Phew what a day!

A very busy and eventful day for all today.  Firstly we had a proper look at Dad's new car AND he let us get into it! 

It's very nice (and much cleaner than Mum's) but he needs to put a crate in it before we can travel very far.  Here it is without us - not looking half as nice.

After we had tried out the new car, it was time for my lesson with Charlotte.  Mum was hoping to test my steadiness with some rabbits that live in one of Charlotte's fields, but unfortunately we couldn't find any.  So we went into the village and found some ducks and Mum said I was very good as I sat and watched very quietly whilst Charlotte fed them.

Not long after we arrived home,Christine and Russell arrived.  They had been to seen the greyhounds that we saw last week and have decided to make a home for one of them.  We don't have a photo of him yet, but his name is Tigger and he is three years old like me!  I'm not sure when he will go to live with them, but I am hoping to meet him before he heads off to France with Christine for the summer.  What a lucky boy!

A new face

This is Inca ..

Doesn't she look lovely?
She has just gone to live with Aunty Debbie and all her boys and it seems has settled in well.  Inca is almost one year old - she has a birthday this Sunday - and, I am reliably told, loves to play. 
I can't wait to meet her!

An Olympic morning

This morning we were all up and out early, well at about 8.15am, and on our way to East Markham which is a small village close to us.  We stood around on the side of the road with lots of other people who were all waving flags (we weren't) for quite a long time until a whole load of policemen arrived on motorbikes with their sirens making loads of noise. 
One of the policemen said hello to Mum but I don't think she knew him!

Then suddenly lots of buses and special Olympic cars arrived followed by a man running down the middle of the road carrying the Olympic torch.  We didn't know who he was but gave him a cheer anyway!

After that a few more police went past including this special car.. 

After all the excitement was over, we headed home for a lie down and a well earned biscuit!

Exciting weekend

After my lesson Saturday, we took Mum's sister (my Aunty Christine) to see some retired racing greyhounds who live in the next village.  It's quite sad because Christine has wanted a greyhound for ages but has never been able to have one because she works in a school (yuk, all those children!).  She said the greyhounds were all lovely and very quiet, much less barking than at our house, and walked very nicely on a lead - she took two for a short walk so I hope she hasn't been spoiled for when she next takes us for a walk.

I should admit at this point that the humans in my family had been very naughty taking Christine to see the greyhounds because my Uncle Russell is away in France and didn't know they were going!  Still, he's been 'spoken to' and we have all our paws crossed that we will soon be welcoming a new doggy cousin into the family.

More excitement on Sunday when we went to see a nice man at the Land Rover garage and bought Dad a new car!  It's black and called Freelander, but the best thing about it is that unlike Dad's current car which isn't big enough for our crate, his new one is big enough and so we will be able to go in it! We weren't allowed to have a go on Sunday, but hopefully Dad will collect it on Friday afternoon, so we will be able to claim it for our own next weekend.

Saturday training

We had an early-ish start to our lesson yesterday (well, 9.30am) but because it was so windy we couldn't really do any hunting, so concentrated on lots of close work.  We did lots of heel stuff, whistle stuff and some retrieves - I managed another 4!!!
After that we put some of our exercises together with some jumps which made it even more fun.  I did very well at that and Charlotte said I was her star pupil! 

We went home not long after that - Mum says it's called 'finishing on a high'.  Don't know what that means, but I got a nice treat back at the car!