tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38079238728447876462012-02-16T09:19:44.035ZThe musings of a Wire Fox TerrierJackson's J1 and J2http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378062801581796919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807923872844787646.post-78019548007889703172011-05-10T01:00:00.001+01:002011-05-10T01:00:04.400+01:00

A year ago today Jackson passed away, so very peacefully. I think of him often and J2 and I both miss him dearly. We would like to thank you, his blog readers and pals, for all your kind thoughts, messages and gifts, they really did mean a lot to us. We were touched that the musings of a small grumpy dog were enjoyed by so many.I wanted to end Jackson's blog on a positive note. Many of you

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One of the last photos of Jackson, taken by Diane at the recent Fox Terrier Fun WalkIt is with a very heavy heart that I have to tell you that Jackson died peacefully in his sleep last night. When I woke early this morning he was still warm but already gone.As many of you already know, he battled against many health issues during the (almost) 6 years we had with him, including degenerative disc

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Every day is a good day when you're a terrier, right? There are always new dogs to bark at, humans to ignore, smells to sniff, things to be grumpy about...But I just knew that Good Friday was going to be an extra special day because J1 was tidying up, which let's be honest, doesn't happen often around here.I had no idea what was in store until a car rolled up outside and J1 took me to the front

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I know that many of you have already heard on the wire that I've been a bit under the weather recently. It seems I had a mild stroke and temporarily lost the use of my back legs. The world went a bit lop-sided for a while but never fear, I'm on the mend now!Thanks to all my pals, old and new, for your good wishes and messages of support. I hope to be able to visit all your blogs soon, but until

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Heard about the new graphic novel that features a Wire Fox Terrier? It's called "Walking the Dog" by British illustrator David Hughes and stars his WFT Dexter.Some of you may have already read about it cos J1 and her previous WFT, Watson, are mentioned in it and she's been blabbing about it all over the place. Take a look at her Forever Foxed blog to read more.Anyway, the book is strictly for

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Some of you may have already read on my wirey pal Eric's blog that the pair of us were going to be featured in the February 2010 issue of the UK magazine, Your Dog. Well, it's finally out and we are included in a 6 page breed feature about Wire Fox Terriers.I was dismayed to discover that J1 has muscled into MY photo and is mugging away. I have blanked out her face to spare you all the horror and

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Merry Kissmas pals!Even though I didn't participate in the Dogs with Blogs Christmas Card Exchange this year some of you were still kind enough to send me a card which is rather pawsome. Thank you!Wishing you all the best Christmas, with treats and toys and good times galore in the year ahead.

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On Saturday I got to meet some pals old and new for the 2nd Fox Terrier Fun Walk in Brighton. These included Sally & Paddy and their new foster friend, Douglas and my good pal, Blue who was acting as official photographer. I slipped her a fiver beforehand to make sure she only got my good side, what do you think, was it worth the money?We also had a handful of handsome Welsh Terriers along, plus

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...and anyone else wishing to attend a "meet and greet" with me, hehehe!My pals Sally and Paddy and I are organising a Fox Terrier Fun Walk to be held at 11.00 on Saturday 10th October, Undercliff Walk, Brighton.Please visit Fox Terrier Rescue for more information and to register interest.Pawtographs will be available on request.

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Yup, it's been five years since I moved in with the Js and we also decided to use this date to celebrate my birthday. Happy Barkday to me!Here I am sporting my new bandana-thingy made by the lovely Brenda, with the assistance of her 2 wirey pals, Alle and Jack.We've had our ups and downs over the past few years but on the whole, by and large, all things considered the Js aren't too bad (for

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I've decided that being wheeled about is great, I'd highly recommend it. Why waste potential toy-destroying energy on walking when you can get your human slaves to push you around like royalty?And you can bark at other dogs without them being able to get at you, hehehe!

