Another new week

Well, I am starting to get quite comfy here now. I don't bother giving mum the bowl now - I just lift the other one that has food underneath it. But apart from that I am getting to be very polite with people food and don't bother looking when it is on the dining table.
Ollie was funny today - there was a really big crisp packet and I just licked the top but he stuck his whole head in just like a cartoon character, wouldn't catch me doing that.
The weekend was a bit strange because one minute we weren't allowed indoors then we weren't allowed out and of course, I was very calm, if a bit disconcerted. At first I had to get up on my hind legs to look out the window just to check everyone was alright. All back to normal today though.
Millie

Yippee I've trained mum!

When the food bowl is empty all I have to do is pick it up and she has learned to refill it.

Hot weather

I am not sure I like this hot weather at all. By the end of the walk this morning I was dawdling along with Ollie who is an old boy.
On Saturday I had my first play with Muffy - we ran around the bedroom late at night, but then the next day she didn't want to know at all. Can't make out how these grown up doggies tick.
There is a very attractive looking dog who hides in this house - I spot her in the funny shiny window thing but when I look behind she is gone. I'm getting tired of her game so won't look again.
House training ( how do I train a house?) is going ok except when I go out but forget to do anything much when I am out there.
I'm getting good at not trying to share people food.
I am very brave with the brambles now and I love to sit in the garden when mum is gardening.
Later this week I am going to get my id chip so I will get to see the vet place. Will that be fun I wonder?
love Millie

People are funny..

I think that mum must have seen a really big rabbit one day because she follows the same route every day just to see if she can find it again. I keep trying to show her the other rabbits but no she just carries on regardless. It must have been the bestest rabbit ever. Well we turned the corner in the woods and I saw a rabbit only feet away so I gave it my best and launched myself at full speed hoping she would catch on but she just stood stock still and held onto my lead. Then she muttered something about it being lucky that she went to the gym and her arm nearly being pulled out of its socket. And as for the others, you'd imagine that they thought they couldn't catch that rabbit, the way they just look but make very little effort to chase. If it hadn't been for that lead thing I would have got it easy....
Well I have some serious resting to do now so speak to you again soon.
Millie

In my new garden

Another new day

Me and Muffy, I don't like those stinging nettles. Me and Ollie exploring together.

Well today is a new day and it started differently. Firstly, mum was pleased that I saved myself to go in the garden instead of using the bedroom. Secondly, a grandma person came round and looked after me. I told her not to worry but she got a bit worried with Muffy for bossing me around . She is just getting used to me and apparently she is noisy when she tells me off ( why she needs to tell me off I don't know but I seem to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time!).

walks followed by a well earned rest

Rabbits everywhere! I have to walk along so slowly on my lead but there are all these rabbits that need chasing. I keep trying to tell mum about them by pulling in the right direction but does she listen? I don't know if the others are a bit short sighted because they must be able to see the rabbits but just carry on normally. We go walking about midday although mum says it is 8.30 and quite early really. She really is quite forgetful, I see my new sister Muffy and new brother Ollie reminding her every time she moves but she doesn't seem to notice. We haven't seen many dogs yet but Ollie does get a bit grumpy when he sees them because he met some nasty little dogs who upset him a few years ago. When I get a bit more settled we are going to look for some new places like the park which Muffy says is fun. She poked fun at me because she is allowed off lead at the park because there are no rabbits or deer there. I have to stay on lead because I don't have any recall (where would I find that then? Maybe I'll get some as a Christmas present). Ollie is like 200 years old or something so he doesn't go to the park at all these days.
Millie

Getting settled in my new home

Hello again,
I have just got so much news at the moment. It is lovely here, but between you and me, they are a bit mean because I never get the comfy bed or the sofa..... something to do with 2 of the new people being smaller than average (kids I think they are called) . Well, seems like they are good enough at fussing, so that is the important thing.
First night was fairly easy, everyone went to bed , lights out and went to sleep. I would like a bit more choice on the bed front but Muffy the lurcher girl seems to think that she has first choice and I don't want to be impolite, do I ? Ollie, however, is a greyhound boy and of course knows his place at the bottom of the pecking order (talking of which, can you believe they have chicken things here running outside). I just don't seem to catch what Muffy says sometimes, sghe is a real grump and how am I meant to know what she is grumpy about. I just go with the flow and do a play bow and that really throws her. She'll learn soon enough, I suppose.
Stairs - well, I thought I had stairs all sewn up but no, these ones are all wooden and slippy which made me feel a bit silly really! I can do them now though and come and go as I please.
On to one of my favourite subjects- food. Can you believe that I am not allowed some food particularly on the table or in someone's hand even if I do a really good jump to reach it. There is a lot of this dry crunchy stuff though and I sample it a few times a day but it never seems to run out so I keep going back for just a little bit but it is such hard work that I don't eat too much and get full up.
Sleep is another favourite and I get lots of it. There is a lovely little bed in the conservatory which is so warm but I can't stay there too long. So reluctantly I have to play what my new mum calls 'musical beds'. We all move around a bit for a bit of a change. Don't tell dad, but mum got another bed today when she was getting some food for those chickens. Why keep silly chickens when you can keep us dogs is what I say.
Well got to go now. So many new things happening. I'll add a bit more later. Also I think mum should get a few more photos, don't you?
Millie

Thanks to East Riding RGT

I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Jay and David who brought me down all the way from Hull, although I don't believe it was that far because I only dozed off a couple of times, made a few comfort stops and we were there. Thanks guys. I would have loved to stay close to home but no-one there was the right home for me. I think it is that 'deaf' word again.

My new home down South

Hi,
my name is Millie. I am 2 years old and I have just moved from Hull to Surrey. It has been a fun but confusing time for me recently. I used to live in greyhound racing kennels but I wasn't good enough at running. Somehow all those other doggies used to know that the hare was coming, don't know how they did it. Must be something to do with the fact that I am 'deaf', whatever that means.