Half of the Babies from the 2010 Litter.

           Well for everyone who own's one of these 2010 Babies, or those of you who have read my previous post about the Mother and Daughter Bond,  you will already know how many babies were in this litter !! For everyone else My  Mitzi had 10 Puppies in this Litter !!  This Poor lil Pugalier had and raise 10 Puglets on her own, and not only that.  She was still allowing them to Suckle from her, up to the day that they all left our home !!

           As I had so many babies born they were actually born over 2 days, so 8 of them were born on the 8th  February 2010, and 2 more were born on the 9th February 2010. Though if I'm honest I don't really know the D.O.B of Ladybird Puglet and Stuffed Dog Puglet ? but Mitzi loved them anyway so we can't really be that worried over details !!

                  Ladybird Puglet and Stuffed Dog Puglet D.O.B unknown !                                                                           

                               The Real Puglets of the 2010 Litter !    

Number 1 was Jammie      

              
          The First Lil Puglet of the 2010 Litter was Jammie she was the " Traffic Jam "  that was causing Mitzi all her huffing and Puffing. When this lil Lump was Born at  7 pm at night. The rest of the puppies flew out of Mitzi like a set of Frequent Flyer's. Jammie was also the largest of the 5 girls weighing in at 7oz she was also heavier than all the boy's as well !!!
               
              This Girl was a real cheeky Miss and her Best Mate was Bert, and they could always be found in some sort of trouble and always together !! But I must admit this Little Lady was a super cutie and very easy to love, her new family kept her name Jammie which I think suited her perfectly !!
  
            She was also totally Bonkers and this film show's how truly BONKER'S this Puglet, that Emma called  Jammie was !!  Make sure you check out the Roly Poly as she was very talented with it !

                                        Jammie is Bonker's 

                                 

Puglet Number 2 was  Dotty.

                   

        As I said above once Miss Jammie had been born then they flew out and that's exactly how this teeny weeny Girl came into this world ! The 2nd baby was a tiny Dark Silver Girl with 2 little white star's on her Chest.  So Emma named this Tiny thing  Miss  Dotty, she was born 10 minutes after Jammie, so she was born at 7~10 pm  and she weighed in at a  feather weight  of  4oz. 

       What this little girl lacked in size she made up with attitude and she was a lil fighter from her first breath, and boy could this lil lady eat !! Her new Mummy Carly named this lil madam Penelope also known as Penzilla !! Which tells everybody exactly how this lil pocket rocket is, and she was a definite Penzilla when it came to dinner time !! 

                               

              All fat lumps get out of the way cos Penny~Zilla is hungry.

              I must admit that this little cutie was very easy to love, with a perfect cheeky Puglet attitude, to run along side's of her gorgeous looks. I think that ... She was definitely worth all the Pennies !!!  (  sorry I couldn't help myself ! )

          

         Penelope was another one of my Bonker's Puglet's, she was also a baby who loved her kisses as much as her food as you can see from this film  below                   

                           Penelope aka Penny~Zilla. 

 

Puglet Number 3 was   Marco. 

        
           This Little Boy was Born at 7~35 pm  and weighed in at 6 and ½ oz , he was also Silver like his Sister Dotty, and he had a tiny white star on his chest as well.  His new Mummy Kesley decided to change his name from Marco to Pongo. I think that Pongo was a perfect name for him, not that he smelt !! But because he was just a Pongo. 

         He was also one of the sweetest Puppies I have ever known or bred, he was just a true Poppet and loved nothing more than Cuddles and Kisses. This little man stayed with us a bit longer so he became very close to Leo who was staying longer as well. But this True Sweetheart had a favourite friend and someone who he bonded with, just as much as She did with him was Our Miss Milly Moo. 

        These two had an amazing bond and they absolutely adored each other and to be honest Milly was very sad when Mr Pongo left us to start his new life with Kesley and Clinton. I must admit my Hubby missed Pongo, as like Sidney the year before Mr Pongo did love his Toast in the morning !!                            

                Pongo and Dai's Hand ( Hubby) as you can see he really  

                                          "  Hate's the Puglets !! "

Puglet Number 4 was   Coco.

                   

                 This little girl was a Truly Gorgeous and seriously Cute Puglet, and if I'm honest she was my favourite out of this litter. Miss Coco was named by Emma as when she was born she was, Chocolate in Colour with a white chest, and 2 white Toes and was also very pretty ! Coco was born at 7~45 pm and weighed in at 5 oz which was heavier than Penelope, but in the end she grew to be the smallest in the Litter.

            She was the smallest Puppy of the Litter and when she was with her Brother's and Sister's she could sometime's become over~whelmed. Her Big  Leo took her under his wing completely, and like Doug the previous year he would lie in front of the smaller babies. Protecting them from their rambunctious Siblings ( Normally the Danger Duo of Jammie and Bert !! )  He would even stay in front of Coco when he was totally awake, and he wouldn't get up until she awoke herself !

            This Lil Girl Coco had her named change to Miss Millie~Vanillie  and she may have come over as a quiet Girl that could be reserved in large Company. But when she was in the lounge on her own this lil lady transformed, into this cheeky little madam with a wonderful and extremely funny personality. I must admit if I had got away with it,  I would have kept this little monkey hidden in one of my drawers and would never had let her go !!

                                       It's a Millie~Vanillie 

               

Puglet Number 5 was    Mr Fudge. 

           This Little Boy was named Fudge by Ben, as he was Fudge in Colour he also had a Big White Blaze, which remains to this day and 2 white back feet.  His new Mummy was Zoe,  and I think if she could have taken him the moment he was born, I think she would have driven down from Oxford that night !! He was Born at 8~15 pm and weighed in at a perfect 6oz and he was absolutely stunning.

