Riley Reports: January 2008

Happy New Year!

Hi everybody - Happy New Year!

Wow, December has been such a busy month! You can read all about it in the next 4 posts ('New Year's Eve', 'My Own Bathroom', 'Christmas with the Family' and 'A Walk in the Park... with Casey')! Let's hope 2008 is going to be such a great year as 2007 was!

A special Happy New Year to all my new friends; Casey, Charlie, Oskar, Zak and Jake! And also to Harry and Toby - my brothers who posted comments on my blog - maybe we will get to meet this year! (I don't have your contact details Harry)!

And last but not least - Happy New Year to you, (breeder) mum Denise! And my mum (Vee) and dad (Bobby Dazzler)!

Riley!

New Year's Eve!

New Year's Eve was yet another exciting time in my life so far! Colin, Marilyn and Steve and Lisa came to us to celebrate New Year's Eve! And Lisa and Steve had another exciting surprise for me - they brought my cousins Charlie and Oskar! I had already met them once on their turf, but now they came to see me! They are a handful and in the beginning I wasn't too sure - but they are so good natured - and probably even more energetic than I am! We managed to stop playing for a while though and I squeezed in for the family photo! When bedtime came around Charlie and Oskar slept in my 'room'! It was like a real New Year's Eve party - we stayed up all night!

Smile!!!!!

Oskar, Charlie and me... yes, we will go straight to sleep... NOT!

My Own Bathroom

I almost forgot to tell you - guess what Santa brought me (and Karen and Eric) as well! My very own bathroom! Well, not really a real bathroom, but with me growing so fast it is better that I don't use Eric and Karen's bathroom anymore! So Santa bought me my own bath! After Christmas I had my first bath in it - it was great!

Being a good boy!

Hey, stop taking pictures whilst I am bathing!

Are we done yet?

Christmas with the Family

The end of December was of course a time to celebrate - not only because it was Christmas, but also because I had my first big sleep over, or should I say mini holiday! Karen and Eric took me to Colin and Marilyn and we stayed with them for 5 nights! In the beginning they kept me inside and much of my days was spent hanging around in my basket! But luckily I received lots of cuddles and silly Aunty Lisa even took me for a stroll through the garden when she was there! Have a look at the pictures - it was great fun!

Aunty Lisa and me having fun!

Strolling around the garden!

At Christmas time Santa came around and he even brought some presents for me! The wrapping paper was no problem for me at all - it was gone in no time and I got some delicious treats!

Marilyn and me!

Am I a good boy, Santa?

I am waiting for my presents!

Got my present - yippie!

I also met my cousins Jake and Zak, two border collies! Jake is a grumpy old boy so he didn't like me much. But Zak - after some hesitation the first couple of days - realised that all I wanted to do was play! And so, we ended up playing like we had been the best of friends forever! We even posed for a picture together!

Zak and me!

A Walk in the Park... with Casey!

Hi everybody! Well, looks like I am being slack with updating my blog, but I tell you what; December has been such a busy and exciting month! It all started off early December when Karen and Eric took me to a nearby reserve to meet up with my friend Casey from puppy class! Jeez, he had grown a lot as well since I saw him the last time! Together with his family we walked through the park and Casey and I had the best fun - chasing each other and even trying our paws at having a swim - well, we didn't get any further than feeling how cold the water was! I am still not a good swimmer! The park was great though and hope that Karen and Eric will take me there in the future as well - it was so great to catch up with Casey!