MIA'S DIARY OF LIFE

Okay - this is me - my name is Mia, although I have my Kennel Club name which is Rampeg Midnight Misty Blue - not bad for fifth generation. 

Funny name, I prefer Mia, easy on the tongue, and in Russian it means 'Starlight'.  Daddy doesn’t know that cos he speaks Italian and French.  His English is passable.

Mummy loves me because when the two of them were in Italy, she saw a dog just like me, only older.  Her name was Amy, and she barked in Italian!!

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So!  This is the start of my Diary - 19th November 2009

I was born on 28 July 2009.   My Mum is called Meg; she has her 'papers' - do not ask me where she keeps them!

I was born out of a litter of five - me, my sister and three boys.  We came into this world, into a loving family.  Mind you it’s hard coming out and "Hey! what's this all about"; if you were a human baby not a problem; but when you are a dog it’s, "Hi! I’m here; which bit do I suck, I’m starving."  Then once you get to know the routine, it isn’t so bad; but being a Scottie, you know that you are clever.  Then one day a couple drive from Reading to my home in Coventry, and "Guess what?"; they like me and take me home.

"Let the games begin."  After a 2 hour car journey, me on Mummy's lap, and a bit of car sickness (sorry about the jeans Mum), I arrive at my new home.  Hey, what a welcome I get.  Mummy and Daddy's family turn up to meet me, so I grab the couch and get my space - now I’m ready to say hello.

 

 

 

 

 

Now as every clever Scottie pup should know, it pays to give some big time affection to the relatives who will be in your life - not all the time cos you have Mummy & Daddy (you can 'bug' them 24/7); but relatives - be nice to them, 'the old butter in mouth routine'.  Then when Christmas and birthdays come around you get loads of 'pressies'.

 

 

 

 

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

MIA'S DIARY OF LIFE

Okay - this is me - Hi!  it’s me again.  I have now settled in.  Mummy and Daddy know who is the boss; (Scottie pup tip: let them think they are in charge; when they say “sit”, do it; it’s that “give me the paw” bit I have trouble with , ‘cos I’ve only got little paws.  Anyway I do my best, but it’s the old puppy eye routine that wins ‘em over every time!). 

 

This is my new bed - big time comfort!  I have all my toys around me - guess it stops me from chewing the furniture!  I have been to the vets for my puppy check-up, and I’m good to go - 4.14 kg - good for a girls figure.  I quite liked our vet so I decided not to nip him.  Anyway life is good for me.  I have been out for walks and met a few dogs who I might befriend.  Must go now because I have to write about me on the laptop. 

Okay - (Scottie tip: First night attempt to be good, next day sort your patch out) - so here I am.  I have looked around the garden and decided things need changing.  So this is ‘Mia’s  pot’ - no plants, only good old dirt. I reckon Alan Titchmarch got it wrong;  never mind, Charlie Dimmock, will employ me.  I can do a garden makeover in 60 seconds!

 

 

Right - this is my home, so when Mummy’s nieces ‘turn up’ to say “Hello”, I say “Hello”.  At this point in time I am basically saying, “If I own Mummy and Daddy, then you will do as I tell you; be nice to me and I will give you loads of love: by the way, you thought I was a rabbit; right - one for the memory bank!

 

See, Scotties are clever - doesn’t take me long to get used to a laptop.  Who do you think is writing this diary?   Sorry that  Daddy looks a bit stunned but he only works with robots,  so I indulge him when he comes home from work, let him have his time on the computer,  then it’s all mine; next Scottie dating; hmm!! - maybe next year.  By the way,  I am now climbing the stairs; great fun, ‘cos you get to check out bedrooms and bathrooms; can’t do ‘drinking out of the toilet’!  Ah well! But it’s a different world from downstairs; also I get to use the big system in the study.  They thought that I wouldn’t find it, so I think that when they aren’t looking I’m going to design my own website and Scottie Blog

 

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

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Hi! It’s me again - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Scottie dogs. 

Okay, so the hat is a little big, but hey, you have to indulge the people you own.  Right, Mia's Diary so far - we went out and got the Christmas tree and Mummy and Daddy put it up.  I was busy pinching the baubles - they finished it in the end with a little help from me.  Wow, now I have two bowls to drink out of - my one in the kitchen and now the one that the tree stands in - it only gets better. I’m a bit tired now, with all the help I’ve given - time for my nap.

Time to go out and deliver my Christmas cards. 

Here is a simple Scottie tip - go with Daddy, meet the neighbours, they open the door, while talking to Daddy, you check out the house.  They then find you in the kitchen and give you treats - funny they can never refuse me, guess it’s my girlish charm, or maybe the fact that if I don’t get a treat I will leave a little bit of Mia behind - read as you will!!  Check out my new coat - it’s a red parka, and I’ve got pockets for treats, so I can snack on the go.

