we're home!

Hooray hooray hooray!

We are home - she did come back for us.
As soon as I got home I ran around the house for a sniff and a look to make sure everything was where I left it - especially all my toys.
Then I went out the back and checked my yard - yep all good out there as well.
But geez the grass is long!

Then I went and joined old Miss Ellie on the big bed for a giant sleepies.

Being in jail is tiring. But I did get to play with some other big doggies.
We ran - well I chased them and harrased them until they ran, then I ran after them some more!

But I am so glad to be home now.

Mum says Old Miss Ellie and I are just big sooks and that kennels are not like jail at all.

But it was my first time EVER!

Take a look at where we stayed -

Granite Hill Boarding Kennels offer 5 Star accommodation for your dog, located in Tynong, just 50 minutes drive from Melbourne CBD.

www.granitehillkennels.com.au

Mum knows Annette (she breeds Jack Russells and has Welsh Terriers) and Annette and all the girls sure took good care of us.
But it is not the same as being at home.

Mum says I am a big boy now. Woo hoo!

BazBoy

ps - our daddy is coming home for the weekend! Yay - we haven't seen daddy in weeks and weeks!

In jail

Help us, help us, we need to escape!

We are in jail.....we don't even know why???

Mum left us here more than a week ago. Is she coming back?
Our daddy has been gone for ages, and now mum has left us too.

We all drove out to this place called Granite Hill.
I (Miss Ellie) vaguely remember being here a long, long time ago with my sissy Harley.
I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now!

Bazzy has been very brave (he didn't even realise mum had gone - he was far to excited seeing all the other doggies already in jail) He is such a silly little boy!

Will she come back soon?

I want to go home to the big bed.

Miss Ellie

Uh oh Ellie is in the Dog House

Naughty big sissie is in BIG trouble!

She ripped up her bed on Sunday night, mum walked into the bedroom and found such a mess. Ellie and I just watched as mum cleaned it all up.

Then about an hour later, mum and I were in the lounge and we heard some noises coming from the bedroom, so we both ran down there, and whammo - we caught Ellie red handed - or should that be red-pawwed. Caught in the act.

So mum yelled at the old girl and she scurried off to the back door and out into her kennel, where she hid for a while.

I went back to the bedroom to check on the mess. Oh boy, it was even worse than the first time!
Of course I lay on the floor, smack bang in the middle of all the foam. So when mum came back in she yelled at me too. I ran off and hid, I don't like it when mum yells at me - she's scary!
Doesn't she know that I am a Sensative New Age Aireboy?

So poor mum had to clean up the mess for a second time.

And do you want to know something funny?
Old Ellie tried it again last night, but mum heard her thrashing the bed around and caught her before she ripped it.
Needless to say, old Miss Ellie spent the night locked out of the bedrooms.

Ha ha, silly old goat sissy is.

She needs to be a good Dale - just like me!

BazBoy

Mum won a prize!

Wow oh wow, look at what our mum WON !!!!!

Our mum bought tickets in the ATRA Quilting Bee Raffle and won this beautiful quilt called 'For the Love of Chloe'.

It was the runner up prize in the raffle.

Isn't it just pawesome?

Our mum let us give it a good sniffing all over when she brought it home. It smells like it comes form somewhere that has Dales?
So we certainly gave it a good sniff.

Of course stoopid Bazzy tried to bite it and mum said NO BAZZY.
He sooks it up a treat if mum yells at him - the big baby.

Anyway, so now this beautiful quilt is hanging on the wall in our family room at home.

Mum loves it and we love it too.

Thanks to everyone involved in the quilting bee. It is all for such a great cause - Airedale Rescue!

Mum says some Australian lady friends of hers are plotting for an Aussie version quilt! Look out for that one ha ha.

Mum won't be involved because she can't draw or sew.

I'm sure it will be a beauty though!

Byeeeeeeeeeeeee

Miss Ellie

Baz the Saint

Today I helped mum barrack for her team in the football.
My mum just loves footy, and barracks for a team called St Kilda.
Mum's whole family all barrack for St.Kilda, and today the Saints played in a finals match and WON !!!!! Yay!
Mum was very happy, and now her team get a rest next week then go straight into the Preliminary final to see who plays in the Grand Final. AWESOME !

Do you think I look handsome in my Members Scarf?
Mum tried to get me to wear her cap, but I wasn't having anything on my heads - no way!

There were lots of pinkies at the football today - 84,000. That is sooooo many people!
Mum was sad she couldn't go to the game, but it is Father's Day here and we all went to nanna's place to see dad's daddy!
So we got to play with the stupid poodles again.
All this footy stuff was a bit tiring though, so I needed a bit of a rest up on the couch when we got home.

