Continuing Spud the dog’s Sunday seaside adventures.
No Spud! Do not eat the seashells…
Edit… If you look closely you can see he has a seashell in his mouth, he didn’t swallow it, thankfully, he does ingest stones from time to time though 
Spud is a enthusiastic beachcomber, here I’m not sure if his plan is to dig up more jellyfish or bury the one he found.
Pretty isn’t it?
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Watching the rhythm of rural life, from the top of a hill in northern England.
Having spent most of my life avoiding writing, I now need to do it!
I am no domestic goddess, but if I were expecting visitors to my home, I would whisk round with the duster and plump up the cushions and generally make the place look presentable. I hope that by putting my words where others may see them it will encourage me to ‘tidy up and push the Hoover around’ my writing.
On the other hand I may just be adding to the compost heap. Only time will tell!
Pull up a chair, sit yourself down, I’ll put the kettle on.
July 29, 2012 at 8:46 pm
That jellyfish looks like something out of a horror film – but then, to my mind, they all do.
July 29, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Lovely, puppyish markings on his coat.
Surprised to see you use a harness on him, I always used choke-chains, are they now forbidden in UK?
July 30, 2012 at 2:32 am
Is he enjoying some sun or singing in that top photo? Cute as ever.
July 30, 2012 at 8:51 am
If you look closely you can see he has a seashell in his mouth, he didn’t swallow it, thankfully, he does with stones from time to time
July 30, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Coffee loves to roll stones in his mouth, too, shaking his head up and down meanwhile. Pretty jellyfish, handsome Spud, lovely pics.
July 30, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Spud would very much enjoy the afternoon Gathering of the Dogs at Mickey’s beach. They’re a congenial bunch, mellow from spending time on–and in–the Bay. They dig, they bury, they swim or wade – and they love to find special stones and shells. Also fish heads, but that would be mainly the Cowboy, and surely not Spud.
July 30, 2012 at 7:32 pm
He sure looks like he’s enjoying his holiday! xx
July 31, 2012 at 8:21 pm
@rupert as far as I know, no they’re not forbidden in the UK but I use a harness on my dog as I think the fact that you’re effectively strangling the dog when it pulls is cruel and you can train the behaviour out of them. It’s also got a handy handle on it so if I ever need to lift her up it’s easily done and not painful.
July 31, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Thanks Ian.
July 31, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Rupert, we use a harness for the reasons Ian describes, also Spud is very much a water dog, at home we’d just remove the collar and dry out the collar and the dog, away from home we are nervous of him getting out/away from us without his ID tag (especially with nine or more children ebbing and flowing through the house) … Spud is much better behaved on a harness rather than a collar.
August 1, 2012 at 9:51 am
I find a harness helps with my keen little dog. It totally prevents the ‘choking and pulling’ nonsense which goes on when on a lead, and keen to get somewhere fast! As a country dog who is hardly ever on a lead, the harness seems to work when control is needed; on a pavement for example. Luckily, mine was in a harness when he jumped out of a boat halfway across a Cornish harbour to catch some floating gulls! I was able to scoop him back immediately! I’m a big supporter.