I\u2019m in Mum\u2019s bad books. Yesterday\u2019s kennel visit did not go entirely to plan. Not to her plan anyway. You know how I absolutely hate standing around with nothing to do. I\u2019ve been like it all my life. It used to get me into trouble in training classes but it got me into trouble again yesterday. They don\u2019t take dogs who bark all the time. Mum can understand that completely and tried hard to explain that I really don\u2019t bark all the time, only when I\u2019m in a situation like that which is artificial and where I\u2019m standing around bored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the way home we all asked if we can just keep going to our old kennels. We love it there and they know us. It really is a very hard act to follow as it was just so good. Mum says of course we can for any longer stays, but she really does need somewhere we can go for odd days and very short stays. It\u2019s a long way to drive to North Yorkshire for those. I can see her point, but I\u2019m hoping she will see our point of view too. Working dogs don\u2019t have the same mindset as toy dogs or even terriers. We like being somewhere that we\u2019re understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Things got better when we got home as the weather was lovely and we all spent the afternoon in the garden sorting out the apples. We each played a part. Mum was clearing them up. Dad was taking rotten ones off the trees. Ari and I were eating them. Shadow was just watching, but she does a lot of that these days and she had found the earlier trip quite stressful. The weather is not so good today, but hopefully we can still spend it outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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