Bottle of wine anyone?

What a lovely day today, i nipped out to buy my favorite Rose wine (from Home Bargains, snip of a price). Charlotte incoveniently phoned me to pick her up from her exam at short notice...being a mum i left as quick as my legs would carry me.

Oh dear, the wines in the kitchen on the work top, im sure oscar will be fine he wont dare touch a bottle of wine...will he? I arrive home half hour later. Whats this? Oscar seems to be extra excited when i walk through the door, there is glass on the floor but no wine?

Oscar was drunk, i know the vets number off by heart now they advise a good meal and water and plenty of rest. 5 hours later oscar seems to be having his first hangover!

Happy Holidays...or maybe not.

Oscar does have normal days you know, but i do like to share the ones that stand out even if its not always good news. We had decided to book a lovely cottage away for the new year, Simon, kids and Oscar for a few days..how relaxing. Few days after christmas day the girs and i nipped out for a few hours to spend our christmas money. Oscar decided to help himself to a few eccles cakes that where in my work bag (how disgusting i had forgot they where there) Oscar must have smelt the festering. We arrived home to packaging in the living room and a very sheepish Oscar. Raisins cant do any harm can they?

It was not good news, apparently raisins can be extremely harmful to dogs. Oscar had to be taken to the vets for some rapid treatment. The vet called me in the evening to say that when he was sick he brought up not only lots of raisins but a celebrations chocolate box and wrappers and an apple core! Eh, where had they come from?

The holiday was off, Oscar was critical in the vets, it could have gone either way, we just had to wait. This had to be my worst new years eve ever, i was in bed for 11pm after waiting for the vets to call. I could not imagine my life without Oscar now, we where all terribly upset he was only 13 months old he was too young and lively for his life to just go because of some dried up grapes!

Oscar made a full recovery, i had pet insurance, all was well. No more chocolate or raisins or wine in the house! Well maybe no chocolate or raisins anyway.