Here is news about Mildred for everyone from rescue centre!

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Update August 14, 12:07 AM (UTC)

Thank you all from the very bottom of my heart. I am overwhelmed that so many of you read about dear little Mildred and decided to help her have the treatment that she needs. The total raised is £1585 via Paypal and Fundrazr and there have also been some donations dropped off to the shop and some cheques are on route to us as well..This has exceeded the amount we needed to raise of £1500 and any extra will go towards any further treatment Mildred needs following her initial surgery. It is rare for us to ask directly for financial help to treat our Wonky dogs. We usually go out ourselves and raise what ever is needed via car boots, auctions and events but with a number of animals needing expensive surgery at the moment in excess of £8,000 we really felt that we were justified in asking for some support. A very special thank to you all of those who are regular supporters of our work and who have donated and thank you to those new to us who have been as moved by this little dogs plight as we were. I cannot finish without giving an extra special mention to Michael Hervey-Murray and all the Border Terrier posse who have been working like mad today tweeting Midred’s story and helping to get so many donations. You are all total stars and we are more grateful than my words can ever express. What has happened for this little dog in the last few days will never make up for the amount she has suffered but to know that she is surrounded by so much love and good wishes is just fantastic. Better sign off now as my screen has gone all blurry. Eileen Rescue Coordinator

Hi pals! Iz me, Ted!

I haz been arsked to explane to all ov yoos abowt an idea a few of uz haz had. We fort it wud be
gwate to pwoduse a kalendur fer negst year, bein twentee forteen, usin pikchurs that owr hoomin
pawparratzi has tekken.

Thiz way we can injoy all der luffly fotos and ways munny fer gud cawses. We waz finkin to sepawate enny munny into sum fer Tewwier weskew and sum fer BT Wellfayr wot are bowf gud cawses wotlok arfta them of uz wot are not as lukky.

So wot we now needs iz all yer fotos to put into der kalendur. This bit is kwite teknickal so I will hav
to arsk Hoomum to wite it so yor hoomins can mayk shur yoo send wite tipe of fotos. But dusn’t bewurryin az most dijitul fotos will be wite sort ov file n wesolooshun.

We is vewy pleezed that owr gud frend Dirty Hippy Dalek haz offa’d to do desine fer this n we wants to inclood as menny BTs az we can so look out all yor favrits to send. Not shur how dey will be dunbut maybe femed awownd times of yeer like Spwing n Kwismuss or aktivitees wot we do, or wurse,haz dun to uz (lyk bafftime fur egsampul).

Ovver to Mum:

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To finsh the project in time we have a strict deadline to stick too so please make sure all photos are sent by 11 August – last day to send them!

Lately I haz been havin a lot of trubble wiv my hoomum. Az we all know, they iz vewy unpwediktubble n duz all sorts stwanj fings.

A pertickuler pwoblem wiv hoomum iz losin fings. Fer wich I mostly get der blaym. Ok, I duz mayk kerleckshuns of tweshurs wot I discovers wownd der howse, but if fings waz put away den I wudn’t find em.

Ennyway, these fings is kwikly discuvvered by Mum. But she duz lose fings too, speshly keys wot shud be on hook in hall. Then we haz de wunnin wownd like hedless chikin n moanin where is de keys, ovver n ovver. OMD, I hates dis gaym! Most times keys is in frunt dor ennyway.

This is how it mayks me be feelin:

Larst week hoomum did wurst losin evver in my whole lyf! I waz playin after supper vewy happly wen did heer earsplitterin cwy ‘where iz my passinport?’ Then whole howse was wansacked lookin fer dis fing wot to be twuful I still duz not know wot it iz bein.

But az I iz helpful fur n luvs my mum I fort was my dooty to help wiv der lookerin. I waz lookin evrywhere and kept findin fungs I fort mite be wot it waz but there waz not enny gwattytood.
We had vewy littel sleepin that nite I am tellin yoo.

Sins then she haz still been lookin but mor calmly az manidjed to get sum appoyntmunt to get new wun of dese fings, hopeful it iz here before de twip to Houston-we-have-liftoff at end of munf!
We now haz vewy tidy dwawers n cubbards in howse, plus fownd ovver fings but de passinport wemains lost and is wun of missteries of hoomin wurld, must be livin wiv de odd sockers I iz finkin.

Dat is all abowt dis I hopes!

