Nearly Wordless Wednesday 3/6

Does my nose look big in this?

Ganny's and test driving an RAC blanket!

Well, as predicted I had a completely splendid time at Ganny's!  Rather fortunately for me, Ganny has a very small appetite, so there are always LOTS of leftovers. During the week I managed to sample duck, steak, fish and chips, chicken stir fry and chicken and pancetta pie (hooray for Marks & Spencer!)

Me sleeping off the effects........

A few weeks ago we were contacted by the RAC, the car breakdown cover experts and asked if we'd like to review one of their pet travel accessories. I was quite keen to get the Pet Carrier......to lock KC in, but Mum said that I was being a git would be unkind, so in the end I settled on the Waterproof Dog Blanket.  As luck would have it, it arrived just before we left to visit Ganny so we took it with us.

"Even though this is keeping my tummy lovely and dry, I will not look at the camera Mum...."

The blanket is dark grey fleece with an orange trim and has a waterproof underside. It measures 148cm x 128cm and can be washed at 30 degrees. 

"Oh alright then, but I wouldn't still be lying here if it wasn't for my nice new blankie"

"Oooooh nom noms! Why didn't you say so before?!"

The blanket rolls up and has a carrying handle. This is the blanket after Mum re-rolled it, proving that it is fairly idiot proof simple to do...

We liked the blanket and plan to keep it in the car to take on picnics (assuming this country ever has another summer.....) We did think it would be good if it was also made in another colour as dark grey with a mainly white dog means it will look pretty furry very quickly, but other than that we thought it was a good and useful product. 

The blanket costs £18.99 and is available from the RAC online shop

So now I am back at home and it is back to reality with a bump. In fact I am having to keep a low profile due to a little incident  that occurred on Wednesday. Mum went out and left me and while I was "inspecting" the front door I managed to flip the bolt and lock Mum out. By the amount of swearing I could hear, I was quite glad there was a locked door between us.... Mum thought she could get in via the back door, but had forgotten the security chain. So she rang Other Mum up and told her she needed to come home from work and bring a pair of bolt cutters with her...Other Mum said it is one of the stranger phone calls she has received. Oh well... maybe she'll think twice before leaving me again.....tee hee!!

Declan's Dogs Blog has not received any financial compensation for carrying out the review of an RAC product, and the views stated represent our honest opinion of the product. 

Not even slightly Wordless Wednesday.....

Well this is it; the very last day to enter any of the Olympic events, including my Tuneful Fartingevent. If you'd still like to give it ago, you have until midnight GMT today. 

We have entries from:

Target 

Madi

Sasha

Goose

Molly the Wally

Jake & Baby

Bouncing Bertie

Puddles

Nola

Bridget

Daisy, Bella & Roxy

Sarge 

 Beachnut

Roo

The Houston Pittie Pack

Maggie & Zoey

Rubie

Lily Belle

Bert

Dougall

George the Lad

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin

Stella & Rory

Susie 

 Sidebite

Murphy & Stanley

Casey

Mesa

Nina & Angel Yenna

Storm

Corbin

Winnie

If you have sent an entry and you are not listed, please get in touch. All entrants should have received acknowledgement. Email me at declansdogsblog(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Find out about all the other events HERE

The other thing I wanted to mention is Facebook. Now I know thousands of you out there have an account and it's no big deal..... but it really is a big deal for me! You see Mum hated, HATED Facebook (note the past tense here!) The trouble was, she had fallen into the trap of disliking something without really knowing enough about it... BAD Mum!

Mum used to work with some (and there is no way of being polite about this..) very stupid people. They would spend all day on Facebook leaving messages like "just had a cup of coffee" and "think I might cut my toenails later". When they weren't doing that, they spread malicious gossip about anyone they didn't like. Hence Mum decided Facebook was ridiculous and wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!

Other Mum was less closed minded about the whole thing and, along with me, has been gradually encouraging her to help me put a paw through the door. Well yesterday she finally cracked and now I have my very own Facebook account!! You can visit me there by clicking on the link below or on the badge in my sidebar

Declan Greyhound

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Mum has admitted that she really enjoyed helping me to get started and already I have over 20 friends...many of whom know me from Blogville. We've already chatted with Beryl's Mum,  Bunnies Mum, Solo & his mum & dad, Beckett from Home Is Where the Hounds Are, Nibs from Brindlehounds and my Aunty Lou! To be perfectly honest we don't really know what we're doing at the moment, but I think we'll get the hang of it and it might be a lot of fun. So... Mum has admitted that she might have been wrong. Well... there's a first! Declan Greyhound (finally) enters the 21st centuary. Yay!!