           Fudge is still the name that remain's to this day, as his Mummy Zoe loved the name.  The name Fudge to be honest it was perfect for this little Boy, as he was one of the sweetest Puppies ever.  Everyone who met him instantly fell in Love, and Zoe requested a baby baby Puglet and I always love to give people what they want !! However Fudge took this request literally ..............  ??

          This little Boy Mr Fudgelet as I called him took Zoe's request for a Cuddly Baby to the next extreme ! I had to have this little " Monster " Attached to me at all times !! In fact he used to be walked about the place either in a scarf under my neck or in a pocket of whatever I was wearing at that time !! Otherwise this lil Toadie would lie screaming, squeaking or some general noise making word,  that you can think of ...... 

           From the moment I picked Fudge up he would curl up into a ball and promptly fall asleep !! He became exactly what Zoe wanted and I do believe he still loves nothing more than, Curling up with someone and falling asleep on lap's. 

                                           Mr Fudgelet 

I will be finishing the next 5 Tomorrow but here are some film's of all the Babies when they were 4 weeks old and one all the babies with their Big Sister Milly as well !!

                                        

Mother's Love 2010 Litter.

               I want to discuss the Bond that really began to show itself  between a Mother and Daughter, or in my case Mitzi and Milly. The love that Mitzi has always shown any and all of her puppies was an amazing thing to share your time with and witness. Mitzi had already had 2 Litter's and she had shown how badly she  missed her puppies when they left our home. 

             The day after Mitzi's first Litter had left for their new families to begin their lives, we awoke to find Mitzi just sitting in the puppies bed .............. heart breaking I know ! I felt her pain then as I couldn't have imagined the loss of her babies and not having the ability, to understand where they had gone or why ?? 

I also felt totally helpless, as I couldn't help her and I don't like that feeling ......... So I just spent time with her and she was back to her normal self , a couple of days later.

         When the 2009 Milly Litter happened, and with that Mitzi had Milly, so she didn't have the need to grieve for her other Puppies, when they left. This was because she had Milly still with her and this meant that she never lost the entire Litter, as she had managed to KEEP one of her babies forever with Milly !! The connection between these two is an amazing spectacle to be around, and only a mother would be able to sleep through that diamond drilling SNORING that Miss Milly is capable to doing.

Mother's Love !!

              Then we come to Mitzi's 2010 Litter and this time she would have a helping hand, and we were worried as Milly is and was NUT'S in every single way !! So I really did not know whether Mitzi would permit her daughter to be around her new babies ?? Or if Milly would be jealous of the new arrivals, as she was used to having her Mummy all to herself.  Especially as they had never been without each other, apart from when Milly was being treated for her accident, these two had always been together !!

           Mitzi and Milly are very similar in so many ways, they both have a sweetness and a generousness of spirit. But Mitzi show's us through silly little things how her " Puppy Farm " start in life, has made her slightly neurotic and unbalanced.  While Milly has been through the most traumatic event, that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.  But this little girl even though she has been through so much, she is so much more balanced emotionally than her Mummy and it show's itself in various way's.

          An example that explains what I mean about these two, is that Milly will quite willingly be left on her own if her Mummy is elsewhere. But her Mother Mitzi will totally go into a complete emotional wreck, if Milly is out of sight for more than a minute !! But it's more than that Milly will actually calm her own mother  down when she ever get's over anxious or hysterical !!! In a true Cesar Millan way this bonker's Darth Vader Puglet will, actually nip her own hysterical mother, and snaps her back into the real world !!

           This goes to show that even when Milly acts the fool her balanced home upbringing, has made her into a much more stable dog. While her mother who for appearance sake is the much calmer of the pair to the untrained eye ?? But in real state of thing's she has way more ISSUE'S than her Daughter who looks to all to be a complete FOOL !!! She is actually the more " Normal " balanced one of this funny partnership, that is this Mother and Daughter duo.

Mitzi, Milly and Blaise from Mitzi's Last Litter !

                   We then come back to Mitzi's 2010 Litter and this was when Milly Shocked us all with the amazing Calmness and total love of  her younger Sibling's. When Mitzi was drawing closer to her time, and she was  well ............. Enormous !?!   This is a slight understatement,  by the time she was ready to have the babies she was so fat I feared she would POP  !! 

                 But then she did have 12 puppies inside her, that were just waiting to arrive with us asap. We sadly lost 2 puppies during the Birth which is always a loss, but for a Pugalier I think that 10 puppies is enough for a mummy to raise ??       For Mitzi the loss of these 2 puppies was keenly felt !

         The puppies had actually been born over 2 day's, as there were so many of them.   The loss of the 2 puppies it always is a sad experience, but it's something that does occur especially in such a large litter. When Mitzi had passed her last puppy, I settled down to take a breather as I'd been awake for nearly 3 days, as Mitzi had started huffing and puffing for ages before we had our first Puglet ! 

The all of a sudden Mitzi gets up from her puppies, so I thought she must want to go outside ??

         But nope she didn't want to go outside she was hunting and searching for something ??    She went upstairs, downstairs and she's squeaking , sniffing and is obviously looking for something ??   Then I click what she is doing and what she is hunting for, her 2 babies that had not survived ........ She is getting herself into a complete state, and it was really upsetting to watch her go through this loss of 2 babies, that she knew that she had given birth to !!

        I knew that when Mitzi get's a bee into her bonnet, she is not easily distracted,  nor is she easy to be calmed down . Once I realised what she was looking for I went into my daughter's bedroom and secretly got 2 little toy's from her bedroom !!       I then put one toy on the floor and Mitzi grabbed it and carried it downstairs and put it in with her babies !!      I dropped another on the floor and she ran back upstairs picked it up and ran back down put her 2nd puppy into the bed and promptly went to sleep !!!

This Picture was taken about 5 minute's after her hunting session ! and Please Check Out the 2 Strange looking Puglet's that Mitzi adopted as her own !!!