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Look at my red beard. Guess what I had for my tea...Sorry pals. I know it's been an age since my last post and some of you have been concerned about me. The truth is, I've been really slowing down and the Js have been trying to find out if it's old age (hey, I'm still in my prime!) or something else.After lots of vet visits and stuff it seems I have an extremely rare neuromuscular disorder

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What do you call a bunch of 15 Fox Terriers? Or was it 16? J1 lost count. Is it a Bark of Terriers? We certainly were noisy at times.Today was the first Fox Terrier Fun Walk in Stanmer Park, Brighton and I finally got to meet my blogging pals, Sally and Paddy and made several new friends. It was a pleasant sunny day and we had a lovely stroll through the countryside, stopping for photo

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Hey pals, some of you know that I've been back and forth at the vet again this week. I've been a bit under the weather and the vets are trying to figure it all out. I like to keep them on their toes. I've had the usual poking and prodding tests and on Thursday I had chest and bladder x-rays again. Trouble is, they were "inconclusive" so have been sent off to the specialists. I'll keep you posted

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...and anyone else wishing to attend a "meet and greet" with me, hehehe!My new pal Sally is organising a Fox Terrier Fun Walk to be held at 11.00 on Sunday 19th April, Stanmer Park, Brighton.Please visit Fox Terrier Rescue for more information and to register interest.Pawtographs will be available on request.

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Today marks my second blogoversary, woo hoo! Can you believe that I've been blogging for two whole years? I think that if it's at all possible, I've even grown a tad more handsome during this time, what do you think?A great big Jackson-sized thank you to all my lovely pals for your continued visits and comments. Here's to the next year and may it be filled with good times galore for all of us!

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Listen up pals, there's another Foxy Lady on the blogging scene. Her name is Sally and she lives in the UK. Like me, she was rehomed by Fox Terrier Rescue and you can read her story here (scroll down past me).Please visit her blog to bark hello and remember to tell her I sent you.Paws off, I saw her first.

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I was a bit grumpy this morning when I awoke to be faced with a garden full of snow. It's the thickest snow we've had in the South East of the UK for YEARS! As you know, I like my home comforts and I certainly didn't appreciate getting snow clumps stuck to my legs. The only good thing about today was that everything ground to a halt and people were all cheerful and stuff. There were no buses or

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At last, fame and fortune await! No, I haven't been signed up for the new Tintin film (Steven, I'm still available and waiting for your call!). But I AM the star of J1's latest Forever Foxed card:I know this seems like yet another shameless plug but I was so excited to see my handsome old self on the card! You can read more about it here on J1's boring blog if you like, but don't feel obliged or

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Hey pals, I know that some of you may have been wondering what I've been up to these past few weeks. Well, J1 bought me 2 new cuz toys, a medium and a large, and so I've been mostly eating, sorry, playing with them. J1 sawed the feet off them before she gave them to me to make the challenge of destroying them rather more difficult.Here's a quick video of me taken this morning. I got rather wet on

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Hey pals, was Santa Paws generous to you? Did you find goodies in your Christmas stocking or a lump of coal? I received my usual tasty biscuit from the Dog Dog's Bakery, along with some pawsome treats from Eric and non-blogging pals, Pumpkin and the Woodingdean Terrors. Thanks so much, they were all very tasty. A Substanial Wire like me has got to keep his strength up!I spent Christmas day with

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I always thought J1 was a bit of a twit. My suspicions are now confirmed as she has signed up for Twitter. Yet another distraction to keep her away from updating my blog. You can tweet to her here, if you like. She's already following a few of you, but not in a creepy way, (or so she says!), hehehe...

