The diary of a disabled dog blog

Hi there Do you like the photo of me and mummy? It was taken at Bow Wows which is a dog café, dog boutique and doggie spa. We went there on Saturday for a cup of tea and a bit of shopping. I loved having a sniff around and the lovely owner gave me a treat because I sat very nicely to have my photo taken for her Facebook page. There were lots of goodies to buy, mummy bought me some tiddlers (small fish) and some banana and honey biscuits, but best of all, I got a new scarf all ready for the winter, don't I look gorgeous. The funny thing was, I wore my scarf for the first time to the beach because it was a bit cold and windy and my bobble kept blowing about so I thought it was a toy and kept trying to bite it. Mummy said I've got no sense of style, daddy found it hilarious because he doesn't like doggie accessories, even if they are Pompey colours. Hey, you know I'm partial to doggie ice cream, well, can you believe there's doggie pawsecco and dog beer....

Hello everyone, Hope you've had a good week. It's been all go my end I can tell you. Did you know that dogs who molt have fur, whilst dogs who don't molt have hair. I have hair, so like you humans, I have to go to the hairdressers, although it's called the groomers. Mummy has taken me to various groomers but because she's so fussy, none have met with her exacting standards, personally, I don't give a hoot what I look like, as you know I love swimming and rolling in dirt, lets face it I was never going to be a posh, show dog type despite my pedigree. You might wonder why all the fuss about my haircut, well you have to understand that we shih tzu's have deep roots in royal Chinese history and have lived amongst emperor's and nobility, we are supposed to look regal, not like scruffy urchins. Unfortunately, one groomer mummy took me to must have thought I was an entirely different breed, she hacked off my tail and made it look like a pineapple,...