Happy Easter

Happy Easter! May the Resurrected Lord bless you, your family and your furiends!

Licks, Wags and Hugs,

Dina and Mom

How is Fetch like Quidditch?

Hey pups! No, it's not a joke. Mom and I had some fun coming up with similarities between the two sports...yes, fetch is a sport!

- There is usually a yellow ball involved in both. In Quidditch you have the Golden Snitch and in fetch you have a tennis ball.

-There are different types of ball you can use: tennis balls, Chuck it, squeaky balls, KONG balls, the list goes on. Similarly you have the snitch, quaffle and two bludgers. If you have a super organised Mom you can have a game of fetch with multiple balls. You drop and immediately race after another.
-I don't know about you but some times I run so fast I fly!

- Some Moms choose to use a ball thrower a broom. Mine did until I chewed it up does!

This particular broom has a bludger attached!

Can you think of any comparisons with Quidditch?

Licks and Wags,

Dina

Puppy Pics

Hey pups! Try not to die of cuteness overload and I hope these are some new ones which you haven't seen on TTE or Dog The Dina before.

Back when I was walked on a collar. (DM: I wish I never had!)

Wasn't I the best puppy?

Licks and Wags,

Dina

I Love Outdoors

Hey pups! O is for Outdoors and why I love being there. A lot.

• Views-I have had some comments on recent post on the lovely countryside photos. I admire them too and the views are one reason why I adore the great outdoors.
• Fetch- Outside is where I get to play fetch with my frisbee, which, if I do say so myself, I am brilliant at.
• Mom- I get to spend time with her and that in itself is fun!
• Fit- hiking and walking helps keep me fit and healthy.
• Courage- it promotes me feeling more comfortable in a variety of situations.
• Training- treks are a great way to generalize cues and behaviours.

Licks and Wags,

Dina

Pee S. We won't be reading your blogs for the next couple of days as the period of Easter is very busy in our house. My schedule will be filled with begging for food and getting under the peep's feet.

Wordless Wednesday: Dog House No Nos

Hey pups! Gonna keep this short and sweet for Wordless Wednesday. I was surfing my Facebook and came across some funny dog house rules.

What are your dog house no nos?

Licks and Wags,

Dina

How Long Is Yours?

Hey pups! Sorry if you were mislead by the title (DM: Lol!) I have a very immature Mom... I'm sure some can relate. Inspired by K9 Harper Lee's post on I day of the A to Z Challenge we will do a post about different measurements of my body. Some will make sense, some...decide for yourselves.

Let's start with some normal ones so as not to scare you off:

• Width of Chest: 15cm
• Height (from shoulders to floor): 30-odd cm
• Leg: 15cm
• Length of neck: 10cm

Now the more unusual ones that aren't usually measured:

• Height of ear: 8cm
• Width of paw: 4cm
• Length of head (from between ears to tip of nose): 15cm
• Length of muzzle: 6cm
• Length of tail: 25cm

Those are the details of this sexy body!

Licks and Wags,

Dina

Lazing Through the Lanes

Hey pups! I had to employ the 'creativity' of Mom to help me come up with an L word that would allow me to talk about today's trek. Together we came up with 'Lazing'. Why? Well, today's hike was a fairly short and easy walk: there were no hills to climb, simple to catch buses there and back and the route was plain but enjoyable. You can say it was a lazy walk.

Our public footpath started opposite a pub where we got via a 37 minute bus ride meaning that the walk started at around 9:40am. In the beginning we were walking by a little stream and Mom tentatively threw my frisbee a few times until it landed in a patch of stinging nettle and she had to fetch it (pun not intended) in 3/4 shorts. Ouch! I watched from the sidelines and barked for her to hurry up!

Cute lil' waterfall

Adorable, cute, sweet, hug-alicious me!!!

We soon came to a field where the frisbee came back to say hi! and we played a bit. I also went into a boggy mud puddle. There was some road walking which wasn't too nice but not as bad as on Wednesday and we soon settled into our chosen bridleway. However:

Noooo! The worst thing! But Mom is a follower not a leader so I had to do my sniffing au-leash. #French

In this Combe Court place there were a lot of non dog-friendly stiles which Mom had to lift bog mud covered me over. Soon we came to a forest where I was allowed off leash and after that a fenced field. Frisbee is out again!

(DM: She lives for these fields. Whenever we come across one Dina jumps against me to get her disc out.) She speaks the truth; I do live for these fields and food and toys and treats and walks and treats and snuggles and treats and  training and treats. I mentioned treats, right?

Railways and Mom don't go together. She hates trains. So you can imagine what she felt when we had to cross a railway line. (DM: I thought my heart would stop.) Mom almost ran across whilst carrying me still covered in bog. Luckily, we didn't die and there was a nice field waiting for us on the other side where we took the following photos.

Streams seemed to be prevailing during this trek and sure enough we came up to another one. This one was shallow and small so we walked through it rather than over the bridge.

That's not very deep

Field again where I managed to get myself into adjacent private land to chase a pheasant. Yay me!

Easy peasy last stretch to the bus stop and home sweet home!

Licks and Wags,

Dina

The Killer Mystery

It's all right, pups! Mom says I kill her with my cuteness!

Licks and Wags,

Dina

Pee S. To get the full story see yesterday's post.