Cowes Week

Jamie had never been in a dinghy before and so we thought tonight it would be a good experience for him to come over to the folly Inn pub the other side of the river in the boat.... The tide took us downstream where we had to be rescued. We left the boat there and took a taxi back... I don't think we'll miss it if it's nicked.
Feeling bad I let him run around like a rabbit, I even made it realistic and got out my shotgun.. oh how he ran.

"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be measured by the ways it's animals are treated" MAHATMA GANDI

WILLIAM VANDERSON, 1935

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. ~Gilda Radner

"Living with a dog is easy - like living with an idealist" H.L. MENCKEN

Apparently Jamie ate his basket whilst I was away! Mum went to Tesco and came back, in a fit of adolescence he chewed away at his bed and now it is a crime scene. I have to admit i always thought Jamie was the best looking dog, let's face it.. all owners say that.. mothers too. But I found this one puppy in Hollywood that was the most enthusiastic and fun ball of energy you have ever seen, I have to say Jamie might be up for adoption next week.

Goodness, that's like a mother admitting she has an ugly baby.... I should be arrested!

Hollywood

I'm in Hollywood for a couple of months working on a couple of assignments. I left home 2 weeks ago and it's so strange not having puppy around. Living in the Hills everyone has a dog and it just makes me miss him more. I call home most nights and Jamie is always barking in the background, dad tells me the silly stories about what they get up to.. it always makes me giggle. Los Angeles is rapidly becoming a second home for me.. If it wasn't for my family or 'eastenders', I would move here and never look back.

Branding

Some of the better pictures of Jamie can be found at www.nickyodell.com

On a sentimental note

Jamie's great uncle was our previous dog before he died a couple of years ago, his name was Robbie. When Robbie passed I did indeed ball like a baby. In the process of mourning Robbie, I produced a short animation just so I could remember him from time to time. Jamie let me study all his mannerisms in research for this short film.. it is probably the reason why we are so close now, I know everything about him.. I even know when he needs to poo.

It was one of those days where we were going to discover everything

We took a trip to the Isle of Wight, It's J's favourite place. We spent all afternoon exploring the grounds finding a good place to take pictures, with such enthusiasm you wouldn't think it had been my home for the past 27 years. Jamie taunted the geese up at the farm, I didn't mind as this action meant he missed the pig pen (one of the piglets is called ping). When we got back he went swimming in the river and pissed off a lot of ducks.

It was my friend's birthday

.. and the puppy put his head in the cake box and delicately demolished.. if i wasn't laughing so much, he might have realised it was wrong. Eventually he tired of marzipan and licked his nose instead.

Tea for 2.

DISCOVERY... Jamie likes tea, I love this about him! I can now use the tea pot as apposed to a mug for one... am trying to find a phone booth to take his picture for a pet passport, after all he has just had a haircut and looks brilliant. Hyde Park will meet him tomorrow and i think they are going to get on famously!

my dog barked at a baby

Jamie barked at a baby then sat down. The baby didn't care for him very much.
We spent time away in a castle .. Jamie barked a lot, he liked the walks and often searched the woods for something that was never found. He didn't care for the rules much and often broke them. When he entered the owners chicken coop and played tag with the chickens, we realised it was time to leave.

Meet Jamie

Things you should know about Jamie,

* Prefers Evian water bottles
* Has 5 brothers and 2 sisters
* Consumed 1/4 of a sofa and 7 t-shirts
* LOVES being chased

Jamie was born August 23rd in Devon. He chose our family on the 15th November and threw up nine times on the journey home. Jamie spent his first night chewing toys and weeing on our carpet. I brought my duvet downstairs and we spent all night watching the documentary channel and drinking water, it was one of the funnest nights of my life.

I have a dog..

"I have a dog and sometimes I'll be the littlest kid with my dog and marvel at his ears and his nose and how he looks at me. If he died, I'd bawl like a baby."Aaron Eckhart