Snowdog 44 - The Snowbrador - Found at Washington Galleries

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 44

We took a special trip to Washington Galleries shopping centre.  We hadn't visited before and we haven't visited again.  It was very busy and we were a bit overwhelmed by it all but we found the two dogs who lived there.  We also found the little Snowdog pack who lived there but by that time we hadn't decided that we wanted to see all the little Snowdogs or that we might want to sit on every one of them.  So we hardly took any pictures of the little pack in the shopping centre.  It would have been difficult though due to the way the dogs were arranged there.  It would have been impossible for me or Winefride to sit on every one of the dogs unless we got our person to climb over barriers.  Maybe we should have got her to do it even if that risked her being thrown out.  I wouldn't have minded being thrown out because the noise and lights and movement and smells of shopping centres are almost too much for me anyway.

We then decided that we had to see all of the little Snowdogs after all so I had to order my person to take us back to Washington and make a special trip to the arts centre.  That's quite a long way from the centre of Washington so to get there we had to take extra buses.  It was a fun day though.  First we went back to South Shields to see a dog called Rhino The Rescue who had been missing when we went to see him for the first time.  Then we had to catch a Metro and a bus to get to the arts centre to see little Snowdogs.  Then we had to catch a bus to Washington Galleries - where we should really have gone back to see the little dogs there - and another one to Gateshead.  And then in Gateshead I got my person to take us back to The Sage because when we had visited there before we only saw seven of the eight little Snowdogs there.  So we had to find the eighth dog didn't we?

Then we had to go to the leisure centre in Gateshead to see another pack of dogs.  If we had been little dog finding we would have seen them already because we had visited Gateshead library where a big dog and a little pack lived..  The leisure centre is next door to the library.  A one minute walk.  Instead we had to walk there from the centre of Gateshead especially to see their pack.  I think it was worth it because it meant that we got to see every one of the little Snowdogs.

I'm still tempted to get my person to take us back to Washington during the days I'm posting about the Washington dogs.  We could go and see the Galleries pack again.  They'll still be there.  My person says she would much prefer to do something else.  Unfortunately I think she's going to win.


Photographed on 9th November 2016

This dog is called The Snowbrador.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, in Washington Galleries Shopping Centre.

The dog was designed by Ruby Cooper.



Here are our pictures of The Snowbrador.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 43 - Spocky Dog, Found at Washington Galleries

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 43

We took a special trip to Washington Galleries shopping centre.  We hadn't visited before and we haven't visited again.  It was very busy and we were a bit overwhelmed by it all but we found the two dogs who lived there.  We also found the little Snowdog pack who lived there but by that time we hadn't decided that we wanted to see all the little Snowdogs or that we might want to sit on every one of them.  So we hardly took any pictures of the little pack in the shopping centre.  It would have been difficult though due to the way the dogs were arranged there.  It would have been impossible for me or Winefride to sit on every one of the dogs unless we got our person to climb over barriers.  Maybe we should have got her to do it even if that risked her being thrown out.  I wouldn't have minded being thrown out because the noise and lights and movement and smells of shopping centres are almost too much for me anyway.

We then decided that we had to see all of the little Snowdogs after all so I had to order my person to take us back to Washington and make a special trip to the arts centre.  That's quite a long way from the centre of Washington so to get there we had to take extra buses.  It was a fun day though.  First we went back to South Shields to see a dog called Rhino The Rescue who had been missing when we went to see him for the first time.  Then we had to catch a Metro and a bus to get to the arts centre to see little Snowdogs.  Then we had to catch a bus to Washington Galleries - where we should really have gone back to see the little dogs there - and another one to Gateshead.  And then in Gateshead I got my person to take us back to The Sage because when we had visited there before we only saw seven of the eight little Snowdogs there.  So we had to find the eighth dog didn't we?

Then we had to go to the leisure centre in Gateshead to see another pack of dogs.  If we had been little dog finding we would have seen them already because we had visited Gateshead library where a big dog and a little pack lived..  The leisure centre is next door to the library.  A one minute walk.  Instead we had to walk there from the centre of Gateshead especially to see their pack.  I think it was worth it because it meant that we got to see every one of the little Snowdogs.

