Farm Life!

Hello all - I have been off on my travels as I took to my country retreat for a couple of weeks so I am sorry for the lack of contact. Sometimes a Staffi has had enough of the hustle and bustle of London life and needs to take some time out, so to the Farm in Lincolnshire I went. I have been lazing by a roaring fire, chasing pheasants hanging out with the geriatric Merlin who is my other friend. He is a lovely laid back Black Labrador he is so laid back I don't think I have ever heard him bark that would require a little bit too much energy on a pointless task!

Anyway I have been putting my funky mutts collar through it paces I have been swimming in the dyke and rolling in every cow pat I can find and I have to said that it is still looking great in fact it still looks positively new although it has had to have a wash!

Since arriving back in London there is much excitement in the Funky Mutts camp as we have some new Liberty Print Fabric ranges to launch after Christmas including some rather attractive dog coats and the cat collars are well into production and will be added to the website in the new year, so why not visit http://www.funkymutts.com/ to have a look. The most exciting of all is that the lovely Alex from Pet Portraits is doing one of her beautiful oil paintings of me and I can't wait to see it do have a look at her website to see samples of her work and soon my own portrait will be on the website I can't wait to see it http://www.petportraitsbyalex.co.uk/index.html

Well I am going to unpack now I have to say the diet back on the farm is not really up to much so I am off now to tuck into my free range chicken and wild rice, yum!

Keep Wagging,

Bailey

P.S It is nice to see Evie I have missed her naughty antics.

On Location - Photo Shoot Funky Mutts Style

Well I have dared to leave the safety of my den (bed under my owner's desk!) to just give you a quick update. It feels like I have been living in a war zone recently with bangs and sizzles outside I really don't much like it I have to say in fact I have been dreading the nighttime. Anyway we seem to have had two quiet nights now so I am feeling much happier and even managed to venture into the kitchen last night to have a little bit of my male owners steak!

The Funky Mutts photo shoot started badly Evie woke up in the night with an unfortunate feeling in her tummy and had to wake up her owner to go out in the garden. Seems she had eaten something rather unpleasant in the park the day before which had given her a terrible sickness and diarrhea warranting a trip to the V E T and a course of antibiotics. She is feeling better now but had to miss the photo shoot. Following on from this piece of bad news the heavens opened and started to rain so on a dreary grey and rainy day we loaded up the car and made our way to Kennington. I was far from impressed to be expected to stand outside modelling a lot of Funky Mutts collars in the freezing cold and barked my disapproval which Katy did not seem to appreciate. After I had modelled all the collars I was bundled in the car and driven home, as yes I could hardly believe my eyes there she was Mabel tottering up to the photoshoot! (although I have to admit that she is very pretty in a Jack Russell kind of way) I had to give her a growl of disapproval.

All in all the day was not as much fun as the earlier summer photo shoot (mainly because I didn't have Evie to play with), I don't know how Naomi, Kate and Claudia do it! But Katy got some really great shots including one of the new coffee bean ethical fabric which have been loaded on to the new look Funky Mutts website http://www.funkymutts.co.uk/ and pictured above.

Well going out now for my tiddles catch you all soon and don't forget to keep wagging!

Bailey

PS I am keeping my eye on that naughty Evie but she does keep disappearing into hedges and coming out licking her lips, you really thought that she would have learnt her lesson!

Evie's News

I just thought that I would let Bailey and anyone else who is interested know that I have now had a bath! My morning walk in Dulwich Park in the pouring rain and an extra amount of rolling in fox poo had just proved too much for my owner and she forced me into the bath! It was not the most pleasant experience but apparently I am lovely and clean and smell of roses!

I had a new friend to walk with this morning - a young border terrier called Rock. He seemed very nice and was quite a handsome fellow if not a little hairy. I would have preferred my usual walk with Bailey when we do exactly the same thing every day but it was quite fun even though she was not there. I could see him eyeing up my Funky Mutts collar and he was clearly very taken with it and I think a bit jealous. I think he was quite taken with me too as he often stopped to give my face a lick - obviously he did not find my Parfum De Fox off putting.

As I glanced around the park this morning at all the other dogs I realised that when Bailey and I strut around the park with our shiny coats and our fabulous Funky Mutt collars on we really do look quite the glamorous Staffie pair! Dogs and humans are always stopping to admire us and I have to say I rather love the attention. I think that Bailey and I are the perfect couple!

