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mine would go up and down on the escalators and lifts...we dont have any down here

the best one was when i put huge goose eggs into our little chikens nesting box. when the kids went to fetch the eggs they couldnt believe it. they honestly decided that the chicken was turning into an ostrich...lol

6 foot marsbars????? i'd take one on...might be bitting off more than i can chew though. how about a giant cadburys cream egg. my kids were gutted years ago when they realised there cream egg easter eggs were hollow...lol

the only maggots ive ever eaten were in a bottle of tequiela lol

I'm with yo NP. The world has been conned by big business trying to sell us rubbish we don't need. As for the maggots, Ive eaten a few as when we were kids my mate and I used to hide a few in each others sandwiches. Nowadays hospitals use them to clean wounds.

Lovely selection of pics Leigh. They show a little more of your personality. I love the photo of the mushrooms. They look like mushrooms growing in a block of flats. LOL.

Wow Nosey these are a wonderful and so personal selection of photos. I love your self portrait at the start, that's just amazing and the one of you and lovely Helmet, it looks like your both lapping up the sun and your surroundings; it's a gorgeous photo.
Thank you for sharing these lovely images.

you know that if people can get a form of dementia I believe dogs can as well. I had to put one of the best dog I ever had down and I believe it was for the same reason. Clifford was an 80lb red chow mix who had always been extremely gentle with my children and a 5lb yorkie that we had. When he started growling and nipping at them it was an extreme change in his pesonality and couldn't risk the children getting hurt.

My Husband had a couple of English Mastiffs prior to our getting married. due to living in town we ended up finding better homes for them. If we ever get the country home we want...we will have them again.

Certainly agree with you. People today seem to want to live in a sanitised world where they never come into contact with anything they see as unclean. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with a dog licking you face. I have been allowing, not only my own but other peoples dogs to do just that for most of my life and I'm nearly sixty one and still breathing. I firmly believe that people are becoming so paranoid about disinfecting everything they touch that they're not building up their immune systems the way we have in the past. To much old cobblers talked by the keep it clean brigade.

Great pics. Glad to see you included your dogs. Helmet looked magnicent. Can't think of any particular favourite. They are all good.

Look like a right gang of trouble makers. Beautiful dogs. Thanks for sharing.

Hi NP really enjoyed your pics.....mud wrestling in Sherringham I done believe it (Victor Meldrew voice) have to look out for that next time we go, agree it is a lovely place. Will look forward to more of your photos.

And you talk about MY photography...great set of photos.
The eagle is magnificent...you have a true talent......

Your flower photos are just beautiful! You don't often show us any of them, do you? More please! :-)

(I'm not saying I didn't like the others, by the way!)

Sandra - if I could I'd have both! But I don't have the time to look after a dog and keep it properly walked and everything, so I just have a mogs instead :-)

NP - what you were saying about little dogs living longer, reminds me of something. When I was little (I mean about 5 or 6) my mum used to keep an eye on a disabled lady and visit her. I always remember hating to go with her to see this lady because she had a 'big' dog called Sparky that always jumped up at me - this dog was as big as me and had sharp claws and could push me over, so I was quite scared of him. Many, many years later, after I'd been to college and come home again, my mum asked me to run her over to her friend (the disabled lady) in my car. I took her round and watched her to the door, and I couldn't believe my eyes! The door opened and out came this dog that I remembered from my childhood! He was, in fact, only a Jack Russell - he had just seemed big coz I was little! Well, this dog looked like a ghost - he looked so skinny and fragile and his fur was so long and whispey, like an old man's beard. I was just blown away that he was still alive after all that time. I believe he was something like 24 when he eventually died.

Touching Leigh...thanks for letting us see your soul...~Cat

p.s....ummm the mud bog people there...? lol

Really great mixture of photos there NP.
Good ones :o)

Great series of pictures Nosey, there is some real insight to the real Noseypotter,
And i could'nt help but noice that you have your own mud wrestling team, Great stuff,

there are dog people and there are cat people i'm defo a dog person.

who else greets you like that every day :-))

who else will always love you :-))

most of my dogs have been terriers. but i have had a large lurcher called Oscar he lived till he was thirteen. we rescued him and he was wounderful. we also had a deerhound Dylan. the most laid back dog ever. when we brought ruby home as a tiny pup it amazed us how (after getting over the sulking stage) he loved her. they played together loads but he was always so gentle with her. he would pick her up in is giant mouth but never hurt her.

we now have our little family of terriers and an old lurcher Harry who found us 8 years ago.

I used to work with a woman who had never had a pet of any sort and when I and the other staff chatted about our pets she would pull faces - she just didn't understand what the attraction was......I mentioned one day that Birtie (my moggs) would come over and bite me on the toes sometimes, just playing of course, and she was absolutely shocked that I thought it was sweet when Birts did that - she couldn't understand how I could allow an animal in my house that, you know, DID stuff!! She was actually a really unpleasant person to be around - mouthy and spiteful...maybe if she had had animals in her life, she would have been a softer and nicer person...and maybe happier too.....?

Didnt realise it was your son...thought at first it was a younger you Lol

Sorry...ignore the question...just read back..a jackdaw !

Thanks for these wonderful photos,which reflect the huge impact they have had and still do have on your life.Cant for the life of me see how anyone could have been upset at those.Was that a rook perched on your shoulder ?

Yes if your dogs have pavement or concrete of some sort to walk on they do not need their nails trimmed..I get surprised at people who will never give table scraps though as that is all we fed our dog we had as a child growing up...he ate breakfast lunch and dinner that way...my dad thought it was ridiculous to buy dogfood...Rinny had a beautiful coat and lived to be 13 years old..

~hi Leigh
lovely pics of all your dogs but particularly loved the St Bernard!
When I was young the local butcher had the most massive St Bernard you ever saw~the size of a horse!
He used to take him for walks every evening and they went at snails pace because everyone stopped to chat and pat!
He was lovely!

I really Enjoyed seeing All Your Past & Present Dog Photos NP , My Sons friend had a Bassett Hound but sadly Only Had a short Life ! Lovely Dogs :)

Hi Leigh , it,s lovely to see all the dogs that you have had , I was trying to count them but I lost count perhaps you should put them on one at a time with it,s history ...
I love them all .. those little pups are adorable so cuddly ..

The fish lived to a great age .
my son when he was young bought home a ring necked dove that had fallen from it,s nest ,it was very tiny with no feathers , we fed it on porridge and stuff , and left the door open so it was free to go if it wanted , it reached the stage where it would fly off for the day into the garden and then back indoors at night , one late summer evening it came to sit on my knee in the garden the next day it was gone .. we hope that it immigrated but we will never know !
I enjoyed your blog Leigh , thankyou for sharing it with us .... :o)

I've always enjoyed painting. I've never been taught and my pictures aren't like photos but I've sold them or given them away to help raise money for local charities and children in Africa.

Your photos all show how very much you love your dogs.
I'm glad you put this blog back on GoY again. :o)

i love all your doggies. i.ve had terriers lurchersa collie a deerhound and back to terriers. they all are so different but they all need and give sooooo much love. thanks for the photos. :-))