Winston's Birthday Party - All you need is love!

Dear Diary,

I got to go to my first eva party, and like a true party girl it was all about the boys for me! It was for my handsome friend Winston, the french bulldog. His human is some sort of super model, or something and bought us awesome treats. I think I love her! 

Winston was looking so handsome in his bow tie, I just wanted to kiss him and give him a special birthday present, but he's decided his one true love is Milly the pug and I just can't compete with that. After all I have a long noble nose and they've both had some sort of accident at birth and had their noses pushed into their faces. Poor things!

The party was super amazing! Lots and lots of my favourite friends were there. Lovely Frank, who is putty in my paws.

Come over here big boy!

Darling Lady Penny! How can I resist you!

You can't, now kiss me you fool!

Sexy Kaiser who doesn't love me anymore.

Gorgeous Otto, who I have a crush on, but he doesn't reciprocate.

Otto, forget what happened with me and Kaiser!

Run away with me, gorgeous sausage!

With me Otto, run away with me! Not away from me!

Amazing Blue, who is the fasterest dog eva! Even I can't keep up. In fact even super playful Kimba can't keep up!

Kimba's gorgeous older sister Kip was there of course. She even ran round and round after Blue. Lovely Kip is an ex-breeding bitch and until she was adopted by her wonderful human, had a pretty hard life. She used to be very grumpy and scared, but now she likes to play with us because our walks are so fun.

Gorgeous Bob was there, being cute and silly as usual. 

And lovely Meg. She has the biggest paws! Mum says she's going to be huge one day, but right now she's just a good size for playing! And rolling in the mud, good girl.

Don't look guilty Meg! You're supposed to roll in the mud.

Of course lovely old Stan was there. He's a lovely thing. He's not into the jumping around playing like us young pups, but he always finds the best mud and stinkiest dead things. What a legend.

There were lots of other cool dogs there I'd never met before too. There was some that had wooly mohawks and fancy names. And there was loads of others.

But there was also a very special dog called Charlie. My Mum used to volunteer for an organisation called Dog Watch. They rehome abandoned and pound dogs and do amazing work. Sometimes the dogs that end up there have had bad things done to them and they don't know how to be around other dogs or people anymore. The amazing Dog Watch team work really hard to make these dogs better and get them wonderful forever homes. If you want a dog please consider rescuing a dog from here, they are lovely.  Charlie is one of these dogs. She was really shy when she arrived and didn't want to play with us at all. Later she was still quite nervous, but carefully introduced herself to a few of us.

Then in no time she was running happily with us all, tail wagging furiously, jumping about and grinning from ear to ear. Mum got quite choked up watching her having so much fun and Charlie's mum was just amazed. Mum says that our gang is the best for helping dogs remember how much fun being in a pack is and we are great at helping dogs like Kip and Charlie. It's one of the reason's Mum and I started Penny Paws.

After the party was over I got to go home with my favourite human Aurora and play with my new boyfriend. Now I don't want you to judge me, and I hope my hero's Crusoe and Jeffery forgive me. But my new boyfriend is the Special Maine Coon Barry. Our relationship is passionate and tumultuous and if I that black cat I live would let me I'd have the same relationship with him. But he isn't open minded like I am, but I won't stop trying. 

Anyway my secret love has been caught on camera so here it is! I'm proud to say I love both ways! 

*Walking with Pennys and Giants*

Dear Diary,

I've been doing a lot of playing with big dogs lately. Now it seems obvious to me and to Mum that I am in fact a very large dog myself. Just because my body is a bit on the little side doesn't mean I'm a small dog. And I work very hard to ensure that everyone I meet knows how big I am. So it is no surprise to Mum that I love meeting giants.

Last weekend I met three beautiful ladies - all bears. Mum says I mustn't call them that because they are Leonbergers and if I offend them they could sit on me and squash me flat. But these lovely ladies would never do that. I particularly loved playing with little gentle Poppy, she's a little younger than me but is gentle and fun to wrestle. Even better I saw them again today! 

