Wild and Woolly

It has been a stormy night and I am very glad we have adopted ‘Plan B’, if we’d managed to pull off ‘Plan A’ the house would not have a roof on at the moment, it would be bound in scaffold and swathed in tarpaulins and I doubt any of us would have got much [...]

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Teachers Pets

Spud and Joe walking home*
It was parents evening at Joes school recently, it went very well, which is great news because school hasn’t always been a happy  place for Joe. Mr Uhdd was fair glowing with pride when he got home; for not only had Joe received a good report, the head stopped Mr [...]

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All Weather Dogs

People tell me Springer Spaniels are ‘all weather dogs’ ready for the off what ever the conditions. But when I opened the door this morning to let Spud out for a pee, he took one look at the raging storm and sat his bum down firmly on the door mat and shot me a ‘I’m [...]

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What No Spud?

We didn’t take Spud down to Devon with us,  we stayed overnight with friends and we felt some of his puppy ways were a bit unreasonable to foist upon them (or more accurately, their carpets!)
We missed him, we know he would have loved to charge along the beach

There were a few dogs around, [...]

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Wind Against Tide

We’ve been away, to south Devon,  it’s a place that all our family loves, but sadly the purpose of our visit was a family funeral, sad and emotional as it was, it was never the less a funeral that had just the right sense of place and celebration of life.

We arrived in good time [...]

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Spud, Relaxing at the End of a Busy Day

And should he be on the sofa?  It depends who you ask.

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Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tales

Time I think for an update on Spud the puppy.

He’s had all his inoculations and has been micro chipped, and gained one and a half kilos in two weeks (he likes his food, a lot; which is a bit of a surprise to us as our two previous border collies were indifferent about food, unless [...]

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Bonus Shots

I got home this afternoon about three hours earlier than expected, a bit of a bonus seeing as it was such a gorgeous afternoon.
I spent some time by the pond, where the iris leaves are starting to melt back into the depths; from whence they came

And we took Spud for his first walk around [...]

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What’s in a Name?

Spud is a Springer Spaniel, he is very bouncy, he bounces a lot!

This makes him quite difficult to photograph – if you crouch down he comes running and stuffs his nose up the lens, however every now and again you can capture him.
 
 
He is growing every day, his legs are getting longer, [...]

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Puppy Love

Spud has arrived, there are a few things he’s not quite got control over yet, including his ears

The first night he was so quiet that I lay awake in the small hours, worrying that there was something wrong with him, not a whimper did he make. However he has been somewhat more vocal since! [...]

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