The Adventures of Fripp

  Did you know that standing outside in the garden in the middle of the night and staring in is just as good at keeping humans awake as is marching up and down on the hard floors. When I went to bed last night Nix had already opened the door for me to come and go as I like. I wasn’t that happy with that because I do like to be quite annoying. When there was no need to stamp up and down on the floor to wake Nix up I found it a bit boring. It was quite amusing that Nix was tossing and turning whilst I just stood there in the garden and stared. The longer it went on for, the harder it was for Nix to get to sleep and in the end she got up and made herself some tea and toast and watched the TV.  Afterwards she went back to bed, I disappeared down the side return but I did wake her up once by doing all my digging but then I went to sleep down there. Nix didn’t wake up again until 5 am to find me standing by the door that was closed looking desperate to get in. Nix came out in the garden to s

 So first of all, Nix and I would like to thank everyone for all your suggestions to help to make life easier for us. She doesn’t want people to think that we’re ungrateful because we definitely aren’t but she just wants to explain a couple of things.  Lots of people suggested dog flaps which is a brilliant idea but there is just one problem. We only have one wooden door and that’s in the kitchen and then there’s quite a big step on the other side of it and I don’t think my back legs would manage it because they’re quite wobbly. Nix would be worried that I might fall during the night when she was asleep and not be able to get up so we decided against the dog flap. She has taken a photo of the step to help you understand.  Another suggestion was that maybe I might like to sleep in the summerhouse but to be honest I’m not as keen on that bit of the garden, I like to be down the side return where there’s a light and I sleep on the paving stones and I like to dig. Nix would not be amused i

  Ladies and gentlemen, fans and followers, I am happy to announce that I have won the battle of the middle of the night garden visits. Nix has finally had to give in and she has accepted that she is going to have to let me out in the garden when I wake in the middle of the night. I woke her at 1.30am this morning and she tried to trick me by sitting on the sofa and watching TV. She honestly thought I was going to get in my bed and go to sleep…non!  After she let me out she went back to bed and didn’t wake up, in the garden until 5am this morning. She checked the bungalow and I was nowhere to be seen and she was just contemplating going into the garden to check on me when I walked in.  So… not only have I won this battle, but I think Nix is going to get me some kind of a house to sleep in just in case it starts to rain in the middle of the night. She’s also talking about getting a camera so she can check I’m okay without actually getting out of bed because for some reason she doesn’t w

 So this hasn’t been the best 24 hours as far as Nix is concerned. Last night was a bit of a disaster with the new medication. Nix gave it to me as prescribed just as it was getting dark. Two hours later about 9 pm I woke up and I felt very wobbly indeed. I staggered into the lounge with my back legs not working very well. As you know, my back legs are very weak anyway but that silly tablet made them go like jelly. Nix was very upset and she sat with me for a bit and then I went back to bed and went straight to sleep. Nix went to bed about 10.30pm and guess what, I woke her up again at 1:30am wanting to go out🫢 Nix has decided she won’t give me the meds again, they didn’t work for me and made my back legs wobble and she says she doesn’t mind sleeping with the door open.  She did think about giving them to me later but then if I woke up wobbly when she was asleep I might fall over and not be able to get up. Anyone in the UK using Xanax 0.5mg, we have some you can have. The Sky engineer

 Nix slept through the night last night…I think she might have been a little chilly with the door open but she said she doesn’t care, she can always leave her electric blanket on low.  Having said Nix is going to leave her electric blanket on all night I’m thinking she might not have to tonight. We have been over to the vets in Brighton to collect my new medication. I am to have one at sunset and we’ll see if it helps me to settle. I don’t think Nix is convinced but we’ll give it a try. The only way she will know if it works is if she keeps the door closed and I don’t wake her up numerous times during the night. To be honest I think she would rather sleep with the door open than give me even more tabbets to take but we’ll see how it goes.  When we were at the vets today the girls were saying how young I looked. I know them all really well but because we mainly now go over to Peacehaven to see Bron, I haven’t seen them for ages. I think they were very pleased to see me 🙂 Nix has bitten

  Nix and I had a very good night last night. She went to bed at about 10.30pm and I was already asleep in another room. After she finished reading, she opened the door to the garden and turned the light out. She went straight to sleep you know without a care in the world about me. Having said that she did wake up at 2 am and wonder where I was. She got out of bed and did a tour of the bungalow but I was nowhere to be seen. Guess what? I was asleep in the garden and guess what again, she left me there. She then went back to bed and went to sleep again and when she woke up this morning, I was asleep in the lounge in my bed. This regime seems to work well for all parties  concerned so unless it’s raining I think we shall make it a permanent fixture.  Although the open door method is working well, Bron my vet has been in touch and has recommended something called Xanax which we might try. I would take it just as the sun is setting to help me relax during the night. I am on quite a lot of