcs are so slow and when they do load the page you can't see any pics, videos or Cboxes....or they freeze....add to that, over the last couple of days the whole library network keeps losing internet connection so even keeping up via Facebook has become a struggle (and this is my 3rd or 4th attempt to publish this post!).

Anyway, enough moaning. Time to report on all the drama.....

On Sunday evening Gabbi was in her crate chewing a bone. All of a sudden she ran outside with the others in hot pursuit, when they got outside they all started barking and I went to get them back in as I don't like them disturbing the neighbours. Gabbi wouldn't come in, every time I managed to usher her back inside she escaped again. She was going crazy, barking like mad and flinging herself at the gate (literally throwing herself, she was desperate to get out of the garden) I tried to calm her but she wouldn't have it, her body was rigid....something had obviously either hurt her or spooked her. I shouted hubby to come and see the state of her and thought maybe he could help me calm her down and get her inside. Just as he came out of the door she jumped the gate and ran off towards the main road at full speed. Panicking, we ran after her (me in my socks!) but she was long gone.

I came back to get some shoes on and grab the car keys while Craig carried on on foot. We drove and walked for hours, checking and double-checking all the places we usually walk, asking everyone we met if they'd seen her. We even had a very kind man on a bike helping us, he followed her for as long as he could but couldn't keep up, she was running too fast. After a gorgeous day it was pouring with rain.

Finally at around 9.30pm we came home as we hadn't eaten yet. We had some supper and went back out to look for her, taking Rosie along to help but at around midnight we had to give up as Craig had to be up for work at 5am. But I couldn't sleep, I kept wondering what had come over her and where she had gone, if she was ok....or not. I went back out in the car, driving slowly (sod's law i'd be the one to knock her over) I went up and down the bypass checking the verge and fearing the worst, I was convinced she'd been knocked over and we'd never see her again. Heartbroken and exhausted I went home at 4.30am. I left the gate and the front door open....just incase....and fell asleep on the sofa.

Next thing I knew Craig was saying "Can you hear that?" I heard it! Pawsteps in the hallway....she had found her way home! She was so tired and soaked to the bone but we checked her over and there wasn't a mark on her apart from a tiny scratch on her chin.....this was surely the luckiest dog alive! The others were so excited to see her, Rosie was bouncing off the walls but poor Gabs was too tired. We dried her and put her in her crate to get some rest. Wish she could tell us where she's been and what happened!

The next day she was so stiff she couldn't walk, when she needed the toilet we had to carry her outside and back in again.

The rest of the time she slept, not even waking for her dinner (if you know Gabbi you'll know that she is a gutsy brute and as soon as I put my hand on her bowl to put food in it she's at my feet, trembling with greedy anticipation). Rosie said she could borrow the red blankie.

Then yesterday Liam shouted me, "Mum, Gabbi's pad's hanging off!"

OMG.....her pad's hanging off? She had done so much hard running on the roads that her pad had a nasty blister which had popped and there was a thick flap of skin....nothing too drastic though.

She has it wrapped in nice purple VetRap and it seems to be healing quickly, she is being very good and leaving it alone.

She's still a bit spooky and has obviously had quite a fright (along with the rest of us!) but she seems fine, thank goodness.

And the moral of the story is....never, ever underestimate the strength, jumping ability, wanderlust and determination of a Beagle, especially a tan and white one with a screw loose!

So, we probably won't post again until we're online at home.....and our next post will be our 250th! After that we can really get on with catching up with everyone....we've missed doing that the most, see you soon furries and peeps!

SkyWatch Friday

2009-08-07T13:51:00.006+01:00

It was getting dark by the time we got to the park yesterday so most of our pics didn't come out well :o! (The rabbits were also having some sort of get-together.....Oswald city, so Mum had to watch Alf like a hawk, Snoop was off snoofing somewhere!)

But the sky over the park was pretty so we decided to post a SkyWatch :o)

We also got a photo of the beautiful full moon....aaarroooo!

And our sunsets have been lovely lately, shame about the street light and wires out back!

To play along or see other skies from around the world, visit SkyWatch Friday.

