Barbets and snow

Barbets in Snow

Betsy, Bepop and Bobby enjoying a rather white forest and rather fetching snow boots

Back to normal.

Its lovely to be back in the forest walking with my friend although its often quite a full car!. The dogs are all so different in charactor, we have a rescued border collie who is ball obsessed and hates anyone shouting, a black lab who failed at 6 months to make the grade of a working lab and by coincidence (of course!) has suffered terrible joint problems, a very sweet border/jack Russell terrier who manages to wind Bepop into a frenzy during playtime, I think its the only dog that has ever dared to stop Bepop in her tracks by hanging off her ears!. The last couple of walks, we have taken a tennis ball to encourage the border collie to run rather than walk at heel. A tennis ball has been life changing to Bobby as every toy we own is his, in our household. He has been exhausted after the forest, a couple of hours of constant running after a ball, didn't matter if you threw it for any of the others, he always found a way and he never gave up, surprising for me is that even Bepop joined in at the end, she has never ever shown any interest in getting a ball, but it does make a lovely walk....5 dogs and 1 tennis ball.      

Walks in the Forest

Today we met the herd of Woolly cows, I have to admit as cows go, these are cute and the calves are just beautiful, this one was watching Bepop who is just out of shot.

Nice day today, so the forest was busy, we met so many other dogs. We walked 5 dogs, Bepop,Bobby, Molly the border collie,Fudge the lab, and little Fudge a border terrier x. Luckily all 5 dogs are very sociable. 

Betsy was having a rest day as she ran 10 miles with Julian yesterday, and Jazz my poodle is not 100% at the moment.

I never want to own too many dogs, 4 is quite enough at one time. If I had land I may feel differently, but making sure that my 4 go out and have free running is vital for their health and well being. 

The deer are still loitering.