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I had to go back to the hospital last week for them to look at my eyes. Yawn. The cataracts in my left eye are very pronounced. That sort of explains why I keep walking into things. My right eye is doing OK though. The ophthalmologist had lots of spooky equipment and kept turning the lights out to look into my eyes with ginormous goggley things and bright lights, but I didn't mind cos I'm used to

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J1 was out all Sunday afternoon, and I have only just learned that she was in London gallivanting with my pals Blue and Molly & Taffy and lots of Welsh Terriers. She went along to a WELTAF (Welsh Terriers & Friends) walk through Hyde Park, Green Park and St James Park. She forgot to take her camera along (probably because she felt guilty about not taking me) but you can see lots of photos on

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Can't get enough of handsome Jackson? Never fear, J1 has opened a Flickr account to collect together her favourite photos of me. About time too, I hear you say.Admittedly, you've probably seen a lot of the photos before on this blog, but hey, even if I DO say so myself, I look preeeetttty goooooood!Click here to sneak a peek.One of my pawsonal favourites...

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Yay, the thing on my tail has been confirmed as a fatty lump. Actually I prefer the proper medical term, lipoma. Somehow sounds more dignified, don't you think? Anyway, it's going to stay there unless it gets any bigger or explodes (unlikely!). Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been blogging much recently. This is simply not acceptable so I decided to teach J1, my typist, a lesson. Last

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Last week I spent a really boring day at the local vet while they poked and prodded me. They x-rayed my chest to see if the tumour had tried to sneak back, and they also x-rayed my abdomen to check for those horrid kidney stones. Do you want to hear some good news??? They didn't find anything. Nada, Rien, Nuffink! The x-rays were then sent to the specialist hospital for them to check too and

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J1 has started her own Forever Foxed blog. What's the big idea? She already knows that it won't get anywhere near as many visitors as mine so I don't know why she's bothering. Ho hum, sometimes you just have to humour the humans, I guess. You can take a look if you really must but please don't encourage her too much. Her real job is waiting on me hand and paw and being my typist. That shouldn't

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Do any of you have memory foam beds? J1 has been toying with the idea of buying one for me for ages to help with my neck problems.. After hours of painstaking research she finally chose this one made by Orvis... it's even got my name embroidered on it!Whilst it's not quite as stylish as my lovely Cath Kidston bed... ...or as cosy as my terrier tunnel...it certainly is sooperdooper comfy. J1

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OK pals, I need your help. As most of you know, I was rehomed with the Js by Fox Terrier Rescue here in the UK. They do lots of wonderful work helping both smooth and wire FTs but they don't get ANY funding so they totally rely on the goodwill of their supporters. Every once in a while they have to help a very special dog who needs a bit more TLC.Photo courtesy of Fox Terrier RescueThis is Paddy

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I know, I know, it's been an AGE since I blogged. Did you miss me?The Js and I have been caught up in all my medical stuff and it was getting kinda dull so I thought I'd wait until I was feeling a little bit perkier. Still having my regular vet trips but I think I'm finally over the worst. And I had a haircut today so I thought you might like to see me looking handsome-ish again. Still a bit

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The veterinary hospital like me SO much that they wanted to see me again today. Apparently I'm not recovering as quickly as I should be, so they wanted to poke and prod me a bit more and steal some more blood and peemail. Results back next week...Other news: I have a skin infection which can't be treated as usual by steroids because of the other medication I'm currently taking for pain relief.

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Watering the tomato and chilli plantsHere is yet more lovely barkday and get well stuff. I know that lots of you put cards and messages on your blogs about me so I'm really sorry if I've missed anyone out here:From Rocky, Bear and Angel Lacylulu: From Koobuss: From Georgeous:George very kindly asked if he could buy me a birthday gift, but instead I asked him to make a donation to his favourite

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Hey pals, Here I am in all my nekkidness. Yes, I'm sporting a rather strange hairdo at the moment. Can't see it catching on, can you? Those vet nurses seem to have run amok with the clippers. Can you see my staples? I've got 21 of them, yep, count em! J2 refuses to look cos he's a bit squeamish, hehehe, what a wimp!Now onto the important birthday stuff. I was delighted with the birthday flyover,

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Yea, I'm finally back home! I can't tell you how good it feels to be back in my own bed. I didn't want the pawparazzi taking pix today as I'm a little tired and my hair is a bit askew. Hope you can wait until tomorrow...Let me start with the science stuff first. I found out today that my tumour was a low grade pulmonary bronchiolo-alveolar adenocarcinoma. That's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it?