And last night I met a beautiful big St Bernard, appropriately up on the hills. He wasn't carrying any delicious warming drinks around his neck, but he was gorgeous! He wasn't too keen to play though so I found a beautiful bearded collie who wanted to run with me.

Then I met another Penny! 

She was very fast and fun and Mum was particularly taken with her because she looked so much like Mum's dog growing up, Sage. I played with her for a bit before heading off to check for badgers in the forest.

Then today I met another Penny, but this one was small and black like me and ran really really really fast. I had to sit down and wait for her to tire out a bit before I could play!

Fast poodle Penny is fast!

Then this afternoon I got together with my sausagie (and wanna be sausagie) friends to celebrate another giant's successful battle against horrid cancer. My friend in the UK Lottie. 

She is a giant dog, who is doing so much good with her story and I really wished I could get on an aeroplane and fly over to London and celebrate and raise awareness for canine cancer. So instead I got my mates together and we said BUTT OUT CANCER! over here in NZ. Love you Lottie!

Lovely Ruby is a spritely old woman!

And now I'm curled up at home having quiet time with Mum because we both are sending all our love and healing vibes to the most giant dog I know - Winny Woo. Lovely Winny's Mummy Di had some bad news today which you can see on Winny's facebook page. Mum and I having been following Winny's life since she was born. She is an extraordinary girl whose spirit and determination have touched people across the world. She truly is a giant. Some of us are meant to be giants and fill up a much bigger place in the lives of those around us than our physical size would suggest. Winny fills up an enormous amount of space with love, she is a gift. 

 I am a giant too, I came and saved my Mum when she was very sad because she can't have children. She got me instead and is now happier than she's ever been. I'm too modest to talk about it much, but I know that I am a very special dog and that makes me a giant like Lottie and a bit like Winny. Love to you both my special English roses!

Friday *Date Morning*

Dear Diary,

What an awesmazing day it has been today! This morning I went on a date with my gorgeous boyfriend Louie Lord von Houndlinghausen. Being aristocratic and of slightly more years than me (only 56 dog ones!) he appreciates a gentle stroll rather than a full on romp. 

I still love him though and of course greeted him with kisses.

I suspect the other dogs are whispering behind my back that I'm actually a gold digger because of the age difference, but people need to remember that I too am aristocracy and a lady and the only digging I do is when I'm on the hunt for nefarious badgers.

Anyway, Lord Louie really knows how to look after a lady and watches out for me and very discretely leads me into the bushes when there is opportunity. I like that in a man. 

And best of all Louie (as I call him) understands my loving friendly nature and is happy to keep our relationship open so he isn't at all jealous when I go racing around with Cooper or tussling with Mav.

The only issue I had on our walk was my mother! Really she is becoming quite intolerable. Yes it was a hot day. Yes all the big dogs were swimming. Yes I was hot BUT it is NOT necessary to dump me in the spa pool! I don't like swimming. yes I did feel better after, but that is not the point. 

Then even worst we had to go to work! What what what? I haven't had to be in my Penny pen for aaagggeesss. It was so boring! Lucky she made up for it later. We went back out to my favourite park and Mum and I met our first client. His name is Monty and he's 17 weeks old and stupendously cute! 

He's a bit of a shy boy initially, but he's great fun to play with once he gets going! And he's really fast. Mum ended up taking lots of photo's of grass because he's so quick. I'm so looking forward to going walking with him! 

When I got home there was a parcel for me in the mailbox from my wonderful Aunty Donna in Oztraila. She's so awesome! She sent me this super cute pink hoodie. 

I have to admit I'm really a bit of a nudist and don't even like wearing my collar, so I did kinda of put up a fight getting it on. And I did kind of try and get it off me for a while. But I do look amazing in it and Mum says when it's a bit colder I'll really appreciate the extra warmth. Plus it's from an amazing shop called Peter Alexander and he makes the bestest eva Penny things (and has very good taste in both dogs and names). You should all go check out http://www.peteralexander.com.au/shop/en/peteralexander and you too can look as gorgeous and stylish as me! 

I guess we all have to make sacrifices to look good. I wonder if Lord Louie will like me in my new top?