RIP Monty, Monty was my cat, yes I used to have a cat, until I moved to Bristol to be with Ian and he lived on a fast road, so I asked Mum as you do, could she cope with another cat ...that was 16/17 years ago, which made him 20 years and 7 months old when his bones just got too old, he had been blind and deaf for a few years at this stage and he was a grumpy old man! he had a great life with Mum, lots of land to wander around, mice and birds to take home etc.....
I don't have a photo of him as unfortunately a lot of my photos were destroyed when the roof leaked in the shed and his photos along with my growing up photos were destroyed......
But you get the picture, when I say he was a black and white cat, more black than white......So you will have to just make do with a photo of Sennen at 10.5 months old, taken yesterday out on an evening walk with Ian, up Hamburger hill, where the skys where so clear we could see the coast on the right and the left of us easily, it was a lovely evening and I'm glad, we made the effort to do an evening walk with the dogs together....
Well Mindy continues to improve, never say never and all that!!
Here she is along with the others on a lovely hour morning walk at Ladock woods on Monday, where she was off for all of it apart from the manic first 10 mins, cant believe it's 8 weeks since her operation, so much has happened, so much water has passed under the bridge, so many end of era things have happened too, not sure where to start to tell you...
The one that's sat there on the top of my mind, is hearing from Elaine that Bethany did amazing well in her exams and is off to Cardiff uni in September, well done Beth, Ian and I are so proud of you and Red sends you a big kiss and woof (Beth first started to run Red in Junior classes at the age of 10, they were a great team.)
....and then hearing that lovely Todd (Odd Todd of Valgray) has gone to join Laddy, Freda and Cassie, where he could bark and charge around to his hearts content, he was Andy's senior dog, I was telling Elaine my most memorable moment was watching Andy win into Senior with him at Corton show at Wotton Bassett on a jumping course, he made it look like a stroll in the park, it was a perfect round......RIP Toddy.
Maybe I'll post another entry later today, just need to give Todd some of my thoughts....
Isn't she cute, bless her, thought it was better to keep the curtains shut, keeps it cooler and stops Mindy fretting!
We have just come back from a holiday in Pembrokeshire, we left at silly o'clock in the morning and arrived 5.30 hours later, just in time for morning coffee! We were camping on the airfield at Haverford West, great weather all week long apart from the Monday, but we still managed a walks in the woods with the dogs......
Sennen is becoming quite a water baby, except she hasnt swam yet!
Mindy at this stage was on the lead and Harry doesn't do water, so didn't want his photo taken....
The boys playing with their balls! I never quite know whether these two have any rules, but can often been seen around the caravans armed with a can in their hands and tape measure in their pockets, Ian recon he won that night (not that he's competitive or keeping tabs!!)
I think the main rule is you have to get as close as you can too the white ball, these two can be often found with head torches on playing this, although this was the first time this year, as John and Chris haven't spent too much time camping at shows with us!! only kidding it's getting Ian to come camping that's been hard this year...
Lovely Katie May, not wanting her photo taken....
we have been computerless...trying now to catch up, lots to tell you, but you will have to make do with the best news....Mindy started to come off the lead for small amounts of time, whilst we were on our holis in Pembrokeshire....
A month after her operation, looking amazing, well I think so!
Thanks to Clive and Elaine Snook for drinking so many beer and cider cans for Mindy at the weekend, and Chris and John for supplying us with the Trellis, yes I know it wasn't meant for Mindy but for my camping trips...
She is continuing to improve, but not so rapid as the first two weeks, but Peter Attenburrow did tell us that. We are continuing with the ttouch that Shona Moon showed me last week, I have got the hang of the "hair slides" she loves them and lots of back of the hand work, she still finds any mouth work to "in your face!" so have just done hair slides around the area, especially as her face hair is growing rather long now, she really could do with a clip and get her looking a bit more even, just don't think she would cope with being at the groomers just yet, although lovely Val did do Harry at the show at the weekend as I had lots of comments, how fat Harry was! little did they know it really was hair, he looked great for Sunday.....Yes I went to a show, the "Agility club" still haven't managed to do any training, so the least said about my handling the better.
It was great seeing everyone and nice to know we are on peoples minds and it was lovely that people came to talk to me about Harry or Sennen, even though I hadn't a clue who they were, but they read my blog...
Yes Sennen came too, on her first of many camping trips, she was very good, apart from catching a mixy rabbit with Tamsins two terrier boys, Albert and Toby on the cross country course...... more recall work required. I was very careful where I let her off and what dogs where around as now she adores small dogs and expects all of them to be like Harry, Mindy, and now Albert and Toby. She was great around the rings, spoke nicely to loads of dogs and played nicely with others, she even found a big pup to play with, Sara's Zips and Kiz Puppy, but with all the excitement of them playing I forgot to ask names, sorry Sara. She tugged like a good em! and concentrated enough to do waits and tricks around the rings, she gets excited watching the "squeaking" dogs running, bless her, she barks more like a Shepherd each day...ugh!
I took Harry and Sennen for an MOT with the Galen girls, Sennen was given the all clear to start back agility and actually I am looking forward to starting back with her and Harry, Sen has had 5 weeks off and she has driven us all mad with her antics......anyway Harry apparently wasn't so good and needs to see the chiro, which so happens, I had booked for next Wednesday anyway, he was booked in along with Mindy's first vet approved visit....
Oh yes Mindy is allowed a new harness less bulky camo pink fleecey one, from "Dog Games" site, they where very good and allowed me to have a selection to take to Peter and let him choose which he wanted her to wear he choose the cheaper model as it had a wider fleece ad less buckles, I think he was siding with Ian on how easy ti was to put on personally, I liked the more expensive one....
..and lastly I spent rather a lot at the show, buying a fleecy harness for Sennen to wear when she is pegged to the floor on her stake rather than attaching to her collar, a lead with her name sewed in (Ian doesn't like it, thinks it should have been a nicer colour, well I suppose that's an excuse to buy another one some day!!) and a pot of "Riaflex" for Mindy (well I couldn't forget her could I?) Oh and got some free samples of "joint aid" too.......
Think that's all the news...the Discovery's are still sat at the bottom of the garden, oh well what's another few weeks!
So you will have to just make do with a photo of Sennen at 10.5 months old, taken yesterday out on an evening walk with Ian, up Hamburger hill, where the skys where so clear we could see the coast on the right and the left of us easily, it was a lovely evening and I'm glad, we made the effort to do an evening walk with the dogs together....