You've Been Slimed

2009-08-03T10:47:00.010+01:00

Hi everyfurry! So we thought we'd enter Honey's drooling contest....Mum was working really hard at getting us all to do our best drooling....camera in one hand....and a tasty morsel poised just out of our reach in the other....it was pure torture!

Rosie: Drool? Moi?? You must be joking....i'd never dream of doing anything so disgusting.....just gimme the toast already....or see those cute little pumps you love so much? History!

Alfie: Nope, I don't do much drooling either (unless you're eating Chinese)....how's my snooter though? Juicy enough for ya?

Snoop: Well....I DID have a massive drool...but then I licked my lips and it was gone....yum!

Gabbi: Okay, i'll play I suppose....here's a little teaser....

....then i'll drip drip drip for a while....

....before reaching supreme slime levels!

Ok, it's not quite a Mango or a Honey drool but i'm just little!

Are you a drooler? Why not check out Honey's contest!

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We went to the beach....yippee!

This is very exciting because we haven't been for ages.....the jeep has been out of action but Mum decided enough was enough and we all piled into Dad's car (it's VERY cramped)....oh, it was worth it though....look how much fun we had!

Mum tried to recreate the "bums" shot but thinks the old one is more natural.

You know who the bums belong to but can you guess whose feety-feets?

*sigh* look at my poor tattered sofa :o(

It's A Walk In The Park....

2009-07-25T11:25:00.000+01:00

Rainy days make sleepy Beagles....

....but then it brightens up in the evening and it's off to the park and maybe a snoof round the hill and a game of chase the treat.....Mum made liver cake and we haven't had that for AGES!

Alfie gave chase to a deer on the hill but as soon as Mum mentioned 'din-dins' he came running back....pretty funny!

SkyWatch Friday

2009-07-24T11:04:00.003+01:00

It's been weeks since we played SkyWatch Friday (since the Red Arrows were here) and it's one of our favourite memes....so here are some of our skies from the last few weeks that we haven't had a chance to post yet....biggify for maximum impact!

To play along or see skies from all around the world, visit SkyWatch Friday!

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Last night we went for a really long walk....Mum took a few photos but alot of them were blurry as it was getting dark.

Come on Mum, why have you stopped?

We went up to the Muiry Wood and back down past the golf course. Last time we came this way we saw a mum and baby deer and Mum was kicking herself as she'd left the camera at home.... this time there was only one. (that's not what Gabbi's barking at, none of the dogs saw it....phew!) The hedgerow was full of delicious raspberries which Mum picked.....Alfie picked a few too!

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We got the following email from our friend Kim:

Dear friends,

I just signed a petition to save elephants and rhinos from extinction by permanently banning the sale of ivory. Please add your name today: http://www.care2.com/go/z/19778191

Kenyan Wildlife Authorities recently seized $1 million worth of elephant tusks and rhino horns bound for ivory markets in Asia. And Kenya's government has called on the global community to support a permanent ban on ivory sales to ensure that elephants and rhinos won't go extinct. Let's support Kenya in trying to save their majestic wildlife - please join the global call for a permanent ban on ivory sales!

Sign the petition here: http://www.care2.com/go/z/19778191

Thanks!

Catchin' Up....

2009-07-23T11:58:00.000+01:00

Hey! We thought we'd post some of what we've been doing over the past couple of weeks....don't really know where to start! (Some of you might have seen some of these on our Facebook or Twitter) (and yes, we're STILL at the library!)

Seems like weeks ago we were at Duffus Castle....or is that Doofus Castle?

Mum went to a really pretty 17th century harbour....

....and only took Gabbi, what's that about??

It was a showery day....with thunder, look at the clouds!

On the way back they passed through Cullen....ever tried Cullen Skink? Mmmm, you should!

In Cooper Park in Elgin, Gabbi was terrified of this red-faced dude....any idea what breed he is?

Mum & the boy went to a far away beach....again, only Gabbi went, grrr! She even got a special treat, click here....Mum followed Asta's advice on (Inter?)National Ice-Cream Day....SO not fair!

We went to Forres Theme Day where we saw some Sibe puppies....these ladies are called Zinnabar (the red) and Sophie.