Right - I’ve been out, done my delivery bit, so I get home & hey, the kids turn up.  They want to hold me and brush me. 

Well I’m in the mood for a little bit of TLC, after all it’s a hard life for me 'cos it’s my first Christmas. All I really want to do is chill down and watch "Turner & Hooch"; that is one big hound; mind you Tom Hanks is quite dishy.  So it saves me money on going to the beauty parlour; oh well, just brush me and watch out for my sensitive bits.  As they say, "It’s a Dogs Life"; great isn’t it?

Look - tired them all out.  Me - I’m the last one standing.

So for now I’m going to say goodbye, and get up to more mischief.  To all my fellow Scotties, have a great time over the holidays.  By the way, when the man dressed in red turns up, do we pinch his milk & cookies?

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

(and Brian even included his own picture frames, this time!)

 

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Hello Scotties - it’s me again – ‘Mia the Mad’.  I hope you and your owners had a very merry Christmas.

I had a great time - well it’s my first!  Had loads of ‘pressies’ - good fun opening them, then I helped Mummy open hers.  Check out my new handbag - it’s Gucci - just what a girl needs for all her bits. Hey, what fun wrapping paper is.

Then we had the ‘white stuff’ falling, and that was it.  I thought “got to get out in it”, so as you can guess, all my family get involved when I want to go out, so you have to be tough with them to get them off their backsides!!!!!

By the way Dudley, loved your Christmas card - 'Conversations - Number 35'.

Now come on kid, get my coat, drop the toys, there’s snow to play in.  Maybe, if you survive a walk with me, you get the toys later.

Scottie Winter Olympics - here we come – 0 to 20 in 4 seconds.   Hope she keeps up - it’s a bit slippery, but hey, I’ve got 4 paws!!!!!

Then, after all that fun, you get home, and Mummy wants you to help with the washing up.  Oh well, anything to oblige!

Done the washing up - this is my little helper.

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

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Hello everyone - it's me, Mia.  A Happy New Year to all Scottie dogs, and their owners, and a special Happy New Year to Dudley XXXX.

Sorry about my January pictures, but Daddy was away on business and took his laptop.  Mummy wouldn't let me use her one.  So, he's back and I'm in charge.

Well, I'm growing up fast - big-time teeth coming through, and I am getting bigger and more good looking.  Mummy spends a lot of time brushing me and when I’m out walking, 'boy', do I get the looks.

Funny thing, when I’m out walking around where I live, people come up to me and say, "Is that a Scottie?  You don't see many of them around here." I think, "Wait till I have pups - then we take over!"

Hey look!  Not only do you get to play with the Christmas tree indoors, when it is all over you get to play with it in the garden.  "Now where did they hide my presents?"

 

Me in my back garden.

Only Scottie dogs allowed.  Others by appointment.  "Think I will have my Summer Ball here."

"Must have a word with my gardener - this stick is far too big for me to play 'catch and fetch' with."
 

Now, as any Scottie girl who is good looking knows, make-up and perfume are essential, so Mummy took me shopping.  We did 'the girls on town' bit.

Wow, do I smell good!  I am a bit tired after a hard days shopping.

 

This is Melody.

She was Mummy's and Daddy's before me.  She passed away when she was 13.  I wish I had known her.  We would have made a great team together.  It would have been Girls Aloud or wot! ....

 

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

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Hi Scottie Dogs - it's me, Mia the Mad, again.  First, hi Dudley - hear you have been stripped.  Hope they kept the good bits cos' you are one heck of a good-looking Scottie.  Pity we are not a team as Daddy is working in Birmingham, and his hotel is at the National Exhibition Centre, and it is Crufts.  He reckons that I would win the Disobedience Section.  What do you think?  You and me would make it "Scotties Rule" - OK!

 

Well, I'm growing up and everybody who meets me keeps giving that "Oh, isn't she beautiful?", "Ah, and only 7 months old".  Me, I play along, lick the hand, give the paw, think what next - "Seals perform better!"  Mummy and Daddy keep laughing - they really know me now.

Sorry about not entering the competition, but I bit the photographer!!

Well, as you saw from my last picture, Daddy had to pick up the dog that I wanted to speak to.  This is me taking Mummy's Dad for a walk - check out the combat coat!!

 

Scottie tip: after a hard day chasing and meeting other dogs, relax, get the popcorn out and watch a movie.

 

It's true what they say - it's a dog's life - but hey, what a great one!