          Mitzi took these two   " Well lets say 2 sort of Puglet's ! "   into her nest and treated them exactly like her other's

                  " Let's say  REAL  LIFE  PUGLET'S  !!! " 

            They were washed and polished by her and snuggled in with all of her other babies !! One day when Dai was helping,   I asked him to change the blanket under the babies !! and we put the babies in a box while we sort out bedding etc ...... Well when he put the babies back into the bed, 

    He left Ladybird Puglet and Stuffed Dog Puglet on the floor !!! 

         She  GLARED  at him as if he was a  COMPLETE  IDIOT  !! 

      She got out of her bed Glared at him again, she picked up Ladybird Puglet and put her in bed !! and got out again Glared and Huffed this time and Picked up Stuffed Dog Puglet and carried him back to bed with his other Brother's and Sister's !!! She loved these two surrogate Puppies as much as she loved her other's !! and she would get very offended if anyone else didn't treat them as such !! 

          Mitzi used to watch as I cleaned and weighed the babies and  was always making sure I did whatever I was doing with ..................... 

                ALL  OF  HER  BABIES !!! 

       Our poor Miss Mitzi Moogle's raised this entire litter of 10 Puppies without any assistance, apart from a lil bit of help from me and her nutty Daughter Miss Milly Mooz. Who I must admit surprised us all with the way that she took on the job as a general nursemaid and baby sitter !! Milly was amazing with these puppies and her mother allowed her to be completely entwined into the raising of these puppies !! 

Milly and the 2010 litter Babysitting !!

             The bond that Mitzi and her daughter Milly have is an incredible thing to observe, and the trust that Mitzi had with her normally completely nut's Daughter Milly just goes to show the unbelievable bond that these 2 share.  One of the  funniest thing that I have ever witnessed, was with this mother and daughter team in action, a few hours after these puppies had been born.

         Mitzi and her 10 babies were in the bed in front of the fire in our front room, just relaxing and keeping toastie !! Milly had not really been allowed to get involved with this litter so far, as I had wanted Mitzi to have a peaceful space to have her puppies and just bond. So she was just resting and enjoying some piece and quiet after the whole Birthing experience, and then Milly arrived ..............

      This was Leo and Sibling's who now lives in New York City !!!

            
                  This was the first time that Mitzi had seen Milly since she had given birth and we didn't know what to expect ?? A normal mother is very protective and wouldn't take kindly to a 1 year old nutter, getting involved with her puppies be her a Daughter or not ! Milly walked up to the bed and poked her head in to see what was making such funny noises ?? Mitzi moved her body around her puppies so her back was shielding her puppies !! Milly moved around the side to continue to nose ....... 

         With this a grumble came out of Mitzi,  well this didn't worry Milly in one lil bit !! With us watching on just in case something bad happened,  I let them continue with the game they were playing. Well I wish I had filmed this as it was worthy of an Oscar !! Milly moved to the side of the bed and just sat there and Mitzi continued to mutter under her breath. Milly did not bat an eyelid .......... she moved closer to the bed, not once looking at her mother ??

        Mitzi was still grumbling  and Milly moved one back leg into the bed, with her head turned away from her mother !!! Mitzi still moaning and then Milly moved there sideways. and moved her front leg into the bed !   Now Milly is normally a jump right in and I don't care who I land on sort of Girl, so the slowness just added to our amazement and humour. 

       Milly moved her 3rd leg in and then her whole body and if you can imagine a Great Dane squeezing itself into a match box then you have got a good idea of how Tiny Milly Made Herself !! The whole time she had not once looked at her mother and her mother had not once stopped Growling !! But the sight of Milly with her head turned away and herself into the Tiny Space in this bed, and she had not once trod or moved a puppy once !!! 

  Mitzi looked over at her daughter who was obviously Sooooooo STUPID !! as she should have listened to her Mother and Just Stayed Away from her new and improved Babies !! But obviously the bang on her head had affected her, that even when she growled at her daughter she didn't cotton on !!!

       Mitzi Glared at her Daughter ......... Huffed and promptly fell asleep !! We looked over at Milly who is still in this lil Tiny space and as we look at her ............ she almost Smiles and wiggles her lil tail and then just like her Mother, she then also fell asleep !!

      It was not only one of the funniest thing's I have ever seen, but more than that It Show's Us the TOTAL TRUST that these two share, and it was an unbelievable scene,  and one that my family or I will never forget or ever witness again.

                   Milly with her younger Brother's and Sister's !!!

      
                It just go to prove that A Mother's Love is Always Un~Dying   and it show's us how the Bond of Motherhood will forsake all the ........  
       
               NORMAL ANIMAL BOUNDARIES that are normally held in place. Such as the fact that a Mother will never allow, another dog into their protected Den when they have a litter of New Born Puppies. 

        But Milly has this total innocence and has this ability that even when other Dog;s who normally HATE any other Dog's will actually Like Milly !! She is probably the sweetest Dog I have ever known with this Childlike attitude and the most wonderful happiness and endearing personality. Which makes her impossible to be angry with or fail to fall in love with .......... I think it's this spirit that allowed her Mother to believe that Milly would never Harm her new puppies in any sort of way !!

      I will tell you all about the Puppies from the 2010 in the Next Posting but I will tell you all their names now !!         
    
  The GIRL'S were
               Jammie, Millie~Vanillie, Penelope, Phoebe, and Tiger Lily.

  The BOY'S were Bert, Fudge, Leo, Oscar, and  Pongo.
                                    

                  Here are Lot's of  Picture's of the 2010 Puglets !

                                               But there was 10 of them ............. 

Jammie.

Millie~Vanillie

Penelope and Mummy.

Phoebe.

                         

Tiger~Lily.

Milly and Pongo.

Class of 2010.

Babysitting Puglet's

        

Bert and Milly.

Fudge.

Leo and Mummy.

Oscar.

Pongo and Mummy.

                               I will continue with the 2010 in my next posting !!