Some of Petey's folk, Sandy (left) and his Dad, whose name we didn't catch.

The Nairn and District Pipe Band (the tall guy with the big drum lives across the road from us, he's the neighbour who didn't tell us about catnap woman)

And lots of really old zoomers, motorbikes, buses and tractors, which you can see here if you're interested.

Not forgetting of course that we had a huge wedding to take part in....if you missed any of the wedding you can see it all over on Petey's blog. Petey and Rosie are off on their honeymoon now but want to thank everyone who came along to share their special day, all the tartan-clad guests, especially Petey's groomsmen, Rosie's bridesmaids, the two officiators, the very clever photographer and of course the monks of Pluscarden Abbey for making themselves scarce!

Phew....we feel a snooze coming on!

The Wedding Party...

2009-07-19T14:08:00.002+01:00

Here are some of the highlights from Rosie's beautiful wedding yesterday.

Snoop was quite proud to walk the gorgeous bride down the aisle (no leads required!)

Marvin the Hollow Hound, one of the co-Officiants, awaited the arrival of the Bride, along with her attendants in tartan taffeta - bridesmaids Kira and Mason Dixie, Matron of Honor Auntie Martha and Maid of Honor Gabbi.

Rosie delivering her vows with a voice clear and true!

The complete wedding party, outside of Pluscarden Abbey, a site very meaningful to Petey the Groom as his grandmother was born at the Priory Lodge there.

From left to right: Auntie Martha, standing in as Mother-of-the-Bride; Joseph Stains; Mason Dixie, Alfie's girlfriend; Alfie; Matron of Honor Auntie Martha; Rosie; Petey; Bestest Man Eric Square Dog; Maid of Honor Gabbi; Gabbi's boyfriend Jake; Kira, Snoop's girlfriend; Snoop, who gave Rosie away; and Hamish, standing in as the Father-of-the-Groom.

For complete wedding coverage, please visit Petey's blog!

Here Comes The Bride.....

2009-07-18T15:30:00.004+01:00

Well, the big day has arrived at last! Today our sweet Rosie-Posie is to marry her Petey at Pluscarden Abbey. Aunties Bailey and Martha were staying over to administer mud-packs and pedicures and are now at the salon getting their ears done. Aunt Bailey is standing in as Mother-of-the-Bride while Aunt Martha is Matron of Honour.

Here is the blushing Bride and her Maid of Honour Gabbi getting ready this morning, aren't they pretty? Of course, Rosie's tiara is encrusted with red roses just like her bouquet while Gabbi's has hints of heather.....(she thanks Rosie for not choosing thistles!)

The cars arrive and Rosie looks a little nervous on the way to the Abbey (she assures us she is not but the fact that Lacie is coming is bound to be playing on her mind!)

As Bobby the lone piper leads the procession along the roads Gabbi can't resist sticking her head out the window....with all the kilts today she's hoping for a cheeky breeze....woot-woo!

All today's lovely photos have been very kindly provided by Petey and his clever Mom....thankyou!

Rosie-Posie

2009-07-17T12:44:00.004+01:00

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The blushing bride recovers from her wild hen night by snuggling in Petey's hoody....

....and can't wait for tomorrow to come!

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Ta-Daaaa!

2009-07-16T10:48:00.008+01:00

Hey folks! Just testing to see if we can post photos yet....

Success!! Maybe we need to do them 2 at a time now instead of 5! Mother is now so excited she's feeling faint....we'll post more later!

As part of her duties as chief bridesmaid Gabbi gets to test the canapés.....passed!

Rosie is tickled with some of the companies Petey hired for the wedding....

....and as for the hen night....

photo courtesy of Asta

wanna see more? Go to Petey's blog for the all the gory details!

Forres Highland Games

2009-07-13T16:48:00.000+01:00

On Saturday it was the Highland Games here in Forres....the humans decided to go over for a looksee. Mum took like a hundred videos....and hardly any photos!

We start with some Highland dancing, the Sword Dance was so cool.....hey, is that Marvin?

