Mouse Mystery Over

The mouse turned up.

Decapitated on the rug.

Mouse...

Carlsberg has just come in and dropped a live mouse. It ran behind the fridge and there is no sign of it since. There is no escape route and yet...

Beach

Yesterday we had a barbeque. Mmmmmmm. Today, we went to Blackpool (no starfish this time) and walked along the beach. Then we went and had chips on the sea front.

Tunnel

We went to agility class. I loved the tunnel - it was the fountain of dog treats.

I went *in* but won't come *out*. 

It's great fun :)

Trangia

We went on a long walk. I couldn't resist going mad at the sheep and we had trouble getting everyone over the styles, although Chips did manage to scale a 5' wall. 

Here are the humans having a cup of tea that took an hour to make on the Trangia. Call it part of the camping experience. We had a fab time and it was a shame to come home.

Canine Picnic

We all slept surprisingly well. 

We went to Kendal Castle. 

The ONE time us dogs were let off the lead, I ran off and ate an unattended picnic. TJam is telling herself that is was the crusts of a sandwich, and not the whole thing. 

They had a moral dilemma and thought maybe they should come clean but eventually decided to run for it.

Camping at Last!

We went camping!

In their usual prepared way, the humans read the instructions and put up the tent for the first time.

First, get everything out of the car...

Lay the tent out on the floor...

Put the poles in the tent and it goes up just like that!

Gardening

TJam has been working in the garden. Carlsberg managed to find a little place to sleep.

Camping

Today we bought a tent. We will be camping any time soon! I can't wait. We are going camping!!

I wonder what camping is.

Narrow Escape

Today I had a very lucky escape when I only half succeeded in jumping over a barbed wire fence (to eat more fertilizer) and ended up hanging over said fence. I managed to get off and only lost a tuft of hair. Not a scratch on me! I don't know why the humans are making such a fuss.

Farmer

The farmer has fertilised his fields with chicken manure. I am delighted. I have eaten most of it and then thrown it up in the house. I am very popular.

Near Driving Lesson

It was Fliptop's 17th birthday today. We had arranged for her to have a surprise driving lesson (had the camera ready and everything). 10 minutes before the lesson, the school car broke down and had to go into the garage, so poor Fliptop will have to wait til she goes home to get driving... TJam and Fliptop ate the last of the Easter nests Fliptop made. 

Then they did some gardening. 

We dropped FT off at the station and then I went to my first agility lesson. At first I was not that keen on the tunnel, but once TJam hid a few treats in there I was more than happy to oblige. It was fun! When the lesson was over, I ran through the tunnel just for the hell of it.

Good Friday Stalls

We went up a big hill with Fliptop. There is a tradition of having stalls up there on the hill on Good Friday. The humans had candy floss.

Easter Chocolate

TJam and Fliptop spent all of Easter Day eating chocolate and going on the dance mat.

Visitor

Fliptop is staying with us! 

She got the train up to Wigan this evening. We welcomed her enthusiastically.

Plan B

We went to the allotment today but someone had broken in and stolen our forks. So we just fixed the fence.

Construction Matters

We have been to stay at Bamgee's for the weekend. It was so windy that a fence panel blew out of the fence while we were gone. Our neighbour has put it back. Oh, Boy Wonder, if you are wondering, they have started building the house on the corner plot. The first floor is nearly finished. And next door are selling up. It is nothing to do with us barking. We will swear to that in court if we have to.

Calming Signals

Watch out world. TJam and Nersospal went to a dog talk this evening. It was by Sheila Harper who looks at how us dogs cope with stress and how humans need to look out for early stress signals so that we don't have to resort to biting to let people know we are serious. 

TJam thinks it particularly applies to me when I bark at other dogs when I'm on the lead. The woman does some courses so we might go on one.

Flying Visit

This evening, TJam drove over to Leeds to meet her friend Chatter who was in Leeds for the evening. They had a hilarious time, although too short. Chatter runs an American Therapy Camp and was doing a whistlestop tour of the UK to promote her software. That's why the get together was so short. There was no lack of quality though!

Big Walk

The dogs set off on their walk today blissfully unaware that they were going up to that tiny peak at the top!

They went with Nerospal and Nero

Up the steps...

 and up and up....

past the tower...

and right to the very top!

What a view!

In the evening Chips was dragged to dog training. She is having fewer bad sessions than good sessions these days. She managed a send away and a retrieve. First time she has been able to get over her stress and concentrate properly. TJam was proud of her. We all are.