Early Mornings

Ruby’s story………… I was up and awake early this morning, even before the sun came up, as soon as I heard the first tweet of a bird, up I was, and because I was up, I wanted everyone up. I usually wake them by going to the bottom of the stairs and giving them a…

The Lake District

Ruby’s story…………………… I liked going to the seaside, I always had fun running around on the beach and playing in the sea, but I loved the Lake District, this was a whole different place. Instead of the beach the Lake District had fields to run in and hills and mountains to climb, but best of…

The Seaside

Ruby’s story…………. The first time we went to the seaside I was so excited. I did always get excited when we went out in the car, although I hated the harness that I had to wear which held me down on the back seat of the car so that I couldn’t move. I hated it,…

Free Food

Ruby’s story………………. The day that I found out where you could get free food from was one of the best days of my life. I was out in the garden and daddy, who likes to have a good sweep up every so often, had very kindly left the gate open when he went outside. Oh…

The Big Wide World

Ruby’s story…………… So the day had come when I was finally introduced to the big wide world. They’d been out and bought me and brand new little collar and lead, well, it did look lovely in red, but to be honest, I’d never had one on before so didn’t really know how it worked. I…

The First Few Weeks

Ruby’s story………. I couldn’t go out for the first few weeks, something to do with injections and jabs… I don’t really know why, I just know that they kept taking me to see someone who stuck a needle in me. Anyway, because of this I couldn’t go out. But I didn’t mind, after all I’d…

The First Day

Ruby’s story……… Well they turned up on a Saturday morning armed with a blanket and a little toy mouse lady made from rope, really, did they honestly think that mouse lady was going to stand up to my chewing. I recognised them as they were here 3 weeks ago. None of my other brothers and…

May I Introduce Myself

Ruby’s story……… Hello, may I introduce myself, I’m a 6 and 3/4 year old chocolate Labrador and I live in a village in North Yorkshire with my two humans. I came to live with my new mummy and daddy when I was 10 weeks old and, boy, did I get here in the nick of…