It sounds really windy in some of these videos, infact it was a gorgeous sunny day (for the first games in years!) and the gentle breeze was barely enough to rouse the flags....

....nevermind the kilts....sorry ladies!

This is the Kintore Pipe Band and they were the pipe band winners of the day.

Next, big blokes chucking heavy stuff around....spinach anyone?

How to toss the Caber....

....and how NOT to!

Tug-o-war...a bit dull!

The highlight of the games was the massed pipe bands, when all the competing bands perform together.

Alfie looking unimpressed....the burger van beckons!

Gussy-Wuss

2009-07-11T10:40:00.000+01:00

Well, since THAT CAT has commanded so much attention over the past few days we decided to let him post a video....and then let that be an end to it.....OUR BLOG!!

Here he is showin off his claws and fangs....

Pffft....easily amused, hehehe!

Only one week to go until Rosie & Petey's wedding!

Hmmmm....

2009-07-10T12:00:00.001+01:00

Wow, thanks for all the comments and advice on the situation with Gus. I felt what alot of you said before I read it but was led to believe that I was overreacting by my M.I.L....."that's just what cats do Nicky" she said.

Anyway, part of the problem has been solved. Last night as we set off to walk the dogs, Gus was sitting outside this woman's kitchen window. We put the dogs away, went back over and called him and he came running over to us. Took him indoors, brushed him, fed him etc and he settled down to sleep quite happy. Without having a confrontation we have what we wanted, I think the other neighbour (the one who told us where he was) has maybe said something to her about how unhappy I was with the whole catnapping thing....and yesterday's post now seems a tad over dramatic!

Thing is, he WAS sitting outside her house.....obviously waiting for her to come back, perfectly free to come home but choosing not to. So, we're feeding only water and dry kibble (we've tried BARF with him but he's not interested) which is what we've always fed him, he gets no tinned meat and no milk (we knew about the lactose thing) and has never known any different, it's what he's used to.....until now. This woman we know has been giving him milk, I suspect she has given him tinned meat too....of course, he's had a taste and wants more. I haven't seen her yet, she was out at work all day yesterday.....but Craig saw her going into her house this morning. He also saw Gus trying to get in with her and her not letting him......HE WANTS TO LIVE WITH HER NOW!! And to make matters worse, the dogs are more excited than ever to see him, he's been away so long.....we're going to have to do a refresher on how to behave around the cat....and stop the chase instinct and pack mentality triggering WW3 every time Gus is around....and maybe a nice tin of sardines once a week to keep him interested!

Anyway, thanks for all the advice....we'll take some of it and keep you posted. Maybe i'll put a card through her door saying thankyou for looking after the cat during the storms but please don't put anymore food out for him!

In the meantime, here are some random videos of how we spent yesterday (since we can't post photos) sorry if they make the page slow-loading....

Dinnertime.

Rosie licks her lips after dinner!

Rosie plays with the cat....

Snoop and Rosie enjoy a game of tag at the park....Alfie gets bossy! (Pardon the noise level, it was pretty windy!)

Hometime.

That's all for now....we're off to begin the mammoth task of visiting you....bear with us, it's gonna take a while!

What would you do?

2009-07-09T11:40:00.005+01:00

Nicky here....Beagles' Mum. So you know we have a cat right? Gus. Well he's been missing for a few days now....about a week infact, since the thunderstorms.

He's a real outdoor cat, especially in good weather, he's always out and about in the area, usually sunning himself in our neighbour's garden across the road. Everyone knows him, everyone stops to pet him, he's so friendly and I swear he can talk because everyone seems to know his name! He runs to greet everyone who passes and waits around for us to return if we go out.

Last night when despite my calls, he yet again failed to come in for food I went across to ask the neighbour if he'd seen him.....and it seems that another of our neighbours has....nabbed him!

Apparently she found him sleeping in her greenhouse and has taken him in. She knows whose cat he is but didn't mention that she had him to us (only to this other neighbour, who also, strangely did not think it worth mentioning...even though we see him and exchange "hi"s on a daily basis) she has been feeding him and giving him milk (I have never given him milk so goodness knows what it will do to a 10 year old cat to suddenly start giving him milk).