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Jackson is doing well and is now out of intensive care. He will almost certainly be allowed home on Friday afternoon.We're putting his proper birthday celebrations on hold until he's well enough to enjoy them fully but we do hope you'll drop by his blog on Friday to wish him a Happy Barkday!The Jsxxx

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Hey pals, Barksdale and Stringer here. Are you ready for some good news? Yes, that's right, Jackson's surgery went well; the surgeon removed the tumour and the back lobe of his left lung. We're not out of the woods yet as he's still in intensive care and the next few hours are critical. But we're sooooooooo relieved that the surgery is over that we are doing a jig here, as our pal Axel would say.

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Today has been a very difficult day for us all. We have been anxiously waiting for the vet to ring with my CAT Scan results.The scan showed that the mass is a solitary tumour and it doesn't seem to have affected the nearest lymph nodes, which is good news. This means it is operable so I will go into hospital on Monday and have surgery to remove it on Tuesday morning, all being well.We are very

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Have any of you or your humans had a CAT Scan? I used to think that cats were somehow involved in the process and was quite looking forward to it. My NOMS (Not of my Species) pal, a ginger cat called Miss Peach, even volunteered to do it for me!Now I realise that the scanner is a big machine which works a bit like an x-ray and takes many pictures from different angles. These are fed into a

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Ok pals, I'm back and I'm feeling much more like my old self today... The Js and I would like to thank each and every one of you for all your posts, comments and emails. We've been overwhelmed by the positive responses from old friends and new. All power to the paw, we're going to fight this! The Js were absolutely delighted to receive a beautiful bunch of sunflowers from our special pals at Dogs

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It is with a heavy heart that we have to tell you that x-rays revealed Jackson has a large mass in his chest, most likely a tumour. He will have a CAT scan next Wednesday which will show whether the lesion is solitary or has spread elsewhere. It may be operable, but we won't know for certain until then.Jackson will be coming home later today to rest after his latest bout of tests.Thank you so

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Magnified calcium oxalate crystalsSome of the test results from last week are back and have confirmed the presence of calcium oxalate crystals in my urine. These can be quite painful and may go towards explaining my general lethargy. The other results are inconclusive which means I have to go back to the specialist veterinary hospital tomorrow for even more tests. One of the first things they

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Shhh! Jackson's asleep in the bedroom and we're guarding the door to stop anyone disturbing him.Some of you already know that Jackson has been back and forth to the vet again this week. We weren't going to blog about it until we had some definite news, but since so many of you have been asking about him we thought we should fill you in.Jackson has been feeling a bit weary recently. The Js and us

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Salut mes potes!Je voudrais vous présenter mon nouveau copain, Snoopy. C'est une Fox-terrier d'une année habitant en Belgique. Elle vivait en premier dans une famille anglaise qui a habité en France mais Ils ont dû retourner en Angleterre et n'ont pas pris Snoopy avec eux. Ils ont rendu Snoopy à son éleveur pour lui trouver une nouvelle maison. Sa photo a été éditée sur le Forum Fox-Terriers.

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Today I got a new summer hairdo. Do you like it? I think it's a little too severe but the Js prefer me with a short back and sides cos then I'm easier to clean. Hrumph.On a brighter note, I just got a pawsome new bed. It's made by Cath Kidston and features illustrations of Stanley, her Lakeland Terrier. It's lovely and comfy but it'll be even better when it's covered in crumbs and grass stains.

