Senior moment...?

Despite Jasper being 12 years old, he still has moments of puppy mischief. A couple of months ago, it was pouring down with rain and he asked to go outside for a widdle. He was let out, and then soon after he did his good boy single “Woof” at the door to be let back in. The door was opened for him, but no sign of him.

 It was still pouring with rain, so we wondered if he was sheltering somewhere.

Nope.

Maybe he hadn’t finished so had run off again, so we shut the door again.

“WOOF!”

The door was opened again. No sign of him.

Then suddenly we caught a little flash of a cheeky face from behind the wheelie bin, and as soon as we spotted him he ducked back behind it again!

We told him the game was up, and he was to come in now. Nope, no movement at all!

He eventually reluctantly came in, but it left me baffled. He hates water, there was no shelter on that side of the bin, so what was going through his daft little donut mind?! Maybe just pranking us is enough motivation for a cute and mischievous senior cocker spaniel!

Rude awakening

You know when your dog is tired, but like a stubborn little toddler, they refuse to give in to sleep? 

Well Jasper was having that situation last week as he sat up, “alert” on the sofa. 

I was watching him as his eyelids kept getting heavy, then he’d sit bolt upright again with a quick look around to see if anyone saw him. This went on for some time, until tiredness took over completely and his body slumped on the sofa...

 Unfortunately, he was keeping his squeaky cracker toy close by his side, and that was what his chin landed on. With a massive “SQUEAK!” he leapt into the air (this time I’m pretty sure the cartoon isn’t an exaggeration), then off the sofa, to stand at a safe distance to turn back and glare at where the offending noise came from. It was like a good hit of caffeine, as he didn’t seem tired after that.

Behind the Scenes: Part 1

PART 1
To start my “Behind the scenes” series of posts, I’m taking you back to where my cartooning all began, when I was a little sprog…😜

I grew up in a very close family with my Mum, Dad and sister who is a year older than me. My Dad was really good at drawing cartoons (still is, but he denies it 😉 ), and one that I specifically remember was for our infants school fete. He drew his own character,- a huge white elephant for the fete’s white elephant stall, and I remember proudly telling anyone and everyone who would listen that “My Dad drew that, he did!”

I showed an interest in joining in, and so he showed me how to start by trying to copy other cartoons first to get a feel for it. In our case, it was nearly always Disney cartoons and we both loved the roundness and cuteness of the animals especially.
With some relief, I didn’t save my sorry attempts, but I had my Dad’s versions up on my wall for years, hence why they’re a little age-worn now…

(Pictures by Pops Scott, full copyright and acknowledgements to Walt Disney)...

Click HERE for Part 2....