11 years of Dozer!

It’s Dozer’s 11th day today! Take a travel down representation lane arsenic we look backmost implicit the past 11 years of Life of Dozer. From discount canine to screen boy, his beingness has been arsenic afloat arsenic ….. well, his tummy. 😂

If you look closely, you’ll spy his pinkish lingua down the candles – he’s mid lick!! Cheeky bugger!

Dozer’s 11th day pupcakes!

11 years with Dozer! How clip has flown!

In caller years, I’ve shared canine affable cakes and cupcakes for Dozer’s birthday. This year, I thought it mightiness beryllium amusive to bash thing a small antithetic and stock a look-back implicit the past 11 years of Dozer’s life! Are you ready?? Here we go!

Finding Dozer – Bargain of my life

What, I ne'er told you I got him for fractional price??? WHAT A BARGAIN! 🙌🏻

Yes, the time I got Dozer was 1 of the champion days of my life. And it should lone beryllium due to the fact that that was the time I recovered Dozer, but it’s not. It’s besides due to the fact that I got him for 50% off. 😂 I’m astir ashamed astatine however delirious I was. I couldn’t judge my luck!

In lawsuit you are wondering – helium was discounted due to the fact that helium was the past puppy near and the breeder wanted to determination him on. He volition ever beryllium the bargain of my life!

The thrill didn’t past for agelong though erstwhile helium proceeded to propulsion up successful the car for the full 90 infinitesimal thrust home….

Settling in

Ahh, memories of Dozer’s archetypal year! It’s hard to judge that this fur shot who has present intelligibly established himself arsenic the king of the location was erstwhile truthful shy he’d slumber with his caput buried successful cushions…..

Suffice to accidental his shyness rapidly vanished arsenic helium made himself astatine home. Kleenex puppy!

And 1 of my favourite photos of puppy Dozer – the archetypal time I took him down to the beach.

Growing up

My archetypal representation of Dozer earlier helium adjacent turned 1? Outgrowing my zippy small convertible, a hangover from my firm days.

I had specified dreams of zipping astir municipality with the extortion down, my hairsbreadth billowing gracefully successful the upwind and Dozer perched up successful the spot beside me. What a vision!

Well, that ne'er eventuated. He grew truthful large earlier helium turned 1, helium couldn’t acceptable successful the car seat. Also, helium besides hated the upwind successful his eyes. So erstwhile I enactment the apical down he’d curl up tightly successful the seat, caput buried successful his paws, looking wholly miserable.

So that imagination was changeable down beauteous fast. 🤣

So, I downgraded and upsized my car. Enough country for a increasing Dozer and his mates!

Not a cute cuddler

As helium grew into his elephantine paws and became a man-dog, it became evident that helium was not going to beryllium 1 of those cuddly, chilled retired Goldies. Nope. He was precocious energy, surviving beingness to the max!

You wouldn’t drawback maine jumping disconnected jetties into murky waters, but helium ne'er hesitates. Those darn fish! He conscionable can’t defy them!

Ah yes, and tug of war. His favourite game!

Yep, he’s decidedly astatine his happiest erstwhile he’s retired and about! (Or eating).

Injuries

But with precocious vigor comes injuries. In Dozer’s case, regularly cutting his paw pads connected oyster shells littered connected the enactment that he’d sprint crossed madly, genuinely believing that helium had a existent accidental of catching that seagull.

But the lone happening he’d instrumentality location was shredded paws.

Keeping his cuts cleanable of ungraded was somewhat of a situation – YOU effort to explicate to Dozer not to tally astir a muddy gait erstwhile helium has bandaids on! I resorted to assorted methods – socks. And cling wrap, truthful it seems.🤣

Over the years he’s had much than his stock of injuries which comes with a highly progressive dog. Joint issues, pulled muscles, strained back, genu replacement. That 1 was not amusive – a large country and 3 period of keeping him quiet. Quite a situation for Dozer!

The harness successful the photograph supra was for maine to enactment him truthful helium could locomotion extracurricular to spell to the toilet.

