My dog Weeze looking around behind and to the right. She has gold fur and a white blaze on her chest. She is a pit bull type dog. Her left leg is missing below the elbow joint.

My dog Weeze yawning and squinting. She has gold fur and a white blaze on her chest. She is a pit bull type dog. Her left leg is missing below the elbow joint.

My dog Weeze with head turned to the right and left ear flapping with the movement. She has gold fur and a white blaze on her chest. She is a pit bull type dog. Her left leg is missing below the elbow joint.

My dog Weeze looking directly at the camera. She has gold fur and a white blaze on her chest. She is a pit bull type dog. Her left leg is missing below the elbow joint.

Happy birthday to the sweetest girl in town… LOUISE! AKA “Weeze!” The big 10 today! #DogsOfBlueSky #WritersDogs

Solid napday! This crazy baby doubled his nap time today when he discovered the joy of snuggling next to me. My arm went numb! What a 💕 love! Such a happy boy.

#Declanthecollie #derpface #dogsofbluesky #writersdogs #saturdaynapday #writinglife #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

All the cute things Declan does, and here I am obsessed with his rabbity, chunky feet.

#Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writersdogs #dogsofbluesky

Photograph: Our young spaniel, Lottie, on a sun-dappled path winding through the hills behind my work studio.

A portrait of a young spaniel in love with the world.
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Our young brown spaniel, Lottie, sleeping on the sofa in my workspace (a small cabin next to a woodland on Dartmoor).

In this picture Lottie has pulled the blanket down to floor, where she apparently prefers to sleep today.

A close-up picture of Lottie, with sunlight pouring into the room from the cabin's floor-to-ceiling windows. Her expression is sleepy and sweet but stubborn. Typical Lottie.

Lottie started her morning nap curled in the sofa blanket as usual -- but now she's decided she prefers the blanket on the floor. I tried to explain that rearranging the furnishings was not part of her job description as Studio Dog, but she begs to differ. #WritersDogs

Image: A corner of my cabin studio, at the edge of a small woodland on Dartmoor. Our young brown spaniel is curled up in a blue blanket on the studio sofa. On the wall beside her is a reproduction of a medieval tapestry of winged deer; behind her are shelves of books.

On a quiet morning in the studio: Lottie snuggled in a warm blanket on the sofa while I work at my desk nearby. #WritersDogs

An English Cream Retriever lying on the kitchen floor looking sad and sweet.

Nessie tore her ACL last week. Surgery in the morning. Anybody been through this and have good advice or encouraging words? #writersdogs

This long line of dog and I are ready for the festive season. A Monday of clients and cups of tea, and at least four hours of dozing (Ernest, not me). #dogs #therapy #writersdogs #christmas

I have piles of work piling on top of old piles which piled up back during the summer house move. And what am I doing? Not un-piling that’s for sure, not when I have Nanou snoring on the sofa next to me and last night’s Strictly to watch

#notwriting but should be
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Post-storm sleep circle

#schnauzers #Schnauzerfest #writersdogs

Nanou keeping herself busy while I wander round here, instead of writing this week’s blog post 2 newsletters and a chapter I’d said I’d finish this week.

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