Dog T-Shirt

Our pup seemed to find it a bit cold in our house last week and while he didn't mind being bundled up in a blanket and be carried about like a baby, it's not very practical. At one point I even put the central heating on for him. I knew that Boston terriers feel the cold, that's why there are lots of photo's online of them wearing clothes and while I don't think it is chilly at all yet, Opie was shivering. 

We bought him the smallest t shirt that we could find in our local Pets At Home but the armholes were too big so his legs slipped out and he got in a bit of a taggle. Also he wasn't keen on the hood.

  

I looked online and found this free dog t shirt pattern and I made him some today using a couple of old t shirts. It fits much better than the one we purchased and so far he hasn't tried to pull it off.

Painting, Poster & Pup

Last week I painted our bathroom, the only room in the house I don't mind decorating as it is that small it only takes me two days to do from start to finish. Its gone from green to grey though when my Mum had a look she thought we hadn't changed the colour (now I know where I get my excellent observation skills from).

We put a new blind up though Anders thinks it is too bright but I thought it needed some other colour in there because it reminded me of a dentist waiting room.

Then I caught my eldest boy's cold germs so I've not felt great for the rest of the week. 

On Friday though I had a delivery that cheered me up, a signed poster of the film Dogged which I had won via Twitter. Dogged is a UK based folk horror film. It is being shown at lots of film festivals at the moment and from what I have read it has had great reviews so far. This is one I can't wait to watch. I've popped the Dogged trailer below.

Sunday we picked up our pup, Opie. The journey home takes around an hour and a half with good traffic and as he had only had a short car journey to the vets before I was expecting a bit of upset or sickness but he was fine and slept most of the way home. 

Basically he has slept most of the time we've had him because he is only 8 weeks old. Little L was expecting a playful, boisterous pup and everyone who has seen him has said 'Oh, I thought he'd be bigger than that' but he has plenty of time to grow yet. He has settled in quickly and loves everyone making a big fuss of him.

New Family Member (and it's not a dog)

Last weekend we took Caleb to pick up his new pet, a crested gecko.

 He didn't want to buy one from a pet shop as the gecko's he had seen had no tails. (I thought they would grow back as they do with most lizards but once they drop off on this species, that's it). He found someone who breed them from their home and arranged to collect it. We already had a vivarium stored in the loft from when we had anoles and geckos years ago.

The gecko is female and has been named Tig. I think she's quite cute. She has little spikes just above her eyes which I think look like false eyelashes. She has been handled every day so is very tame and usually just crawls about on your arms though you have to be ready for the odd jump. Caleb's had her sat on a stool feeding her banana from a teaspoon. (He has his own separate spoon for this. I like lizards but I don't fancy sharing my cutlery with one)

My lovely next door neighbour popped round with these this week. Yesterday I made apple cake and applesauce cookies. Today it will be apple crumble then I'll stew the rest to put in the freezer.

I made a start on making Christmassy things this week, two stockings for dogs. The Molly stocking is for my cousin's Shih Tzu pup and Opie is for our dog when we bring him home. I used this free pattern for the bone shape.

It was so hard trying to think of a name for the dog. The only one most of us agreed on was Opie. Now Caleb has named his pet Tig it looks as though we're choosing characters names from Sons Of Anarchy ... but we're not.