A poodle at the recent Monaco Dog Show.
16 May 2015
12 May 2015
Dog drool
Dog drool! ... at Monaco Dog Show. If you are not a 'doggy' person and wonder how dog drool gets onto a dog's face, let me tell you. He drools from his mouth and then shakes his head et voila! It also gets on walls and ceilings. Drooly dogs are not for everyone!
No matter, isn't he a beautiful chocolate labrador!
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labrador
08 May 2015
Billie-Jean
This is Billie. She lives in Gorbio and she always has her tongue sticking out! Billie is named after the tennis player, Billie-Jean King.
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Shih-tzu
02 May 2015
Wet Dog!
Fog and light rain in Sainte Agnes yesterday evening and a very wet Landseer, the black and white version of the Newfoundland.
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Brouillard et pluie fine sur Sainte Agnès hier soir et Landseer tout mouillé, la version noire et blanche du Terre-Neuve.
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Landseer,
Newfoundland
30 April 2015
Mojo
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French bulldog
23 April 2015
13 April 2015
'Ours' - my new dog!
Meet my new dog! He's called Ours, which means Bear in French and he's a mix of a Grand Griffon Vendeen and probably some other large hunting dog. He's five and a half years old. I'll never forget Beau and Mia and Milou and Peggotty and Mistletoe and Scramble and all the wonderful dogs who have lived with me in the past but there is always enough love for a needy dog and goodness, there are enough poor dogs in shelters in this area alone.
The hunter who owned Ours wanted to shoot him - apparently he wasn't any good as a hunting dog! - but fortunately someone rescued him but couldn't keep him as he lived in a studio, so delivered him to the refuge where he has lived for the past two years. He arrived with injuries to a leg and terribly thin.
He's terrified of men in particular but meeting anyone new is a trauma for him. He's never lived in a house so all the sounds of a house scare him and outside sounds he doesn't know, like cars on the autoroute worry him greatly.
Having said all that he is a total love and in only 48 hours has found the places in the house where he feels safe: at my feet when I'm at the computer and by my bed!
I found his photo on the website of the SDA of Nice which is in Tourettes-Levens. Most impressive refuge, spotlessly clean and all the dogs well cared for and lovely people working there who cried when Ours left with me.
Isn't he gorgeous!
(Thanks so much to my friend, Sheila, who came to the refuge with me and stroked Ours in the back of the car on the way home. It made all the difference. Sheila has been with me when I've adopted several dogs in the past. She has a wonderful calm manner. And she has a great dog herself - Gucci, a Welsh terrier).
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Voici mon nouveau chien! Il s'appelle Ours, c'est un mélange de Grand Griffon Vendéen et probablement d'un autre grand chien de chasse. Il a cinq ans et demi. Je n'oublierai jamais Beau, Mia, Milou, Peggotty, Mistletoe et Scramble et tous les merveilleux chiens qui ont vécu avec moi dans le passé, mais il y a toujours assez d'amour pour un chien en manque d'un foyer et malheureusement il y en a beaucoup dans des abris de la région PACA.
Le chasseur à qui il appartenait a voulu le tuer - apparemment il n'était pas assez bon comme chien de chasse! - et heureusement quelqu'un l'a sauvé. Mais ne pouvant pas le garder dans le studio où il vivait, cette personne l'a laissé au refuge où il a vécu les deux dernières années. Il y est arrivé avec des blessures à une jambe et très maigre.
Il est terrifié par les hommes en particulier et la rencontre avec quelqu'un de nouveau est un trauma pour lui. Il n'a jamais vécu dans une maison donc tous les sons de celle-ci l'effrayent ainsi que ceux de l'extérieur qu'il ne connaît pas, tels les voitures sur l'autoroute qui l'inquiètent grandement.
Ceci dit, c' est un amour et en seulement 48 heures, il a trouvé les endroits dans la maison où il se sent en sûreté: à mes pieds quand je suis à l'ordinateur et à côté de mon lit!
J'ai trouvé sa photo sur le site Web de la SDA de Nice, qui se trouve à Tourettes-Levens. Un refuge impressionnant, extrêmement propre où tous les chiens sont bien soignés par les gens charmants qui y travaillent et qui ont pleuré quand Ours est parti avec moi.
N'est pas il magnifique!
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Cross breed
04 April 2015
Give a dog a bone ... Ragnar
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He's called Ragnar (a Viking name) and lives in Menton. Sadly he was born deaf but his owner is teaching him hand signals.
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Bull terrier
31 March 2015
Flappy the Cavapoo
A too adorable puppy on the breakwater at Larvotto Beach, in Monaco.
He's called Flappy and he's an 11 week old Cavapoo, which is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel crossed with a poodle.
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Cross breed
29 March 2015
Mia and her last journey
Some of you have met Mia, a Bassett Ariegois - or seen this photo of her in exhibitions. Sadly, today she was put to sleep.
It's been a bad few weeks lately. First, my oldest dog, Beau - a black and tan Bruno du Jura, had to be put to sleep. It was his time. Indeed the deed was done not a day too early or too late and I was okay about it. He'd had a good life here and lived far longer than he would have in the particular refuge he was in.