PS: Dudley - the movie was good, but K9 is not as good-looking as you.

Well, Scottie dogs, it comes to us all.  You go out, have a great time in the woods, chase the squirrels, 'throw in' a
few rabbits, and guess what?  Mud - it sort of sticks to a girl's hair, so I get out of the car, Mummy looks at me, gets my towel, then it's "OK Daddy - bath time for Mia."  So my Scottie friends, I have my first bath.

 

It was good, lots of love and attention, just in case I didn't like it, but boy - it was great.  All I needed was my Gucci talc (purely for Mia, made by Alorenso in Florence).  "Wow" - that makes a girl feel good!

Goodbye for now all Scotties.  Be good to your Mummies and Daddies and don't forget - we are a loveable bunch of little rascals - you would not want us any other way!!

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

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Hi Scottie Dogs - it's me again, Mia the Mad.  Happy Easter to you all, especially Dudley (hope you didn't eat any chocolate, 'cos I've heard it's bad for us.  Hope your Mummy and Daddy are well).

OK, so I'm getting bigger - now it's lots of exercise and enjoying springtime.

 

I've met more ducks and squirrels than you can 'shake a big stick at'.  I can't understand yet where squirrels go when you chase them!!!!!

Now when you get a drinking bowl this big you have to share it.

Guess Daddy got it wrong - the ducks went the other way!!!!

Daddies are okay, but there isn't a greater feeling in the world than a cuddle from Mummy.

 

Anyway, she keeps him in his place.  Seriously, it's like taking a big kid out - I have to remind him that 'I'm the boss .....".

When you are born a Scottie, like me, you soon learn to use the art of camouflage.

Great for when you've been naughty. 

Just lie still and look like a cushion ..... someone sits on you then!!!!!

 

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

 

 

 

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Hi Scottie Dogs.   "Big luvs" to you all, and your Mummies and Daddies.  To Dudley Bear - "lots of luv" (check me out now that I've been groomed).

 Well, I suppose it has to happen - you're a very happy, contented Scottie pup, loads of hair and a little cute bundle of fluff - then it's clip time, so Mummy makes an appointment at the grooming parlour, so I think, "Hey, girls day out - must get my handbag and girlie bits, got a few bob stashed away .....

Now Scottie dogs, "Do I look good or wot?"  Mummy thinks they swapped dogs.  Daddy knows it's me.  Dudley, "How do I look?  Tell a girl honestly ....."

Okay, well here I am, clipped, trimmed and bathed!  What an experience!  Three hours - I was getting a tad bored!  Well it was my first time, and I told the guy doing the grooming, "If it isn't right Mummy will be very upset, and you don't get paid."  So I guess he did his best.  "What do you think Dudley?"  Mummy didn't believe it was me!

Well, just look at that!  When you get home after a tiring day, you've lost all your puppy hair, then wow - a cushion made in your own image!  I feel like a little Goddess.

Ah, nice to be home.

Must chill now, after the day I have had - need my beauty sleep.

Take care Scottie dogs - look after your owners.  'Bye Dudley - enjoy the summer - I know I will.
 

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian

 

 

 

 

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Hi Scottie Dogs.  - it's me, Mia the Mad.  Hope you are all well.  Hi Dudley - luv you loads .....

Well, Daddy has been away in Bonnie Scotland, at Edinburgh Airport, so this is the first chance I have had to use his laptop.

What a year!  It is my birthday on 28th July 2010.  I am going to be one year old but I am still a puppy at heart.

I was due to enter a dog show but the weather was horrible.  Hey, what girl wants to get her hair wet; so now the weather is glorious we go to the coast and even better - barbeques!!

So back on dry land, why can't humans figure out which way to go.

Look - it's straight down to the shops

 

 

This is Mummy’s cousin from New Zealand

they have a big company there

 

Scottie tip: make friends, give kisses

 - next year big time holiday.  I think he likes me .....

 

 

Well, here I am at the seaside.  What are those big white flying things doing?  Mummy said that they were seagulls.  Hmm - nick my food - I'll be back .....   Well, I don't know about you Scotties who live on the coast, but that great big sea - no way!

 

 

I put my feet in it and wow, it was cold.  No way am I, Mia the Mad, getting in there - a bath is bad enough .....

Well Scottie dogs, and the people you own, I must go now as I have to check all the arrangements for my next barbeque - humans tolerated, my friends from my walkies accepted.

This needs some concentration

Hope I get nice pressies for my birthday.

Be good to the people you own.  Until next time - love you all.

 

Mia

 

PS Dudley Bear XXXXXXXXXX

 

Words and images courtesy of Julie and Brian