29th October



Exploring at the ponies

 Aaaah! Happiness is a sleeping puppy. Smudge was a good girl through the night settling down and sleeping soundly.
We took her to the ponies today where (as well as the ponies) she met several other dogs, a  Tibetan terrier, the two Spaniels from the farm and Daisy the Collie who is excellent with puppies. At home we have had her out with Khan and Lexus. Lex seems intrigued but Khan does not like puppies and barks and gets upset.
One of my pupils walked her and we gave her a good long play so that she would be tired and sleep. Listen to that.....  Silence ..broken only by a deep snore, RESULT!

After work I took Sandy and Chance up to the fields for a run. Darkness was falling. They had a great time running shoulder to shoulder and Sandy was exhibiting lots of calming behaviour which I was very impressed by, she really has come on.
Unfortunately it was marred near the end when a large Lurcher or Wolfhound appeared from nowhere and surprised them. They didn't react well and neither did I. The dog ran off back to its owner half a field away, by now it was dark. In the confusion I dropped  a lead and couldnt find it in the dark so had to share a lead between them on the way home.
Before we got back the wretched fireworks had started.

Looks as if we are going to get two nights of Trick or Treaters this year too, deep joy.