Am just off to meet my best friend now for a quick walk before coming home and have my dinner in front of Strictly......

What a day, Bailey has said that she has taken cover as she heard a dreaded firework but will be blogging tomorrow to let you know about the new Funky Mutts website.

Yawn, Squeak

Evie

Crunching Autumn Leaves

I am a very Funky Staffordshire Bull Terrier living in South London. I wanted to write about the fun and frolics I have in the park with Evie my fellow Staffie, she is a bit smaller than me and generally smells like a fox poo, but she is my only friend in London as I don't really like dogs much, I find them a little irritating there obsession with sticking their cold wet noses up my bum and bouncing around in front of me incredibly annoying, basically I think I am human and I have been told on occasion by the waggy tailed Evie that I am a bit of a grumpy old stick in the mud! As the nights draw in this is a time for a Staffie to contemplate those winter nights of curling up by the fire and braving the cold weather. Evie is looking forward to yorkshire puddings and I am hoping to get a little roast beef although I am on a diet with the Vet saying I need to lose a whole 2 kgs, diet starts after Christmas, well come on! a Staffie has to dream! My human owner has starting behaving in a strange manner, recently she spends her evening instead of watching Emerdale and Eastenders chugging away on her sewing machine, making floral dog collars which she then makes me model ,you can see some more pictures of me and Evie on her website http://www.funkymutts.co.uk/ . Not only do I have to walk around the park wearing a flowery collar (apparently this makes me look more feminine and friendly) but she insists on wearing a headband to match my street cred as top dog in the park is teetering on the edge! Anyway I will be reporting in on a regular basis on naughty Evie’s ball pinching antics and who I have fallen out with as well as an update on my owners odd behaviour. I have to sign off now as I am being called over to the sewing machine to test out a rather pretty looking paisley print! Keep wagging! Bailey

Funky Mutts Photo Shoot

Just checking in to let you all know the news, no not that Evie is having a bath! although I certainly hope she does before Saturday, because that is when we are having the Funky Mutts photo shoot booked with the very talented Katy.

Evie and Mabel will be there and the beautiful Kate to model the Hairbands (pictured with the annoyingly cute Mabel above, Kate is the owner of Bone Rangers http://www.bonerangers.com/ London's most fashionable dog walking service).

I am trying to muster some excitement about being paraded around the park in Funky Mutts latest designs (I have looked in the bag and there are quite a lot) but as yet have not quite got as excited as my strange owner! Anyway I will be reporting in after Saturday (most relived it is all over!) to fill you in on the shenanigans, if I attacked anyone, if in fact Evie did have a bath for the occasion and to confirm if Mabel really is the cutest Jack Russell on the block!

Keep Wagging!

Bailey

Hyde Park in the Rain

Waking up this morning I thought it was going to be like any other Sunday morning, meet Evie buy the Sunday papers, have a mid morning snooze the usual hard day! Anyway, my owner started behaving strangely (nothing new!) she presented me with a lovely new collar (Alice off the funky mutts website http://www.funkymutts.co.uk/) and matching lead and when we got in the car and we went a completely different direction. My heart sank two weeks ago a similar Sunday pouring with rain and generally grim we drove about 20 miles out of London to meet up with loads of other dogs (my worst nightmare) I was trapped in a marque with a greyhound trying its best to get its cold wet nose near my bottom, excuse me! then we had to walk miles in the rain around a woods, on the lead (boring!). Apparently, afterwards we paid some money turns out it was a sponsored walk for the Dogs Trust. It certainly got the tongues wagging back in my local park and a few strange looks after.

Anyway, I digress we didn't drive out of London we drove into central London to Hyde Park, rather nice really not too many dogs and the ones I did see seemed a rather stylish bunch especially the French Bulldog in his red devil hoodie! Only a few irritating puppies and loads of squirrels to chase the only things missing was Evie. We met up with a group and did a 7km walk which was a bit too far for my little legs so as soon as I have finished this I am retiring to my bed for a well deserved sleep.

Please don't disturb (until at least the morning)!

Keep Wagging,

Bailey

Keep your eye on the Funky Mutts shop I heard my owner discussing the latest colours in the ethical coffee bean print and they really do sound the ticket, yawn, Zzz