Obi's Away Day (s)

We don't show Kiva and Mylo that often however we had entered a show in Guildford before knowing that Obi was coming to stay. We had also arranged to spend the day before the show with Kiva's breeder giving us an opportunity to see their new home and have a mini reunion with some of Kiva's litter mates. We had 3 options open to us when we knew that Obi was going to be with us; 1 - to not go to the show, 2 - to go to the show without Obi and have him cared for by out neighbour or 3 - to take Obi with us. A bit of a no brainer really.

The 3 dogs were walked on Tuesday morning prior to our planned midday departure for the 2 hour journey south. We had been forewarned that Obi was not a great traveller but hoped that him sharing the journey with Kiva and Mylo might show him that car journeys could be fun - I was somewhat surprised therefore that Obi jumped into the back of the jeep without any encouragement - Kiva and Mylo had to be lifted in as per normal. The journey was stress free for us all and we arrived safely. Opening the back of the Jeep and the dog guard saw Obi jump out with a spring in his step with no signs of travel sickness at all. Before long he, Kiva and Mylo were exploring their new surroundings - quiet a lengthy process when they had several acres to explore.

Obi was then introduced to the menagerie that is Tabanyaruu - 3 Finnish Lapphunds; Kiva's mum, grannie and grandad and Zinty a wonderful (sic) German Spitz Klein - before we set off into the 5 acre wood that was all part of the home we were staying in that night. Totally secure and dog friendly this wood is an absolute heaven for dogs to explore - though out of sight much of the time we could relax knowing that the dogs could run free and be safe.

Obi next met Zack, Kiva's brother and a regular guest at Dogs to Stay, prior to us setting off to Bourn Woods for mass Lappy (and GSD) walk being joined by Impi (Kiva and Zack's sister) - so that's 8 Lappies and a GSD, sorry GSK that thinks she's a GSD but wants to be a Lappy - quite a sight to the other walkers in fabulous surroundings. 90 minutes later we returned to our home for the evening for a barbecue - all great fun, well apart from a couple of minor dust ups between some of the males - Mylo can be a little overprotective of his pack at times ;-).

The dogs were eventually settled down for the night, Kiva, Obi and Mylo in the kitchen with Sisko (Kiva's mum), Smuu (her grannie), Tuukka (her grandad) and Zinty in the dogs' own room. Zinty being Zinty meant that I was awoken early by her - 5.15am is early for me, so I decided to get up and watch the dogs play in the garden for the next few hours as the rest of the household slept in.

Breakfast was served and then Obi was introduced to Delphi - remember the previous post saying Obi doesn't do cats?

Well he does now.

Having dealt with breakfast and the cat it was time to set off to Guildford for the dogs show - a new experience for Obi as he doesn't, sorry didn't do shows.

Unfortunately the day was somewhat wet and though it was good to see fellow Lapphund owners and catching up on their latest news, it was pretty miserable and cold. However Kiva got herself a couple of nice rosettes, a 2nd and a 4th and Obi got lots of compliments from wannabe owners, fellow Lappy owners and, perhaps more importantly, a number of Lapphund breeders - what about Mylo I hear you ask - well Mylo was Mylo, somewhat vocal and not at all into being shown :-(

The journey home was uneventful with Obi once again dispelling the myth that he doesn't do travelling and he is now once again asleep next to my desk.

All in all a couple of very enjoyable days for us and the dogs.

It's all Lappy days at Dogs to Stay.