I'm still tempted to get my person to take us back to Washington during the days I'm posting about the Washington dogs.  We could go and see the Galleries pack again.  They'll still be there.  My person says she would much prefer to do something else.  Unfortunately I think she's going to win.


Photographed on 9th November 2016

This dog is called Spocky Dog.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, in Washington Galleries Shopping Centre.

The dog was designed by Hilary Sanderson.



Here are our pictures of Spocky Dog.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 42 - Dog on the Tyne - Found at The Angel Of The North

Hello again.


My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.


And that's a lot of dogs.


We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.


For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.


Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/


I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.




Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 42

Photographed on 9th November 2016

This dog is called Dog on the Tyne.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, near The Angel of The North.

The dog was designed by Jane Headford, a scenic artist and creator of animatronic creatures for the movies.



The ninth of November was a good day for Winefride and me.  We were being taken out to see Snowdogs again and we were enjoying our excursions a great deal.  The ninth took us to a big shopping centre in Washington which we didn't enjoy that much apart from seeing the Snowdogs who lived there.  Then we saw some dogs in Gateshead who we hadn't seen yet.  We weren't obsessive by that point though.  We weren't trying to see all of the little Snowdogs too.  So we hardly took any pictures of the little Snowdogs in the shopping centre and totally missed a pack in Gateshead and I had to get my person to take me there on a special trip.  On the ninth we visited the library in Gateshead which is called central even though it's quite a long walk from the centre of the town.  Then we went to see two dogs who lived in Saltwell Park and then I got to take my sister to the Angel of the North.  It was an amazing day even though it wasn't as dry as we would have liked and the ground near the Saltwell dogs was very muddy.  I'm glad we didn't fall off those dogs!

Here are our pictures of Dog on the Tyne.


You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 41 - Mutt Me On The Corner - Found at Saltwell Park Lane, Gateshead

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.


Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 41

Photographed on 9th November 2016

This dog is called Mutt Me On The Corner

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, by the lake in Saltwell Park, Gateshead.

The dog was designed by Lindisfarne.  My person tells me that that's not the island she hasn't taken me to see yet.  It's the name of a band.  My person says that they made lots of good music and still tour and that possibly their worst ever song was their biggest hit.  The dog was painted by Edgar Ameti.



The ninth of November was a good day for Winefride and me.  We were being taken out to see Snowdogs again and we were enjoying our excursions a great deal.  The ninth took us to a big shopping centre in Washington which we didn't enjoy that much apart from seeing the Snowdogs who lived there.  Then we saw some dogs in Gateshead who we hadn't seen yet.  We weren't obsessive by that point though.  We weren't trying to see all of the little Snowdogs too.  So we hardly took any pictures of the little Snowdogs in the shopping centre and totally missed a pack in Gateshead and I had to get my person to take me there on a special trip.  On the ninth we visited the library in Gateshead which is called central even though it's quite a long walk from the centre of the town.  Then we went to see two dogs who lived in Saltwell Park and then I got to take my sister to the Angel of the North.  It was an amazing day even though it wasn't as dry as we would have liked and the ground near the Saltwell dogs was very muddy.  I'm glad we didn't fall off those dogs!



Here are our pictures of Mutt Me on the Corner.


You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 40 - Snowdog Springtime - Found at Saltwell Park Towers, Gateshead

Hello again.


My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.


And that's a lot of dogs.


We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.


For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.


Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/


I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.




Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 40

Photographed on 9th November 2016

This dog is called Snowdog Springtime.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, outside Gateshead Central Library.

The dog was designed by Joanna Lumley.  My person says you might have heard of her and that she's been in lots of television programmes.  I haven't seen any of them though in my one year of life.  The dog was painted by Sarah-Jane Richards.



The ninth of November was a good day for Winefride and me.  We were being taken out to see Snowdogs again and we were enjoying our excursions a great deal.  The ninth took us to a big shopping centre in Washington which we didn't enjoy that much apart from seeing the Snowdogs who lived there.  Then we saw some dogs in Gateshead who we hadn't seen yet.  We weren't obsessive by that point though.  We weren't trying to see all of the little Snowdogs too.  So we hardly took any pictures of the little Snowdogs in the shopping centre and totally missed a pack in Gateshead and I had to get my person to take me there on a special trip.  On the ninth we visited the library in Gateshead which is called central even though it's quite a long walk from the centre of the town.  Then we went to see two dogs who lived in Saltwell Park and then I got to take my sister to the Angel of the North.  It was an amazing day even though it wasn't as dry as we would have liked and the ground near the Saltwell dogs was very muddy.  I'm glad we didn't fall off those dogs!



