26/09/2026
TIMBA 🐾🍐🥕
Timba has been part of our pack since he was a tiny wee pup, back when he was approximately 70% puppy-dog eyes and 30% ears. 🥹😂
Honestly, he was RIDICULOUSLY cute.
He started his career in Puppy Club before graduating to spending some time with the Rottweilers. Our lovely Lola has always been brilliant with the overly affectionate babies, which was ideal because Timba’s entire approach to making friends was basically:
"HELLO. I AM JUST A SMALL BOY. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. ALSO CAN I LICK INSIDE YOUR MOUTH?" 😭🤣
There was a lot of face licking.
A LOT.
Usually followed by Timba dramatically throwing himself onto his back like a Victorian woman who'd just received terrible news.
"I SURRENDER!!! I AM BUT A BABY!!!" 😂
Thankfully, Lola was very patient with her slightly unhinged little apprentice and taught him the ways of the dog.
It wasn't long before Timba was ready for the hill and joined the big pack. 💪🐾
He's always been a very clever boy, and with his family putting loads of work into continuing his training, his doggy manners soon became absolutely spot on.
So now we have Adult Timba™.
Still ridiculously friendly.
Still wants to be everyone's pal.
Still has those massive puppy-dog eyes.
But now...
HE HAS ETIQUETTE. 👌🤣
Timba absolutely adores his friends, particularly Baxter and Jack, and LOVES a good chase.
There is, however, an entry requirement for the Timba Friendship Programme:
YOU MUST BE ATHLETIC. 🏃💨
No point turning up with good intentions and a dodgy hamstring. Timba has places to be. 😂
But perhaps the most ridiculous thing about this boy is his obsession with fruit and vegetables.
And yes...
I appreciate the breaking news here:
LABRADOR LIKES FOOD. 🚨🤣
But Timba isn't simply food motivated.
Oh no.
TIMBA FORAGES.
This dog will actively go looking for berries like a tiny Bear Grylls who's been abandoned in the Scottish wilderness with nothing but his instincts and an empty stomach. 🫐😂
And his family know exactly what they've created, because whenever Timba comes to stay with us for his holidays, he arrives with his own ARRAY OF FRUIT AND VEG. 🤣🤣
Not just his food.
Not just his bed.
Not just the usual doggy essentials.
No.
TIMBA ARRIVES WITH PRODUCE. 🥕🍐🍎😂
Other dogs come for their holidays with a favourite toy and a blanket.
Timba turns up looking like he's just done a small shop at the greengrocer's.
"Yes, hello. Timba checking in. Here's my luggage... and this bag contains my refreshments." 🤣
Honestly, I'm surprised he doesn't arrive with a little cool box and a handwritten meal plan.
10am - carrot.
2pm - seasonal fruit.
4pm - light berry forage.
Evening - see what falls out of a tree. 😂
And speaking of trees...
Every morning when I pick him up, he's eyeing up his mum's pear tree.
Especially now the pears are falling.
I open the van door...
Timba looks at me.
Looks at the van.
Looks at the pear tree.
🍐👀
You can practically see the calculations happening.
"I've got time."
I'm fairly certain one morning I'm going to arrive and find him underneath it wearing a balaclava with six pears stuffed down his harness. 🤣
And then we have his beloved carrots. 🥕
Give Timba a carrot and you've never seen happiness like it.
He doesn't simply eat a carrot.
He ANNIHILATES it.
CRONCH. CRONCH. CRONCH.
At a volume normally associated with industrial machinery. 😂
And the entire time he's sitting there with the happiest little face, looking like he's just been handed a Michelin-starred meal rather than a vegetable from Tesco.
Honestly, Timba is just the cutest wee soul. ❤️
He's grown from that tiny, face-licking, belly-flopping baby into the loveliest, cleverest, friendliest boy...
..who loves his pals, has impeccable manners, enjoys high-speed pursuits, packs his own five-a-day for his holidays, and apparently believes the local fruit supply belongs to him. 😂
And somehow, after all this time, he STILL has those huge, mesmerising puppy-dog eyes. 🥹
The sort of eyes that say:
"I've never done anything wrong in my entire life."
While he's standing there...
with a stolen pear in his mouth. 🍐🤣❤️
