- Location
- Andorra and Spain
For when you want to share the wonderful thing your doggy did today!
Mine was this morning. I was walking with J and the four dogs up to our normal off-lead morning spot, when I saw three unfamiliar dogs running around up the hill. It was too much to ask of Shadow, so he took the twins for a walk around the village while I carried on with Squidge and Ginny.
I saw the two people separate, one continuing up the hill away from us with one dog, and a man coming back towards us with two dogs. From a distance, the dogs looked friendly, but I kept Squidge on lead as they were unfamiliar. The man took note and also put his two dogs on lead (wow!). When I was close enough, I called, "She's very friendly", and he replied "So are mine, but this one is young and mad". So, that was that, we let them off to have a bit of a play together. When we were ready to go our separate ways, Squidge came away at the first call.
I continued up the hill, and the lady reappeared coming towards us with a very small Irish setter who I recognised from last year. Luna trotted a few paces towards her, stopped, then came back to me. She then walked wonderfully besides me until we were about fifteen feet away, at which point I released her to go play. She trotted up, had a nice greeting, then came back.
A little while later, with the other dogs having gone, J joined us up on the hill, and then we walked back home together. One of the tour company reps came past us, smiling at the Labs all walking wonderfully on loose leads, and said, "Oh, I wish I could have a pack of dogs!". I laughed, offered her Squidge's lead and said, "Here, you can have this hooligan if you like!".
But, you know what - it made me realise that she's not really that much of a hooligan any more. Yes, she's still full of herself and the most joyous bean that ever walked the earth, but underneath all that, she's a brilliant little girl who I can be proud of - most of the time
Mine was this morning. I was walking with J and the four dogs up to our normal off-lead morning spot, when I saw three unfamiliar dogs running around up the hill. It was too much to ask of Shadow, so he took the twins for a walk around the village while I carried on with Squidge and Ginny.
I saw the two people separate, one continuing up the hill away from us with one dog, and a man coming back towards us with two dogs. From a distance, the dogs looked friendly, but I kept Squidge on lead as they were unfamiliar. The man took note and also put his two dogs on lead (wow!). When I was close enough, I called, "She's very friendly", and he replied "So are mine, but this one is young and mad". So, that was that, we let them off to have a bit of a play together. When we were ready to go our separate ways, Squidge came away at the first call.
I continued up the hill, and the lady reappeared coming towards us with a very small Irish setter who I recognised from last year. Luna trotted a few paces towards her, stopped, then came back to me. She then walked wonderfully besides me until we were about fifteen feet away, at which point I released her to go play. She trotted up, had a nice greeting, then came back.
A little while later, with the other dogs having gone, J joined us up on the hill, and then we walked back home together. One of the tour company reps came past us, smiling at the Labs all walking wonderfully on loose leads, and said, "Oh, I wish I could have a pack of dogs!". I laughed, offered her Squidge's lead and said, "Here, you can have this hooligan if you like!".
But, you know what - it made me realise that she's not really that much of a hooligan any more. Yes, she's still full of herself and the most joyous bean that ever walked the earth, but underneath all that, she's a brilliant little girl who I can be proud of - most of the time