Been too busy to post

Saffy didn't stay long and was off to her new home in a few days but Zack was here until today. It is quiet without him although he did keep on and on and on sometimes - he just couldn't understand sensible greyhound ways resting after every burst of energy for several hours. I had to tell him off many times for being silly. I will miss him though because he was fun and we used to chase around the garden and sometimes the house too. when he got naughty he had to go in his crate so I would look at him. Once I even got him into trouble in his crate because he had lovely treats and I didn't so I kept saying I wanted some and could we play. I even learned to be a bit dominant with him which is a new thing for me - well he was new and a boy!
Mum has said that we will get a new friend though and he is going to be a greyhound or lurcher. There is a lovely greyhound called Rodney in Bristol who has had a very difficult time and could be a perfect boy for us.
Might go and meet him in a few weeks - and guess what - he is black like my old friend Ollie.

We aren't ready for a new friend yet but Zack and Saffy are staying in our garden kennels for a while. I love running around with Zack - we had such fun this evening. We chase round and round my favourite tree.
I love meeting other dogs. Although I did have to tell him off because I had stopped for a rest and he wanted to carry on. Zack is a big staffie x and Saffy is a white GSD.
Milly xx

Only 2 left now!

My good friend Ollie got very ill when everyone except grandma and grandad was away. We were very worried and we miss him lots. Luckily mum came home so that felt a bit better. Everyone is very sad especially Muffy the lurcher.
Milly

Back to 3 again

It has got really boring round here now - I have to make all my own fun. Maggie went off with a nice family and we haven't had any new visitors. Noone will be moving in for along time because mum and all will be off on holiday and they don't want to leave me in charge of the new dog while they are away. I could do it all for grandma but noone listens to me. I am pleased that Muffy is happy now though and we do have a bit of a play sometimes.
Been spending a lot of time in the garden recently - don't know what mum and dad are up to - can't see the fun in pulling plants up. Will be glad there are less of those poky and stingy things though. Mostly in this heat I have been sleeping. I got a bit red on my bald bits and mum tried to attack me with a tube of aloe vera so I ran away and hid! Torturing your pet is illegal, you know. Now I keep an eye out for any tubes of cream. Mum says it is probably a reaction to the grass becasue it is onmy tummy a bit too and I do not roach in the garden - very undignified, mentioning no names Ollie.
Milly

Hello again. Been smelling all that lovely chocolate stuff that I am not allowed.... we had bones but they were taken away when my little friend Maggie decided they were all hers - I don't take any notice of that but she went for Muffy so away went all the bones. Not fair at all. If anyone wants to see where my friends come from it is www.furryfriendsrescue.co.uk or www.rescueremedies.co.uk . We will be having a rest when Maggie goes so I'll have to just play with Muffy again. But I'm sure we'll get a new friend soon. What I didn't realise is that not all dogs live in kennels before they find a home! Some of them - the slow ones like Maggie and Rhea who would really never make very good racers ( I think non greyhounds basically) don't even try to race. They are born and go into homes although they haven't got their homes anymore. So sometimes they are very sad in kennels whereas I didn't even know what I was missing. And do you know what most of them don't get to share with a friend- us greyhounds nearly always have a friend to snuggle up with and keep us company but these stray dogs have to live in a kennel on their own - that is very sad. Some of them have never had a doggy friend so don't like other dogs. They have such different problems to us greyhounds but at the end of the day they have the same problem - finding a loving family.
Millie

Snoozing with my new pal. We get on great but she doesn't get on with Ollie and Muffy though.

I've got a new litle friend

I was really missing Rhea but a new friend turned up a week or so later. She is tiny but stands on her back legs to play. She is a staffy cross and apparently they haven't got such a good press as us greys. She is nice though except when she steals my bones. I am getting so brave now though - I warn other dogs if they try and take my things.
I don't like this weather - I'm a poor fragile girl who can't possibly walk in yucky mud!
Millie xx

My best friend has been taken away..

Rhea found a new home today. Luckily this morning we had lots of time for a good play. She has gone to live with a dobie boy who was very lonely. But I'm lonely now! I will miss her very much. She played with me so much but she did sometimes sit on me. Mum says we might have another friend to stay sometime which will be nice. Still got the 2 old grumps to play with and there is more bed space... I'll just have to play tug with Muffy instead which she will like sometimes but not always especially early in the morning. I jumped in the crate in the van because I thought I was going somewhere interesting but Rhea went instead.
Millie

Such a helpful girl

Mum is just so pleased with me at the moment because I have learned to open the post. It was a book about the multiple dog household but mum says she should have got one about just one dog instead. Don't know what she meant. I have been having such fun with my new friend Rhea - we play tug with our toys and bounce about the place particularly last thing at night and before mum gets up in the morning. Mum was late up today because I decided to sleep in the comfy beds downstairs so didn't tell her it was 7 o'clock. Muffy still isn't happy with Rhea so she won't be staying forever which I am sad about. But we might get another friend for a holiday one day.
My family love me very much and keep telling me I bring joy to their lives.
Millie xxxx

We've got a lodger

Well I don't quite know what she is - she has got a squashed nose and really is too stocky, not at all elegant like me.
She is living with us as a foster, she is apparently a rottie x. Seems like a nice girl but Muffy isn't keen and she gets cross with me if I play with her. I wouldn't mind if she stays for ages but Muffy hopes she goes soon. She might move in with us if it all settles but otherwise she will get her own nice new home like we did. She pulls mum's arm because she doesn't know how to walk properly - mum walks us three on one arm and her on the other! Another good reason for getting us lovely greyhounds - we usually walk so nicely.
Millie
p.s. I'm still up to mischief but mum doesn't seem to notice so much at the moment and she can't even be sure it's me.

Sore leg and lost collar

I have been getting lots of deserved sympathy for my back leg which is a bit sore. Can't think why - it just happened but mum says it was me running in the field, silly woman. I still manage my walks though.
Also lost my collar in the field somehow. Mum wasn't keen on finding it because I had rolled in fox poo. But luckily for her when we eventually found it there was only an inch of collar on the tags - chewed by the local foxes. But my new collar is lovely and my special tags are back on.
Millie

Christmas was fun

Well that was an interesting time. All that food spare especially turkey skin and giblets. We didn't even get our stockings until a few days after because we had no room.
I'm still trying to get mum and dad up at the weekend, they just don't seem to notice that it is getting up time. Then they go back to bed with a cup of tea.
Wasn't too keen on the recent snow though. I haven't got thick fur and I don't really like my coat.
What is worse I had to wear a coat at night because the boiler broke down. Ollie wore one too but Millie has enough fur. It was very cold weather - best to stay tucked up in bed.
more news to follow.
Millie