Celebrating 13 years of Dozer – that’s 79 human years! Be part of me for a bit of journey down reminiscence lane to see what my massive, dopey, loveable fur ball has been as much as this previous 12 months. If I’m nonetheless this energetic, adored and obsessive about snacks at his age, I’ll take into account myself fortunate!
Ahhh Dozer! What a 12 months you’ve had. I wish to say it was not like every other – however actually, I really feel like yearly is extraordinary! Not precisely heroic-dog extraordinary (eg. sniffing out survivors or monitoring lacking folks in forests), however your skills lie in……let’s consider, different areas we’ve come to worth?😂
Let’s check out Dozer’s Finest Of from the previous 12 months!
Lifetime of Dozer
Dozer’s comeback!
I didn’t do a birthday submit for Dozer’s twelfth birthday as a result of he was recovering from surgical procedure after being recognized with bi-lateral laryngeal paralysis which was inhibiting his potential to breath. He had a tough restoration, and I can’t lie, there was a time once I wasn’t certain he’d pull by means of. However he did!! Again on the seaside together with his buddies, with a smile and even just a few leaps and bounds! ☺️
I’ll all the time treasure that photograph above, the primary day I took him again to the seaside 3 months after his operation, bundled up in a heavy responsibility life jacket for security. He was so completely happy!
plAYSCHOOL!
This one’s going straight to the highest of the highlights listing as a result of – PLAYSCHOOL!!! Actually, no larger honour.
His temporary?
✅ Waddle on set and look cute – nailed it.
❌ Take a look at digicam. Fail! His eyes have been laser-locked on the meals your complete time. 😂
PHOTOSHOOTS, PHOTOSHOOTS!
With Dozer featured so closely in my second cookbook Tonight, there have been so many photograph shoots, and so many places! On the workplace, dwelling, pictures studio, on the canine seaside. I needed to seize him in any respect the locations he frequents in his life. What a pure he’s in entrance of the digicam nowadays!
And naturally, the frequent theme – a lot meals. So, a lot meals! What torture it have to be for him, as we take shot after shot after shot. 😂
And my favorite photograph:
Which ended up on the duvet of my favorite journal……
COVER BOY!
The Huge Situation is a social enterprise journal that’s offered by deprived folks in CBD areas of Australia, offering them with a method to earn an earnings and rebuild their lives. Of all of the interviews that we did within the 12 months (and by “we”, I check with my entire staff in addition to Dozer and I!), that is the one which gained our hearts. (OK FINE! Dozer splashed on the duvet might have helped 😂).
BOOK LAUNCH AND TOUR!
Launching a e book is enjoyable. Launching it with Dozer by my aspect is even MORE enjoyable!!
Who desires to speak to me once they can pat Dozer??🥰
And when the e book tour went interstate so I couldn’t take the actual factor with me, we took the 2D model as a substitute!
READER EVENTS
One of the vital great elements of creating a cookbook is that you simply get to fulfill in actual life. One thing I by no means imagined having the chance to do 4 years in the past earlier than I made my first e book.
As of late, assembly readers is one thing that we attempt to make a daily factor – as a result of each my staff and I take pleasure in it a lot!! And naturally, for Sydney occasions, Dozer is the largest drawcard. Right here he’s, stealing all the eye at two of the reader occasions we held final 12 months – a dinner at Boronia Kitchen (my native!):
And extra not too long ago at a shocking lengthy lunch on the Roundhouse Restaurant within the Crystalbrook Kingsley Lodge as a part of the annual Newcastle Good Meals Month celebrations.
fundraiser for sophie’s legacy
Of all of the occasions we did although, probably the most particular must be a fundraiser we did for Sophie’s Legacy. It is a charity arrange by the mother and father of a younger vet who took her personal life, which has a aim of lowering the suicide charges within the occupation. A horrifying statistic: suicide charges amongst veterinarians is 4x the nationwide common.
Dozer and I hosted a fundraiser at our native Small Animal Particular Hospital (in Ryde) the place we raised cash for Sophie’s Legacy. It was a small gesture to offer again to the individuals who saved Dozer’s life a 12 months in the past.
It additionally made me conscious that each time I am going to the vet, it’s often as a result of Dozer will not be nicely. So I’m apprehensive and upset, and do I actually bear in mind to thank the vets and workers correctly? Take a second to drop a notice of because of your veterinarian – drop an e-mail, letter or card – for taking care of our pets so nicely. You’ll be able to’t start to think about how a lot it should imply to them. ❤️
plastered throughout rtm!
And a giant second for Dozer up to now 12 months – once we plastered a life dimension sticker of him on the window of RecipeTin Meals!! A pleasant reminder in case there was any uncertainty of who’s REALLY the boss round right here…..😂
Dozer shall be our poster boy for RTM, all the time. Eternally. So long as RTM is related to me, I’ll by no means let that change.
Style testing duties
From the second I began my web site 11 years in the past, Dozer proudly appointed himself Chief Style Tester – and what a stellar job he’s executed in that essential function! Topped Worker of the Month practically each month, he’s praised for his unwavering dedication, enthusiasm with which he undertakes his duties and lightning-fast response time at any time when something edible emerges from the fridge, oven, or pantry (the backyard, nonetheless, stays suspiciously beneath him 🤔).
As of late, attributable to his medical situation, he’s unable to eat flaky and crumbly issues like croissants, biscuits and desserts (as a result of threat of inhaling into his lungs). However, ever the devoted skilled, he nonetheless insists on doing his half. If he can’t style the cake, he’ll fortunately pattern the custard. Simply dip cabanossi in it! Mmmm, meat and custard….
DOZER’S 13TH BIRTHDAY!
And right here he’s, on his thirteenth birthday at his second favorite place on earth – Bayview canine seaside!
Wanting by means of Dozer’s birthday photographs, I realised it’s much less a celebration for him and extra for me – as a result of let’s be trustworthy, does he look thrilled in his occasion get-up this 12 months? Completely not. 😂 He spent a lot of the time howling in protest!
All people is aware of I did it for myself, not him – a little bit of celebration, however largely for amusement. Watching him swim round Bayview with shiny foil trailing behind him and his little occasion hat bobbing round on this again… priceless! 🤣
Although really, once I took his lifejacket off and noticed how a lot water the foil was holding, I felt a bit dangerous, pondering of the drag it should’ve created as he was swimming!
In a nutshell…
Life for Dozer is as nice as I might hope for it to be. I really feel lucky that he’s nonetheless with me and most significantly, completely happy, comfy and an urge for food as ferocious as ever.
Truthfully, probably the most worrying a part of his life continues to be toy laundry day. I reckon that’s a fairly nice place to be!
Glad birthday Dozer!
HAPPY thirteenth BIRTHDAY DOZER! Thanks for all of the happiness and laughter you deliver into my life. I really feel so lucky that you’re nonetheless with me, and nonetheless in good type regardless of some bumps alongside the way in which and a few creaky hinges.
I like you with all my coronary heart, and I’ll treasure daily I’ve left with you, and take care of you as finest I can to make you as completely happy as you make me. ~ Nagi x
