Dad says we are a bit refined since we moved to Muswell Hill: have you noticed a different tone in my journal? Today we went back to Finchley and Mum was not happy with the place she had to tie me outside a shop: she was worrying in case an aggressive dog came along while she was away. ‘In Muswell Hill I can take my dog into the bank with me’ she muttered, ‘here I can’t even tie you up safely’. She ran inside really fast to choose her shopping and kept peering out while she waited to pay. Then we got lucky: Jack and his Mum, who are Loui’s family, came out of the same shop and they came over to look after me. What a look of relief on Mum’s face! They were so nice to me, Jack walked me along the road while they all caught up on the latest news, and compared blogs. We are going to have to make sure we meet up for a dog walking session with Loui some time very soon.
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I like mushrooms, believe me – but we have been spending over an hour most days on mushroom hunting, and I have had enough. It really restricts my off – lead time. All I hear is ‘Kev, stay close’, ‘Here, kev’ .. you get the idea? While Mum picks all the mushrooms in North London and tries to train me as her Truffle Dog. I cannot tell you where we go, under pain of death. She even blindfolds me for the journey (ha ha). But seriously, next weekend is bonfire night and the mushrooms are popping up as fresh as they were in September. I would say roll on the frosts, but I am an old dog and I really do not like cold mornings and evenings. Perhaps the mushrooms are not so bad ..
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I like to keep up with the latest trends as you know, and I need to keep my PR up for my memoirs. So we have set up a myspace page, Kevin the Collie Dog Training Tips. I have found lots of new friends there and I get invited to see some good pics of other dogs having fun. Hope you can have a look at my page.
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Mum was worrying that I seemed a bit subdued last week after my visits to the vet’s. We had not been far afield and I am still getting used to my new home. My new place to lie is next to the Aga, which is my idea of dog heaven, and I read the Muswell Hill Journal. No surprise if I am a bit quiet – I’m sleeping..

On Friday night we went to the Royal Oak, still the only dog friendly pub in Muswell Hill and a very good pub anyway. I always recognise the route when we walk there, and I get excited. Which dogs would be there? When we arrived I spotted the Schnauzer, another regular, so I went to say hello. I bounded back to Mum and leapt up on to the seat beside her – that will teach her to say I was quiet! She quickly shooed me off, cos I never get on to furniture as a rule. The Yorkshire Terrier arrived soon after and he is always friendly. Then the evening got better as the Landlord came in with his golfing team. Bliss – twenty new people to sniff out. I had great fun mingling, and popping back to reassure Them I hadn’t gone outside. In spite of my new diet, I did have a couple of cheese and onion crisps. Suddenly I felt a bit more lively.

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What size do you think a dog should be? I am a small Collie weighing 13 kilos, the perfect size for town according to Them. As you can see I am way too big to fit in a handbag. When I meet specially bred miniature dogs I often think they look like the grey squirrels that infest London – ‘rats with tails’. Small dogs like these are often carried around by women who see them as accessories. The poor creatures have such short fur that they need to be wrapped up against the cold all the time (not just to match your outfit, Paris). Because they are so dependent on their owners they do not get the chance to behave as dogs, and often suffer from stress and depression. Not that their owners would notice. Sorry, end of rant. If you have a miniature breed I hope you try to help him act as a dog from time to time.

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Mum has entered a nice photo of me and Dad in the Coolest Dog Competition. It is quite a good photo as I am smiling – that is an achievement for a dog .. You can see my photo here and you can vote for your favourite.

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