9th September

Thanks to David Egan (Living with Wolves ) for his expert comment explaining why the incident occurred with the dog of my disressed caller, I will put genuine enquiries on to him in the future. He will be writing something for the blog soon.
Although it is depressing that the dogs with us are staying so long , it does mean we have chance to work with them.
Sandy got on very well during her stay at Spangleberry kennels and all members of staff were able to walk her.
She is now good on walks, staying fairly close and her recall is good, which is a huge improvement from when she first came.
She is quiet when she comes out of her crate and enjoys a mooch in the garden instead of just running flat out.

She needs a quiet home with a regular calm routine.

Angel too is improving.
She will play ball with ponies in the next field and take no notice.
I am also working with her to ignore dogs on the bridleway below when we are playing ball in the field. She is doing well. We rarely meet other dogs so I cannot remember the last yime we had a confrontation.
Angel is very intelligent and in the right hands will make an exceptional dog.

Boycie has almost finished his antibiotics. He had his second vacinnation today, despite not giving him breakfast he still managed to throw up in my car , bringing up a completely un digested tablet from the night before!
He has also started to be difficult coming back on walks, running flat out in the opposite direction despite my calls! Yesterday was the worst, Dave started out from home to meet me he was missing for so long. He eventually came back, trotting up to me like butter wouldn't melt..

So now he is grounded, lead walks only for the moment, which is a shame.