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Polly Dog Blog 2012

Friday 6th January	Happy New Year to everyone. What a busy day I have had today. Went down to Glasgow to see Robyn and have my picture taken. I did all sorts of jumps and runs and all sorts, not that I was showing off or anything. Boss Woman took my chuckit and ball and me and Amber were chasing after it while Robyn took pictures. I WAS a bit naughty though and I wouldn't give the ball back to Boss Woman when she told me to. I went in the Lake and it was absolutely freezing cold, with ice on the top. On Wednesday, when we went down the fields, I chased a rabbit, but it disappeared into the grass so I couldn't catch it. I chased 6 geese as well. Ha Ha. Stupid Polly missed the rabbit, as she was running down the field she ran past the rabbit and so I chased it, into the bushes.
Saturday 18th January	Had a great time today in the woods, chasing squirrels. Boss Woman was talking to a woman who had a MASSIVE Rhodesian Ridgeback. She was making a right fuss of it ~ I hope she isn't thinking of swapping me for one. I got into big trouble today. I went off chasing Muntjacks and even though Boss Woman was calling me, I didn't hear her and I went running back to where I thought she was but she wasn't there. I was missing for 10 minutes and Boss Woman was so mad, that she made me walk all the way back on lead.
Thursday 2nd February	Going out for a walk in the woods today with my friends Louis and Coco, the Bichon Frises, then back to ours for chicken dinner. I might share my chicken dinner with them if they behave. Boss Woman is just organising our long Ridgeway walk in June, so if you want to sponsor me, then please do. It is in a good cause, for Staffie Rescue, to help my Staffordshire Bull Terrier friends in the Rescue. They need the money to spay, neuter, microchip and feed them and also to pay any vets bills as some dogs that come into Rescue need veterinary treatment. Boss Woman is also going to Morocco in April to walk in the Atlas mountains, but I can't go with her. I like it in the woods chasing the Muntjack. Yesterday Polly found me a football and we were playing tug with it until it burst.
Wednesday 8th February	Boss Woman has been sorting accommodation details of our Ridgeway walk. Not everyone likes dogs so it is a bit difficult to find anywhere that will allow dogs to stay. She is on the case, I am sure she will sort it out. I like walking long distances so I will enjoy this long walk. If you would like to sponsor me, then email polly@polly-dog.com for details. Even £1 would be very welcome and would help my doggie friends in Rescue. I am doing some of the walk as well but I can't do some of the 15 or 16 mile long days because my legs are too short and I would get tired.
Saturday 18th February	A Rottweiller was stood blocking the path in the woods today, he had a rubber toy tyre in his mouth ~ he did look gormless. Well ever since Finlay the Rottweiller nipped me, when I walked the Great Glen Way, I have never liked Rottweillers. So ... I jumped up and down and barked and growled at him to let him know in no uncertain terms that I didn't like him and he HAD to move out of my way. So he did, in fact he ran so fast away from me, he ran slap bang into someone's legs. Hee Hee. That'll teach him to be in the woods at the same time as me and on MY path. :-)
Thursday 23rd February	It was busy in the forest today, with a lot of noise and activity. Woodpeckers were making a racket, we got strafed by a Jay and the Red Kites were making a right din. I had a game of chasing with a really nice Hungarian Viszla that wanted to play and I chased a lime green butterfly. It was a bit warm today, 17 degrees in fact. I was dead thirsty when we got back from the woods. I chased a Monkjack but I couldn't catch it.
Wednesday 28th March	It was so hot today that Boss Woman got sunburnt. Anyway, we made the most of the sunny weather and had a walk down past Chinnor on the Ridgeway. What a lovely walk it was and we met loads of interesting people on the way. Boss Woman found an old black leather handbag hidden in the undergrowth. Inside it was a purse with a very old barely recognisable driving license AND loads of Bank Cards with the end date 1996, with the name Sophia Eynott on. Wonder who she is. Was she murdered? Was she robbed? (unlikely seeing as the Bank Cards were intact). What a mystery. She is going to take them to Wycombe Police Station, but they will probably just put them in a cupboard and not even investigate?
