Trio enjoying the beach in Northumberland.

Hi all its Neo reporting in :) Life is busy and life is good! I have started training classes but to be honest they are a little easy peasy as I already know how to sit stay, down stay, wait and recall and other things too! Mum says I am the keenest dog (or child!!!) she has ever had to train and she thinks I can understand english because I pick things up so easily! (which of course i can or how else would i be posting this?!) I have been to a puppy party and they liked me so much they asked me to be their stand in "big" puppy if they need one for future parties! I've posted a photo of me and Ziona on my first walk and there's a pic of me at the beach in a big hole that I dug all by myself. Zinnia and I are the best of friends now and mum says she is very tolerant letting me share her bed - as you can see "we" soon outgrew her rigid blue bed and I kept lying on Zinnia and squashing her without realising! So mum bought us a bigger squishy bed that we now "share" as you can see from the pics and sometimes the three of us pile into Auntie Zeta's crate together which is very cosy! There are plenty of other beds of course but its so much nicer too share! Anyway I am saving the best news for last. Today I went to my very first dog show. I only went to watch and meet the other doggies, but they let me enter one of the classes and I was placed second in the best condition out of about thirty dogs!!! They thought I was in very good condition - for a springer spaniel!! LOL! It was a very good day as Auntie Zeta also won a cup for best veteran. I hope you all having fun and enjoying exploring the world. xx

5 a day is good for pups

Mick says that fruit is good to chew on. I have tried pear, apple and tangerine, though I would not rush back to that one.

The old man gets excited when he sees me in his veg plot particularly when I am near his leeks. He has some golden wonder tatties in the ground, Charlie tells me that when they are being harvested any that fall in our direction are fair game for us. I suppose it is a bit like a sausage falling off the BBQ.

I was nearly swimming yesterday paddled in up to my chest in the duck pond Charlie makes it look so easy we will see what the weekend brings.

Hi Folks. Mick here.

What a weekend I have had, Friday the 13th was unlucky for the local woods as that was my first venture into them. They were all that Charlie had told me, full of dog scent, wild animal scent strange people.

I had an encounter with a wooden bridge, I could see flowing water below it I was not very sure about crossing this but my pal Charlie said "what are you waiting there for? there's loads more to see and do over here" so off I went.

As a matter of fact I have now been over these bridges several times now over the weekend they are just a walk in the park!!!!!.

We had BBQ Saturday and Sunday this weekend, Charlie told me to watch out usually dad drops a sausage off the BBQ, I am not to dive in and eat it straight away as it will be too warm, usually the old man will pick it up put it to the side let it cool and then feed, great!!!!!.

caramel and pups

It's Quiet Here Tonight

I had the dogs at work tonight but the girls didn't get much of a look in as Diesel was busy making a show of the big dogs. First session he was assessed for his Good Citizen Puppy Foundation and passed with flying colours, major proud mummy. In the second class we did a mock Bronze assassment and I am stunned, he was only there for socialisation but would easily have passed and was much better than most ofthe big dogs. I am so over the moon, a couple of weeks ago I was struggling to get his attention in class and now he is just a dream to work with.

Will get a pic of him with his certificate over the weekend.

Gill

P.S. he also had a quick turn in Ringcraft and stood, all be it not very still, and then moved really well