Lucky the footy was on tv. At least mum could see the game.
She scared the crap outta me every time she cheered and clapped or yelled at the tv though.

Strange pinkie behaviour indeed. If Ellie or I bark at the tv, the pinkies tell us to be quiet!

Oh well, 2 weeks before I will have to help mum support her team again.
I better practice my footy skills!

Bazzy the Big Boy.

Ruffey Lake Park picnic

Wooooooo hooooooo.......what a fun day I had!
Mum and I had a girls day out, no dad, and no Bazzy! Yay, just me and mum!
Sunday was the Airedale Club picnic at Ruffey Lake Park.
Baz didn't come because he hurt his leg chasing the stoopid poodles at nanna's house on Saturday.
Baz has no brakes when he is running downhill too fast and he had a bit of a crash landing - ouch!
He is such a silly young thing!

Anyway, mum and I went and met up with 19 other gorgeous Airedales and had a lovely time.
Here we are lined up and smiling for the camera - notice who is out front lying in a perfect drop stay?????? ME.....who else!


These two handsome fellows are my friends Cooper (the US Dale) and Fergus, who it turns out could be related to me. They are both Rescue Dales.
And this is our good friend Sam, he is also a Rescue Dale and a lovely old boy, he is just like me and wishes his little brother Mr P would just bugger off and leave him in peace.
Mr P and Baz are SO alike!

Oh and at the mention of the Airedorable Mr Perriwinkle - here he is.

This Aireboy is forever smiling. My mum just loves him to bits, and says he is alot like Bazzy.

Well she could be right, because they are both bratty little Aireboys!

Oooooh and check out this darling little Airegirl. She belongs to Di Barclay from YorkPark Kennels (where Baz and I are from).
Her name is Charley and she is already winning ribbons in the Show Ring - Best Puppy this year at our Club Show! Well done to a sweet little Airepup.

Miss Betty, With her fine beard!

What a beard to be proud of!

I want one like that, but mum keeps mine short....something about too much mess????

Another little YorkPark Airegirl, she is just a wee baby this one. Felicity cuddled her all day - much to Oscar's disgust. I think he was just a bit jealous, his mum was sharing cuddles.

Oh and meet my newest friend George. He is from Planet Airedale, like us.

His mum Cara just joined our Club too. Now he is a nice Aireboy (see Baz, Aireboys can be nice!)

Look at me, sprawled out on the nice grass, just having a bit of a lie down after all the social sniffing and other Airedale greetings.

Mum can't remember this Dales name (well she is getting on in years now y'know) but he was soooo fluffy. And nicely brushed ha ha.

Some of the Dales went for a play off lead - not me. Mum says I have recall deafness. But I really just want to go and check out what's way over there...........see mum, I can't hear you.....

After lunch there was a big walkies around the lake. Some off lead and some on. You can tell who the good Dales are can't you?

Some Dales even decided a swim was in order. Brrrr what were they thinking?

Don't they know it is winter and the water is cold?

The old Aireboy in the red bandanna is Chester - he is 11 and another Rescue. very sweet.

Yes a bit of a romp, a bit of chase me, chase you, and see who can sniff the most butts!

Looks like someone found something worth a closer look......I wonder what it was? Whatever it was they came out empty handed!

Gently wading in, just to check that it isn't too cold..........nah, it's ok.

We even met some non Airedale friends on our walkies. Time to say hello!

It really was a lovely day out, made even better by not having Baz annoying me.

This is our friend Felicity's mum, she is holding Oscar. He is a great Aireboy too!

Here are some of the boys.......Oscar, Jack and Curly.

Well, I must say we all had a nice lunch, some great fun, and a social romp. The pinkies held a raffle (mum donated some really cool Airedale stuff) and we raised $234 for our Club.

Julie had some nice stuff on sale too, so mum brought some Christmas Cards and notepaper.

Mum enjoying all the blah blah blah with the other pinkies. i wandered off and had a lie down once I had enough and just let her do her thing. Eventually she put me in the car and i slept all the way home.

The big bed was the first port of call - time for a sleepies.

Miss Ellie - the society queen of the ATCV (ha ha)

Calling all Aussie Dales

Calling all Aussie Airedales.

Hmmm maybe that should be calling all Victorian Airedales?

Or really it should be calling all Melbourne Airedales -yes that is better.

The Airedale Terrier Club of Victoria is having a picnic day next Sunday August 30th
at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster.
Starting at 12 noon.
There are bbq facilities (byo everything) and there will be club merchandise for sale and a raffle and after lunch a big walkies around the lake with all the Dales.

So if you are not doing anything - COME ALONG.

It would be great to see more Dales!

We will be there - with our mum.

Hope to see some of you???

Ellie and Baz.