Mum awwanjed a pawsome birfday tweat fer me today – a walk at Cholesbury Common wiv some of my frends frum BT Posse. Mume did not wemeber to tayk fotos wile we waz walkin tho, I dus not know wot to do wiv her sumwtimes. Teddy n his olds plus Freddie n his Dad came. Sadly due to a byke cwash yesterdy, Scrappy cud not come az his Pa waz havin opawayshun to mend his mangulled hand n I iz sendin him healin forts.

We walked acwoss the coomon n frew a churchyard where we saw a gwavestone to a fur frum long ago ‘faithful old Gyp’ by the church gates. Den frew a feeld and part of de old villaj to annuver common where der waz an eldurly BT having a snooter. Den down fru der woods n back to the start but gettin to walk wound part wamparts of an ancient hill fort frum sumfing like the 6th century!

Az iwaz so hot Mum had brung wet towels fer after de walk:

This pub has lovely big garden and iz vewy fur frendly! We had gwate big table fer the hoomins n they seemd to enjoy their noms! Then sum men in stwaw hats came n set up music – they waz appawently a jazz band so we did sum lissening n Teddy n Freddie did sum dancing.

We also intwoduced usselfs to new pub dog wot is baby Rottwhyla called Barney (tho dat is akshully an offishul BT naym weely) we did mayk shur he knew we iz just teeny part of BT Posse wisitin!

I waz also vewy spoilt wiv mor presunts, a lubbly tuugy ball toy frum Teddy, sum Lily Kitchin Brekfust cwunch frum Freddie n Scrappy sent amazin pawcel tied wiv pawpwint wibbun wiv noms n a speshul ball wot givs yoo noms. I iz kwite ovver welmed!

So waz gwate day owt despite de heet of da sun, but uz suvvern BTs can cope wiv dat! We iz weely hopin to go agen dis summer wiv Scrappy n maybe ovver furs if intwested?

Ps Mum ses she will send walk infermashun to ennywun if intwested, there is leeflet wiv all histowical stuff n pub is called Full Moon.

PPs here is linky to video of jazzpaw dancin to musik!http://youtu.be/r67axeiQjYs

I haz been vewy dewelick in my dooties bowt witin bloggy in wecent munfs. There haz been so many amazin fings goin on and Mum haz bin havin diffykult fings to manidge at wurk.

But today pals I iz 8! So this bein most impawtunt day of the year I fort only wite I shud put paw to payper agen. I haz been deturmined this will be a vewy gud burfday indeed and was pleezed to see pwesents pilin up ovver der weekend.

I woke Mum up at 4am az I knew she wud want to sing Happy Burfday as urly as pawsibul. Er, I waz maybe slitely wrong abowt dat. Ennyway, went owtside n saw naybors cat in the gardin so showted at him abowt my burfday but he didn’t sing to me eivver.Pfft!

So wen we got up pwoperly I fownd I had lots of pwesents fer after brekfust. And a pawcel all der way frum Devun frum Rufus da Bond wiv a card! Oh my dog!

Mum had got me a kwilt wiv my naym on wot Archie’s Mum duz mayk and I have been vewy jellus of ovver furs what haz them. Even de horse had bort me a pwesunt – a babble ball! Amazin, did not know he had such gud tayst fer getting gifts! I got noms frum Borris Boxer too.

Mum n I went to dubble chek our speshul walk fer 7th Jooly. We had lubly time and fer furst time in my life I decided I wud twy wolling in sumfing pongy! There was lots to snooter and I fink my pals, Scrappy, Teddy n Freddie will enjoy it.

We also fort we shud chek owt de pub for lunchin. It is gwate, dey is savin uz a tabul fer sunday n if it is wainin we can be inside! Mum sed the fud was vewy nice n home made, I loved the chips I got!

Now I iz home and just had a baff! I dussnt mind this at all but iz only fourf or fiff baff what I haz had in my lyf if you dussnt cownt the wet wipe fings Mum uses wen she can catch me. I don’t fink I can be normul cos I dusn’t weely lyk smellin bad. And postyman brung me anovver pwesent, a most pawsome ducky frum Kipster! Wowzers!

I iz goin to hav a west now cos I haz a twitter pawty at 8pm to pwepare fer and a speshul chikin dinner to nom furst. I iz likin bein 8, I fink I might have anovver 8th burfday negst yeer!