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My ear is so much better now and I don't have to go back to the horrid vet unless it drops off or something. Thank you for all your good wishes. My speedy recovery is due in part to expert care from the dream nurses team. Asta and Agatha made a lovely stinky garlic potion to ward off any vampires after my encounter with Buffy and I have to wear this garlic necklace for another week or so. It's a

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Do any of you fellow bloggers monitor your blog site traffic? I'm always interested in finding out how people arrive here, particularly if it's not via Dogs with Blogs.I was slightly bemused by a search carried out by someone the other day. You might have to click on the picture to read it:Yes, that's right, the search was "nice gift for a human slaughter". What's that all about then? And do you

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Remember my competition last week on how long it took me to destroy my snax toy? Some of your guesses were very funny. I mean, 10 seconds? Really! Do you think I have teeth like Jaws from the James Bond films or something???Want to know who the lucky winner is?Fanfare of trumpets...It's....Charlie Daniels with his guess of 4 minutes 23 seconds. The ACTUAL time it took me was 4 minutes 12 seconds

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Yesterday I decided to take the Js for a walk down to the beach. On the way we saw a lovely Airedale and I thought I should go over and say hello. I sniffed her undercarriage politely but then she got slightly cross and bit me on the ear! I was quite taken aback and there was LOADS of blood. Luckily we were quite near the vet and so I was rushed straight there for stitches. So that's another scar

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A couple of weeks ago my wirey pal Axel's mum came to the UK. Unfortunately we didn't get to meet up but while she was here she very kindly sent me one of Axel's favourite toys. Yes, I got my paws on a SNAX!Anyway, you know the drill by now. I had a great time playing with the SNAX but then all of a sudden it sort of got ripped. And torn. And slightly eaten.Axel and I thought it would be fun to

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Photo courtesy of the WFTA Calendar 2008* The Js are always calling me silly names like Mr Muddypaws as I am rather a dirt magnet. However, I now have startling new evidence which reveals that I'm not the only soapdodger in this house. Oh no, siree!J1 was truly mortified when her black jacket came back from the dry cleaners with this tag attached to the inside label... Yes, that's right! It says

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My name is Barksdale and this is my pal Stringer. We're the latest knitted additions to the Jackson household...We're far more handsome than the other toys, doncha think? Do you like my rather natty jumper selection? I can also go nekkid (ladies may wish to avert their eyes, hubba hubba!).J1 found me, Barksdale, on the Pet Heaven website. They have also produced a beautiful book for knitting

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I was delighted to discover that my new pal Eric the WFT was going to be sending me gifts as part of the International Goodie Exchange. My parcel arrived last week and it was ram-jammed full of pawsome stuff, all beautifully packaged. J1 had to shut me out of the room to photograph it, cos I wanted it all RIGHT THIS MINUTE!The bonanza box included: 2 x chocolate flavour tennis balls (one has

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I know that some of you have been wondering what's happened to the dog on wheels gang. They've been very quiet recently. Well, I can now reveal that they've been on a secret mission. Oh yes, they've somehow managed to get their ugly mugs on a range of Forever Foxed charity greetings cards and they didn't even ask me or Dunstan!There are four cards featuring Hamilton, Seymour and Barnaby and for

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Guess what? I received an email the other day from Pumpkin, a Lakeland Terrier. Her owner is none other than Sarah from the band Belle & Sebastian, mentioned in my previous post! Now Pumpkin lives in Scotland so we're unlikely to meet in pawson but we can be virtual friends, which is probably better for me, being such a grump. Pumpkin has her own page on Dogster so you can check her out there. In

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Today J1 received a pawsome gift from Buster's mum. It's a CD by Belle & Sebastian called "Dog on Wheels". J1 has actually seen this band live a long time ago, but didn't have the CD, so she was delighted! As for me, well I think you can have enough of a good thing. I preferred it when the dogs on wheels lived in a cupboard and didn't try and take over my blog. Anyway, here's a video of the title