But Mia, who had a dreadful early life (as did Beau) didn't deserve to have been so sick for the last two or three weeks of her life. She'd had an ear infection for six months, nothing would clear it up and the skin deep within her ear got so thin it started bleeding. At this time I changed vets, not because I didn't have the best faith in my old vet but because Mia was so car sick every time I drove a distance to her and she understood and agreed. The new vet gave me product for her ears that went into her blood stream and caused massive inbalance and semi-paralysis - and ever since then we've been trying to get her right. And I changed vets again, of course.
Last night she became totally paralyzed and so this morning she went to the vet on her last journey.
When I got Mia around 7 years ago she'd been living in a filthy 2 metre square run with another dog, Mistral. She'd obviously had several litters of puppies and was thin as a stick and with bleeding skin. They'd been living on top of years of excrement and having food thrown over the fence. The owner died and the son wanted to shoot them. So, they came to me. Mistral lived only 3 months because she had cancer, but Mia put on weight and was in excellent health, except mentally and emotionally. All her years with me she was terrified of any visitor, especially men.
Mia was a wonderful dog, so kind, so sensitive. I miss her like crazy.
So, now, this house is very empty. I have this photo of Mia hanging on my wall. And another of Beau hangs elsewhere. I'll show you Beau's photo another time.
(the second photo shows Mia with her friend, Maggie in the background)
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Bassett Ariégeois
28 March 2015
Mia
This is my old dog, Mia, squeezed into a little dog's bed! She's not well at the moment - with something I'd never heard of before. She's had an ear infection for six months which wouldn't clear up despite analyses, antibiotics and drops. Unfortunately the skin, deep within her ears, had got so thin, that one particular medication got into her blood stream, totally upset her balance, she walks with difficulty, sometimes falling over, and her rear end has no strength. Since I took this photo, she's been at the vets each day from 8 till 5 on a drip and does seem a little better and starting to eat again. Who knew that some ear drops could do this! The vet says she will hopefully improve but she'll never completely get back her balance - it's now a neurological problem. Fingers crossed.... back to the vet this morning.
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Bassett Ariégeois
25 March 2015
22 March 2015
15 March 2015
09 March 2015
28 February 2015
Marley
Is there anything more adorable than an 8 week old French bulldog puppy!
This is Marley and she lives in Monaco with a 4 month old chocolate labrador. We'll meet her next time.
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French bulldog
26 February 2015
Waiting for Mama
This lovely Bernese Mountain Dog was 'waiting for Mama' and as you say, she had soon finished her shopping and he was a happy dog.
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Bernese Mountain Dog
23 February 2015
Play ball!
This playful Boxer belongs to one of the shop owners along Larvotto Beach in Monaco. I had to keep putting down my camera, throw the ball for him and then try and take a shot as he rushed back for more! He was so friendly, I didn't want to leave.
As you can see much of Larvotto is boarded up against possible bad winter weather, but there are openings for for anyone who wants to have a swim or sunbathe.
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Boxer
22 February 2015
17 February 2015
Richard and Halloween
We've met my fabulous friend Richard and little Halloween on this blog before but here's another shot of them. I love the tender moment they share.
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Chihuahua
12 February 2015
Sisters!
It was a glorious day here yesterday and these two little Maltese terriers were having the best fun on the Promenade le Corbusier at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. I nearly got run over!
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Hier ici, c'était une journée magnifique et ces deux petits bichons maltais s'amusaient énormément sur la Promenade Le Corbusier à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. J' ai presque failli me faire renverser!
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Maltese terrier (Bichon Maltais)
07 February 2015
Naya
Last night, after going to the vernissage of Roch Chinchila's beautiful photography, my friend Sylvie and I went to one of our favourite restaurants in Menton, the Volcano, for a plate of pasta and a glass of wine. Great pizzas and pastas here, cooked by chef owner, Driss. And very reasonable.
This little love was my neighbour.... well how could I resist! Her name is Naya, she's nearly 5 and was rescued by her owner - and plainly, they adore each other!
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Jack Russell terrier
02 February 2015
26 January 2015
Puppy heaven!
Yesterday I was in 'puppy heaven!' This is one of a litter of 6 week old puppies in the village of Gorbio. Mama is a Boxer and Papa is an American Bulldog.
There are still two that are unreserved!
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Cross breed
23 January 2015
Hunique and Vanessa
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Hunique lives at the Bar/Restaurant Les Terrasses in the medieval village of Gorbio. You can see her with her owner Vanessa in the last photo.
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German Shepherd Dog
21 January 2015
Like a Baby
A cute little poodle that is being carried like a baby, perhaps he's old or sick - or perhaps just lazy!
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Poodle
16 January 2015
12 January 2015
Je suis Charlie
Je suis Charlie. A little Shihtzu at the march for freedom of expression in Menton yesterday. This following the horrors in Paris over the last few days.
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Shih-tzu
09 January 2015
Loki - American Bully
This is Loki - only four months old. I met him in Menton where he lives. His owners told me he is an American Bully, a breed that isn't yet registered in France.
I thought he must have American Pitbull in him, but his proud owners tell me the breed is a cross between a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and an American Bulldog. There's a lot of information on line and it's a little confusing on this.
There is a kennel for this breed in the Herault region of France who breed small, medium and large varieties of the American Bully.
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American Bully
05 January 2015
01 January 2015
Rajah
This beautiful Afghan hound poses amongst the ornamental bananas (or are they Strelitzias?) in the Casino gardens in Monte Carlo. I did ask his name and can't find where I wrote it, but think it may have been Rajah. Anyway that seems to suit him, don't you think?
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Afghan Hound
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