Sunday Sport

We woke up early today to watch the rugby.  Ireland won which apparently is good (Michael said so) but Scotland lost which apparently is bad (Sandra said so).  I think some of those Argentina players must have been really naughty though because Sandra was shouting NO like she does at me when I do something wrong quite a lot.

After all that excitement, Murphy and I were subjected to quite a long grooming session, but I have to admit we both look really smart now.




 I'm having a rest now before we go for a walk ... 

 ... we've been promised one once the cars stop going around in a circle on the telly.

Ploughing Match

Today we went to Southwell Ploughing Match & Show which is the largest one day agricultural show in the county.  (We read the blurb before we went.) 

We saw some really old tractors ... then loads of bright new ones

 Obviously, we weren't surprised to see lots of ploughs although we missed seeing them do their thing as we were late arriving!

We also watched some showjumping (to keep Sandra happy) and met a four month old Welshie puppy called Bella.

Goodness, only just met and already trying to kiss me!

On the way back to the car we went to say hello to Charlotte who had a stand at the show and stopped at a stall that sells the lovely doggie biscuits that we like.  This time we bought liver & bacon and sausage flavours.      Hmm ...  haven't had one yet

Strange goings on

We went to see our mobile kennel today and the strangest thing happened .... Sandra started to empty out all of the stuff in it including our cupboard and beds!
What on earth is going on?  Could we be getting a new one?  All I know at the moment is that the car (and now the garage) was very full on the way home.

Day Out

We had a lovely afternoon at Aunty Debbie's yesterday.  It was great to see everyone and especially Duggie who was looking very bouncy after being poorly a couple of weeks ago.
I had a great bounce around and played with Fergus and Dougal and then later had a quick game of chase with Max around the garden.  Max and I didn't play for long as he was going training later - he and Fergus start their winter work in a couple of weeks, so they are 'in preparation'.

Sadly this morning we have had to cancel our planned meeting with some old and new friends at Clumber Park next week.  The nice people at the Animal Health Trust have reported that some cases of the seasonal illness that Fergus had last September have been seen in our area again, so Sandra has decided it's safer not to go up to Clumber for a while which is a real shame because we love it there.  She may take us for some road walks there over the next few weeks and once the cold weather comes it will be safe to go back into the fields and woods, but for now it looks like we will stay around the village for our walks.  That's fine as we have some great fields to explore around here and we may even go for some walks along the river too.

Naughty Step

I have been on the naughty step today.  I stole a whole tub of chopped up sausage that Sandra had made ready for my training class.  She went out for a while this morning and whilst Michael wasn't looking I found them on the kitchen worktop and just had to sample them .... Michael found me licking out the empty tub to save on the washing up.
Do I look sorry enough in this photo?  They were yummy!

Update

It's been a while since I last posted so here's an update of what we've been up to. 

I'm going to start with a complaint because on Thursday last week Sandra went out without out Murphy and I for a WHOLE day.  I should add we were well looked after by Michael, but still when she came home and we realised she had been to see Aunty Debbie, Aunty Jane and all their boys we were not impressed. To make up for it, we both went to Murphy's Rally class in the evening and Michael came too!  Rally is a bit like obedience crossed with agility, so you follow a course and at different points have to do something - it could be a sit, or a jump or an about turn, anything really.  It was great fun although Sandra was a bit cheeky and made Michael and Murphy demonstrate a couple of things!


At the weekend we went to Clumber Park for a great walk and to check out whether the sheep and cows that have been living in our fields during the summer had gone - while they are there we have to be on leads.  Anyway, they've gone from the main field which is good news as we are meeting up with some friends next week for a walk.  I think some new friends are coming, so I'll try and get some photos.

This is me and Murphy taking a quick pause during our walk..

Murphy, Star Dog

Murphy went to Charlotte's obedience class last night and they had a test!

Guess who won .... my big brother Murphy. Apparently he got top marks in all the exercises and won a new lead.

Here I am without any prizes - well I couldn't let Murphy be the only one having his picture taken now could I?

Where did they go?

Yesterday was a very strange day.  In fact it all started the evening before (on Tuesday) when Sandra went out to the car for something and never came back.  I had watched her taking our crate out earlier in the day, so I suspected she was going somewhere without us.

Next, when Murphy and I woke up on Wednesday morning, Michael had disappeared and Sandra's Mum (we like to call her Nana) was spending the day with us.  Sandra finally re-appeared at dinner time and told, us that she had been to Newcastle to help our cousin Victoria to move into a new house where she will live whilst she goes to Northumbria University.  She's going to be a teacher, but for people not dogs I think.

Anyway, we were really pleased to see Sandra again and today she took us out for a long walk to celebrate.  No sign of Michael yet, but then he disappears for a couple of days most weeks and always turns up again.  I believe he goes 'to work' which is what my friends Fergus and Max do in the winter months ... I think their work is probably a lot different from Michael's though.