WHO DOES THIS?? Especially when she knows who the cat belongs to and we just live across the road? I haven't approached the woman about this yet as it was quite late to knock on someone's door last night and i'm not sure how to handle this.....I feel that she has just helped herself to one of our pets, a member of our family.....maybe i'll tell her to come over and take her pick of the Beagles too.

I've always though of Gus as a free agent, he comes and goes as he pleases but always came back to us despite not getting on with the dogs....we always make sure he can get into the house.

Here's my dilemma: Is he happier with this new woman? If he is then that's great but I suspect that she is holding him against his will- as I mentioned, he's always outdoors....milling around the neighbourhood....strange then that no-one has seen him for days!

I feel that if he is happier where he is now that he should stay.....(my daughter, whose cat he is, does not agree, she is furious!) but I am quite angry at this woman, it looks as though she isn't giving him the choice.....he's a cat who needs the outdoors and i'm sad to think of him cooped up, having to use a litter box for the first time in his life and not having any freedom, not interacting with every passing Tom, Dick or Harry.....and he's not getting any younger.....what if he gets sick....will she take him to the vet or just decide she doesn't want the hassle and he's our cat again? I need to go and speak to her today....but before I do i'd like to know.....

if you were me....what would you do?

Random Videos

2009-07-08T14:22:00.001+01:00

Still not back....still at the bloomin library...but today it's letting me see pictures....and i've managed to upload some videos though I still can't put any photos on.....?? I have however sussed out Twitpics, thanks to Jake & Fergi and you can see some of our recent photos here.

This is what Gabbi does when Mum & Dad take the rest of us out and leave her, not sure if she's howling for Mum, Rosie or just the fact that she's not getting to come for a walk (she's on heat)....what a din!

Next....here's how she reacts to a thunderstorm (it was a whopper by our standards!) The rest of us weren't bothered by it but Gabbi trembled, panted and panicked all through it and for about 4 hours afterwards, she wouldn't be cuddled either. (Strangely, fireworks do not bother her....nor do the many noisy planes that fly over all the time)

And lastly......none of us lot are bothered by the vacuum cleaner.....infact we don't mind "being hoovered" as Alfie demonstrates!

See you all at the wedding......we'll try to get a video of the blushing bride soon....wait until you see the dress.....WOW!

On behalf of the Dughallmor Beagles...

2009-07-06T15:20:00.003+01:00

Please RSVP by Friday, July 10, at Petey's Blog.

Traditional Highland attire requested.

Following the ceremony, a reception sunset cruise will be held at Roseisle.

On behalf of Rosie, will Mason Dixie and Kira please do the honor of serving as Bridesmaids? Gabbi will be the Maid of Honor and Rosie would like to ask Just Martha to be her Matron of Honor. Snoop will be giving her away and Rosie was wondering if HRH Auntie Bailey will stand in as the Mother-of-the-Bride?

Petey has asked Jake, Alfie and Joe Stains to be his groomsdogs, and Eric Square Dog to be his Best Mate. He'd also like Sir Hamish to be his stand-in Father-of-the-Groom.

We're hoping the Relentlessly Huge Mango and Marvin the Hollow Hound will officiate.

See you in Scotland!

Petey reporting for the Beagles!

2009-07-05T14:16:00.003+01:00

Unfortunately, the poor Dughallmor beagles are still suffering from computer-itis, leaving their poor Mum to using the computers at the library which are not always photo-friendly! Lucky for us, their Mum emailed these adorable photos (and has promised that she'll have hundreds of new shots for all of us once she gets back online) so we can all get a dose of our favorite beagles.

Like my sweetest Rosie! Isn't she a divine beach bunny? Just look at that lovely smile!

Here's my favorite puptail - Rosie on the Rocks, over easy!

And it wouldn't be a visit to the Dughallmor Beagles without at least one flying shot! Who needs the Red Arrows when you can have the high-flying aerial antics of Rosie and Alfie?

Hope this little glimpse of the beagles has brightened your day as much as it has mine!

Your pal,

Petey

Miss you....

