Introducing the main character...

I thought for my first blog post it might be nice to introduce one of the characters who is bound to turn up in many of these posts, my naughty dog B. He is a beagle approaching his second birthday and although he looks adorable anyone, and I mean anyone, who has met him will tell you he isn't exactly the best behaved dog in the world...

Picture the scene, a Friday night, me and H2B are curled up on the sofa with a bottle of wine after a lovely meal, watching 8 out of 10 cats and feeling generally relaxed when suddenly a tri-colour blur rushes in from outside, jumps over his bed, across the living room and lies down on the rug before producing a CRUNCH! Being the concerned owner that I am I reluctantly unwrapped myself from the pile of blankets that were needed despite the fact that we are in August (more rants about the British weather sure to follow) and went to see what was happening.
B had decided to try to eat a snail which was now crawling around on the rug whilst he sat there looking decidedly confused. Luckily the snail was rescued and put safely over the fence but because it was not possible to determine exactly where the crunch had come from and whether he actually had eaten any other snails we decided to worm him. Now anyone who has a dog will know that getting them to take tablets is not that easy, factor in that B is a beagle aka. a scent hound and that removes the chance to hiding it in his food as he'll sniff it out and spit it out - getting him to take tablets is not an easy task but with the help of some Stem Ginger and Whiskey cheese it was managed (although I was not happy that he got the rest of my designer cheese!). But even after this ordeal the worst was still to come...

The sulks. 

Having never been wormed myself I cannot say whether it is a particularly pleasant experience but judging by B's reaction it is not, if looks could kill I certainly wouldn't be writing this!
I put up with the sulking for 3 days before I crumbled and went and bought him a new toy - a sturdy 'indestructible' toy - which lasted a whole 6 minutes. Later that evening I decided to try again with a different toy that seemed to be even more 'indestructible' - this is how that turned out...

I know I should learn but I can't help but feel that someone, somewhere does actually have a toy that is indestructible!