Friday 30th March	I got into MASSIVE trouble today. We walked up the hill by the Ridgeway and there were some Ramblers walking down. Well I knew that one of the Ramblers had some gloves in her pocket, so I followed her and try to pinch them. Well, no one was amused and I got a big row. I like pinching gloves and it is great fun running away with them, throwing them up in the air and with everyone chasing me ....
Thursday 4th April	Went for a very nice (but short) walk over Wycombe Hill. We met some really nice people and one of them kept throwing me a stick, I think he liked me. He had a stick he was walking with, but I soon reduced it to the size of a matchstick with my strong jaws and sharp teeth. In fact I did a magic trick, I made 3 sticks out of 1. Ha Ha. We met a man with a Jack Russell Cross, he had got him from the Dog Rescue. The dog growled at me but I was really good and didn't growl back or try to bite him. Boss Woman forgot to take me a drink and I was dead thirsty.
Saturday 5th April	Went for another walk over Wycombe Hill with my friends Louis, Coco and their Boss Woman. Not very impressed by the behaviour of some dog owners today, I must admit. 2 snotty women came down the path with a nice little very skinny Border Terrier (probably being starved), a brown Spaniel and a brown Labrador. The Labrador came rushing towards Amber and was just about to jump on her when Amber growled really loudly at it and chased it away. THEN the snotty women glared at Boss Woman like it was all Ambers fault. Mmmm It's not the dog that was badly behaved but the stupid owners that haven't a clue about dog training or keeping their dog under proper control.
Tuesday 17th April	Boss Woman came back yesterday from her walking the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Pretty mean I think not taking me, she knows I like the mountains. In fact I can climb them a lot faster than her. Anyway, I am glad she is back because I missed her and now I am following her around everywhere in case she floats off again without me. A woman from the newspaper rang Boss Woman. Apparently they are going to write about me and my sponsored walk AND put a picture of me in the newspaper. Famous once again. I am so famous in fact, I might even sell pawographs for £5 each. Ha Ha. Boss Woman said that me and Polly had got fat while she was away and that it was the fault of Big Guy feeding us sausages. She said we are in Rehab this week ~ not sure I like the sound of that, I think she means plenty of excercise and not so much food!
Saturday 21st April	Back in Scotland this week with Boss Woman. It's really nice to get back running on the beach and swimming in the sea and I don't mind the cold wind either. Plenty of rabbits to chase up here but no squirrels. For some reason, we don't see many rabbits down in Buckinghamshire.
Tuesday 1st May	Oooh I was so scared this morning. 1.30 a.m. and it was still dark and the LOUDEST noise you have ever heard came from the sky and a load of flashing. I barked and barked to make it shut up and it seemed to work because it stopped making the noise then. Boss Woman went into High Wycombe without us this morning. Apparently she bought a Chicken Tikka roll and shared it with a strange Staffie she saw tied up outside a shop. Mmmm I like Chicken Tikka rolls, she COULD have shared it with me instead. The noise didn't bother me, I woke up and then just went back under the covers and went back off to sleep.
Wednesday 9th May	Had a walk down the Thames path this morning, from Marlow towards Bourne End. It was raining and all the path was muddy. Unfortunately Boss Woman wouldn't let me swim in the river ~ she said it was too deep, too dirty and too fast flowing, which was a shame because I DO like swimming. Mmm I am beginning to miss the nice clean rivers of Scotland already. We saw plenty of birds which was interesting, including swans, grebes, coots, geese and terns. A massive swan made a noise at me but before I could bark at it, Boss Woman called me away. I was running rings round a Dogue De Bordeaux asking her to play chase with me, but she was so fat she couldn't run very fast so she just lay down on the muddy grass and looked at me like I was daft. Ha Ha. A Dog Walker with 7 big dogs was walking towards us. All at once, all the dogs (except for a stupid boxer which she kept on lead) ran towards me and some of them jumped on me. So ... I did what any other dog would do, I growled and chased them off. I really wish people would keep their dogs under control, because then when I growl and chase them away, it's ME that gets the blame just because I am a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, even though I am well behaved. I think the dogs, but mainly the owners, need to learn a few manners.