2009-07-03T14:12:00.005+01:00

We really miss you all, miss visiting everyone, can see some videos but can't see any pics, most Cboxes are off limits too though we can use a couple. No idea when we'll be back online properly....soon we hope!

Just tried to put some pics on as we have hundreds....don't think it worked though, we can't see them.....poo!

Happy Birthday sweet Gabbi.....Happy Gotcha Day to dearest Petey....Happy Housewarming to Rosie and Petey....and Happy 4th of July to all our pals and sweethearts across the pee!

Howling to a New Star in Heaven

2009-06-28T00:04:00.000+01:00

Dedicated to Dakota 1997-2009

SkyWOW Friday!

2009-06-25T10:58:00.018+01:00

We are not back....we still have unresolved pc issues and this post took me hours to do yesterday at the library, today I can't see any of the pics but I know they're there so i'll just publish and hope for the best! I have lots more pics to post, both for SkyWatch and of the dogs but this pc is not letting me add them, grumble grumble.

Welcome to SkyWOW Friday! We have renamed the meme for this week as on Wednesday we had some very special visitors....

Here are the best pics Mum managed to get of them....

...haha, not really but there were lots like this. Of course we stayed indoors and barked our heads off and tried to pull the blinds down, mostly because all our humans and lots of others were standing OUTSIDE our house looking at the sky. It was very noisy and we kept seeing funny coloured clouds and things whizzing past the window which made us howl (especially Gabbi who is our self-elected spokesdog!)

This event was to commemorate the 70th anniversary of RAF Kinloss. There were parades over at the park but we missed them, we were waiting for our Nanny and human sis to arrive. There were pipe bands (sorry Jeannie, we missed the kilts!) and during the Salute ceremony a Nimrod MR2 and an MR4A flew over, we see these almost every day on our walks but this time it was fast and low and VERY loud!

And then....have you guessed yet?

Hello boys!

It's the Red Arrows!! Wow, how cool! And they did a stunning 30 minute long display right over our house, you can see our chimney in some of the photos!!

This is our house!

This display was to thank the local community for it's support over the last 70 years. Towards the end of the sequence they drew a loveheart in the sky with an arrow through it, it was breathtaking.....a fitting tribute perhaps to our recently departed friend Dakota....maybe the King of Pop met her at the bridge and now they're all busy boogying on down....let's hope so! Mason had a lovely idea....a howling salute to Dakota, post yourself howling to the skies (or barking if you're not a howler) on Sunday 28th in memory of our beautiful friend.

The heart could also have something to do with all the romance at Dughallmor at the moment....yesterday was Rosie's 2nd birthday....Happy Birthday our beautiful girl! Petey arranged a surprise for her....he came over with Gabbi's beau Jakey (it's her 2nd birthday on 3rd July). They brought with them some dear friends....Asta, Eric, Clive, Hamish, Marvin, our dear Basset Aunts Bailey & Martha, Mason Dixie and Kira, it was a lovely surprise and we all had a big party! Head over to Petey's blog for pictures, including their hilarious antics on their long journey to the Highlands. Thanks Petey for making it the best birthday ever and for being such a loving husband!

Here are some videos of the display....

Bye guys! We loved watching you, you were awesome....come back soon!

To see more skies from around the world or to take part visit SkyWatch Friday.

Wordless Wednesday: A Sign

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Thank you....

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....for all your sweet comments both here and on Petey's blog. Of course, we are very disappointed but so glad that Rosie is fine (she really is!). These puppies were just not meant to be.....there will be other chances. We know that all of you were so excited for us and coming here and reading your kind words really feels like a massive hug, so thank you. We're sorry we can't visit you all and thank you properly.....timing's crap around here....or as Jane pointed out, a blessing in disguise....thanks Jane, for everything....especially the very funny post on your blog this morning, it was a lovely surprise and made me smile....those boys are such a hoot!
We are still having pc issues so have not managed to read anything until this morning when the library opened (the weekend was LONG!)
See you soon....

Great Timing!