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The other day I received an absolutely pawsome parcel from my pals, Agatha & Archie. I could hardly believe my eyes when I opened it for it contained not one, but TWO cuz toys. I've had cuz-envy for quite some time as I keep reading about them on lots of US dogblogs. You may not know that as well as being treat-deprived here in the UK, we're also cuz-deprived!They also sent a lovely lobster

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I know that some of you have already seen from Blue's blog that she came to visit ME (not J1) on Saturday. Well, you know she just couldn't get enough of her Jackson fix so she came round again today. She bought me some yummy M&S treats and for some reason she even bought J1 some lovely presents too. I don't know why because she was MY guest and I'm sure J1 didn't deserve it! After all, it's not

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Here in the UK us dogs are treat-deprived. OK, we have the usual boring biscuits and stuff, but we don't get anywhere near as much exciting junk as our US pals. I'm always drooling when I read about other dog bloggers and their bully sticks and beef tendons and back straps. Hey, I didn't even know what a back strap was!So J1 ordered me a shedload of stuff from one of the few US websites willing

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Calling all Wire Fox Terriers. Are you tired of people (OK, usually vets) saying "isn't he/she BIG for a fox terrier?" Do you tower head and shoulders over every other WFT that you meet? Is your weight a sensitive subject with your owners? If so, read on...Applications are cordially invited for membership to the Substantial Wires' Club. Sorry, but no tiddler or pipsqueak WFTs under 12kg (26.5lb)

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I'm sure a lot of you already know that my wirey pals Ozzy & Romeo are taking part in the annual Dogswalk Against Cancer in NY on 4th May. If you haven't already donated, please click here and contribute to this very worthwhile cause. They're nearly at their target so please be generous!The creative team over at Mr Doodle's Dog designed a rather splendid "Wirestock" logo for all the wirey walkers

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Remember my spooky black and white photos taken with J1's lomo fisheye camera? (click here to see them again).J1 used a colour film for the next batch...Erm, I don't think she's quite mastered it yet, but any photos with me and Molly in can't be bad!

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Guess what? A photo of me looking rather cuddly won first prize in a competition held by the online store, Waggers, manufacturers of my lovely grey terrier tunnel bed. This was my winning entry:Notice that in the photo I'm sitting inside my Waggers bed. Do you think that this may possibly have helped me to attain this splendid victory? Mmmm.My prize was a gift voucher for £50. And what did we

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I'm back again! The Js managed to break TWO computers in quick succession so I've been incommunicado for what seems like an eternity. Thankfully they now have their original computer back and the IT doctor thinks its fixed, but please cross your paws just in case.Now, it hardly ever snows in my little corner of the UK. On Sunday I was waiting to go out for my morning constitutional and suddenly

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Yep, I'm back. Did you miss me? You betcha! I missed you all so much that it made my ears stand on end! The computer STILL isn't fixed but now we have a temporary replacement. All the posh photo editing stuff is on the broken one, so I'm afraid you'll have to take me au naturel. It's been a funny old week. The Js took advantage of the dead computer and went to Prague for 5 days WITHOUT ME! I

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Listen pals, we're having superdoopercomputerblooper problems at the moment. Our computer was taken away for fixing a couple of weeks ago, but now it's even worse than ever. I think it may be put out to retirement. Anyway, that's why it's been very quiet on the Jackson front recently. I won't really be able to blog again until all the evil viruses are gone and the computer boffins aren't sure

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To celebrate my recent blogoversary, Molly the Irish Terrier and I went for an exciting day trip to West Wittering in West Sussex. The beach is HUGE and there is also a nature reserve nearby. It was a lovely sunny day but it was really cold. Far too cold to go anywhere NEAR the sea, let alone in it. There were lots of other dogs there but they were all nice and friendly, not like me. I found a

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I've got a lovely new shiny red tag for my collar. What do you think the "J" stands for?Jaunty? Jazzy? Jocose? Jolly? Jumpy?Nah, I think I'll just stick to Jackson.

