Category Archives: #littlemonsters

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #24

A couple of days back some basic information was required by the transportation company bringing Ace over to the UK.

The first bit was how big was Ace so that they could send the right sized kennel for him to travel in.

Once Ace is in Lima they will review the kennel to make sure it is the correct one for him.

He has a lot of time in that kennel so I appreciate that they are making sure he will have enough room to be comfortable.

The other bit of information they needed was some photos of Ace’s paw for their vets.

I have uploaded those and put them on the end of this post. Which has been the post with all the healing progress.

I think that the paw is looking good.

We are literally just over a month away from him joining his new family and being in his forever home. That’s so exciting.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #23

We have an official arrival date!

That had to be a heading.

A couple days back now things started to get real.

We now have a date for Ace’s arrival in the UK of 8th October.

This is what Ace’s journey to his forever home looks like.

Flight Cusco-Lima: October 2nd
SENASA inspection (Lima): October 5th
Flight Lima-Amsterdam: October 6th
Flight Amsterdam-London:October 8th

Yes that’s a long journey. But he will be in good hands during it. And I can’t wait to meet him and start our journey together.

52 Days left

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #21

This latest video came in the later part of last week.

I shared it on the socials in preparation for posting here. But I waited hoping that there would be some news on his progress and some photos.

However neither appeared.

Which is a little disappointing.

I do love receiving photos of Ace.

Anyway here is the latest short video of Ace being happy.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #20

Whilst playing in a SWU prerelease last night some new photos and a video came through of Ace.

This is the last report of Ace but he looks a lot better. I don’t know how they’ll do the kennel but it would be nice if he can get used to the kennel so the flight is smooth for Ace.

Other boots were bought for Ace as he ended up making some holes while picking at his feet

Here’s the new one they bought

So I’m not sure if this means no more photos/ updates until Ace is ready to make the journey to join us.

I hope not and that we will see more photos and video over the next couple of months.

Operation A Dog Named Sue! #18

I did do a short update with the latest photos of Ace’s paw, which can be found here.

But since that update I’ve received another batch of photos showing Ace modelling his new paw sock.

I think Ace is going to have one of those faces that when he’s happy will look really dopey with the tongue dangling out the side.

Going by my calculations we are approximately four months from Ace making the epic journey to join the Monster Squad and his forever home.

Hot, hot, hotter than hell, Burn you like the midday sun

Yesterday the heat was back. Luckily I was spending the day indoors playing board games.

However last night I managed to catch the ITV weather forecast without Dolly being triggered.

The forecast for this bank holiday weekend was not the best news for me. It was just going to be getting hotter over the next couple of days.

If the predictions hold true we will see a new record high for May this weekend.

So when I got up this morning to let the Monster Squad out I decided I’d put the new tarp up for them.

About a week ago I went to Aldi for the first time in years to get the £7.99 folding fire pit I heard they had.

But like most shopping trips mistakes were made and more stuff than intended ended up in the shopping basket. Such as the £24.99 hammock and tarp setup.

It was the tarp from this bargain that I used this morning. It was the reason I bought the setup. I needed a tarp for the garden, and didn’t want to ruin one of my more expensive hiking tarps. The hammock I will give away because I have a DD Hammocks lightweight hammock.

The tarp itself has four tie out points, one on each corner. Which is ok for my intended use.

As you can see the tarp was pitched low. Well its primary usage is shade for the dogs.

There is just enough headroom for me to sit with my little table so I’m outside with them.

I don’t like the dogs being outside unsupervised. Not because they’d get up to no good. More I don’t trust my fellow man. I don’t want them being stolen or worse.

So if Diogo wants to lay outside then I have to sit out there with him. Which means Dolly will want to be out too with me, and Loki swaps between wanting to be outside and also inside.

And yes I made sure there is lots of water for them outside.

We had an early dog walk to avoid as much heat as possible. But even then you could feel it starting to get warm.

Anyway stay hydrated and coverup and catch you in the next post.