Wake me up when September ends

Wednesday comes after Tuesday.

Usually anyway.

Which means these pictures must have been taken on Wednesday.

Not this Wednesday,nor last Wednesday.

These pictures were taken on another Wednesday entirely.

At least we think they were.

They don't have cars like this in the park on Tuesdays.

We have never seen a car like this in the park on a Thursday either.

We have never seen the Lake Ness Monster on a Friday.

Taffy has never been known to swim on a Saturday.

Come to think of it,Taffy has never been known to swim.

Diesel and Jake never play rugby on The Lord's day.

It is entirely unheard of for Diesel to take a penalty kick on a Sunday.

He obviously missed that one.

He always misses on Wednesdays.

A naked welsh streaker interrupted play.

That rules out Monday.

A Pomeranian girl stripped off in the stands.

It must be Wednesday.

A couple of girls joined the boys in the bath after the game.

But they were both dogs.

Taffy demonstrated the art of not swimming.

He still got wet though.

The boys had a few drinks in a rock club after the game.

Diesel and Jake were headbanging to AC:DC.

Then the moshing started.

The boys jumped around to House of Pain.

Before long Jake was legless.

He needed somebody to lean on.

The youngsters can't hold their ale like Dylan.

They've not got his balls.

Diesel looked the worse for wear.

Dylan was still trying his best to impress the ladies.

The doormen soon told them to go home.

Diesel couldn't remember where home was.

He spent ages waiting for a taxi.

Then decided to walk.

Diesel tried to chat up some pussy he met in the street.

But the cat got his tongue.

Don't fear the reaper

"Love of two is one,

Here but now they're gone,

Came the last night of sadness,

And it was clear he couldn't go on,

Then the door was open and the wind appeared,

The candles blew and then disappeared,

The curtains flew and then he appeared,

Saying don't be afraid.

Come on Ollie... And he had no fear,

And he ran to him... Then they started to fly,

They looked backward and said goodbye,

He had become like they are,

He had taken his hand,

He had become like they are.

Come on Ollie...don't fear the reaper."

Diesel and Oliver have been best friends since the moment they met.

They have both had issues with other dogs but never with eachother.

All they ever did together was run and play.

Diesel has a lot of friends but Ollie was his best friend.

They both lived next to the park and would have been best friends for the rest of their lives.

Yesterday they played in the park for the last time.

Oliver died last night.

He had a heart attack.

He was two years old.

These are the unedited pictures from their last walk.

On a cold Friday Diesel met Sally in the park.

Sally was with Lilly as usual.

Then they were joined by Diesel's best friend Oliver.

Diesel and Oliver played like they always had.

Oliver was much easier to see in the dark than Diesel.

Mysterious lights appeared in the park.

It was Fudge with his illuminated collar.

The boys got down to business.

Sally joined in too.

When the boys play,Sally likes to referee.

Lilly disappeared for a while.

Fudge doesn't often stand still.

He is like a grey torpedo coming out of the darkness.

Except when Anthony takes a picture of course.

Oliver doesn't look too good in this picture.

Ollie went back to doing what he and Diesel liked best.

They might not look very energetic but it was only possible to take pictures of the boys when they stopped for a few seconds.

Diesel and Oliver have a break for treats.

Fudge,stands still again,briefly.

Oliver always looked like a very fit and healthy boy.

He always gave Diesel a run for his money.

Oliver didn't like other dogs when he was on the lead.

But he was very good with Diesel.

This is the last we will ever see of Ollie.

Diesel and Anthony will miss him a lot.

Hello Alex and Ben!

Diesel,Rosie and Dylan would like to say hello to Alex and Ben who they met near Halebarns today,they hope they remembered your names correctly too!

There will be a full blog entry on this page when time permits.

My doggy from Tokyo

Tuesday was warm and sunny.

Lilly,Sally,Taffy,Jake and Dylan were already in the park when Diesel arrived.

A very large Japanese akita was also there without it's owner.

This is the same dog Diesel had met previously.

The one Diesel had told off when it had come too close to him.

Today it wisely stayed away from Diesel.

It also stayed away from the other dogs who were big enough or old enough to tell it where to go.

However it did take an unwelcome interest in young Taffy.

He did his best to tell it to leave him alone,whilst also doing his best to run away.

Being stalked was too much even for gentle Taffy who had never been seen to bark in anger before.

A fight with an ownerless akita was an unsavoury prospect.

As everyone had their hands full with their own dogs,Anthony decided to take Diesel away and find help.

Soon the park rangers were there and the dog warden was on his way.

Taffy's owner Ron bravely seized the akita which turned out to be rather less fearsome than it looked.

In fact it was very friendly.

The akita's owner reportedly had left it in the park earlier and had already been called to get it once.

When it refused to go with him he left it a second time.

When the rangers took control of it,they borrowed Dylan's lead.

It did not want to go anywhere with them either.

It took them quite some time to take it away to the dog warden.

Who knows what happened to the akita after that.

With the drama over,the dogs cooled off in the lake.

Sally and Lilly like to paddle but don't swim much.

Jake and Diesel have their own way to dry off after a swim.

Dylan and Jake left Diesel a ball to play with.

Diesel doesn't usually like balls.

But he does like balls which squeak.

He spent a long time playing with this one.

He just kept squeaking it.

When he wasn't fetching it.

Diesel uses his paws almost like hands.

On the way home Diesel practiced his squirrel chasing.

Fortunately he never catches them.

Unfortunately he lost the sqeaky ball whilst chasing this one.