There’s muddy pawprints everywhere
Because of all the flooding…
In spite of doing all I can
I’m always traipsing mud in.
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She says I’m more important
Than her rug or reputation…
I’m glad of that assurance
Given all the devastation…
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She says it’s not my fault
My feet are furry and collect it…
And put a blanket down
Upon my sofa to protect it…
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She says she’s glad we’ve just a rug
And hard floors all the rage…
Not wall to wall Axminster
In a dodgy shade of beige.
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She says her knees are aching
With the scrubbing she’s being doing…
And that, if I’m not careful,
That I too will need shampooing!
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But if she says she’s bathing me
Just ‘cause I brought outside in…
I’ll dig a hole beneath the fence
And find a den to hide in!
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Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Hi Ani. Oh, she’s not threatening shampoo, is she? I love baths, but even I draw the line at that (it’s only the water part I like). What is it with them and that stinky smelling stuff? Why would they want us to smell like flowers? I just don’t get it! Anyway, have fun in the mud and puddles, and I hope she doesn’t make good on her shampoo threat. Lots of licks, Lilie
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She says I’m safe for now, Lilie…she’ll wait till the mud is gone…
So I’m hoping for more rain 😉
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Oh dear. What a mess you brought in, Ani. Still, it’s muddy everywhere these days. I’m glad she doesn’t blame you. I hope you escape the bath!
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She says the bath can wait till the garden is drier… ’cause once is enough for scrubbing the bathroom walls 😉
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Oh, Ani, tell her to wait until spring for a bath. It’s pointless now when the weather is continuing to be so awful. You’ll be wet and muddy again in no time. Then, maybe by spring she’ll have forgotten.
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If she would just take me swimming, I wouldn’t need a bath…but there are only muddy ponds at the moment…
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Quite delightful, Sue! (Not the mud….)” Just give your kind human another one of those melting looks, Ani, and she’ll forgive you (Not as though it’s your fault there’s such a lot of the horrid stuff!)”
“It’s raining yet again, Mum
and I need to do a pee…
You’re lucky you’ve a bathroom
but think of poor ol’ me…
I’ve heard it’s Mother Nature’s fault
for sending so much rain.
Can you send an email, please,
and ask her to refrain?!” xx
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I’m just hoping for lots more rain so I won’t have to have a bath 😉 x
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bath! take cover !
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I do… every time she sys those four-letter words ‘bath’ and ‘ears’… 😉
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Oh I love this. Bless you Ani. 🙂
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❤ 🙂
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Aw no, Ani, nots the baths again. They are mentioning this to me too, a lot too much. Stay out of the bath’s way my friend. much paw love, Dante. xxx
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I’ve convinced her it would be a pointless exercise for a while, I think 😉 xxx
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That darn mud, it gets everywhere. Not too much of it in Spain. I’m trying to avoid a bath as well as they mention I was smelling like a dead seagull. Licks, Dot!
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That sounds a good smell to me, Dot! xxx
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Ani, your two-legged has the patience of a saint! I know she knows you can’t help it, but still. What’s with the flooding – did you get a ton of rain? or Snow? I’m going to look for rubber boots x 4 for you!
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I have had no snow this year at all… just mud, and I would MUCH rather have snow…
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Hey, Ani it’s not your fault!
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I keep telling her that… 😉
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Oh! It’s so muddy, and your too legs is doing her best.
Love those photos of Ani, Ruby is still unwell. She still has the runs though the vomitting seems to has stopped. She is eating and drinking careful ( very unusual for a Labrador). She went nearly 24 hrs eating nothing and hardly drinking either. We are glad she is showing signs of improvement but she is still very lethargic. Fingers crossed she keeps improving 💜💜💜
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Oh bless her, I hope Ruby soon feels better. You must be so worried about her! xx
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We really are , still not much improvement, ringing the Vet tomorrow 💜
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed she feels better by morning xx
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Thank you Sue, it’s very worrying💜
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I can understand that completely, Willow ❤
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Thank you Sue 💜
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Ah, spring is such fun! 😉
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It would be more fun without all the mud at the moment…
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Hardly worth mopping… 😉
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Not at all…but I still feel I have to 😉
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You’d think that mud would be well-mannered enough to not cross the threshold!
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The mud is just accepting Ani’s invitation 😉
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Ani, gotta love ya! 😍
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Well, I do… but not in combination with mud 😉
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I know! 🙂
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What a great poem, Sue. I loved it.
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Thanks, Robbie. Hope you had a great birthday!
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