Monday 28th May	Chased loads of Squirrels today in the Woods, which was great fun. There was an evil pink and silver Barbie balloon blocking the path and it kept moving about from side to side with the wind and scaring me. I barked and growled and even got my hackles up, but it still blocked the path. Fortunately Boss Woman saved us and picked the Balloon up. She made me have a look at it to show that it would not hurt me. I knew that anyway ...... So in the end I picked it up in my teeth and ran round the woods shaking it to death until it deflated. It was a good job that Boss Woman took loads of drink because it was sooooo hot, we needed it and I was panting like mad. I helped Polly kill the balloon.
Friday 1st June	I am setting off on my walk in the morning. Should be an easy day, only 9.5 miles to Ogbourne St. George. Not too late to sponsor me if you want. You are very welcome to join us for the last day walking, Wendover ~ Ivinghoe Beacon, about 10 miles. Meet Wendover Station 10 a.m. Friday 8th June, Well behaved owners only and narky dogs on lead so there are no problems.
Friday 8th June	Right I am back now. I'm sure my legs are 2" shorter than they were. I loved the walking and I loved all the attention I got from most people I met on the walks AND I got to meet loads of new doggie friends. The weather was raining most of the time, but luckily Boss Woman had taken my flourescent pink raincoat she made for me. When Boss Woman has got a minute, she will put up all the pictures she took in between the heavy rain showers. Oh .. just one thing .. we were lucky to finish the walk, because on the last day as we were walking up through the woods on the way to Ivinghoe Beacon, when a massive tree fell across the path, just about 5 metres behind us just as we were passing, then when we got to the top of Ivinghoe Beacon, it was blowing so hard, it almost blew me off the hill. Altogether I raised £240. Didn't I do well? I walked the last 3 days with Polly and on the last day we walked with Betty the Staffie and Harry the Patterdale Terrier. Trouble was, Betty was as grumpy as me so we had a couple of arguments but nothing too serious. I really enjoyed the walk though even if we did nearly get squashed by a falling tree, it was a lot better than being left at home.
Thursday 21st June	I miss the long walks we did when we walked the whole of the Ridgeway, we are only walking the usual 3 or 4 miles now and it's not enough. It has been raining a lot though so I am hoping when the better weather comes that we can do some longer walks down to Watlington Hill, which is about 9 and half miles from here. I like that walk AND we get to call at the fish and chip shop and me and Amber get to share a fish. Boss Woman was a bit annoyed today. On our walk on the Ridgeway path near where we live, at the top of Lodge Hill, 3 stupid women were walking towards us with 2 dogs ~ one was a dark tan coloured dog and one was a big black and grey one. Well Boss Woman was just minding her own business, taking pictures of the wild roses and me and Amber were just poking about waiting for her, when the big black and grey dog came running up to Boss Woman and threw itself at her and put it's paws on her shoulders and almost knocked her over AND it scratched her with it's sharp claws. The ignorant woman just kept on walking and asked (in a simpering voice) if Boss Woman was okay. Trouble is, it's dogs like that, that give us all a bad name AND it wasn't even the dogs fault, it was the silly woman's. Bad mannered owners get bad mannered dogs. I growled at it, to let it know I didn't like it.
Monday 17th September	Boss Woman has just come back from Greece. While she was away, I got really poorly and I am still sick now. She said if I stopped eating dead rabbits then I wouldn't get poorly. Now she is starving me for 24 hours, she said it was for my own good and that whatever nasty things were in me, then they would come out by then. She is so heartless, doesn't she realise just how hungry I feel? I missed her loads and gave her masses of kisses when she got back. On our walk today, there was a man walking past us. He bent down to talk to me and I was talking to him back. He got a bit worried, he thought I was growling at him. Well, it is a bit hard to talk properly with a big stick in my mouth.