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We are having some issues....well, our PC is having issues. I am sitting in the library at the moment typing this....it couldn't have come at a worse time!
I am going to try and get here daily to check emails and take a sneaky peek at some blogs (I am inviting puppy enquiries by email only at the moment!) but will probably not manage to do much else, no commenting etc :o(
We are unlikely to post either until these issues are resolved and we don't know when that will be, hopefully before the puppies arrive....the next post from us may well be to announce their arrival!
See you all soon, we hope!
Nicky & gang xx

Catching Up....

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So here we are playing catch-up again....

On Friday we went for a lovely evening walk on Findhorn's north shore. We saw another stone arrangement, the most impressive so far we think....are these the new sandcastles?

Saturday was hectic for the humans, which means we had a lazy day....zzzzz....

On Sunday we went to our Nanny's for a BBQ....well, they had burgers etc, we got frozen peanut butter banana yoghurt kongs just like the OP Pack have....mmmm! Alfie finished his and offered to clean the barbecue!

Today we went to Findhorn for a windy walk, this time around the bay. (The boys are wearing their collars again as they have rediscovered their prey-drive [it never really left!] and we've had a couple of deerhunting episodes....best to be safe!)

Rosie-watch....including tummy-cam!

Dreamin' of my Petey :D

We are going to be even slower on the blogs over the coming weeks, Mum is having a massive clear-out before decorating....and of course preparing for the arrival of puppies....we have lots of birthdays coming up and the mancubs will be off school soon too so it's all go here. There is also lots happening in the town over the next few weeks, Burgie International Horse Trials takes place next week, which is great fun and has lots of other non-horsey stuff going on like Lurcher racing....we also have Forres week soon with lots of activities including the Red Arrows performing over our park! We'll try to get out and about for some photos and post whenever possible and in the meantime we'll do our best to catch up with you all soon!

Oooh, almost forgot....Petey had a great idea. Whoever can guess how many puppies Rosie has and on what day, gets to nickname the puppers....if it's a tie then we'll go with whoever also correctly guesses how many boys and how many girls! Her due date is 4th July....their chosen nicknames will stay with them until they go to their furever homes!

SkyWatch Friday & Camera Critters

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Some skies from the last few days....out front....

....out back....

....at the beach....

To see more skies from all over the place or take part, visit SkyWatch Friday.

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This week's Camera Critters has a floral theme. All sorts of weird critters have sprung up in our park....a peacock showing off....

....a beaver building a dam....

....a butterfly being pretty....

....not sure what the bear is doing....

....but....OMD!! Look at the size of this squirrel!!

And check out his evil eye!

People come from all over to see the award winning floral sculptures in Forres!

Check out the other Camera Critters here, hosted by Misty Dawn.

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A walk around Sanquhar Loch....Daddy Duck brings the nipper along for a look-see.

More random pics from this week....

Getting bigger....

Roseisle wood ants, please form an orderly line! (biggify if you're brave!)

More stone art at Findhorn

Roseisle walk

Pretty girl!

Dogs on TC Thursday: The Impawtance of Being Cute

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Sometimes just being a dog isn't enough.....sometimes you have to play the cute card. You can do this in a number of ways, allow us to demonstrate....

We have learned from our Siberian friends that correct paw placement is crucial....

....especially in relation to one's snooter!

Funny faces and general silliness usually has the humans reaching for the camera (and the treats!)

....as does the classic hang-dog expression.

If you are of the female persuasion you may wish to take a more seductive approach....

....synchronised cuteness has double the impact and is usually rewarded with double belly rubs....(if she can bear to PUT THE CAMERA DOWN!!)

....and team efforts are always appreciated!

So there you have it, the art of wrapping your humans around your paws, as demonstrated by the D B Gang! If you'd like to join in with Dogs on Thursday or see the other entries, click here.

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We were going to pick up on True Colours again by posting this week but we are a bit out of sync....Mum thought it was PURPLE this week, it's not, it's IVORY! Oh well, here are the PURPLES we had prepared, more from the garden. We have already done PURPLE, infact it was our first ever post for True Colours Thursday, we have also done VIOLET, to see the posts click here.

To see more entries or play along, visit our hostess Blue. Next week's theme is BLACK and TAN together....as suggested by those crazy Aireheads Maggie & Mitch!

