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Oliver in a dress

There is no point in having a dog if you can’t occassionally dress him or her up.

Ever since Oliver was a puppy, we’ve taken almost every opportunity to stick him in a t-shirt or dress him up as Santa.  Seeing as he ‘enjoys’ it so much, we have taken to dressing him up for Halloween every year.

Last year he was Frankenstein’s monster, although no photos exist–probably because I was laughing too hard–and this year he was some kind of witch (or maybe a princess) in a very pretty purple dress and matching hat.

It took a minimal amount of modification with a pair of scissors, and he did keep getting his claws caught in it at first, but at £8 from Tesco you can’t go wrong.

Oliver has started losing his teeth. In fact, he’s been teething for a while now, though you probably wouldn’t realise without being told; even teething, he still chews stuff a lot less than other Labradors do any other time.

Today I found a tooth under his bed. Judging by the dried blood on it, it had been there quite a while, so he won’t miss out on any money from the tooth fairy. I’m not even sure the tooth fairy does business with dogs.

Anyway, it surprised me because it’s a tooth from the back of his mouth–a wide tooth with a flat, triangular surface–but it’s the only tooth I’ve seen lying around. Surely, a tooth in the back of his mouth is more likely to be swallowed than any of his front teeth? But apparently not. He now has adult teeth right at the front of his mouth, but he seems to have swallowed them. Or deliberately eaten them.

Just waiting for him to get his grown-up canines now, to replace the one that I broke for him…

It’s been a while since my last post; everything’s been a bit hectic here – not least of all due to the new addition to our family, an 8-week-old Black Labrador puppy called Oliver!

He came home on Friday the 31st of August, and made quick work of exploring his new surroundings. We’re now in the process of adjusting to being up and about by 7am, and making trips to the garden every hour and a half or so. But it’s lots of fun, and he’s a very loving little boy.

There are some pics in the gallery.