          

Our Biggest Protector's

           I have been surrounded by animals my entire life with many various sort's from Snail's to ferret's to horse's all types and all sizes ......... but most predominantly were DOG'S. When we were growing up we had many dog's of all types, but mainly working breeds like Labrador's, Spaniels and Jack Russell Terrier's. This was because my dad used to train Gun Dog's for his own use as he was a Game Keeper among his many other Title's !! 

          Not only did he train Gun Dog's for his own use, but he became the person to come to when anyone wanted a Gun Dog Trained !!  He trained some very rich peoples dogs not least the owner of  N.C.P or National Car Parks the multi story Car Parks found all over Britain !!  I learn't my dog training method's by watching him, and just watching how he was around dog's of all type's and temperaments. 

        His ability to get Gun Shy dogs, to become full working dog's was incredible thing to witness. I hope that I am able to instil in my own dog's and puppies a small part of the confidence, that my dad used to inspire in any dog's he worked with. I will go into training and the ability to control a dog by just being a certain way and in my word's  MEAN  WHAT  YOU  SAY  !! which I tell everyone who has a puppy of mine, or whenever anyone  Meet's Our Milly Mooz !

These were my own dog's but they were also either trained by my dad, or puppies from some of his working dog's.

            But I'm not talking about training I'm talking about whether Dog's need to be trained to protect or are some dog's instinct's to protect their immediate family, in some breeds without them being formally trained. ??  I personally have never trained my dog's to protect my family or home they have all just been naturally protective, so I believe that if your dog's love you and your family, they will then protect all instantly without any sort of official  TRAINING !!

         When my sister and I were younger we were lucky enough to live in the middle of the country surrounded by wood's which for young children is a paradise !! Now I have children of my own, I understand  my Dad's point of view, that 2 little blonde haired girls would not have been safe on their own, alone in the Glory Wood's as they were called !! Although these wood's were a children's haven, there are also the Not so NICE  People around the place, no matter how beautiful the woods may have been, in the eye's of a child.

         So we had a " Heidi " it was not a sort of Machine Gun !! It was a yellow Labrador, my Dad trained our protector Heidi, who had 2 job's she was a Brilliant Gun Dog apart from Squirrels !! ( Long Story for another day ! ) 

 But her main  JOB was protecting 2 lil Blonde haired Girls !!! 

              My Dad trained this yellow Labrador as our Bodyguard and she took her job very seriously !
              But whenever we went out anywhere we took Heidi with us and then my family knew we would be safe.  As no~one could get even close to us , without Heidi reacting and she did react very well.  Not violently but she would politely make sure that anyone coming too close would not be greeted with KISSES !!!

           One example of Heidi protection detail, was when we were on our way home through the wood's, and it was getting on towards dusk and in a wood's that means its quite dark ??  We could see ahead of us a Man walking towards us, all you could really see was a outline, and the fact that he was holding a cigarette in his hand. 

             Well my sister and I began to feel a lil anxious as you do when your young ! but before we had a chance to say anything to Heidi she had left us ??? She ran ahead and pinned this man up against a tree, she didn't touch him in any way but she made him stay still. We then walked past him and Heidi and as soon as we had passed by, she promptly left him standing by the tree and ran to catch up with us and safely took us home !!!

            We never once felt any sort of danger no matter when or where we went, as long as we had Heidi with us. But even more than that my parents always knew that no harm would ever come to us, as long as we had Heidi by our side ! Now Heidi was taught to be our Body Guard and she knew, that she would not think twice about giving her own life to protect either me or my sister.
                I believe that Heidi would have protected us instantly without any training, and she would have defended us anyway. But she was also taught with word's which my Dad taught to my sister and I in case something ever happened, we would speak the word's and she would have reacted instantly. So her protective side was always with her, but she was trained to word's to react when needed that I think is the only difference in her training to protect and her natural Instinct's to  PROTECT  !!

           I have always had Big Dog's in my life so I have always relied on the fact that I would be safe, as when a large dog love's you they will protect you. The Picture above show's my Springer Spaniel Jermima , my Westie Hannah and my Chocolate Labrador Coco, now my Dad always said you should always have a lil dog with Big Dog !! As a Lil Dog has better hearing and a Large dog has better teeth !! 

          Well when I had children, the protection Detail became Coco as the other 2 were useless !! But this is an example of the Natural Protector, as I never once Trained Coco to protect, she was a natural. Especially around Ben these 2 were Best Friends and always together in the Garden, Ben would even ride Coco around the Garden like a small Shetland Pony !! But Coco took the care of Ben to a whole other level, she would watch him constantly and would react instantly !

                             
            Now for those of you who know my house, you will know that my dog's have to wait in the Kitchen, until they are allowed to go into the rest of the house ! Well Coco would lie with her nose resting on the edge of the divide between the Kitchen and the Hall to the rest of the house. Ben was playing out the front garden one day, while I was finishing off his lunch. 

           Well Ben has never been the shyest of children ??  He would constantly stand on our little fence that surrounds out front Garden, just checking the world out as you do when your very young ! While Coco would lie with her nose on the edge of the hall and just watch, She would stay there and just WATCH out for Ben for as long as he was out the front.

               Ben would be looking out the garden and start yelling to anyone who he could see around the place !! He would actually Yell  OUT  at the top of his Voice to any man that he saw  " HELLO  DADDY  !!! "   Which everyone who knew me found highly entertaining ....... and left more than a few men with shocked faces !!

Well it was one of these Hello Daddy Moments that Coco went into  PROTECTOR  MODE !
         This poor man had just been trying to deliver a parcel to a neighbours house, while Ben was standing on his Fence as normal, and as this man walked past Ben. He put out his hand to pat Ben on the head as he passed our Fence ?? With that Instant Coco suddenly growled and then  JUMPED  UP  and  RAN  !!   I turn around to see this Chocolate Labrador Jumping over 2 Fences and Pinning this Poor Man up against the wall that runs by the side of our Car Park area !!