Almost Wordless Wednesday

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For Carolina....whose blog is quite simply the....

....and for Mason Dixie....because it's fun to make you blush, hehe!

Don't forget about Sue's blue bandana day over at the Portuguese Water Blog today!

More Shenanigans and Awards

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We have been given a couple more awards! First up, our new Great Dane friend Kiko gave us this cute award. He lives in Portugal and according to Babelfish it translates to "Your blog deserves to be filmed" Wow, thanks so much Kiko!

There are rules:

1. Post it to the blog and link to who gave it to you.

2. Choose 5 life situations that could be repeated in slow motion and explain why.

3. List twelve blogs and let them know you've given them the award.

Hmmmm, well we've got number 1 ticked off, number 2 is tricky, we are Beagles....ummmm, what's slow motion?? Eating our dinner would be about the only thing we could list there....oh if only we could eat in slow motion! Oooh, maybe opening parcels too....that always happens too quickly! Number 3 is also tricky....we couldn't possibly choose just twelve blogs and it would take forever to do the links so we'll just say that if you don't already have this award then feel free to help yourself!

Next is the International Bloggers Community which was given to us by our sweet Beagle friend Kess who lives in Malaysia, thanks Kess!

We had already received this from Sue so we'll just link back to that post.

We now officially declare this blog an award free zone! We don't want to be party poopers and it's lovely to be appreciated but we just can't keep up with all these awards and tags anymore....each one seems to have more and more rules attached and we're not managing to post or comment as much as usual....so thanks to all those who have given us an award in the past....but from now on, no thanks!

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We have been on some cool walks....we went to Nairn to walk by the river and saw a cool bird which we barked at and he flew away.

We haven't had much nice weather the last few days so not many photos (we even had a big thunder storm!) but yesterday when we went to Roseisle it was lovely and sunny. Us girls even got off our leads for a while....it was a riot, look at our long tongues!

If you are of a sensitive disposition you might want to give tomorrow's Wordless post a miss....we're just sayin'....

SkyWatch Friday and Lots More Collages!

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It seems ages since we posted to SkyWatch Friday....we have alot of catching up to do! Here are some skies from the last couple of weeks.

To join in or see other skies from around the world visit SkyWatch Friday.

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Rosie and Petey's photo appeared in Yelp-O magazine after they eloped last week, don't they make a lovely couple?

The famous duo are being hounded by the pupperazzi both here and across the pond as speculation about Rosie's expanding belly continues. They are rumoured to have retreated to a romantic hideaway in an undisclosed location until the media frenzy calms. Even Gus looked mildly interested for a nano second....he's hoping she's moved out for good :o)

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Oooh, look at all the flowers....at the beach....

....at Brodie....

...even our backyard jungle has a few splashes of colour that aren't dandelions!

Errrmm, 'scuse us, but whose blog is this anyway?? Sky, flowers, a CAT....where are all the photos of US? Geez, she takes enough of them! Oh....here they are :D

We've been on lots of lovely walks that we haven't had a chance to post.

Findhorn....

Roseisle....

Did a spot of modelling....

We even had a playfight (all for the camera, you understand!)

Haha....look at fattie getting some air!

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More modelling, this time for Sue's Blue Bandana day. Snoop is absent because, a) We could only find three blue things and, b) He was asleep....and you know what they say about sleeping dogs....don't put bandanas on them! Rosie is wearing the bandana Petey sent her, Alfie has Mum's hat on (hehe Alf!) and Gabbi borrowed sis's pretty scarf.

Sue wants lots of people to snap their doggies wearing something blue around their necks (sorry about the hat...I tried tying it round his neck but HE turned blue!) so why not join in the fun? Find some blue neckgear, take the photo and email it to Sue, she'll post all the pics on her blog on June 10th.

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And lastly, don't forget about Pruett & Daphne's contest. They have lots of really cute and funny entries (including us!). You can vote once a day for your three favourite pictures, just hit the button below to go straight there!

Tip - the poll is in their sidebar towards the bottom of the page.

Wordless Wednesday: Beam Me Up Scotty!

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