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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


There's a mouse in the house
She doesn't know that I know that there's a mouse that spends its day running back and forth from the house to the fence. He (I think...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 30, 20242 min read


I need a food taster
It suddenly dawned on me. She could poison me. Every morsel of food that goes into my little body comes from her. How do I know if she...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 16, 20242 min read


I have clean teeth
She said I needed to have my teeth cleaned. They seemed OK to me but I can't see them. "They're stained from saliva and things you eat....
Michelle Blakeley
Feb 24, 20241 min read


Conversations with my human mum
They're not really conversations, more like monologues. She does the talking and I look at her attentively while she rattles on. She's...
Michelle Blakeley
Feb 10, 20242 min read


Life's a beach
“Do you want to go to the beach? Yes! We have to have a shower first. I have to have a shower, you don’t have to have a shower.“ Waiting....
Lochinvar
Jan 27, 20242 min read


I have lazy bones
She who thinks she knows everything, my human mum, calls me lazy bones. No mention of lazy muscles or eyebrows or tummy. Just my bones. I...
Michelle Blakeley
Jan 13, 20242 min read


No Christmas presents for moi.
She forgot my Christmas present. She forgot a Christmas present for my half brother, Bertie. And my sister, Mindy, had no chance now that...
Michelle Blakeley
Dec 30, 20232 min read


I'm a little wombat short and stout
That's what my sister, Mindy's human mum said. And she should know. She comes from New South Wales and they have wombats there. No...
Michelle Blakeley
Dec 23, 20232 min read


Here's to all the scallywags.
I'm a scallywag. Lots of my doggie friends are scallywags. We are very specials beings. My human mum calls me all sorts of names but the...
Michelle Blakeley
Dec 9, 20232 min read


Why four legs are better than two
Of course they are, otherwise, we dogs wouldn't have four legs. I feel sorry for humans with two legs but if they used their nous, they'd...
Lochinvar
Nov 26, 20232 min read


I don't like Irishmen
He called me dopey. Moi! The most intelligent dog in the world. He said I was dopey because I didn't turn and look at him when he said my...
Michelle Blakeley
Nov 12, 20232 min read
I could have been a contender
I told you ... perfect show dog. This could have been me. https://www.facebook.com/emily.e.moret/videos/1826446024402228?idorvanity=79905...
Michelle Blakeley
Nov 5, 20231 min read


Confirmed. I am perfect
My groomer said it. It am a perfect specimen of a West Highland White Terrier. And she should know. She who is seeing dogs all day...
Michelle Blakeley
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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