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It's been a year to the day since I started this blog. Happy Blogoversary to me! The very first comment here was left by Butchy & Snickers and soon after joining Dogs with Blogs I got visits and comments from my pals Mackie, Gus, Bogart, Maggie, and the dear departed Oscar.During the past 12 months of blogging I've learnt many important things; Wally taught me how to roach, I've picked up some

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J1's friend T bought her a pawsome Lomo fisheye camera for Christmas. It's not a digital camera so we had to wait for AGES to use up the film and get the prints developed. Also, you can't really use the viewfinder cos the lens cuts across it, so all the shots are trial and error. Our first pictures were in artsy black and white. Some of them are quite scary.

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I know a lot of you dogs love rawhide. I do too, but I don't get it very often. J1 is a bit of a worryguts and I am only allowed to eat it under supervision. She is also very careful about throwing away the smaller pieces so they can't get stuck in my throat. She tells me it's because I don't chew nicely and that I'm a greedy guzzler. Anyway, that doesn't matter now as after what happened last

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One of the most famous WFTs is King Edward VII's dog, Caesar. He was bred by WFT enthusiast the Duchess of Newcastle, sired by Ch Cackler of Notts. He's a scruffy little fella, isn't he?Edward had many dogs, including Bassett Hounds, Clumber Spaniels and Chow-Chows but Caesar was the king's favourite and travelled widely with him, both at home and abroad. Apparently many a country trip was

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Do you collect books? J1 collects cookery books and books on WFTs. I also collect books but as I have rather a low attention span I prefer perusing through photo collections.I was delighted when I received this book for Christmas:In this book Catherine Johnson has collected an assortment of black and white amateur photos of dogs from the turn of the century to the early 1950s. The photos show

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What kind of wild and savage creature could turn this:into this?Who could do such a terrible thing?

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My limerick-writing pal, Karen-Jo has just awarded me the Extraordinary Gold Star Special Award, and I'm deeply touched.This award was created by Storm, The Furry Fighter and is for bloggers who have achieved or done something special. The award celebrates beyond what is ordinary or usual.The rules for accepting this award are: 1) Post the explanation and rules of the award and link back to the

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Here I am modelling my lovely new red coat, made by Snitchybug Dog DesignsSmart eh? It even has an opening in the back so that I can still wear my harness underneath.It's soooooo soft and cozy I don't ever want to take it off!I hope you don't think it's a bit girly, being red and all.

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It all started on Saturday. J2 had gone to watch his football team lose as usual and J1 and I were alone in the house. It was a cold and dark day. Rain lashed at the windows. In order to kill some time before my lunch I decided to follow Butchy & Snickers' recipe for making sweet potato chews. I got my human secretary, J1, to wash the potatoes and slice them into thick wedges. Job done.Then they

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Today J1, J2 & I visited the Chattri on the South Downs. The Chattri (which means umbrella in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu) is a small monument dedicated to the Indian Soldiers who died in the First World War, particularly the 53 Hindu and Sikh soldiers who died in hospitals in Brighton and whose remains were cremated at this spot. The memorial was designed by E C Henriques from Mumbai and the dome

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My pal Stanley the Airedale is hosting the First Ever Gooberstanian Beard Growing Contest. My beard used to be quite full and luxurious, but overenthusiastic combing by J1 has reduced it to a wisp of its former self. That's my excuse anyway.When the contest was first announced in October my beard measured 2 inches. Today I have about 2 hairs that measure 3 inches. Do you think that counts?Do you

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Hope you all had a splendid Christmas! I know I did. I spent the day with my 2 Irish Terrier pals, Molly & Seamus. Molly was having a bit of a bad hair day and didn't want to have her photo taken so here is Seamus lounging in front of the fire:Here's the table before all the eatables and drinkables were brought out:J1 & J2 had rather a strange vegetarian Christmas dinner of Tomato Rassam soup,

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I've never met Andy but he's great at tinkling the ivories! I wonder if he does requests?

