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Bingley The Rough Collie Visits for Another Weekend
I was asked to have Bingley, the rough collie from 11th February to 13th February, whilst his owners went up to Wales to watch the Wales v Scotland Six Nations rugby match. Jock his owner, as you can guess by the name is scottish, so was not too happy after driving all that way from Devon to see Scotland lose 13 – 27. [Read more…] about Bingley The Rough Collie Visits for Another Weekend
Daisy The Labradoodle Returns for the Weekend
Daisy’s owners were going away for the weekend, and asked if I would have Daisy for the few days. Naturally I offered my services and Daisy a labradoodle arrived on Friday 3rd February 2012. She bounded in, and quite clearly appeared to be excited at being back with us again. Daisy didn’t seem worried at all when her owners left, and went straight in to the garden looking for a tennis ball to play chase with.
It was a beautiful day, so after lunch Steve and I both took her for a walk. Although cold, the sun was out and it was quite warm and we had a lovely walk up on the moors behind our house. It was lovely in the warm sunshine, and it was such a clear day, that we could see the sea from here. Daisy enjoyed it and and my right arm had lots of exercise using the ball thrower for Daisy to chase her beloved tennis balls. She just goes on and on, and never gets tired, and as long as you throw the ball, she will chase it. Quite a few times, the ball disappeared in the gorse, but Daisy finds it every time, and will not give up until she does. [Read more…] about Daisy The Labradoodle Returns for the Weekend
Bingley Arrives – my Latest Lodger
Good friends of mine have a 10 year old Rough Collie (like “Lassie”) called Bingley and previously if they went on holiday without him he went to stay in a local kennels. Unfortunately the last time that Bingley stayed in these kennels, my friends were not happy with his care. I won’t go into detail, but they have decided that they will not put Bingley there again. That has now left them in a bit of a quandary, as now Bingley is getting on a bit they do not want to put him any other kennels. They had arranged to go away for the weekend of the 2nd December so I offered my services. [Read more…] about Bingley Arrives – my Latest Lodger
Deer in the Ferns, Spotted One at Last
1st December 2011. Have just come back from my twice weekly walk with Henry up on Henlake Down, which is just behind our house and a lovely experience. After walking up on this Down for over two years, I was lucky enough to come extremely close to a deer. I have been told they are up there, but I have never seen one, but today was my lucky day. Henry and I were just meandering through the heavily overgrown ferns (although they are now brown and dying back) on a little path, when I thought I saw a dog up in front of us. [Read more…] about Deer in the Ferns, Spotted One at Last
Daisy On Holiday
Our immediate neighbours know that I walk Henry twice a week, and during a neighbourly chat one day, it cropped up in the conversation that their daughter was going on holiday and was going to put her much beloved dog “Daisy” a 12 month old Labradoodle into kennels for just over two weeks, while they went on holiday. My ears pricked up, exercise, lose weight came into my thought pattern, I offered my services, knowing how I hate the thought of dogs in kennels (and thinking about poor Rolfe, the police dog puppy I walked, please read the very long blog if you have not done already), my offer was accepted.