        Luckily my dog's listen instantly so I screamed  DOWN  !! and with that she went down straight away , but she remained in front of Ben !  Luckily this man didn't have a heart attack and he understood why she did it, and she hadn't touched him in any bad way.  But she had put her feet on him and held him on the wall, and had listened instantly. Coco's actions showed that the Natural Protectors can show the Control and Restraint,  that a Trained Protector is taught to show when they have been highly trained to protect. 

       Now we talk about the Protector's who are Naturally Protective  BUT  Don't show the same  DEGREE OF  RESTRAINT  !!   Namely Fizz and the Rottweiler Breed !!!

         By the time Fizz was 15 month's she was enormous and absolutely stunning with a lovable personality that made everybody love her ! My savage Rottweiler spent her life watching over my children Ben and Emma like a hawk and God help anyone who upset them ?? 

            She became their Guardian Angel and when we went on walks she would walk beside me, but her head and eye's would constantly change direction's. As she would watch where they were and you could see her thought process " OK mum's next to me ,Ben's over there and Emma's there " , this would be how she spent her entire walk !! Just watching and if someone came close to her Protection Detail then her whole demeanour would change, her chest would come out and if looks could kill, then anybody that was looking at her babies had better close their eye's ??

        She didn't need to show any form of aggression as her size and look was enough to keep anyone at arms length and woe betide anyone who tried to hurt anyone she loved. This Dog would not have only died to save someone she loved without a thought to herself. But more scarily she would have  killed  anything that tried to hurt me or my family and she would do it without thinking TWICE.  These are the most dangerous Protector's of all, and one's that need to be handled hard and you need to have absolute  CONTROL  OVER !!

             Fizz showed my family and I, the extent of the lengths that she would go through to defend in this case Me !  We had these most revolting neighbours that thank goodness have moved !! But to say that Fizz didn't like them would be an understatement, mainly due to the abuse they used to give their young child !! Fizz did not like people who shouted at children !!

            They had a Dog and you know the statement No Bad Dog's Just Bad OWNER'S ? well they mean't them when it was invented !! Well their dog had it been raised by any other person would have in all realities been a really sweet dog ! But when your raised with Violence you become Violent ? 

                  So this Dog had already bitten a few people, but I was outside in my front garden and then the   " Adam's Family ?!? " arrived home and let their dog out of the car !! As usual no lead and definitely NO CONTROL ! 

               Fizz was at this point in the back garden !!! well this dog comes running over to me Barking and Growling, I was quite prepared to give it a good kick up the Butt !! I mean I deal with 10 stone Rottweiler why would I be scared of a Cross Collie !!

             I had no real plan's as I knew this dog would never actually touch me and those people who know me will know why !! I just stood my ground and then  IT  ARRIVED  !! FIZZ 

            Fizz had obviously heard the dog barking at me and she had Broken through 3 GATE'S !! Yes that's correct this Rottweiler Just Smashed her way through 2 Large Gates.  She  then had obviously put her head down and literally lifted the entire  Last  Gate off  its hinges, well she actually Broke the Hinges off the GATE. Fizz had also Smashed the Bolt off and then had ............

 LITERALLY  GONE  THROUGH  THE  LAST  GATE  LIKE  IT  WAS  A  CAT FLAP  !!!

           This happened in second's and by the time I had my head around the fact that she was   OUT !! She had herself on top of this dog and she was planning on making a Hot Dog out of it !!!

             But she wasn't waiting around for the Roll !! 

This is the moment when you find out if your dog has listened to anything you hope you have taught them ............ I just stood there and said  Ok  ENOUGH  and  GET  IN  NOW  !!!

            Luckily for the Cross Collie and the Revolting Neighbours this 10 Stone Rottweiler had been correctly brought up, she got off him and just calmly walked away and back into our Garden ! But this show's that a Aggressive Breeds Reaction is always  MEAN'T  and they don't ever just give a  WARNING and they would  DIE  without thinking  BUT  more than likely they would also ...........  

KILL  TO  PROTECT  THE  ONE'S  THEY  LOVE  !!     Without thinking about it once.

               Some dog's need to be taught to protect people or guard people ......... and some are Naturally Protective and its these one's who would not think twice of dying for anyone they loved ~ My Fizzly was from the latter category and in her mind she would do anything to protect her ward's. In Fizz's case it was not just her immediate family that she would protect, she would have defended any child, person or animal that she decided she liked !!! 

         I have never felt safer than when I had Fizz in my life because I knew that she would never have let anything happen to anyone she loved. Its hard for me to talk about the million's of ways that I miss that dog, but one of the main ones is this that fact that I knew she would have protected my family with the total devotion and selfless Spirit with no thought of the consequence for herself. 

         The Love that Dog's show to their families without any thought for themselves is a thing of wonder and something that if you have not had a dog in your life, it's something that is hard to explain. But it's why there will always be stories around the world with all manner of Dogs.  These stories of  HEROISM  that we can read daily, are of these fearless acts and true life stories of Bravery and amazing selflessness. 

                   You only need to watch the new's or read a paper to find these miraculous stories of Dog's saving people with no thought for themselves with no agenda, they do it  ............ JUST  BECAUSE  THEY  LOVE  YOU  !! 

                          Here are some of those HERO'S 

Roselle

When Michael Hingson found himself on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, it took some unexpected heroics from his yellow labrador to save his life. When the building started to sway and the air filled with choking smoke, Roselle lead Michael to safety, guiding him through the crumbling office toward a stairwell. It wasn't easy for Michael or Roselle, who was panting and extremely thirsty, but the two managed to reach safety just moments before Tower 1 collapsed.

                     



Trakr

Trakr owns arguably the most prestigious rescue on our list. Together with police officer James Symington, Trakr helped dig through some 30 feet of unstable debris at the World Trade Center "ground zero" site and locate the last human survivor of the attack. The dog's bravery was so celebrated that he is going to be cloned for use in other police rescue forces!

