h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Since I last spent any time on h2g2 a new love has come into my life

My 2012 Xmas self-present was a five year old who had been traumatised by the Chchch earthquakes and needed a quiet, secure, loving home.

She's what is known hereabouts as a Bitsa. Bitsa labrador, bitsa ridgeback, bitsa German shepherd, bitsa staffy.

She's a big sook, but has an impressively deep growly conversational voice, which is quite enough to scare off unwelcome visitors Her tail is like a whiplash on her friends. Tough love She loves eating just about anything, with her favourite food being apples fresh from the trees at the moment - with "interesting" results a few hours later

My greatest joy each day is getting home from work to a yodelling, waggy

She's changed my life and I suspect you will hear more

Fb

human's, my second best friendsanimals always come first

Sweetcorn. has discovered sweetcorn An entire cob.

Watch our for reports of ie antics, she is very entertaining

Websailor

Can you stand it Webbie? You'll get double doses

with best butter over it = just wish I had enough teeth left to have one

did not have butter on her No way; although she would love it I'm sure.

You can always scrape the kernels off the cob, Prof... that's how I eat them and I don't have butter either

Fb

Why no smiley for

I do have them loose, but it still ain't the same as off the cob


err! a gone-off banana maybe

and FB went to the vet yesterday afternoon. She had a cruciate ligament replacement at Xmas (left knee) and this was one of her regular post-operative check-ups.

Our dishy vet announced a "remarkable recovery so far" so and Fb floated home across the park on a wave of self-satifaction and delight.

She still limps a bit, particularly after a long walk, or as a result of hooning around the garden. When she bursts with energy in the evening it's impossible to slow her down, so she charges around the garden with her tail up, ears pricked looking as happy as a can look.

By the way, the post-op vet check ups are all free He says that the op was quite expensive enough and any after-care should be considered part of that bill. I've never come across that before and suspect it's not usual

Fb