Birthday Boy

A breakfast of tuna, lunch of chicken and special treats for dinner -what could all this mean but it was Xali's birthday.

Our little boy- little in size that is -well he is a Jack Russell -was 14 year's old yesterday. 

It's hard to believe that it as so many years ago that we trotted off to Battersea Dog's Home to see if they'd have another puppy for us, after our previous one had died a year previously. Chasca, by the way, was also from Battersea- a Border Collie with a heart of pure gold and personality to match, who I still miss. But we were talking about Xali. Battersea told us they only had a border collie puppy or  a Jack Russell. We didn't ant a Border collie again as we would have been making comparisons, and we thought, like many, that jack Russells could be nasty snappy yappy little dogs. How far from the truth has that been? Xali has a wonderful nature, placid and loving. 

CHRISTMAS 2002

IN THE GARDEN IN LONDON WITH FOXY 2003

XALI'S FIRST PADDLE 2004

 A  NEW TOY 2006

 AND TODAY - TAKING IT EASY ON THE SOFA

He has had an adventurous life coming all the way from London with us in 2004 to our new home, and he's settled in perfectly- now having spent more than half his life in Spain. he can be a grumpy old so and so, but so can we. To say we love him dearly can not encompass how much we really care for our bundle of fluff.