Dear grandpa Lennox

Today, two years ago you went to the Rainbow Bridge. I remember you being carried out in your bed, to the green clothes’ place… and never coming back.

Me and mum and dad, we still miss you. You will never be forgotten although we have this française in the house now. ❤

I already told you about the new little one. I’m the oldest little one now: I get my dinner first, I get treats first… and so on! You know all about that!
I never realised you were that patient with me! It seems that I spend my days with waiting now for the new little one to obey! My dogness! 😉

But maybe I’m a little bit different: if I claim MY bed, I get it! You never claimed it! 😉
If I want a toy I get it, although we mostly play with cardboard! That’s the safest thing these days, mum says… although she has to clean up after us!
And you remember my shoppingbag? I still have it, and if I claim it, I get it from this française!
Anyhow, sissie Lizzie is the sweetest thing ever… when she sleeps! 😉 ❤

So grandpa, have a nice rememberance-arrival-party tonight, up there at the Bridge! We’ll think of you! ❤

Big wet kisses
Kita Van ’t Asbroek

PS Some pics to prove that I claim and get it! 😉 As you well know from experience! hahaha! 😉

– “Dad, Kita is constantly teasing me avec ma figure…”
– “What’s wrong with it, Lizzie? What’s the problem?”
– “She claims I’m way too short and she says she outweighs me by half my weight.”
– “Well, Lizzie, I’m afraid she does have a point there. You see, an Airedale Lady should be about 22-23 inches tall (55-58 cm), and you’re barely 52 cm (20,5 inches) at the shoulder. Moreover, a “Queen of Terriers” should weigh approximately 20-25 kg (44-55 pounds) – as does Kita by the way – and you… What is your weight anyway?”
– “Mon Dieu! Quelle question! How should I know?”

This somewhat awkward conversation took place shortly before our visit to the vet’s, of which I told you the details earlier. What I didn’t mention then, is this: right after entering the vet’s reception hall, Dad lead me to a little platform, where he repeatedly ordered me to “Sit!” and “Stay!” – in Dutch: “Zit!” and “Blijf!” – two commandes I already master quite well. I must have impressed him by doing exactly that, because he seemed pleased with mon attitude. 😉 Less so, however, with what he saw on the display behind me… 😦

[Unfortunately, Mum didn’t have her blinking thing ready – at least, that’s what Kita says it’s called, but I have my doubts about that… – pour prendre la photo of me performing well on the weighing scale, so we re-post a picture here of Lady Kita doing the same some time ago.]

Anyway, “17,8-18” Dad said to Mum. I didn’t think much of it then, but I understand now that he was referring to my weight, and that his slightly concerned gaze had to do with me! Surely he meant kilograms and not pounds, but still… This whole weight thing puzzles me, though. Kita is at least five times my age, and I’m not a full grown AireLady yet! So, four years from now I’ll be weighing five times more than I do now, n’est-ce pas, which is an awful lot more than bragging and teasing Lady Kita!  On verra bien! 🙂

Sissie Lizzie

Is Lizzie from Mars???

“This is not good, Lizzie, not good at all.” Kita is sitting next to me in the backseat of the car, and she looks really worried. What is wrong with her? Is she seeing ghosts or something? In my opinion everything is parfait. For all I know we may be heading to a playground or a dog park. “I know where we are going,” she hisses, “and I don’t like what I’m seeing.”

The longer the drive, the more nervous she gets. She rattles on about her Grandpa Lennox. She claims he went to some ‘Rainbow Bridge’ long before I arrived, a week ago. “He warned me about how troublesome the Green Clothes are,” she gasps. I don’t understand… What is she talking about? This just seems another fun ride to me. Il n’y a pas de souci!

Every day is une aventure, you know, in this new home and with these awfully nice people who care for me now. Why worry? I’m only starting to get settled in my promising situation! Kita continuously wants to warn me about things, though, which is annoying because – well, vous savez – “she ‘knows’…” Frankly, I think it spoils it a bit for me, n’est-ce pas?

