Monthly Archives: October 2007


Jasper being an ankle biter
Originally uploaded by the witch

Sometimes Jasper goes into psychopuppy mode. You can tell by the look in his eyes that he’s building up for a big explosion.

He starts tugging at the hems of people’s jeans and biting their ankles and makes excited yapping noises. I think he just wants to be played with, but he’s got very sharp teeth!

He loves eating furry, woolly things. I have a very long woollen cardigan that I wear around the house, and this woollen cardigan is like a red rag to a bull when it dangles in front of his nose.

When he gets in this state it’s impossible to control him or discipline him. He’s like a little tornado!


Bad dog!
Originally uploaded by the witch

He’s always very sorry about it afterwards.

Yesterday Jasper found his voice. He learned to bark like a grown up dog. The culprit was a plastic bottle that made an interesting scraping sound when it was kicked across the floor. He was very scared of it and kept circling around it and barking and mock-biting the air. Maybe he thought it was a funny looking snake?


Jasper with his toy horse
Originally uploaded by the witch

Today Jasper ate soil. He turned himself into a canine plough and charged nose-first through the autumn leaves, exposing all sorts of delicious bugs in the leaf mould. He’s nine weeks old and already digging to Australia.

Today’s garden snacks consisted of:

  • leaves
  • leaf mould
  • grass
  • woodlice
  • soil
  • half a worm