It's so long since I last posted, I can't really remember what we've been up to.
We didn't go away in April because Murphy wasn't very well. He has been very wobbly on his back legs for some time now but has started having weekly hydrotherapy sessions which seem to be helping him - after we taught him to swim that is. Who would have thought a 14 year old Spaniel wouldn't know how to swim? It was only after the first session when Mum started thinking that she probably hasn't ever seen him swim, but just assumed he could. He has always been a bit 'shy' of cold water.
The pool at Dip Your Paws is nice and warm, or so I have been told. Next week I will get a chance to see for myself as Mum is arranging for me to have some swimming time too, but purely for fun and she says to hep keep my weight down.
Mum has been busy riding Mena 3 or 4 times a week. This week she went on her first summer amble ride with a local group and some of the girls from the yard. She really enjoyed it, but not as much as Mena who apparently got quite excited about the whole thing and thoroughly enjoyed herself!
Plans are afoot to enter her into a couple of local showing classes (Mena that is, not Mum) to see how she gets on. We have been told she will need to be 'bathed to within an inch of her life' before they go anywhere. Poor Mum, every time she tries to get her clean she goes out into the field and rolls in anything she can find. She needs one of those onesie things that show dogs wear before Crufts, but good luck getting it on her!
We are heading away this weekend on the trip that was cancelled in April. It is our first weekend away of the year and I am looking forward to it. Hopefully the sun will shine for us and we can have a couple of lazy days after a very busy few weeks.