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I'm a world champion short leg jumper
My legs are typical for a Westie (remembering that I am an exemplar of my breed). My legs are short. On the other hand, my half-brother...
Michelle Blakeley
May 112 min read
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I am feeling sad
Sometimes I remember back to my Westie mum. She was just like me except bigger because I had just been born. She had big brown eyes just...
Michelle Blakeley
Apr 62 min read
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I'm Lochy, the friendly ghost
This is me after I've had a shower. Talk about rituals. I shower first and then my human mum has her shower and I have to wait for her to...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 222 min read
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She's been poisoning me
Several days ago, I was itching and scratching like a Brillo pad trying to clean a baked on fry pan. I couldn't stop. Licking my paws day...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 12 min read
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Who's a Blond Bombshell? Moi!
I have just had a session with my groomer and I am looking particularly white. Pearlescent white as I have described previously. When I...
Michelle Blakeley
Feb 152 min read
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I'm practicing to be a sausage dog
It's summer in my part of the world and it's hot. How to beat the heat? I do my sausage dog stretches on the concrete floor. Sausage dogs...
Michelle Blakeley
Jan 112 min read
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How lucky am I!
I was lying on the bed watching a fly bouncing off the walls. Outside it was sunny and blue skies and green leaves. Inside it was just...
Michelle Blakeley
Dec 28, 20243 min read
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Oh, to be a toy Westie
A wee toy Westie was swallowed by a human and travelled through the human body into the stomach and out via the hole at other end. That...
Michelle Blakeley
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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Am I Lochy or Lorraine?
I am asking because a few days ago I met a little Poodle Maltese cross. Very sweet and petite. Gorgeous fluffy square cut ears. I assumed...
Michelle Blakeley
Nov 23, 20242 min read
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I am the Master of Nonchalance
I have nonchalance down to a T. It's all in the swagger, the pace, the rhythm, the air of "I don't give a damn." Of course, I do give a...
Michelle Blakeley
Nov 2, 20242 min read
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She calls me hurtful names
Some time ago, when I was a wee pup, I told you some of the names she calls me. Cute, cuddly names like Fluffball and Squirrel. Not any...
Michelle Blakeley
Oct 19, 20241 min read
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I'm bored with being white
Sometimes you need a change to put a bit of oomph into your life. Truth is, I was tired of being a West Highland White Terrier. I felt I...
Michelle Blakeley
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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I’m gonna get those chookens
You have to remember that I have ratter DNA. We Westies were bred to track down rats in the barns in Scotland. Nasty critters. We would...
Michelle Blakeley
Sep 14, 20242 min read
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TAIL ALERT
My tail wags without me even asking it to. All Westies have very active tail wagging capabilities. The tail is a window to our soul. We...
Michelle Blakeley
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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I am a Gold Medalist
I gave it to myself but I deserve it. I am the world's best at tail wagging. I can go for hours, adjusting the speed to suit the...
Michelle Blakeley
Aug 3, 20242 min read
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She couldn't live without me
She's back. Why am I not surprised. She went all the way to the other side of the world and missed me so much that she had to come back...
Michelle Blakeley
Jul 21, 20242 min read
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I have a new human mum
I am sure you have missed my canine conversations. I have been in recovery after my human mum walked out on me. I have been grieving....
Michelle Blakeley
Jul 6, 20242 min read
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Why am I here?
It's not only humans who wonder what it's all about, Alfie? Dogs grapple with this existential question too. I do. Seriously, it is a...
Michelle Blakeley
May 18, 20242 min read
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Help! I have a quandary
You know what I mean - I am in a state of perplexity and uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation. The difficult situation is...
Michelle Blakeley
May 4, 20242 min read
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I'm a long haired git.
It's her fault. Too lazy to book me into my groomer for a haircut. In the meantime, my hair continues to grow. It's almost touching the...
Lochinvar
Apr 20, 20242 min read
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