Anyway, we seem to be arriving at our destination. Dad drives into a sinister underground parking area. It is somewhat spooky, I must admit, but is this really giving Kita the creeps? “No, no!” she whispers. “This is the easy part. Wait and see.” Mum and Dad take us both into a well illuminated hallway full of doggie accessories. You see? On va s’amuser!

Kita doesn’t even seem to notice the bags of dogfood and the doggie toys. Mum talks to a few people behind a counter, while Dad sits on a bench and starts cuddling me. So far, so good, I’d say! Moreover, all the people behind the counter are wearing… blue clothes! Kita must really be suffering from hallucinations. I myself am beginning to enjoy this trip!

Enters a Tall Man… in Green Clothes!

Dad immediately jumps up, Mum takes whining Kita with her, and all together we follow the man to… to… I know what this is! It is very similar to a place where I went in my homeland –je suis française, vous savez – and… it’s a vet’s cabinet! Je comprends: Kita needs some treatment for her hallucinations! Or maybe something else is wrong with her?

The Tall Man points at me, however, and he is talking to… me! I don’t understand a word he says. He sounds nice, but then again: in Dutch they all do! Dad picks me up and puts me on a high table. Je deviens folle! I freeze and keep perfectly still, while the Tall Man performs a thorough medical examination. Oh, oh, I don’t like this anymore, I want to get out of here!

[A few hours later]

Eh bien, after all it was just a piece of cake, vous savez. Kita underwent an examination too, and as I gather the situation, nothing is wrong with either of us. I’m “in heat”, if I heard that properly. I don’t know what that means but I don’t seem to be suffering from anything, so… I didn’t quite get the “sterilization” part, but that won’t be a problem either, n’est-ce pas?

Sissie Lizzie

In the car…

Parking

Big hall

Bench to wait…

Yes, two belgian girls in our household!

🙂

Autumn in the city, but also at the seaside! Me and mum, we love that very much!
Just look at the pictures, I don’t have to tell anything more! 🙂 ❤

These days it is hot over here! Too hot for this time of year! Mea and mum hate it. We want autumn, winter and spring! Not this heat! 😦

So, we go out very early in the morning when it is still less heat and shadows are very long. So I just want to show you the shadows and sun of this morning and… the very good news: the huge dogpark is it’s huge self again! No more fences and other silly human things! 🙂

It is okay again for the next 10 months! ❤

Remember I had this playdate with Louis? Well something else to tell about it! 😉

In that fenced dogpark, there are acrobatic playplaces installed! 😉 You know I like climbing? Well, when mum said I could climb on one, I did not hesitate of course! 😉
I prefer trees, but this was fun too! On and off!

And then that youngster Louis he said I would not dare to turn on the way down and jump of it! Just don’t challenge this lady, who was a cat in a previous life, mum says! 😉

Guess what? That youngster was quite amazed! 😉

Silly mum thought she was filming but she was making pics: many, many pics. She was just in time to film my jump! ❤

PS Very short video is all in the end…..

Me and mum and dad, we travelled two days to get to the farm of Mano in France. Mano is at the Bridge running around with grandpa, but the farm is still there! 😉 🙂 ❤

And first thing today? Mum and her human friend started working… They are arranging the aquarium with all the fish my mum was making some time ago! 🙂

I had to inspect every stage of course! ❤
And I was not too pleased at the beginning! Only a few fish! And when it was ready they put the cover back on the aquarium and it was too dark! Just had to bark! Not good! 😦

They got it of again and only put a part of the cover on it. Yes, I agree! That’s okay! I inspected several times! 😉

I was pleased with the result and the human mums were too, but my mum is not too pleased with the fototoot… too difficult with all that glass and shinings and… things I do not understand… Tried to comfort her: mum, fish are beautiful! 🙂

And tomorrow we will have time to go running in the meadows? 🙂 Yeeeeey! Great! ❤