TOBY

After years of watching the Andrex puppy adverts and Mum's little hints, we eventually got our very own Labrador.

Would you believe it but we found him on the Internet, living only seven miles away. He came to us at six weeks old with all his pedigree papers. Within two blinks of an eye he had grown to the size in the photograph, and he is still not fully grown!

I  must say that he gets spoiled to bits, and he has more toys than I used to have!

Although we read all the Do's and Don't's books, sadly they went out of the window after a short while.

it's not easy to say No when he turns his head and looks at you with his big sloppy brown eyes.

TOBY'S NOTICE TO PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR HOME

   1. l live here....you don't.

   2. If you don't want my dog hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.

   3. Yes, I have some disgusting habits. And so do you. What's  your point?

  4. OF COURSE I smell like a dog.

  5. It's my nature to try to sniff your crotch. Please feel free to sniff mine.

  6. Philip likes me a lot better than he likes some people.

   7. To you I'm a dog. To Philip I'm an adopted son, who is short, hairy,  walks on all fours, and doesn't speak clearly. I have no problem with any of these things.

  8. Dogs are better than kids. We eat less, don't ask for money all  the time, are easier to train, usually come when called, never drive your car, don't hang out with drug using friends, don't smoke or  drink, don't worry about whether we have the latest fashions, don't  wear your clothes, don't need a gazillion pounds for college, and you  can neuter us!!!.