Give a man some new software....

Co-owner is trialing the new Photoshop CS6 and thought Mortimer would make a good subject.

What do you think?

Christmas Day

Apparently Mortimer has been a very good dog this year, not that anyone asked my opinion, and so Santa paid a visit.

Are they all mine?

Smells interesting

Getting there

A leg revealed

Success

So far Christmas Ted is intact, bar the jaunty bow tie.

It's all mine

Mmmmm chewy

Thanks to everyone who sent Mortimer a Christmas gift, his stocking included two large hide chews, a cracker full of Christmas goodies and a large packet of pigs ears - so gross but apparently so good.

Buddy

After the demise of Perky Duck we decided that perhaps we had been a little mean in buying Mortimer a toy from a charity shop and that was the reason for its short life. So we headed for the pet store and purchased Buddy, a ferrety looking toy with two tone squeeks and a rustle. According to his tag 'the perfect companion for the most up to the minute pooch'.

Now Buddy must have heard about P.D.

Buddy hiding

Nevertheless we continued introductions.

Meeting Buddy

There was no snapping of teeth or hostile behaviour so we carried on.

Getting to know you sniffs

Getting better acquainted

Big Ted looks on horrified

Buddy's last stand

Notice how Big Ted has backed off?

R.I.P (ped) Buddy

Spatchcock Duck

Well I was going to tell you how good Mortimer was with soft toys. His first one was given to him by my Father eight months ago and only recently has it suffered. Next was Big Ted, from the same source, who was given at Christmas. Two weeks ago I had to perform ear surgery but apart from that Big Ted is fine.

Mortimer & Big Ted

So this week Co-Owner decided that Mortimer needed a new toy. As we were in town we popped into a charity shop to choose a new soft toy, working on the principle that if it's suitable for a baby then it's fine for Mortimer. After searching through we found this rather perky duck.

Perky Duck

So after supper we gave Perky Duck to Morts who slunk out into the garden with it, ran round the table a few times and then settled down to get acquainted.

Making an escape attempt?

Cute

We went back indoors and left him to it. It went very quiet. I went back into the garden. And found a scene of utter devastation, if you're sqeamish then look away now.

No longer Perky

Sole webbed foot

Sadly Perky Duck now resembles a spatch cock chicken, so next time we'll need something made of sterner stuff.