Here are our pictures of Snowdog Springtime.


You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 39 - Graffiti Dog - Seen at Gateshead Central Library

Hello again.


My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.


And that's a lot of dogs.


We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.


For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.


Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/


I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.




Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 39

Photographed on 9th November 2016

This dog is called Graffiti Dog.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, outside Gateshead Central Library.

The dog was designed by Frank Styles, a North East street artist.



The ninth of November was a good day for Winefride and me.  We were being taken out to see Snowdogs again and we were enjoying our excursions a great deal.  The ninth took us to a big shopping centre in Washington which we didn't enjoy that much apart from seeing the Snowdogs who lived there.  Then we saw some dogs in Gateshead who we hadn't seen yet.  We weren't obsessive by that point though.  We weren't trying to see all of the little Snowdogs too.  So we hardly took any pictures of the little Snowdogs in the shopping centre and totally missed a pack in Gateshead and I had to get my person to take me there on a special trip.  On the ninth we visited the library in Gateshead which is called central even though it's quite a long walk from the centre of the town.  Then we went to see two dogs who lived in Saltwell Park and then I got to take my sister to the Angel of the North.  It was an amazing day even though it wasn't as dry as we would have liked and the ground near the Saltwell dogs was very muddy.  I'm glad we didn't fall off those dogs!



Here are our pictures of Graffiti Dog.


You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 38 - MOJO, seen at Gateshead Metro Station

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.


Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 38

Photographed on 4th November 2016

This dog is called MOJO.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at Gateshead Metro Station.

The dog was designed by Sumit Sarkar, aka KrikSix, who is known for fantastical characters and interpretations of Hindu gods.

I have now completed half of my special interest project.  This is the first of the full size Snowdogs I'm posting about who lived south of the river Tyne.  We're moving on to Gateshead now.  Later we'll be taking you to Sunderland and South Shields with a few diversions along the way.  We'll also show you the rest of the little snowdog packs, a dog who didn't live in Tyne and Wear and a dog who wasn't on the trail at all.  Finally I want to show you our pictures of the Snowdogs farewell event, our souvenirs of the hunt and our completion certificates.

I hope to finish my special interest project in the middle of February.  That will come as something of a relief to my person because she'll be happy to stop typing about Snowdogs for me.  She's got other things to write and she says that I probably won't get to write my blog very often either.  I hope Winefride and I still get taken on lots of adventures though.

It was 4th November and we hadn't really got into the fun of Snowdog hunting.  On that day we were hunting for a pizza.  We just happened to see some dogs on our way to the shop.


Because we weren't Snowdog hunting we didn't take many pictures of this dog.

Here are our pictures of MOJO.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 37 - Squares, Seen at Trinity Square, Gateshead

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.


Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 37

Photographed on 4th November 2016

This dog is called Squares.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at Trinity Square, Gateshead.

The dog was designed by Dheven Burke.

I have now completed half of my special interest project.  This is the first of the full size Snowdogs I'm posting about who lived south of the river Tyne.  We're moving on to Gateshead now.  Later we'll be taking you to Sunderland and South Shields with a few diversions along the way.  We'll also show you the rest of the little snowdog packs, a dog who didn't live in Tyne and Wear and a dog who wasn't on the trail at all.  Finally I want to show you our pictures of the Snowdogs farewell event, our souvenirs of the hunt and our completion certificates.

I hope to finish my special interest project in the middle of February.  That will come as something of a relief to my person because she'll be happy to stop typing about Snowdogs for me.  She's got other things to write and she says that I probably won't get to write my blog very often either.  I hope Winefride and I still get taken on lots of adventures though.

It was 4th November and we hadn't really got into the fun of Snowdog hunting.  On that day we were hunting for a pizza.  We just happened to see some dogs on our way to the shop.

Because we weren't Snowdog hunting we didn't take many pictures of this dog.

