Bryn's birthday. By Bessie

We went camping to Malmesbury for the weekend.   Me, Mummy and Daddy.  We took my pram cos I don't like to walk too far these days and I did use it a lot of the time.

On the Saturday we went into town for lunch and we only found one cafe that said it was dog friendly.  Mummy wheeled my pram in and the man behind the counter squealed (like a girl) that no prams were allowed and she could leave it outside in the street.  Mummy said no thanks so we went to the pub instead which was probably much nicer anyway.

Bryn had his 15th Birthday.  The humans went to Red Hot World Buffet.  Aunty Mic, Uncle Rob, Ben and Louisa came too, they had a lovely time.

Mummy had to transport an elderly dog to Birmingham so she said to Katie did she want to go to the bullring (shops in Birmingham, not to watch a bullfight) for her birthday treat.  So they picked Ianto up and drove him to Birmingham to meet Greg who was taking Ianto to his new home.

Then they went into town.  They couldn't find anywhere to park close to town and there didn't seem to be a park and ride so they parked slightly out of town and walked in.  That turned out to be a good idea cos they found some really cool vintage shops that they wouldn't have seen otherwise.   Then they had lunch at Pizza Express and got free milkshake off some ladies in town.

Mummy and Daddy's old boss has his own pet shop now so they took me down to visit and to get some foods for us houndies.  It's a very nice pet shop, I got to be a VIP customer and go and sit in the upstairs office and take tea with the boss.   Afterwards we went to Sandy Bay for a walk on the beach and we had lunch in a very nice dog friendly cafe.

We went to Lenny and Edie's birthday party at Actionpetz.  It was loads of fun and we played and ate birthday cake and there was a raffle of a pigs nose which Katie is very glad we didn't win.

We went to the Basset Olympics at Debbie's house.  She has a lovely garden.  We played games and raced and had loads of fun.

The next day though Lotty was really poorly, her temperature was really high and Mummy was scared she had heatstroke so she wrapped her in a wet towel and rushed her to the vets but the vet on duty said it wasn't heatstroke that it was an infection.  Her temperature was really high, they took her out the back to cool her down then sent her home with antibiotics.

A few days later she was no better and one morning her head swelled up to the size of an extra head on the side of her head.  Mummy rushed her to the vets again.  We were so scared, we thought we were going to lose her.  The vet kept her in and Mummy had to go to work.  The vet phoned a few hours later to say it was an abscess.  They had removed it but she had to stay overnight cos her temperature was still very high.

The next morning Mummy, Daddy and Bryn went to pick her up then they went to pick up the car they bought Katie for her 17th birthday.  Lotty went with them cos they didn't like to leave her.   They brought the car home and Mummy went to buy Lotty a cooling mat and a cooling collar.  Lotty slept in the back of the car cos she was very sleepy.