Training

Yesterday I went along to a lesson with Charlotte and I have to admit it wasn't my finest hour and a half!  I was happy to be there because Auntie Kim and the girls were there, although Milly stayed with Murphy in the cat whilst Holly and I had the lesson.  There was also three new spaniels I hadn't met before - Twig, Penny and Bob - all much younger than me and Holly and very bouncy.  I was feeling very shy and didn't really say hello to any of the newbies.

We started with some heel work (mine wasn't very good) and then moved onto some hunting which Mum and Charlotte said was good.  Then we came to the 'rabbit on a string' which tests our steadiness and because Charlotte said Holly and I are 'advanced' (bit of a shocker) Mum and Auntie Kim headed off down the field and left us on our own.

I was VERY good and didn't go after the rabbit, but I am ashamed to say I didn't like it when Charlotte stood near me at the end of the exercise.  In fact I felt so uncomfortable that I re-positioned myself further down the line away from her and waited for Mum to come back to me.  Mum said I was being silly and she doesn't understand why I am scared of Charlotte as she is nice and has never been cross with me.  I agree with all of that, I just sense that if I was really naughty Charlotte wouldn't be happy and I don't want that!

I think I can safely say yesterday was not my best day .... still we're off on holiday tomorrow!  Yipee!!

Wet days and holidays

We've just has an enormous rain storm with all that thunder and flashes that both Murphy and I hate.  Mum braved the rain to move some of her plants so as they would get wet - and so did Murphy although he was only outside for a few seconds (just enough time to have a very quick wee!).

It's all very different to the photo we received this week from Percy who is on holidays with his Mum and having a fine time by all accounts ..

We are going on holiday next week to the Lake District.  I hope it stops raining!

Mum's Day Out

Yesterday Mum had a day out on her own when she went to Bramham Horse Trials.  Murphy and I stayed at home to keep Dad company - Mum said it was too warm for Murphy and there were loads of people and other dogs there, so I was quite pleased I didn't go with her - I'm not very good in crowds.

We were represented as a breed though because she saw a Welshie in the crowd, sadly for her he was too far away to say hello too.  She was gone all day, and took some nice photos of the jumps, starting with a showjumping class in the main ring ...

Triple

First Fence

.. then she made her way out into the park for the cross country, and this is where I get a bit confused with some of the jumps.

These two seem fine - good solid brush fences

but then this one is a bit worrying - it can't be a real dog kennel can it?

This jump is just silly.  Everyone knows you can't have a jump made out of ice cream!

Mum took loads more photos and has posted some on our gallery page (because she says we've not put anything on there for ages!  Never mind we are going away in a couple of weeks, so we'll have loads of pictures to share.)

Here's a link to the gallery http://gallery.welshspringers.org.uk

She's filed them under the album Days Out

New walk

We've found another new walk very close to our home.  It's a reclaimed mining area and full of birds and lakes.  More importantly it's almost opposite the lovely ice cream shop which is a favourite lunch time spot for our humans.
Of course, we couldn't keep this valuable find to ourselves, so on Tuesday we were joined by Dougal, Inca and Aunty Debbie.  It was lovely - very warm though so it was nice to have a paddle in the lake, although some of us (Inca and Dougal) managed a full swim!

Look who came for breakfast

There we were, quietly having breakfast this morning when a stranger came into the garden and started to  help himself to our bird food

You can imagine my confusion.  Have you ever seen a pigeon that colour before?