We have had Crispin for about 8 years now.he was a rescue dog and arrived here when he was 6 months old,with worms,fleas and he had been starved.His ribs were showing,but he was soooooo lovely and friendly that we just had to have him.A year or so later he got seriously ill with bladder stones and three operations later and with a specially cut weeing hole,he is still with us and no longer the mad and crazy dog he was,but still handsome and eager for fun.One of the best points about Crispin is seeing little children run up to him and hug him and call him Pongo.
He is about eight years old now. Here's to another eight!
Sadly he died at nine and a half...it was quick..25 minutes and he was gone by the time we got him to the vets.
Sadly he died at nine and a half...it was quick..25 minutes and he was gone by the time we got him to the vets.
This was his favourite blanket until he tore it up.
He loves cricket and supports England of course and the famous promotion winning Costessey C.C. In his puppy days he once stole a new pair of batting gloves from one of the players and raced across the field with them in his mouth.The player...since retired,was not amused!
He also knocked two women out of their deck chairs during one game and the woman went flying over backwards with her legs in the air and knickers showing.Her friend was roaring with laughter and said "That dog has seen what no dog should ever see!"
In this photo,if you look closely you can see he is wearing one of my old cricket sweaters.I think Yuki shrunk it in the wash and it ended up being dog sized so we gave it to him.
He also knocked two women out of their deck chairs during one game and the woman went flying over backwards with her legs in the air and knickers showing.Her friend was roaring with laughter and said "That dog has seen what no dog should ever see!"
In this photo,if you look closely you can see he is wearing one of my old cricket sweaters.I think Yuki shrunk it in the wash and it ended up being dog sized so we gave it to him.
And he got bigger and bigger.He can eat almost anything except scrambled eggs.He spits it out and gives us a look of disgust as if to say "Do you really enjoy eating that?"
He is stubborn at times,but can understand some English words and also a few Japanese as well.He is bow-lingual.
One of the things which amazes me about Crispin is that he can roll in the dirt and swim in the river and wrestle other dogs,but a few minutes later is as clean as a whistle.
He has a deep,manly bark,but only barks when he is really happy.We call it his dark,chocolate bark.
One of the things which amazes me about Crispin is that he can roll in the dirt and swim in the river and wrestle other dogs,but a few minutes later is as clean as a whistle.
He has a deep,manly bark,but only barks when he is really happy.We call it his dark,chocolate bark.
With my sister and mother.My sister is wearing a dog skin dress made from dalmatian...no,only joking...