Happy New Year.

Just a few photos from our Christmas holiday.

Happy New Year Anne, Ian, Sheba and Cody.

# The Fifth Paw.

We were very kindly contacted last month by Stephen Longo inventor and founder of the Fifth Paw to try out the fifth paw and to help raise awareness that it is now available to UK residents through Amazon USA after using it for just over a month I can honestly say I'm well impressed with it.

A quick demo of the fifth paw in use.

The fifth paw has proved to be invaluable this year on holiday, we like to get away from the crowds which means no bins to deposit our dogs waste in using the fifth paw was like having another hand, just clip the poop bag onto the fifth paw and you've got a spare hand which is great if you need to put your hand in your pocket or use your camera you don't have to keep putting your bag of poop down or try and juggle it around like some sort of circus act.

Sheba didn't seem bothered at all carrying her own poop around.

Attaching the fifth paw to the lead.

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To Attach To Leash

1. Unscrew and Remove (A) holding ring & (B) rotating ring.

2. Slide leash sideways into main body (C). Optimum leash position should be about 1-2 inches from handle loop. Fit should be snug. Thick 2-ply & leather leashes slide into thicker slot, Thin 1-ply leashes slide into thin slot.

3. Slide (B) rotating ring then (A) holding ring back in place.

4. Tighten (A) holding ring to secure.

Attaching the fifth paw to the leash.

Advantages of the Fifth Paw.

1.)  Quick, easy and simple to attach to a flat lead.

2.) Holds multiple dog poop bags.

3.) Multi purpose can be used for other items ie house keys, treat bag or poop bag dispenser.

4.) Frees up a hand making walks more enjoyable and safer.

5.) can be positioned anywhere on the lead, so whatever is more convenient and easy for the user and there dog.

6.) Tangle free.

7. Easy to attach poop bags.

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We arrived back off holiday safely, photos to follow over the next few days.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We're all going away on our Christmas holidays from Saturday 20th December - 27th December back upto the Lake District plenty of good walks and scattering Coco's ashes on Coniston water. Grandma's just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's so might not be having many more holidays away with her.

All my treats are packed and Cody's booked into a posh cattery Greenacre Luxury Cat Hotel Mum and Dad fell out with the last cattery over the standard of living conditions.

Loads of photos to follow when we get back.

Wordless Wednesday (Cody doing the washing lol)

Meet Ruby a 3.5 year old Dogue de Bordeaux.

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Cocos life.

We got Cocos ashes back yesterday Monday 24/11/2014 the vets also gave us a lovely card. And had a little drink and lit a candle to celebrate his life I think it sounds better than his passing plus Coco wouldn't want us to be sad. He will be pain free and laying down the law now, he wasn't afraid to voice his opinion.

The card and lovely verse from the vets.

Thank you everyone for all your condolences Coco would of felt honoured knowing he was loved the world over and not just locally.

We've decided to plant a rose bush in his memory and scatter some of his ashes in the back garden and to scatter the rest on Conniston water whilst we're away on holiday.

Where we are scattering Cocos ashes it's nice and quiet with a bench to sit and have some quiet time.

Memorial print and plaque for the garden.

Some of the lovely tributes for Coco.

Kindly made by Ann Adamus from Zoolatry

We hadn't had Coco all that long but in the short time we had he left huge paw prints on our hearts.

It was 2 years to the day when Coco first walked through the front door but we didn't adopt him until May last year.

before we adopted Coco whenever we were walking up the road to the shops Coco would always follow us and either Anne or myself would have to wait at the top of the road so he wouldn't follow us to the main road, he would always wait until we were all together again and walk back with us chatting away and jumping up on the wall to give us head rubs. When we got home he would just walk in the house and go upstairs for something to eat and then sleep it off, he was hard faced and cheeky and knew what he wanted and invariably got it, it was his cheeky side which made Sheba like him so much he would never back down to her and was definitely the boss.

Coco had celebrity status around the neighbourhood everyone knew him because of his outgoing friendly nature he would stop for anyone who would offer him a stroke. Coco was a food thief and wouldn't think anything of walking in to a house and helping himself to a chicken or salmon fillet.

Before Coco moved in.

When we adopted Coco we kept him as an indoor cat and he never wanted to go back outside again.

Some photos showing Cocos happy/loving and cheeky side.

One thing our previous pets taught us was to take plenty of photos to go with the memories stored in our heads.

I was really looking forward to this Christmas with him he had settled in and his true character was showing through, one of my fondest memories was making a fish pie and Coco helping me in the kitchen he was chief taster when my back was turned I heard a slurping sound and he was drinking the milk out of the jug, he never failed to make us laugh, I've got to cook Christmas dinner without my little helper now it won't feel the same.

Cody and Sheba have been brilliant in helping us cope with our grief, now to see what surprises 2015 throws up for us, we always seem to get the poorly cats as if someone's saying show them love they've not got long with us.

Until we meet again you will never be forgotten.