The different situation was the caput cone which is utilized to halt dogs from licking wounds. Dozer, being the large buff-head that helium is, conscionable couldn’t woody with a elephantine flappy integrative cone astir his head. So I ended up resorting to a blow-up ringing which helium recovered overmuch much comfy with the added bonus of amusement for me.

Mind you, helium had the past laugh. He wholly embraced it:

I’m thankful he’s managed to travel backmost from each of these injuries and he’s successful fine, acceptable signifier astatine 11! I mean, does this look similar a elder national to you??

Ridiculous outfits

Everybody knows that Dozer’s had maine wrapped astir his paw since the time I got him. But with emotion comes laughter – and he’s provided plentifulness of that implicit the years with the assorted outfits he’s been squeezed into!

Which 1 is your favourite??

Me? It’s hard to spell past the Dozer tux shot. I mean – travel on!!! Look astatine him. ADORABLE.

On the job

And a look-back connected Dozer’s past 11 years would not beryllium implicit without snippets of his beingness connected the job! Squeezing himself nether tables laden with nutrient I’m photographing……particularly alarming fixed his size. If helium lifted his head, those meatballs would spell flying!!

And erstwhile I accidental “squeezing himself nether tables”, I mean it. Look astatine him, squished nether this tiny table. Does helium not recognize his size???

And arsenic my assurance successful photography grew and I moved into videos, I invested successful much equipment. More invaluable instrumentality for Dozer to compression himself nether and around.

It shocks maine that we’ve had nary instrumentality casualties owed to Dozer. SHOCKS me.

Cover boy!

A DOG connected the screen of a cookbook??? I americium not definite my publisher, Ingrid, ever envisioned her vocation would impact moving with an writer who insisted connected her canine being connected the cover. 😂

Cover of the Australian/NZ edition

As brainsick arsenic it whitethorn sound, the thought of making a cookbook without Dozer (heavily) featured was ne'er adjacent a consideration. Not conscionable due to the fact that I americium a brainsick canine woman (note singular, not plural), but besides due to the fact that helium is portion of the individuality of this website and has been by my broadside since the time I created RecipeTin Eats. The “Life of Dozer” conception has appeared successful each station I person published since 2016, pursuant to request by readers for regular Dozer updates. And helium was the 1 changeless passim the seemingly endless months of precocious nights moving connected the cookbook.

And thus, it is fitting that helium beryllium by my broadside connected the cover, and plastered connected large airy walls successful buying centres crossed Australia!!

I particularly emotion that nary 1 knows however to pronounce my name. So erstwhile I went into shops, I was being stopped by radical who exclaimed “Oh! You’re Dozer’s mum!” 😂 I’ll instrumentality that!!

Oh, also, let’s not hide that clip helium became a POSTER lad excessively – the proudest infinitesimal of his life!! (And let’s each unreal that the poster is not connected a spider-web covered stinky doggie poo bin).

He did person 1 oregon 2 moments successful the media though, without poo bins prominently featured……😂

Ah Dozer! Who would’ve thought a discount canine would person specified experiences!!!

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Happy 11th day Dozer!

You were a earnestly adorable puppy, but I emotion you much contiguous than I ever have.

You volition ever beryllium the bargain of my lifetime. I cognize that my concern – this website, my cookbook – would not beryllium what it is if it weren’t for you being specified an integral portion of it.

Plus, you conscionable marque beingness amusive and happy!

I was going to accidental that I’ll bash thing peculiar for your day day. But honestly, it’s similar each time is your birthday. It’s not imaginable for maine to hug you more, to springiness you much treats, much bites of my ain meals, springiness you tastier nutrient oregon instrumentality you retired to play more.

And I wouldn’t person it immoderate different way.

Happy day Dozer! ~ Nagi x

OK Dozer. Go for it!!!

In lawsuit you are wondering what we’re celebrating Dozer’s 11th day with – it’s Pupcakes, with a peanut food flavour that dogs are made for! Swirled up with fluffy doggy-friendly “frosting”.

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