Shelby

Shelby became the 45th Skippy Dog Hero of the Year for saving two adults and two children from carbon monoxide poisoning. The dog (with her keen sense of smell) was the first to detect the rising C0 levels while the rest of the family was asleep, nudging each of them out of their sleep and refused to stop barking, scratching, and whining until the family was safely outside. Luckily, each family member was treated at a nearby hospital and made a full recovery.

"In my eyes, and in the eyes of my family, Shelby is more than a hero; she is a lifesaver, a guardian angel," said Joleen Walderbach.

  

Everyone loves those heart-pounding movie scenes where the hero escapes a burning pit seconds before it explodes, but it's not so fun in real life. That's what Kathie, a paralyzed parapalegic, learned when her Rotweiller (Eve)pulled her by the ankles from her burning, smoldering truck. Upon pulling Kathie out, Eve proceeded to drag her to a nearby ditch, just far enough away to avoid the explosion of her vehicle.After firemen cleared the scene, Eve was awarded the Stillman Award for her bravery.

Moti

2007's Dog of the Year winner was Moti, the five year old German Shepherd who literally took a bullet for his human family. When a masked intruder made his way into the Patel household, Moti wasted little time, leaping to his feet and barking to draw the gunman's attention. Faced with the angry pooch, the gunman shot him and ran off without harming any of the Patels. Luckily, this furry hero is making a full recovery!

Kaze

Kaze earned top honors from the Contra Costa Sheriff's Department for saving the life of a woman in her late 20's, reported missing a few days earlier. On his first-ever rescue mission, Kaze located the missing woman under a bridge, in a coma that authorities later reported that would have killed her within the hour if she had not been found. Luckily, the woman was rushed to a hospital, where she recovered after a week's time.

Milly's Miracle Story Part 3

      So there we were on our way to collect Milly and X~rays from the Surgery, then we had to Condense a 4 hour Journey into a 2 hour Journey and ............. What was it ???

       Oh Yes !! She May Stop BREATHING !!

             We get to our Surgery and Damien is there waiting for us !! With the X~rays and Directions to the Hospital and a scrap of paper with the Specialists Name and Where we should meet him !! I must admit that I didn't really care about anything else apart from Milly may stop Breathing and Whether this Top Most Surgeon would be able to tell Damien what to do to MEND my lil Puglet ??

        So then I get told the BEST  news of all ....... this poor lil Puglet who was only  9  weeks old, had NOT had any PAIN  RELIEF  since that morning,  as It was not known whether the Hospital Big Wig's would want to test her at all, and so they had asked for her to not have any pain relief just in case ??? 

        Our Milly was then wrapped up in a Blanket that I brought for her and we got the " What to do if she stops Breathing Talk !!! " Which I would not recommend for anyone , As soon as my lil girlie see's me her eye's light up and her lil wiggle butt gets going !! It will never cease to amaze me how animals have this ability to just  ACCEPT  THINGS  and please remember this Baby had only been alive for 63 Days and she still had the love for me to try to please me as I came towards her ........  That is what  LOVE  is 

 and we  DARE  to say we are the  MOST  INTELLIGENT  THINGS  on this  PLANET ?

       By the time we get into the car with Milly, and start up the car to get going its now almost 2~45pm. So our Stop Clock was down to 1 hour and 45 Minutes ??? a Doddle don't you think !

       Dai's skills as a Stunt or Rally Driver came into play once again and we made it to the M4 in record time , but that was nowhere near where we needed to be. We passed everything on that M4 that was ahead of us and  we were making record time and then we met them just by CARDIFF ??? 

      Hells Angels now those of you who have met these Biker Dudes on a Motorway will know exactly what I'm talking about ,,,,,,,,,, they spread themselves over the entire 3  BLOODY  LANES  please excuse my wording !!! But by the time we met them, I could tell that Milly was really in pain and her breathing was getting Shallow ............ 

       I looked at Dai,  then out the windscreen at these Bloody Hells Angels which are spread over all the lanes ! and I just say
                                DRIVE through them Now .........

       For those of you who are of the Male Persuasion, will know that when dealing with your wife or lady partner when she is Going to  BLOW !! 

       You know that it's safer for you to drive over Hells Angels than deal with a Hysterical Woman in the confinements of a small CAR !  I don't think I'm joking when I say I think we must have run over 6 of them like a load of Hedgehogs !! and by the time we got to the 7th the whole lot of them moved ........... It was like the PARTING  OF  THE  WAVES !!! 

       It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen ?? We looked at each other and down at Milly and for the first time in hours we actually laughed ! and then we just Drove Straight Through the middle of them and onwards. I don't know how we got to the Severn Bridge in the time, but we were just going through the Bridge at about 3~50pm.

       I do believe that we must have had a Divine Wind Pushing us along faster.

       We continue on are way and are making good time, and then it happens ............. TRAFFIC  JAM !! We were something like 15 minutes away and we were stuck in bumper to bumper TRAFFIC. I just burst into tears ??? I was crying and saying that they would be closed and we'd miss the Specialist and it's Friday. So they wouldn't be open there tomorrow, and then Milly would not be able to be seen until Monday !!

      To make matters even worse Milly was going starting to go in and out of continuousness with the higher Pain as she was being bounced around, even though I was trying to almost float her in my arms ................

 You may have guessed I was slightly hysterical and not thinking clearly ????  

      Especially when Dai says very Calmly, Why don't you ring them and tell them we are almost here but are in Traffic ???   I know ...... but I was a lil stressed out ? Don't you just hate it when they are right ! 

      So I ring up and this man answers the phone and I go into the whole story and how we would be late but please could you wait as Milly was poorly and she needed him to see her ??

     Well either he's married or just used to hysterical women, but he just says Don't Worry he's there and he will wait for us to come. So Calming myself a lil bit and beginning to breathe easier, we continue on our journey and then almost spiritually the cars start moving and we are then on our way again !!