Here are our pictures of Squares.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 36 - Disco Dog, Found inside The Sage, Gateshead

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.


Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 36

Photographed on 4th November 2016

This dog is called Disco Dog.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, inside the Sage in Gateshead.

The dog was designed by Natalie Guy.

I have now completed half of my special interest project.  This is the first of the full size Snowdogs I'm posting about who lived south of the river Tyne.  We're moving on to Gateshead now.  Later we'll be taking you to Sunderland and South Shields with a few diversions along the way.  We'll also show you the rest of the little snowdog packs, a dog who didn't live in Tyne and Wear and a dog who wasn't on the trail at all.  Finally I want to show you our pictures of the Snowdogs farewell event, our souvenirs of the hunt and our completion certificates.

I hope to finish my special interest project in the middle of February.  That will come as something of a relief to my person because she'll be happy to stop typing about Snowdogs for me.  She's got other things to write and she says that I probably won't get to write my blog very often either.  I hope Winefride and I still get taken on lots of adventures though.

It was 4th November and we hadn't really got into the fun of Snowdog hunting.  On that day we were hunting for a pizza.  We just happened to see some dogs on our way to the shop.

Because we weren't Snowdog hunting we didn't take many pictures of this dog.

We were also quite disappointed with Disco Dog.  It was set high on a plinth so Winefride and I couldn't have our pictures taken sitting on the dog.  And then at the farewell event Disco Dog was right in the middle of the other dogs on a high plinth again so we still couldn't sit on the dog.  We sat on all the other dogs.  But not Disco Dog.  And that made us sad.

Here are our pictures of Disco Dog.

Snowdog 35 - Ziggy, Found in Gateshead at Performance Square, Sage

Hello again.


My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.


And that's a lot of dogs.


We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.


For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.


Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/


I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 35

Photographed on 4th November 2016

This dog is called Ziggy.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, outside the Sage in Gateshead.

The dog was designed by Marcus Brown.

I have now completed half of my special interest project.  This is the first of the full size Snowdogs I'm posting about who lived south of the river Tyne.  We're moving on to Gateshead now.  Later we'll be taking you to Sunderland and South Shields with a few diversions along the way.  We'll also show you the rest of the little snowdog packs, a dog who didn't live in Tyne and Wear and a dog who wasn't on the trail at all.  Finally I want to show you our pictures of the Snowdogs farewell event, our souvenirs of the hunt and our completion certificates.

I hope to finish my special interest project in the middle of February.  That will come as something of a relief to my person because she'll be happy to stop typing about Snowdogs for me.  She's got other things to write and she says that I probably won't get to write my blog very often either.  I hope Winefride and I still get taken on lots of adventures though.

It was 4th November and we hadn't really got into the fun of Snowdog hunting.  On that day we were hunting for a pizza.  We just happened to see some dogs on our way to the shop.


Because we weren't Snowdog hunting we didn't take many pictures of this dog.

Here are our pictures of Ziggy.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Little Snowdog Pack 11 - Found at Tesco, Gateshead - Dogs 5 to 8

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdogs:

Little Snowdog Pack 11

Photographed on 14th November 2016

Happy New Year to you all.  I'm posting this on 1st January.  A new year.  I wonder what will happen.

All together there were ninety-seven little Snowdogs to find and each one had been decorated by children from different places.  The little Snowdogs, for their own safety I think and so they would have some sane conversation at night like I do with all my friends, had gathered themselves together into packs of dogs.  The smallest pack had three dogs in it and the largest had nine dogs.  And we went to see them all.

Some of the packs I will show you in just one post.  Others will take more than one post.  When there are eight or nine dogs there are a lot of pictures.

The pack I am showing you today is officially pack number eleven, the fourth of the eleven little Snowdog packs to be living south of the River Tyne and the last of the little packs to be found in Gateshead.  After telling you about this pack I'll be back to telling you about the full size dogs again.  Hooray!  I'll be starting, I think, with a dog called Ziggy.

Here are our pictures of Little Snowdog pack number eleven.  There were eight dogs in this pack.

We had found these dogs on November 4th but we only took one photo of the pack.  That was partly because we weren't expecting to be on a quest to see all the dogs when we saw them - and incidentally succeeded in buying a pizza.  It was also because there was a barrier round the pack and lots of signs telling us not to touch the dogs at all.  We obeyed.