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My pals Blue and Suki tagged me to list my favourite Christmas songs. To tell you the truth I'm not inspired. So many of my other blogging pals have already done this tag, so I thought I'd give it a bit of a twist. I thought I'd try and think of my favourite album of all time; my desert island disc, if you will. After careful thought and consideration there was really only one contender:It's the

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As part of my ongoing research programme into indestructible dog toys, I recently heard about the Mega Tuffies Mega Ring. This toy thinks it's pretty tough! It boasts about its 7 rows of stitching and industrial grade nylon webbing, but is it tough enough to withstand a Wire Fox Terrier?Erm, the short answer is no. Another toy ends up in the stuffie graveyard.

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One of my favourite British designers is Cath Kidston. I have one of her stylish red dog beds. She must be pretty nice as she has a Lakeland Terrier called Stanley and he's quite handsome. I like the fact that Stanley often features in her mail order catalogue.Cath Kidston recently held a competition to make a soft toy based on Stanley. The pattern was provided; all you had to do was cut it out

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I know that a lot of you are wondering how I stay this handsome. Well pals, let me tell you that it's hard work. Almost a full time job.I'm up at 5.00 most mornings starting my beauty (shouldn't that be "handsome"?) routine. Now I don't want to give away ALL of my secrets but I thought I'd share one little tip with you. Here goes...For all my moustache needs I use Mr Taylor's Moustache Wax.

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I know that a lot of you are intrigued by my friendship with Miss Peach Jackson the cat. She approached me as a dare a few months ago and asked to be my friend. I thought that was pretty brave, especially considering that she knows I don’t generally like cats, (except to chase!)Anyway, since then we’ve become good pals. You can imagine how delighted I was when I saw that she’d sent me a package!

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Today, 6th December, is St Nicholas Day and my pal Asta is organising a party to celebrate. I'm flying AireRuby to NYC as usual and I think Dunstan the dog on wheels toy is going to accompany me. I'll be meeting lots of my Dogs with Blogs pals and there'll be plenty of eatables and drinkables and merriment in general. I think I'm going to take my violin along too. Any requests? You howl it, and

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I've been invited to a special Victorian tea party by my pal Miss Peach. Yes, I know I'm supposed to hate cats but I think I can make an exception for a very special few, including Miss Peach and Suki. I'm not sure what goodies to take along. I think maybe some cucumber sandwiches and some fancy cakes.Mmmmmmm! Perhaps I should just try a few to check that they're good enough...

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I've been tagged by my new pals Crikit, Sparky and Ginger and Suki the cat and also my human friend Blue to list 8 random facts about myself. Well, here goes:1. I like to rummage in ladies handbags. This seems to be a common WFT trait. Take a look at my pal Axel's blog to see what he found recently on a handbag raid!2. When I visit my pal Molly the Irish Terrier they have to hide all her toys in

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It took me approximately 15 minutes and 41 seconds to destroy my wubba toy. Our time together was short and sweet. It was good while it lasted but like all good things it came to an end. Farewell my wubbery friend. Missing you already!

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Paws up who knows Pappy? I'm sure many of you have already seen the pawsome artwork that his owner Nat does. I noticed on Sunday that Nat was doing a "Will Draw For Links" thing whereby if you have linked to his art blog in return he'll send you a postcard he's drawn. The subject could be anything, from a slice of cake (they seem to eat rather a lot of cake) to a bunch of grapes or a paper

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Finally home again after a week of vet visits and tests and stuff. It's certainly good to be back.[you'll have to excuse me using an old photo, but now I'm even more nekkid and I don't want you to see me not looking my best!]Now onto the results. Apologies in advance as they are rather long and boring with no pictures, but J1 insisted that I tell you all the facts to stop you worrying:Skin: My

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Good news! Pickle's surgery went well and she is expected to return home this weekend.She has to have another operation in February but in the meantime, she's doing fine. Thank you for all your kind messages, they were much appreciated by Pickle and her family.

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