      We arrive at the Hospital by 5~15pm and there's Security Gates and Guards and so many places to drive too ?? We spoke to a Guard and he showed us where to go and that the Doctor would come out to meet us in the car park when he knows we have arrived. 

      By this time my lil baby is breathing quicker as she was in a lot of pain, she hadn't had pain killers since that morning and its now almost 5~30pm. I just wanted her to be seen and for him to hopefully tell us that he knew what to do and she could be saved ! Plus the fact that he would even see Milly and give his opinion was truly amazing, considering Damien told us that normally to just walk in his office it was £2000-00 ....... Yep he's that good and that expensive.

     It seemed ages that we were parked and waiting for him to come out ....... then we see a man walking towards us and he doesn't look like a top most expensive surgeon type ?? He's in jeans and a shirt and he casually walks over, and we get out and I almost kiss him , but I thought he may think I'm slightly Strange !! I was just so happy that he would even look at my Puglet, and that maybe he would be able to her. 

    He gets to us and say's
                                      " I'm really Sorry, But I haven't Shaved as he'd been in Surgery All Day !! " 

 I turned to him and said
                                       " Well I'm Sorry but could you go and shave, because I couldn't talk to him about Milly until he was TIDY !!! "

     He just burst out laughing and at that point I knew he would be able to sort my lil Puglet, if anyone in the whole world could he would be the one !! But I still had the sinking feeling that he would say that the damage was too bad, or she was too small ............

    We follow him into the building and he takes us into a examining room and asks me to put Milly on the table so he could look at her. I put her down and stood back feeling incredibly sick, now this lil baby as you will all know that I have all my babies by 5 weeks old they SIT  STAY  AND  WAIT  for their Dinner it's something that helps me to control them easily and teaches them manners ! 

     So when I put her on the table she was Standing and I said to her to 
                                                      Sit Down and Stay !

                                

Here's a film showing how good Milly,George and Sidney were at Sitting and Staying !!

           
           Which she does instantly ( as they all did as shown in the film above ) and all the while the Specialist is watching me and then watching Milly !  He just stands back and smiles, as this lil Puglet sitting and she never once stopped looking at me, and she just sat there.  

         He walks up to her shaking his head and he suddenly kneels on the floor and opens her mouth. This  9 week old puppy who hadn't had pain killers for hours, just let him open her mouth wide open and allows him to look for a while inside her mouth. 

No Turning her head, No trying to close her mouth, and Amazingly not once showing an ounce of pain ???
     
     He looks over at me and says "  This  REALLY   is an Incredible Dog, "

        I just say " I know ? "

     He then Looks again into her mouth and says " This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen ? " 

He then asks me whether I had seen this properly ?

  I replied  " NOPE, as the last time I saw her, her face was exploding with Blood !! "

                    He calls me over to have a look, so I kneel next to him on the floor as you do, with the Best Surgeon in Britain !! Well when I look in her mouth behind her Canine Teeth the entire top of her mouth had completely snapped in half ........ right behind the Canine teeth it was snapped in a straight line and the only thing holding the front portion of her mouth was the Gums from her front teeth !!! 

     He was right it was amazing, question was did he have any idea's to save her life or was this the end for my Milly ??

      Well we both get up and he says he want's to examine her again with a light and other things, He turns to me and says
        
 " Can you hold her, because I can see that she is happier when you are holding her ? "

      With that I pick up my Puggly and I'm holding her and looking down at her ........ then this puppy who had all these things happen to her and being without Pain killers ....... this little Puppy Looks up at me and reaches up and starts kissing and Licking me on my face ??? 

                She was in so much pain and had suffered so much, and with her mouth broken in half, this amazing baby opens her broken mouth and gives  ME KISSES !!  well I just burst into tears yet again ??? 

     The Specialist turns to me and says .....

 " Your Vet Told Me About You ?? and I can see exactly what he MEANS NOW ! "
          
    Dai asks  " Is it that she is Totally Nuts !! "  Charming I thought ?

         He replies  " Nope " ...... but leaves it as that ?

       He then continues looking at Milly and all the while he is writing things down and drawing lil pictures and I'm beginning to worry as his list is getting larger and larger ?? 

      All of a sudden he stops and says " Ok I can mend her !! "

      I promptly start welling up again. 

        He then asks  " Did I care if she did not looked totally perfect ?

 I said  " I didn't care what she looked like just so she was mended, and would not be in constant pain and wouldn't need lots of follow up surgeries as she grew ? "

He said  "  He would try to make her as gorgeous as he could, but he thought that One Surgery would be all she required ! "

     He then went into how he will need to have 3 other Specialists, a Nose and Throat Guy,  Bone Guy and another Plastic's Guy  ??   We will have to firstly X~ray her and she will have to have reconstruction and her Jaw will have to be Wired as Its Shifted and the List Just Continued ................ 

      Dai looks as white as a sheet and is thinking she is going to make me sell my Organs and the Car ???

     I'm just crushed cos I don't know how I could Justify the cost ................. and I'm beginning to have this almighty sinking feeling.

     He turns to me and says " Ok it will Roughly be Around the £10,000~00 figure ??? "  I just sunk completely.

     He looks at me and Milly she's just watching me and had no clue what was going on she was just happy to be with her Mummy !! 

    Then these words come out of his mouth ........
  
      " Don't Worry About the Cost ......... This ONES ON ME !!! "

    You will need to pay for the equipment and anything we use ....... but it will be Under your £2000-00 with that You Guessed it I completely Burst into Tears and this time I did kiss him !!!

     I think he got the message about how thankful I was through the crying and kisses and from Milly's point of view, she didn't even think all this Fuss was about her, she just enjoyed taking in the scene and me giving her cuddles and kisses !!

    He said he would take her from me and that she would be fine with him and he promised to take extra special care of her cos she was my baby !!  I made him promise that he would ring me the moment that he had Operated on her.