It haz been ravver a perkewleear day tooday. Waz kwite ordinry wen I woke up, I went in gardin for mornin toilet duties n had my brekfust as ushul. Then I cweepd bak to big bed fer some deep finkin time:

Mum waz callin me but I didn’t come down til nine of clock as so much finkin to do. I had my long walk at lunchin time, it waz sunny wen we did leave but wile we waz owt it rained, it hailed n it snowed as well as vewy windy. I was soakered compleetly n fweezin cold. Then did sum sulkin wen I saw my fwends Poppy, Joules, Moley n Rohan were at the game fair near Knawidge. I saw the tweets they waz sendin n it waz sunny n they waz havin sum yummy noms! Lukky pals, I iz glad they did hav such gud time.
Waz time to go to stabuls n I did do a vewy amazin fing wot I haz nevver dun befaw. I was havin kwiet snooter in orse fud room n fownd little mowse under a sak. I fink he was serpwized too n he was wude so I put der bitey on him. Didn’t reely meen to be murderin him but all der hoomins was tellin me I was clevver so I was vewy pwowd! My negst job was to stop de fesants fiting in the feeld so I chased them away.
Then we went fer last walk and it was at leest sunny. We went to common and I nearly cort a skwizzel! Here I iz givin him der stare:

And we went to see Mrs Pig n her piggerlets. I likes them vewy muchly but I iz not allowd to play wiv dem. Mum always callin them bacon sarnies but this not makin much sens to me.

As we carried on owr walk I chased a wabbit under some gorse bushes n wud not come when I waz called. This made Mum kwite cwoss but I was wonderin wot wud happen if I put the bitey on a wabbit. Suddenly I weelised Mum waz neerly bak to the car so I had to wun farst acwoss the common to catcher up, only to come acwoss a moley hill wich I had to digger in of corse!

So it waz a vewy bizzy day espeshuly fer a satsittinday wiv vewy stwanj wevver but a pwowd moment doin mowse murderin.

I iz shur menny ovver BTs hav to suffer blinkin orses in theyr lifs too, not just me. But dis is wot I am finkin bowt blasted cweeturs. Fer start it sez in bweed infermashun that BTs shud be able to follow orse all day. Wot? I iz not followin enny orse enny where let lone all days.That iz just wude.

Mum haz alwayz had dese anifurs, fer weesons I don’t unnerstan. Barty, wot is name of pesky orse we duz hav, iz much older than I iz and alweddy waz there wen I awwived. But I soon weelized I shud be senter of Mum’s egsistuns n he iz just disstwakshun. Plus he iz always wantin stuff wich costs munny I cud use fer impawtunt perchasis like noms n toys. All I hears iz “Barty needs”…new wug, new shoos, the dentist, his saddul checkin or stuffin or somefin. Then fud! Boy, can that fing eet! He is nevver stoppin wiv munchin saks n saks fud,hooj bundulls hay, caruts, appuls, tweats, mints. Here is foto of ugly fing lookin moff eaten ( he iz not stripped but shaved n haz to keep frunt half of fayse furry as iz grate big hed is emptee n gets lot of cold air in)

I duz sometime go wiv him in wuds where there is no woads to go on n I kwite enjoyz it, not cos I am wiv der orse AND I iz definatly not followin beehind of him, but cos we can go farster than wen Mum is twudgin along in wellinton boots!

Fer long time we had littel lowwy fer orse n that wuz gud cos he was shovvered inthe bak wile I wud be in frunt cab wiv Mum helpin ter dwive n cud fergit he wuz even there! It waz gud as we went playces where I cud wotch wot was happenin in warmf of lowwy and ennyway I duz like twavellin vewy muchly. We evven went on holibobs to stay wiv a mad woman in Dorrset’s howse wiv de orse too. She iz vewy nice woman but iz also mad, she haz lots hoomins n orses to stay at her hoam, but only speshul furs like me.

Furst time I went ther was bit of uppset as I fownd small hole in fence of gardin and went aventurin fru it. Ovver side I did find chikkins fer furst time n waz havin splendid time of chaserin them befaw enormus wow, lots bad werds n big twubbles. Lukky mad woman waz not likin naybor n fownd all vewy funny but Mum was cwoss n sed I cudnt come ovver times if I did this. Pfft!

Ennyways, I is digwessin, manely az chasin chikkins is more intwestin than witin bowt orses. I iz finkin dat orses is wun of most stoopid cweeturs wot egsist in wurld. Barty sleeps in stabul n playz all day in nice feeld. So why duz he let Mum tak him owt n mak him cawwy her wownd countweesides? Mum has vewy gud feets n legs of her own, duznt need orse. Big confusment to me.

Gud fing bowt him bein stoopid iz he duznt weelize I carnt stand his fur at enny pwice n wud murders him if I cud. I duz show him dis by bitin him wenevver I get charnce but dusnt seem to hurt him ceptin on hiz fat nose. He haz lurned that if I wants his fud he must giv it to me or I will biter nose which is wun fing at leest. Here I iz bwavely gardin stoopid fing wot iz cowhawdly hidin in stabul az scared of evewyfing, speshly vets.

