Sal Latest Holiday

After getting over the after effects Kanto's "I want to hump Sal" episode (Mylo had to remind Kanto that Sal if anyone was going to hump Sal it would be him)  things quickly settled down and the rest of the evening passed calmly - in fact it's been pretty calm ever since.

Walking the 4 of them was a bit of an issue on Monday (Kanto liked it here so much he wanted to stay another day) however with me taking Sal and Mylo Louise was more than able to manager brother and sister Kiva and Kanto.  Kanto went home yesterday evening and since then Sal has rediscovered the toy box, the sofa and how to make the most of the dog-flap.

Pictures, maybe even a video, will be added later, but for now rest assured that Sal is as chilled as ever - now if I can just do something about her snoring .........

Hector Gets Wet

A beautiful day here meant for an enjoyable walk.  Out of the house for 11.00 and home for 1.00 - not all walking I hasten to add as we did stop off for coffee at Nina's on the way home (Nina being the Munsterlander with whom we have been walking).

The nice weather meant that the dogs could enjoy the garden:

And the pond:

 Especially the pond:

Fortunately a hose was at hand to give Hector a good wash down before coming home.  As I write the dogs are all sleeping, Kiva and Mylo in the shade, hector in the kitchen and, hopefully, drying off.

I Kind Of Like It Here

Dogs to play with, company at night and all day, access to the garden (though I can't suss the dog flap thing out), walks with other dogs, lots of things to chew (and ruin .... tee hee) and lots to eat.

This is one of those rare occasions when I am actually lying on my bed - most of the time I'm dragging it round the lounge or the garden with Kiva chasing me.

Hector has settled in well and is a wonderfully well behaved 10 month old boy - rumour has it that he might be back with us in August - if so it can't come soon enough.

Hector's In The House

On Saturday Hector came to join us for a week, he is a 10 month old Springer Spaniel, one of Louise's favourite breeds and one that we did consider before deciding on Finnish Lapphunds.  He is a very well mannered dog and quickly settled in to life at Dogs to Stay - he found where the toy box was and proceded to empty it, the lounge floor quickly getting covered with bones, chews and toys.

Mylo watched on with disgust finally deciding that pretending to sleep would be the best option.

Talking of sleep; Hector's first night passed quietly, I think he enjoyed the company of Kiva and Mylo.
As I write the dogs are still sleeping off today's earlier walk, the best part of 5 miles in nice weather and good company as we were joined by Sally the black lab and Nina a black and white Munsterlander.  Lappy days indded.

It's A Weekend So It Must Be Raining

Fortunately we missed the rain when we walked the pack - they are all now totally relaxed ... right, that's enough words let's allow the pictures to tell the story:

You might like to turn the sound off before playing the video clip - the breathing sounds as though it belongs in a horror movie ....

The Secret of Scrabble's Unbroken Night

will remain a secret ... suffice to say that it worked again last night.  As a result we almost overslept which would have been embarrassing as Fat Sal was due to arrive for the weekend at 8.00.

Fortunately we were up in good time,  just as well really as Phil was early delivering Sal.  No matter, all is well and, following breakfast, the pack are now well settled.  Smuu to the right of my chair, Tuukka on his bed, Sal on the sofa (no change there), Scrabble busy emptying the toy box, Kiva in the kitchen and Mylo in his kennel..... all is calm at Dogs to Stay.

Sadly yesterday's blue skies and sunshine have gone, it's grey, damp and miserable - hopefully it will have brightened up by the time the dogs get their first walk.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen ....

We had a busy day at Dogs to Stay yesterday as we played host to a couple from Wales who came to meet Kiva with a view to maybe having one of her puppies when she is mated this summer. Sue and Ralph are long term Samoyed owners but they are looking to downsize to a Lappy. They turned up with a bag full of treats - the dogs were most impressed - and spent a couple of hours with us interacting with the pack - Scrabble making his presence known, Smuu and Tuukka as chilled as always (I think that they were rather taken with Tuukka), Mylo being Mylo and Kiva winning hearts. 

After they left we met up with Fat Sal for a late afternoon walk.  I think that Scrabble found it all a bit tiring :-)

I have just got back from a walk with the 5 dogs and with them all chilled am able to get down to writing today's update, not that there's a lot more to say ....

The day started late, Scrabble sleeping through the night - I think we have found the secret to a good nights sleep ;-).  Breakfast was served, the dogs were walked, I checked the election results :-(

Now that we have discovered how to ensure Scrabble sleeps through the night I can safely say that our guests really are no trouble, Smuu and Tuukka are 2 of the most chilled guests we have ever had and I'm so glad that Smuu left her bark at home.  I am delighted with the way our own dogs get on with our visitors - though they are normally well behaved Mylo and Tuukka did have a minor set to when they first met some 3 years ago - I think that must have forgotten all about it as they are best mates now. Kiva enjoys being with her granny, I think that the feeling is reciprocated and Scrabble is, for a young puppy away from his humum for the first time very well behaved, he can be a pain in the butt sometimes - he seems to delight in trying to trip me up when we are out walking but he has grown on us, he's also groing up ... he can cock his leg now ;-)