Our Friends in Balmain

This is Scamp. She is gentle like me. We don't do "rough games" like some of the gang. We are happy to have a gentle stroll around, chatting to friends as we go. Quite refined really!

Dougal here is a relative of Scamp. He is also a bit of a "refined gentleman" - not! He can do some quite athletic things! But, he can also be into the very rough games like some of the lads. I think we would make a very dignified couple if only he would calm down and stop being so bossy.

Tewa is also one of the "elegant young ladies" brigade. We sometimes have a bit of a gentle chasings game, but mostly we walk quite elegantly, feeling a bit superior to the boisterous ones.

Baby is also very beautiful and elegant - another exponent of the "art of gentle exercise" - ladies don't sweat or pant! Sometimes it is hard being so sophisticated!

This is Baby's sibling, Hud. He mucks around with Jangles and the fellas. They can be boisterous. He is SO macho!

Conrad loves to dig in the sand and hide his ball. It is so gross now that no one else will touch it. He is very handsome though. Unfortunately he seems to love Jangles more than me. Bit of a worry, that!

Here he is about to bother Jangles again. Sometimes he wants to play with Jangles so much that I have even had to "talk rather sternly" to him and tell him to "leave my little brother alone". Luckily he is quite a gentleman, so it usually works.

This is his ball - it is REALLY gross! People just kick it for him - almost no-one, except his mum, actually pick it up!

I guess there are some things that "only a mum" will do.

Conrad, leave my brother alone! Mum did take a more "explicit" picture but she said she couldn't put it on a site that might have children visiting it!

Jangles having a bit of fun with young Clyde. At least someone doesn't just think of Jangles as a "toy boy"!

This is Wonko. She is pretty "ballistic" and plays really rough games. She is just young now - maybe she will become more refined as she grows older.

But then again...........

Actually, she won a photo competition

But then again - maybe not! She and Jangles make a good pair.

Blaze is a bit more "refined" - perhaps he can tone the activity down a bit! Or is Blaze just checking out the competition?

This is Electra. Now she is a doggy dynamo. She can run and jump so much she makes you tired just watching. She is just young still so she acts like a tom-boy. She will even take Conrad's ball away from him. Talk about gutsy!

Jangles and Electra have some really rough games. I don't know how they keep it up for so long. They wrestle, pull each other around by the ears (well, actually, Electra pulls Jangles around!) and chase each other until Jangles can't chase any more. I don't think anyone has ever seen Electra so tired that she can't chase someone just one more time!!

This is Jangles, Trixie and Coco having a bit of fun.

Oops! Well, Coco won that round. Coco lives just a couple of doors away from us and he is just a pup - but he is obviously a pretty "red blooded male" pup! Trixie doesn't seem too unhappy either. I think they have the hots for each other!

This is Coco, when he is pretending to be refined and a gentleman. Do you think it would be acceptable if I had a "toy-boy"? I think he is Coco-lossal! He is a lot like Jangles and will forever be "a puppy".

Jangles is still prepared to throw his hat into the ring for Trixie. She is very "darling" and he is trying to be such a gentleman.

Nope! It doesn't help being a gentleman. Just go for it Coco! Dougal should be ashamed of himself - he is such a voyeur!

I am really attracted to Morris - we are racially compatible and he is a real spunk!

As always - the more spunky they are, the more Jangles pushes in! I just hate having a chaperone 24 hours a day, seven days a week!