28th August

We had a very pleasant day at Winkworth Arboretum's Dog Lovers Day on Sunday. The Arboretum is owned by National Trust and this was to educate dog owners as much as anything else, with a Gun dog training display and have a go agility.
Pup was not well enough to go (details later) but Sam Keen came with her Staffy Roxy and three of her charges Jarvis Cocker, Monty (Norfolk Terrier) and Missy Staff x Pug who came on one of our walks.
Missy is only 9 months and a real sweetie. John Ayres also came with Sky. John is our Gazebo man, I would  be lost without him, I do not think he was feeling too well so thanks to both John and Sam for their help.
Roxy had a particularly good day gaining her Kennel Club Bronze citizenship Award and winning Best Trick.
Go Roxy!
Huskies In Need were there, they are fast becoming the new 'must have,' breed, they told me they have 26 in rescue at the moment.
Despite it being very genial surroundings and very local it was too quiet for me especially considering we had no dogs and I had so much I could have been doing at home and do you know apart from our dogs there was not one SBT or even a Staffy cross!
£22.11 was raised.

Jarvis Cocker

Pup was quiet and off his food again on Friday so back to vet. Jane has put him on paediatric Erythromycin and his appetite has returned but he still has diarrhoea.

Missy and Roxy

I received this lovely email from Jenny :-

Hi Alison

 

Thank you so much for helping and bringing Boris back to us yesterday.  It was nice to see you anyway even though the circumstances were chaotic!  I had been meaning to get in touch but with the baby and moving house things have been very hectic.  Unfortunately Simon's father passed away last month and then my Granny a few weeks later.  Perhaps Boris has been sensing our sadness.  He has been very good with Baby Rosa.  Now she is crawling we watch him more but so far there have been no problems.  He is still a 'Daddy's Boy' though and likes his own time with Daddy when Baby has gone to bed!