Wun time Mum deesided to hav fotos taken wiv me to comemwate a big burfday, carn’t tell yoo wich as I dusnt be able to cownt that hi on my paws. We got in lowwy n went to posh fotogwaffy place. It waz all wite indors wiv umbwellas n vewy nice laydy takin fotos of me wiv Mum in bakgwownd. Then, vewy wude! She sez bring in orse! Yes, in MY fotograffy seshun. She takin piktchas of all of uz but I did put on sulkin fayce fer that. He waz spoylin bewtifull fotos of me!

It duz seem I as to put up orse as not goin away, n my plan to sell him didn’t werker owt vewy well. Leest orse is not livin in owse or even in gardin so I can fergit bowt him sum of time. Not like if we did hav catt!

So my simpaffy is wiv all my BT pals like Harrison and Eric who also havs these cweeturs affektin their lifs. Sum hoomins gwows owt of dem so hoap fer Eric, but as Mum alweddy of ainshunt age I iz not so lukky! Pfft!

Yesterdy was sunnyday and az it was also not wainin Mum finally agweed to tak me to the dog ewent at Newberry. We awwanjed to meet Teddy Bear and Freddie frum the BT Posse there. I was kwite weleeved as I had fort Mum wuz goin to say I cudnt go.

Wen we awwived at the show there waz much q’in to get into car parking n Mum duz not like that muchly. And then more q’in at gate to pay munny. I was kwite happy, I waz saying hellos to all ovver furs n we did see kwite a few ovver BTs.

Freddie n Teddy bov awwived just afta me so we had gud timins! We had stwoll wownd to se wot waz wot. Teddy took his famly shoppin, he wanted a bandanna! Yoo can just see him here twyin it on:

There waz fings yoo cud joyn in wiv. Some mad furs were leepin off into a tank ov cold wata, seein hoo cud jump furvest. OMDT waz I goin do anyfing stoopid as that. There waz also some ajillitee kit but vewy long q so we all fort cum bak laters. But then it was closed up so noboddy got to twy.

There was some fings fer gun dogs fer retreevin n a lesson to lurn bowt flyball. I iz never goin to be intewested in ball gayms tho. A man twied to get Mum to buy tickets to win hooj stuffered furs but Mum not wantin those so we just put few pennies in kerlekshun. I kwite liked big furs, dey waz biggern me! Cud hav made lots mess at hoam wiv pullin their insides owt!

Then we did talk abowt wat els to do! We had seen de husky dogs pullin bikes n fings, one wescue wun wiv fur shavered off n wun wiv only 3 legs. Wot next?

Hoomins wanted eat sumfing, speshly boy of Freddie. I hav noted boy hoomins always eatin fud much like me n I cud heer his tummy wumblin even ovver Freddie yappin! So we wated payshuntly wile they had fud, nuffin fer uz ceptin few tweats n dwink wata.

Den we did sum wunnin waces! I was much farster on the wecall hurdle wace than peoples fort! Less than 10 sekuns! Freddie n Teddy bof did lure chase too, Freddie weally got after lure n corted it at end. I didnt twy this as I only chases weel wabbits n skwizzels.

This waz foto of boyz waitin to wun. They iz my appwentises n vewy gud at lurnin ways to do fings.
I fink ther waznt any bweed of fur not at this show, there waz fun classes to enter but we waz awwivin bit late fer them. BTs waz well wepwesented but don’t fink ther were any ovvers frum the posse there. Wun odd fing happend, hoomins were given box pasta sorce mixes. Mum stoppd on way hoam n I did twy wun, wile she waz gon, just to see wot this be like. Not vewy nice,vewy dwy n powdry. No wunder dey was given the stuff!

It waz nice day owt tho, n gud fer yung boyz to soshaliz. They waz bof egstweemly well behayved n cwedit to de Posse! If dis show, All Abowt Dogs is neer yoo then wud wecommend you go!
Thats all I fink!

I fort I wud explayne abowt wy I duz go to daycare n wot I finks abowt it.

Wen my Mum brung me hoam I was only 7 weeks owld and she took pawturneety leeve to stay wiv me fer 2 weeks. In that time I wisited my Gwanny to lurn abowt her n my furunkl Blue who waz a gwayhownd n alsos abowt her howse.