Monday 1st October	One of our neighbours returned from the Bakers this morning with some freshly baked sausage rolls ~ they did smell nice. I tried to go follow him into his house to help him eat them for breakfast but Boss Woman stopped me. I thought perhaps he might have wanted to share. It seems not. I stuck my nose in the shopping bag to try and pinch one sneakily, but got busted.
Tuesday 16th October	It's coming colder now and more people are out wearing thick jackets and gloves. Gloves ... LOL I have a good trick (that no one taught me) where I can steal gloves from people's pockets without them even knowing. Good pickings from now on I think. They usually get annoyed with me, so does Boss Woman, but I still do it.
Friday 26th October	Went on a different walk down the Ridgeway today Walked up a steep hill and on the top we passed the site of some ancient chalk pits and some ancient hill barrows which apparently contained the weapons of a Saxon warrior that have been dated to the 6th century. Apparently dogs weren't allowed in the field off lead so we just looked from the wire fence. I don't think Boss Woman dare risk us going in, just in case me and my friend Amber decided to do a spot of digging. Down the hill at the other side we saw a man looking for his springer spaniel called Abe. Apparently the last time he saw Abe was when he was running away with a Pheasant in his mouth. Anyway we all helped the man look for his dog and when Boss Woman shouted in her loud voice, Abe came running back without the pheasant. On the way back we saw Boss Woman's friend with her 2 Bichon Frises' so back to ours for a cup of tea (well, dinner for us). The man reckoned that Abe would have buried the pheasant. What a waste, at least me and Polly would have eaten it. Useless dog!
Sunday 18th November	I have been a bit stressed lately with the moving house and moving down from Scotland and Boss Woman looked after a Rescue pup this week, which didn't help matters. I think it was because I felt redundant and had to share attention with the Rescue pup. Anyway, the pup has now gone into a Foster Home where it will be well looked after until she can find a nice home like I did. Boss Woman took me and Amber on a nice 5 mile walk today and since having my chicken dinner, I now feel heaps better. Polly is SUCH an attention seeker. There was a very stupid black Labrador on the path this morning. It came towards me to try and pinch my stick ... BIG mistake ... I gave it my evil look and a very loud fierce growl and it soon backed off. Ha Ha.
Thursday 22nd November	It was my birthday yesterday. 6 years old. I got a new rope tug toy because me and my friend Amber killed the last one. We also shared some braising steak for dinner as a special treat. It was pouring down when we went for our walk in the fields and Boss Woman got so wet with it raining so hard, the rain ran down her trousers and filled her wellies with water. She was squelching most of the walk. Me and Polly flushed a rat out from under the duck house and Polly shook it to death in about 5 seconds. It won't be bothering us again, that is for sure.
Wednesday 5th December	Had a great walk on the hill today with all the snow. Me and Amber were running about and sliding all over. Boss Woman was a bit slow climbing up the hill because she still feels a ill from her bad cold.
Thursday 20th December	So ... apparently the world is going to end tomorrow. My Boss Woman intends to live to 92 which means she cannot possibly die tomorrow. For anyone out there who thinks the world is going to end and they are going to die, then send Boss Woman ALL your money please seeing as you won't need it i's not for her, it's for my fellow dogs at the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue. Because if you are daft enough to believe you are going to die tomorrow then you won't need it and my fellow dogs do.
Friday 28th December	Well seeing as the world did NOT end on the 21st as was predicted in all the newspapers and on the internet, we decided to celebrate being alive and went to Stonehenge today. Didn't like it much with it being so busy with tourists and almost got pushed off the path by a load of Japanese tourists who seemed intent on pushing us off the path and into the mud. Mmmm NOT impressed at all. We had a good run in the fields surrounding though and got very muddy.