Ten days later we returned.  And we didn't obey.  We had all given up on obedience by that point.  Either Winefride or me or both of us were photographed with every one of the dogs.  That felt much better and we didn't hurt them.  In the end the only little Snowdogs we didn't sit on were those at the Sage who were sitting on platforms on November 4th and those at the shopping centre in Washington who we couldn't have sat on if we had tried.

So we found these dogs again on November 14th, the next to last day of our dog hunting.  It was a crazy day and we had to plan it carefully in order to see all the dogs we needed to see - including one dog in South Shields who we hadn't been able to see before that because he was ill, and the dogs at Washington Arts Centre which is impossible to reach by Metro.

I'll be sharing my photos in two posts because eight dogs seems to be a lot of dogs for just one post.  And I know how much you love the dogs.  Who wouldn't love them?  Winefride and I loved them dearly and it's sad that we won't be seeing them next year.  Never mind, we had a lot of fun finding and seeing them all.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

This fifth dog is Pebbles, designed by Falla Park Community Primary School.

The sixth dog was called Rainbow Forest Dog, designed by Oakfield Infant & Junior School Federation.

The seventh dog was called Robrit, designed by Springwell Village Primary School.

And the last dog was called Roxy, designed by Talk Adoption North East.

To close, here's that group photo taken on November 4th before finding that elusive pizza.

Little Snowdog Pack 11 - Found At Tesco, Gateshead - Dogs 1 to 4

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdogs:

Little Snowdog Pack 11

Photographed on 14th November 2016

Happy New Year to you all.  I'm publishing this post on 31st December and that's a very special day in my life because it's my first birthday.  I am one year old today.  Happy birthday Blob Thing.  I bet nobody remembers me or sends me a card.  I bet I'm forgotten about.  Oh well.  It's been a good year.

All together there were ninety-seven little Snowdogs to find and each one had been decorated by children from different places.  The little Snowdogs, for their own safety I think and so they would have some sane conversation at night like I do with all my friends, had gathered themselves together into packs of dogs.  The smallest pack had three dogs in it and the largest had nine dogs.  And we went to see them all.

Some of the packs I will show you in just one post.  Others will take more than one post.  When there are eight or nine dogs there are a lot of pictures.

The pack I am showing you today is officially pack number eleven, the fourth of the eleven little Snowdog packs to be living south of the River Tyne and the last of the little packs to be found in Gateshead.  After telling you about this pack I'll be back to telling you about the full size dogs again.  Hooray!  I'll be starting, I think, with a dog called Ziggy.

Here are our pictures of Little Snowdog pack number eleven.  There were eight dogs in this pack.

We had found these dogs on November 4th but we only took one photo of the pack.  That was partly because we weren't expecting to be on a quest to see all the dogs when we saw them - and incidentally succeeded in buying a pizza.  It was also because there was a barrier round the pack and lots of signs telling us not to touch the dogs at all.  We obeyed.

Ten days later we returned.  And we didn't obey.  We had all given up on obedience by that point.  Either Winefride or me or both of us were photographed with every one of the dogs.  That felt much better and we didn't hurt them.  In the end the only little Snowdogs we didn't sit on were those at the Sage who were sitting on platforms on November 4th and those at the shopping centre in Washington who we couldn't have sat on if we had tried.

So we found these dogs again on November 14th, the next to last day of our dog hunting.  It was a crazy day and we had to plan it carefully in order to see all the dogs we needed to see - including one dog in South Shields who we hadn't been able to see before that because he was ill, and the dogs at Washington Arts Centre which is impossible to reach by Metro.

I'll be sharing my photos in two posts because eight dogs seems to be a lot of dogs for just one post.  And I know how much you love the dogs.  Who wouldn't love them?  Winefride and I loved them dearly and it's sad that we won't be seeing them next year.  Never mind, we had a lot of fun finding and seeing them all.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

This first dog is Ace, decorated by children from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Volunatiry Aided Primary School.

The second dog is Billy the Busby of Bill Quay, who was designed by children from Bill Quay Primary School.

The third dog is Bubbles, who was designed by St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School.

The fourth and final dog for today is Foster, who was designed by the National Foster Agency.