A bit of grass won't hurt anyone

The humans were like "let's give them some grass"; and we were like "that's way cool, thanks dudes".

In keeping with the whole like 'green-eco' theme, this is grown from Daisy the cockatiels' left-over seeds. Recycle and re-use, man. Yeah.

Babette, Mia, Charlie and Tabby are all using grass

Mwahahaha; Alter-ego Poodle

"Give me a doggie treat or the bear loses it's ear!"

Vlermuisie

Look at what I found when Babette and I went on our walk yesterday afternoon. It's a tiny bat - about 6-7 cm in length. We don't know what type of bat it is and we really did want to investigate it a bit more but our walking human thought it looked tired or something and wouldn't let us play with it. Vlermuisie - we'll look out for you today, OK?

Mia

Me and my toy 'Big Beer'

My human mom took this photo with her phone last night. I'm posting it so that my big sister Babette can see it. She gets jealous when I have my toys and wants to take them from me for herself. I look like I'm dreaming happy Poodle dreams.

Good posture is important

We Poodles have the knack of looking good. We are instantly recognisable as Poodles; it must the the wavy hair and stunning features! And we never get 'look at the doggie'. It's always, 'look at the Pooooodle'!

In this photo taken at van Riebeeckstrand last weekend, my little sister Mia demonstrates her beach pose. If there are other dogs or humans about to pay us homage, we Poodles take a second to compose the perfect stance allowing for praise, petting/sniffing and photos. Interestingly, you can see Mia's champagne colour quite nicely in this photo. The colour doesn't come up that well in photos normally.

Babette

Never eat lying down?

Here is a short video of my crazy sister Mia, having an afternoon kibble snack.

Il Mare Salato. 021 553 5415

Another local pet-friendly restaurant where I can sit with humans while they eat is Il Mare Salato. I often get my own water bowl when we go to this restaurant. They make things called pizza which seem to be popular with all humans and especially the younger ones. Some of the younger humans I want to bark at and I have to be on my best behaviour when we eat out! I can also watch people and dogs walking on the grass and beach, which I enjoy.

Il Mare Salato is next to Eastern Fusion on Beach Road, Melkbosstrand. Follow 6th Ave to the beach and turn left at the end. Oh, that's me and my human, Jacques about to walk past the restaurant in this photo!

Babette

Eastern Fusion, Melkbosstrand. 021 553 4831

This local restaurant is a favourite of ours; and it's pet-friendly. Not only am I allowed to sit at the outside tables but the staff generally make a fuss over me. There is a lovely lady there who really loves me to bits and always gives me a big cuddle.

The humans also like eating here and seem to enjoy the sunset over the ocean a lot. Not so much doggie kibble for them, but stuff called sushi and noodles and other lovely, tasty looking things that I would just love to sink my Poodle teeth into.

We walk past Eastern Fusion on our walks around Melkbosstrand but if any human wants to get there, follow 6th Ave towards the beach and turn left at the end. 6th Ave is the crossroads with the traffic light in the centre of town.

Babette

Mia learns to dig

Although not caught right at the start, this is my little sister digging in sand. She watched me dig for a bit and decided she'd give it a go. You can see she is a bit hesitant. As her older sister, I supervised to make sure she did it correctly and safely.

Postcard from Babalou: Reception Duty

Had to go and work this day and it was such a long day, what were they thinking I was still so young