Wuns Mum went bak to werk I wud go evewyday cept satsittindays and sunnydays to stay wiv Gwanny. Dis waz gwate plan, Gwanny sumtimes had ovver fwends dogs to stay wen der hoomins on holibobs too so plenty furs to teech me rite ways to play n behayv. Wen Mum went aways wiv werk I stayed wiv Gwanny too.

But end of larst Septemburr it waz vewy sad n Gwanny suddenly had bad hart pwoblem n no longur was wiv uz. Mum waz vewy sad n lots fings chainjd. Mum woz vewy wurried abowt me too as I iz alwite on my own fer few owrs but she is away in Lundun fer long times doin der werk. Fer few weeks she wuz werkin less time n I manidged bwavelee wiv havin jest an owr wlk at lunchintime. But wuz cleer fwr Mum this waz not purmamunt sollooshun. Then Mum did much surchin n fownd Tomcarer in Winser.He haz pwoper bizniss lookin aftur furs n came to owr howse so we cud all meets eech ovver. I liked Tom n he did like me too so wuz agweed he wud hav impawtunt job of lookin aftur me. Here I iz on my vewy furst day wiv him and sum ovver furs wot he duz luk aftur:

So nowdays Tomcarer or Jennyovvercarer colleks me frum hoam abowt half parst nine of clok. This means I gets up wiv Mum n haz time in gardin n bwekfust befaw secund sleeps fer bowt 3 owrs. At day care we haz walk, then nap then snak then walk sum playin novver walk then more chillin afaw I iz brunged bak hoam, wuffly six firty. Den I duz hav to wate fer Mum, sumtimes she alweddy hoam but sumtimes I haz to wate. I duznt mind as I iz kwite tired owt frum bizzy day. If Mum haz to stay weely late like aftur tens pm or not comin hoam then I gets sleepin ovver wiv Tom famly. So I iz happee. I even haz own beenybag at Tom hoam. I iz most weglar clyunt! I fink it vewy impawtunt to be called a clyunt! Mum iz also happee az Tom duz send fotos of wot I iz doin sumtimes too n she knows I iz sayf. So this iz werkin vewy well fer uz n meens I can stay livin wiv Mum.
Dis be me wun day doin diggin at daycare, I not shur wot I waz lookin fer, pwobabl moleys.

Yesfurday, I wuz lukky enuff to agen meet wiv some border tewwier pals in St Albans. This was made possybul by kynez of Betty n her hoomum, Stella who did all der sortin owt n organizin. They also cookered sum peanut muffin wot is almust as gud as toona cayke!

We met in a park n it wuz bizzy wiv lots hoomins and furs all njoyin sunshinin. We even saw 2ovver BTs but dey wudnt join uz n their hoomin sed they waznt fwendly. They did luk fine to me, I fink it waz hooman hoo waznt fwendly! Here is foto of uz all wiv our hoomins:

So yoo know who is wot, I will giv names, but not hoomins as nofur be intwested in that! So left to wight we has Freddie, Millie n Marmie, Rohan, me (Ted), Betty and Otis.
We did hav sum wunnin after balls furst fer them that like this – I haz nevver bin a fan. Freddie fort the throwing stick wud be better than the ball to play wiv!
After this we did go fer a walk wite awownd the lake. It waz gweat fun seein all birds n wotchin Otis twyin to gwab bwead from the kwackers. We also seen a baby bunny wot waz not fwitened of uz at all. I did chase him a little so he lurned to wun down his buwwow, n stuk my hed down n tolled him to be mor careful wownd furs!
The we had sum egsitement as Otis sploshed into lake! His hoodad pullered him owt kwik n he woz vewy bwave n zoomied wownd n wolled in leafs to get dwy. But he did hav funny furstile afterwuds.
Befaw we went to pub gardin we pawsed for fotos n Rohan’s dad giv uz sum tweats:

We all had sum tho I don’t know where waz Betty n Rohan just wanted his tennis ball. Then we went to luvly pub, warm in sun so hoomins cud hav lunchers. We had mor tweats including somefing vewy speshul wot Otis Mum had cookered – a hewj bocks full of sossiges! Even Rohan did ferget his ball then! I was really shokked that poor Betty had never had pwoper sossige befaw as her hoomins is vegetubls or sumfing but she seemd to wealize kwikly how nommy dey iz!
Millie n Marmie shud hav wun pwize fer best behayvr, dey woz vewy gud n fwendly. It waz a weally luvly day owt n fanks to amazin map wot Mr Clapton n his typist haz dun I finks der will be many more of these jolly border tweetuppers. Well, that iz all I got say on this egsepped I must lurn Mum to stop wiv all de blah n tak mor fotos.