30th November

Well I spoke too soon about the drier weather! I was quite surprised how wet the snow was after such cold and this morning we all felt a bit disappointed, not real snow, but we need not have worried, we certainly have real snow now and it's still falling.

How do your dogs react? Most love it. I still remember John Noakes on Blue Peter gambolling in the snow with his dog.

Riley was the most excited out of ours, he is the youngest after all, plenty of youthful enthusiasm. He did get spooked later on however and bolt back from his walk at the ponies. I am not quite sure what it was but one minute he was there the next gone! Jade and I followed his paw prints in the snow, he had gone right back to the yard but managed to be enticed back out for a rough and tumble game with Jade. I think he may have been upset yesterday by the cows as their calves have been weaned and there was a lot of bellowing and agitation, and to think I worried he might attack them. It is a very safe area, with no roads nearby so he was not in any danger.

Sandy quite liked the snow and was not desperate to get out of it. She is still doing well with her toileting in the garden and playing with her ball. She found a toy in the kitchen, a sort of Kong material toy with a squeak. She had great fun shaking and chewing it and pushing it into shoes and piles of newspapers and other stuff on the kitchen floor, making a terrible mess but enjoying herself, I noticed she only chewed the toy leaving everything else. So good to see her happy.
Well the snow is still falling here, let's see what tomorrow will bring.........

Sandy playing with her ball in the snow