Poorly pup

This week at work has been pretty sad with a variety of cruelty cases, nasty parasite bugs and lots of mystery conditions. I took this little guy home to get some fluids in him through the night. So far he is holding up, fingers crossed he makes it and gets a loving new home soon.

Shoebox for Romania

Every year we fill shoeboxes for the Blythswood Shoebox Appeal with goodies to send to people in countries where they don't have money to buy basic items like soap or toothpaste and other similar items. This year Marly decided that he wanted to do something good and send himself!

Homeward Bound

Poor little Calla had quite the adventure this past week. Last seen on Friday 2nd October we were beginning to fear the worst. Flyers had been sent out to through all the doors, the vets, rescue centres and chipping company had been notified and things were beginning to look a little bit bleak. But on Monday morning Calla appeared back home about half a kilo lighter, bones beginning to show, wood splints stuck in his paws and hungrier than ever. We can only guess that he has been locked in someone's garage/shed for the past 10 days, boy were all the Thomsons glad to see him home but none more so that Ace who has been missing his little bed buddy and slethered him in drool upon his return. It's good to have him home.

Oh baby, baby!

Whilst Dave and I spent the summer being here, there and everywhere, my lovely friend Catherine spent the summer growing this little guy...


Introducing Colin Robert Pearson, a little cracker. Please note the woman holding the baby is Colin's mother 9 days after giving birth - I think she must have been hiding him up her jumper!! We've only spent a couple of hours with Colin and we adore him already. Congratulations A & C!

A BIG Summer Update!!

Since I've been incredibly bad at updating my blog this year, I thought I would do a photo summary of what we've been up to for the past few months...

In July we helped Donna celebrate her graduation and now she is a theatre nurse at the Eye Pavillion. Congratulations to her!


We caught up with the Thomson crew in Settle and had a fun trip to Lightwater Valley Theme Park which brought back lots of fun childhood memories. Here we are battling it out on the peddle-swans!

Marly turned 3 on 26th July. Sometimes I look at him and see that he's matured quite a lot in the last few years, but every so often he returns to his youthful ways and chases toys across the floor and spiders up the wall. We love him.

We took our first 2 week holiday in 2 years and it was brilliant, here's what we got up to...

Roan and Ace had the time of their life on Coll beach.

We took a day trip to the enchanted isles of St Kilda. It was a very special treat for my dad's very special birthday and we loved every moment of it. If you ever decide to visit, go with Sea Harris.


My birthday twin and I had a wee bounce on the trampoline in Barvas.

My dad checking his croft in Garrabost.

Dave and I went bodyboarding in South Uist,

Close encounter with my uncle Iain's bull in Stilligarry.
The scenery surrounding my granny and grandad's house. My favourite place in the world!

Roan soaking up the rays whilst we caught some fish and eels - eow!
One of Bellac's ponies at Loch Skiport.
A beautiful sunset over Geirinis

The latest member of the MacDonald clan - Pussie Wussie.
At the end of the holiday we joined Mr and Mrs MacRae's wedding celebrations in Inverness - congratulations to them.

We turned two on the 24th August. There are many wonderful blessings being married to this man and I am loving every minute of being his wife.

Eilidh and Mark got married and Dave and I got to enjoy Blaze in the Bothy one more time. It was a lovely evening for a super couple.
We are getting another sister!! Graeme proposed to Rebecca and she said yip! Another girl in the family to bump up the numbers.

So that is a brief round up with lots of other bits missing, all in all it was a terrific summer and we had lots of fun!

Miss Ava Douglas

In June we had our friends Iain and Fiona round for dinner, Fiona was 7 months pregnant and we spent much of the night discussing their plans for the next 2 months before baby's arrival. You can imagine our surprise when Iain phoned the following Monday to say Fiona was taken into hospital for an emergency c-section and was requesting our prayers for her. We are delighted to say Ava Ruth arrived into the world safely later that day and is now a beautiful, healthy, bouncing baby. Here she is at 4 months old and only 9lbs later!!

Look what's coming...

Day 1 at the new job

Help us find who dumped Chipsie

The Scottish SPCA has issued a fresh plea for information after an emaciated dog was found dumped by a busy road in Glasgow.

A member of the public found the female German shepherd cross wandering next to traffic in the Carmyle area of the city on Friday 14 August.

Sadly in the past week the condition of the dog, who was given the name Chipsie, deteriorated to such an extent that a vet had no option but to put her to sleep.

Scottish SPCA Inspector Gillian Dick said, "Chipsie was in a terrible condition when we picked her up and we later discovered that she was suffering from severe arthritis which she is likely to have had for quite some time.

"The vet who examined her concluded that her condition was so advanced that there was no way of treating her symptoms and the kindest thing to do was to end her discomfort and pain.

"Myself and the staff who cared for Chipsie at our Lanarkshire animal rescue and rehoming centre are all very upset at the loss of such a sweet dog.

"We are even more determined to find the person who allowed this poor girl to get in such a state and then dumped her in the street weighing only half her normal body weight and struggling to stand."

Anyone with information relating to the dog should contact the Scottish SPCA Animal Helpline: 03000 999 999. Information can be left anonymously.