W/C 16th August 2021
Monday 16th August
Well what can I say as usual Dembe’s daddy was on an early shift as he is the majority of Monday’s. I woke up at 7am and Dembe was sleeping beside me. He failed to rise until 8am! He then barked at me demanding his breakfast.
Dembe had a dog walk booked with Happy dogs this morning. As a new dog walker will be taking over from Martin, we were introduced to Luke who we have met before at Obedience training. So it was nice as Dembe knows Luke. Dembe also made the most of the fact that Luke was new-ish and ensure he got a cuddle before jumping into the back of the van.
Martin and Luke were happy to report that Dembe was a very good boy on his walk this morning and no sign of a limp which is fantastic news. We are continuing with Dembe’s medication until the end of the week to ensure that he is fully healed if this is a soft tissue injury.
We played Nudge for hours this afternoon, when we weren’t having lots of cuddles. Dembe was starving and started demanding his dinner at 3pm. I had to hold off as Jay was getting home just after 4pm and I didn’t want Dembe running around on a full tummy as that is a risk for him getting bloat.
Tuesday 17th August
I had a mishap overnight at 3am and Dembe came running into the bathroom all concerned bringing his bunny with him bless him. He was all wide awake for a while after but I managed to convince him that he needed to go back to sleep.
Dembe has decided that he likes eating his breakfast alfresco!
He now will go out and have his breakfast whilst his dad is out there having a smoke. He will also happily eat out there alone if I am in the kitchen.
This afternoon we took Dembe up to the model airfield, we bumped into Sophie from Creature Kind and I got to see her new puppy Demi. She is absolutely gorgeous as is her older sister Cali. Jay found out that Sophie was going to be walking towards Beth who also works at Creature kind, so they walked together. Sophie then asked Beth if she would show Jay where the pond is that the dogs go in on their Wednesday walks.
Dembe had a wonderful time playing with the Tuesday doggies that were out.
Dembe and his daddy were knackered by the time they got back to the car as they had been out for around an hour having met up with Beth and the dogs. Dembe was really happy and shattered. He went straight to sleep in the back of the car.
Dembe slept much of the rest of the day!
Wednesday 18th August
Today Dembe will be back with the Creature Kind crew for the first time in 3 weeks due to Jay’s holiday and then Dembe needing to rest with his poorly leg. Jay is on two late’s one after the other so it is going to be odd for Dembe and me.
Dembe had an absolute ball. Apparently Polo and him were running down the path mouthing each other, to make up for lost time in not seeing each other. They really do adore each other! When Dembe jumped in the van the first thing he did was put his head right up to the bars on Polo’s crate to say hello. He is such a sociable pup he makes friends everywhere but Polo is his best doggy friend.
He was absolutely shattered when he got home and slept for a good 40 minutes to an hour before he started demanding his dinner. When I say he starts demanding his dinner he either sits in from of the fridge and cries or he follows you around crying. I say to him, do you want your dinner and he bolts into the kitchen.
He really wasn't happy with the size of his dinner and wanted more the cheeky monkey. Look at that face!
Thursday 19th August
So today is the second of Jay’s late shifts which is odd as normally we get a normal shift between late nights. As Jay has to sort out the car getting a new tyre and being retested for its annual MOT, we decided to book Dembe in with Happy Dogs today a we have no guarantee that Jay will have enough time to take Dembe out for a proper walk plus the car will be at the garage for a bit.
Martin and Luke from Happy Dogs picked Dembe up at around 9.50am. Dembe decided to give Luke some more cuddles today before getting into the van !
For only the second time since we have had Dembe, Jay got to experience the house without him. He absolutely hated it. Even though Dembe sleeps a lot of the time it was too quiet and the lack of his physical presence could really be felt. Jay went to work before Dembe arrived home at around 12.30pm. Good news that he still has no limp present and that he was a really good boy.
We had a lovely cuddly afternoon together Dembe and I. Jay popped back at 5pm and took him out for a walk.
We went to bed really early and Dembe was fast asleep by 8pm snoring his head off.
Friday 20th August
Dembe’s daddy is on a 9-6 shift today, I have stopped booking Dembe in for walks on a 9-6 shift as he usually is taken out twice before Jay leaves for work and then again at lunchtime. Usually a 9-6 follows a Wednesday late so he is happy to sleep a lot of the day after being run ragged by the Creature Kind crew.
This afternoon he decided to be a bit of a Labratwat and kept climbing up on my lap and grinding his bony elbow into my thighs. I ended up giving him a deer leg to keep him occupied and to give my lap a bit of break!
Hopefully from next week I will no longer have the white background behind posts as I will be writing them directly into blogger rather than using the Dembe Diaries over on Wordpress. Thanks for sticking with us. I can't believe we have used up all the storage!
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