Nose to nose

You never know who you'll meet, up close and personal, in Monte Carlo.

Boy and Dog

This is a photo I put on Monte Carlo Daily Photo the other day.  Just a young man and his dog on Larvotto Beach in Monaco.  Summer's coming ...

Silent witness

There's a reception in the village square of Gorbio following a baptism at the church. Guests gather outside the restaurant for an aperitif.  Meanwhile, one of the village dogs sits quietly by the fountain.

Fluffy and Smooth

A Yorkie and a Jack Russell in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the day I went to photograph the Naval Battle of the Flowers.  I didn't stop and ask their names but they seemed quite happy to let me photograph them. Thanks, doggies. Woof Woof ...

'En famille'

This little dog and her family were at the recent 'Naval Battle of the Flowers' festival in Villefrranche-Sur-Mer. 

Spaniel and Confetti

This lovely cocker spaniel was enjoying the Combat Naval Fleuri at Villefranche sur Mer yesterday. Walking on a sea on a confetti!

Flannel

This beautiful Border Collie is relaxed, guarding his owners's bike, front legs gently crossed whilst he waits for his owner. He never takes his eyes off her as she takes her morning swim in the sea at Larvotto Beach. Flannel is 3 years old.

Simba

This poodle is tiny -  one of the smallest I've seen. He was out walking with the young children of his family and the family nanny who told me he came from America and cost $6,000. Simba lives in Monaco and is 5 years old.

Fetch!

This border collie wasn't remotely interested in Menton's Lemon Festival.  All she wanted was to have a stick thrown into the sea for her. 

Sadie

This is Sadie, a 9 year old English setter who lives in Monaco.  The box, attached to her collar, is an anti-bark collar. I met her at the Kermesse in Monaco last November.

Trudy

This is little Trudy, a French bulldog, I met at the veterinary surgery one day.  Like many Frenchies she seems to have a permanently worried expression but in fact she was probably thinking about going in to see the vet! Trudy is 3 years old and lives in Monaco. Such an adorable breed. They are all clowns!

i'lemon

Aren't Beagle puppies just too adorable!  This is i'lemon -  he's 4 months old and lives in Monaco. I met him walking around Port Hercule.

Spade

This beautiful black German Shepherd dog is called Spade. He's 8 years old. I met Spade by the English bookstall at the Kermesse in Monaco in November.

The Look!

This is a dog I saw at the Kermesse in Monaco in December.  She was walking around with another dog - and their owner, of course. There were so many people around at this moment that I didn't ask her name. What a look she is giving me!

Is she a whippet or a greyhound. Looks too big for a whippet perhaps?

Fidji, the Groendale

This beautiful Groendale (Belgian Shepherd Dog) is another I met in the veterinary surgery the other day.  She's called Fidji and is 3 years old. She lives in Cap d'Ail.  I love the beautiful sensitive faces of this breed.

Hysathis, the Russian Toy Terrier

Meet Hysathis.  She is a Russian Toy Terrier.  First of this breed on Riviera Dogs.  It seems the breed was bred from the English Toy Terrier, now known as the Manchester Terrier.  Click link to read more.

Hysathis, cute as a button, is 15 months old.

Billy, the lucky English Setter

This beautiful English setter, Billy, is one lucky dog!  He was abandoned on a motorway in Italy and then hit by a car.  There is a great organisation in Italy called Italian Setter Rescue who call around to all the refuges taking in any abandoned setters. He had to have a knee operation and was then ready for his 'forever home' and he has found it in Monaco.  Tiffaney is a wonderful young lady who adores setters, she's had Gordons, an Irish Red and white, other English setters and now, this lovely dog - he's around 4 or 5 years old -  is her latest.

In this photo (I met Billy and Tiffaney at the vet's office)  he'd only been with her for 4 days but give him a week or so and Tiffany will have worked her magic on him and made him feel secure after his ordeal.

Long life and happiness to Billy and Tiffaney.

Ghosts!

Dogs can see ghosts!

Beau and his poor toe

Some of you know Beau, the oldest of my rescue dogs.  No idea how old he is but he's old and so much is wrong with him - he's had four operations on his ears - two eardrums removed, one inner ear - now he has open fistulas that ooze down his neck but that relieves pressure on his ears. He also has really bad seborreah which is greasy and smells awful. He should be bathed every 5 days. I do it as often as I have the energy to push him into the shower, which he hates.

Here he'd yanked a toenail and it had gone septic and had to be removed. Actually this was taken a week or so ago and now I've removed the dressing and it's healing up fine. He's very creaky, doesn't see well but still loves his food and isn't going anywhere yet. He's also a beautiful, kind, wonderful - so wonderful - dog. He's a Bruno de Jura, by the way - which is a Swiss Hunting Dog.

Rupert

This is Rupert.  He's a 12 year old labrador but still plays like a puppy. Rupert lives at Le Rouret.

Maggie and Mia

We've met Maggie and Mia before.  Maggie, on the left, is a red and white Irish setter - she lives in Monaco.  Mia is one of my rescue dogs - she's a Bassett Ariegois (a French hunting dog) and is the scared one, scared of people that is.  She loves other dogs and as you can see is checking out Maggie who is giving her a very strange look ...

Ice

We met Gus, the Landseer in the last posting. Today, meet his friend, Ice, who is a Pyrenean Mountain Dog.  He's 5 years old and lives in Gorbio village. 

Gus

This beautiful Landseer belongs to a lady in Gorbio village. She has two big dogs - the other being a Pyrenean Mountain Dog.  Today we meet Gus who is three years old.

Next time we'll meet his friend, Ice.

Patience

This sweet dog was patiently waiting whilst her owner was looking at items for sale at the recent Kermesse in Monaco.  I don't even know if this dog is a she or a he - but she looks a she to me.

Dogs are so patient aren't they?

Priska from La Réunion

This beautiful dog had a bad start  in life, a very bad start. She was born on La Reunion where sadly and tragically dogs are often used by fishermen - a hook put through their noses and then thrown over the boat and used as bait. 

Priska, who is now 11 months old, was lucky.  She was brought into France by Tania Burrows who works tirelessly for abandoned and needy dogs and has now been adopted by the Manasse family in Monaco.  She was at the Kermesse in Monaco amidst a crowd of people as part of her training in getting used to the world.

Priska is a type of dog known as a Royal Bourbon on the Ile de la Réunion. Isn't she beautiful!