  With that he was gone off with my Milly 

              and We were left to take it all in ........... and go home ?? 

    Once again I was left completely shocked and to be honest, I just didn't know what to say or do ? After all we had been through, I just couldn't believe that Milly was going to be alright , well that she stood a better chance as long as she made it through the operation. But she had made it through this far and he was sure she would be fine so ........

              We drove straight home and it was late by the time we got back and of course Ben and Emma were there. Waiting for all the info on Milly, even though I had already rung them to say that she was to be staying there and was to be treated. I went to sleep that night feeling hopeful that our Milly would be sorted.

          I rang first thing the next morning and I was given to the specialist, he said that there had been a big fight happening as we spoke !!! I asked why and he states that as it was a teaching hospital, all the students wanted to be in on such a unusual operation, and witness an operation, that the school had never seen before !! 

            But he then said that wasn't the main argument ............ he said that all the various Specialists were almost begging him, to allow them to be in on Milly's operation ??? I asked was it for the same reason ??  he said nope apparently they had never had such a young puppy in the hospital, and they had virtually never had any young dogs let alone a  9 week old puppy !!! 

     So all the surgeons, nurses and anaesthetist were  NOT  arguing over the special operation they were arguing over which ones would be involved in the operation, as they had all fallen in  LOVE  with Milly, and they wanted to be there just because of her !!!

           In fact he said that Money Bribes and Drawing Straws were being contemplated !! and not only that but she hadn't spent a moment inside her cage since the moment we had left ??? As all the Staff were taking turns holding her while she slept !! He then said that right at this moment 2 specialists were bribing each other over which one would hold her next !!!

        He then said that he would be doing the operation soon and he would phone me as soon as he had finished up !! So I was back to the waiting game .......... Patience is a Virtue ???   Once again I was left sitting by the phone and clock watching ........... it doesn't work !

         Two Hours Later the phone rings and he gives me the news that the operation went better than he could have possibly hoped and her Jaw would be a lil bit wonky but she would be a lot better looking than he thought before the surgery !!  Apparently she was still very swollen and it would probably take months for her face to settle down, but basically she was ........  Perfect !!!

        Guess what I was crying once again ........ I know I'm very emotional , but to be honest I don't really care and I have always said the time to stop breeding puppies is when you don't cry when they leave your home to go onto their new life !!! and I still cry when my babies go so ........... 

    He tells me that he knows that I'm happy even though I'm crying and yep I was very happy  : )

    He then asks me what am I feeding her as they would try to feed her a lil bit just to make sure she was mended correctly !! I told him she eats Rice Pudding ....... He asks Rice Pudding ???  Yep she has Rice Pudding for Breakfast and also could he makes sure it's warmed up as she doesn't like it cold !!! 

   He says " Of Course She Doesn't  !!! "     and Starts laughing ~ cheeky I thought ! 

He then asks did she need to have a specific Brand ??  I told him to be quiet if all he was gonna do is make fun of ME ???  I tell him nope she doesn't mind what brand. But Please make sure its warmed, but check its not too warm as I wouldn't want her burn't !!

        With him continuing to chuckle he says he will get a nurse to call me later and let me know how Milly was doing as he was in Surgery all day. I thanked him again and went to tell everyone the good new's that Milly was going to be OK !!!

           The Black Cloud lifted I phoned Damien and promptly started crying as I don't know what he said to the specialist about me ........... but it had worked, and more than that my Milly was going to be fine  : ) and I wanted to Thank him So Much because he had gone out of his way to get my baby better. He got all flustered and said Don't be silly he didn't do anything, but he was very pleased that she was going to be just fine.

       Later that day we get the phone call from the Nurse and she said that Milly had eaten, and they were very pleased with her, and they thought that she would be able to be picked up the next day !!

                She also wanted to tell me, while the specialist was out of the room, that she didn't know what I or Milly had done to him ???   But after he had got off the phone from me that morning, he apparently had taken off his scrubs collected his Keys he'd then driven off in his car. 

       He had come back with a few tins of Rice Pudding !! and not only that, 

              but he had then warmed up the Rice Pudding HIMSELF !!!

  and then had spoon fed the Rice Pudding to Milly ~  HIMSELF !!

                                      She did not think he had known where the kitchen in the hospital was before that, as normally he can't even make himself a coffee. But she has seen everything now and she said she didn't think she would ever see the like again !!

     Well the rest as we say is History ........ we collected our Milly the very next day and we didn't see the specialist as he had been called away to America on an emergency operation ? 

     When Milly had been home for a couple of days , The phone rang and It was the specialist !! 

He said "  He had never done this before ~ But Milly and I had left such an impression on him that he could not get us out of his mind !! and he wanted to apologise for not being there when we collected Milly ?? "
   
     I couldn't believe that he wanted to apologise for his absence ??? I told him he had given me Milly back and if he ever decided that he would want a Puglet Ever he knew my number and there would be a Baby waiting for him INSTANTLY !!  and .......... 

I could never repay him for what he had done for  MILLY AND ME  !!! 

          As for Milly she came on leaps and bounds she has some breathing problems and gets a runny and blocked nose, which over the years she has learn't to sneeze her nose clean !!! Delightful I know !

      She breathes like Darth Vader  and well her Snoring should get her in the Record Books, but apart from that she is still the bravest Puglet ever, and still has the sweetest and most lovable personality I have ever known !

          Here are some Pictures of Milly around 2 weeks after her Operation and some older one's and a film of Milly when she was One and Babysitting her younger Brother Oscar !!!            

Milly 2 weeks after her Operation !

Milly and her Mummy Mitzi !!

Milly 2 weeks after her Operation !!

                     Milly and her Younger Brother Oscar !!

                                                                     

Milly and her Best Friend My Son Ben !!

Milly and her Younger Brother Pongo !!

Milly and her Son Humphrey !!