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Humans. You're spelling DOG backwards
Honestly, when is the penny going to drop that you have got it wrong. DOG that is the correct spelling not GOD. Have you ever wondered...
Michelle Blakeley
Oct 14, 20232 min read


I ate her lemon butter toast
The phone rang. She walked out of the room to answer it. I was on the sofa and it was sitting there. On a plate. On the Eileen Gray...
Michelle Blakeley
Sep 16, 20232 min read


I hate one-eyed monsters
Horrible, selfish, demanding. They take all the attention away from moi. She spends more time looking at them than talking to me. Who...
Michelle Blakeley
Sep 3, 20232 min read


She tried to murder me.
Honestly. She did. She put me in a room full of cooked chicken bones. As soon as she opened the door, I could smell them. Chicken bones....
Michelle Blakeley
Aug 5, 20232 min read


I've been in jail.
Wondering where I've been? In jail. A three week sentence. Crime unknown. I plead not guilty. I didn't even have a trial. She took me to...
Michelle Blakeley
Jul 16, 20234 min read


I love mud baths
I love going to Bertie's house because they have a mud bath in the garden. Bertie's human mum calls it a fish pond and there are a couple...
Michelle Blakeley
Jun 17, 20232 min read


Happy birthday to me, me, me.
I was so excited. We were going to a birthday party. My birthday party because my birthday is May 24 in two days' time. (Remember for...
Michelle Blakeley
May 27, 20232 min read


I get blamed for everything
"Where are they?" she asks me. How should I know. What are "they"? Once, she said I had eaten them. The car keys? I don't think so. I...
Michelle Blakeley
May 13, 20232 min read


I am in love
I can't deny it. I am having sleepless nights thinking about her. Last night, I was up and about barking at the leaves shuffling in the...
Michelle Blakeley
Apr 29, 20232 min read


Call me the Barking Bard
Sniff sniff sniff If I get a whiff Of an anonymous pee That no human can see It's like reading a book And a chance for a look Into other...
Michelle Blakeley
Apr 15, 20231 min read


Please stop barking
There are new dogs next door. Don't know what type they are but they sure make horrible noises and they go on and on and on. At least...
Michelle Blakeley
Apr 1, 20232 min read


So, this is my life
"Well," she says, "That turned out to be quite a journey." You don't have to tell me. I was there. Every step of the way. Down the...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 25, 20232 min read


Oh no! I'm bow legged
She says that I'm the most beautiful dog in the world. Then she tells me that I am bow legged. How can you be the most beautiful dog in...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 19, 20232 min read


She tricked me.
She said we were going to the doggie park. Oh goodie, goodie, gum drops. I howled with excitement and could barely stand still long...
Michelle Blakeley
Mar 11, 20232 min read


Four siblings together
I was so excited. I was spinning in circles. We went to the new doggie park next to the river and she was carrying a square bag which she...
Michelle Blakeley
Feb 25, 20232 min read


She's calling me names
Some time ago, I wrote about having an identity crisis because she was calling me different names. Since then, she has explained that...
Michelle Blakeley
Feb 4, 20232 min read


Sorry, mum, I farted
Passing wind is perfectly natural. Flatulence. Gas. Flatus. I don't know what the big fuss is. "Ughhhh, Lochy, you farted," she says,...
Michelle Blakeley
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Beware, the Westie evil eye
Westies do the best evil eye. You will know when we are not amused. Stop tummy tickling? You'll get the evil eye. Not paying me enough...
Michelle Blakeley
Jan 14, 20232 min read


12 tips for living with a human
Now that I have spent the last 634 days of living with her, my human mum, I feel I am well qualified to pass on some sage advice....
Michelle Blakeley
Jan 7, 20233 min read


My great escape
All it took was one human to go out to his car and leave the gate open. I looked at Bertie. He looked at me. I winked and nodded and...
Michelle Blakeley
Dec 31, 20222 min read
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