What a lovely afternoon i have just spent in Sarfend!
Today is my Neicey's 20th birthday, she's affectionately known as Trout though don't ask me why, but i've called her that for 20 years lol
There was some discussion about how i never get her anything she wants for a present but when she opened it and saw her blankie she was really pleased... who could ask for anything more than that from a handmade with love present? It definitely makes the hassles i had with it worthwhile! She said it will be perfect for her shoulders when she's watching TV which is exactly what i had in mind for it :oD
We went for some lunch at the pub next to her work and it was very disappointing! We waited for half an hour for two steak and onion baguettes and when they eventually turned up they hadn't taken her order properly and we had no chips and no coleslaw :o( by then it was too late to re-order as she only had a short while until she was due back to work! Still, the baguette itself was quite tasty, although the beef was a bit fatty.... never satisfied? Moi? :oD
So, with an afternoon to myself as Mum is on holiday i decided to go visit Ruth and her new puppy! He's just old enough that he's allowed out in the garden, but only on the grass, not into the borders where the foxes go poo! He's such a cutie, so full of character and soooooo playful! Ruth definitely has her hands full with him! Now, my Lukey is a bit of a funny fella... he's not that keen on other dogs, especially when he's on the lead, so we took things slowly and started off with just walking the length of the garden with the dogs on leads, passing in the middle and built it up from there to a pause in the middle and then eventually stopping for a few minutes. It went so well! Luke had a few little growls but they were soon checked and Iggy was checked whenever he yipped or jumped up at Luke's face. Soon we were all sitting down together, with bum sniffing (the dogs, not us!) and heirarchy established Luke seemed to be tolerating the baby well and Iggy soon learnt that if he hassled Luke he paid the price! If Luke had just been able to lie calmly while the baby bounced around him i would have been happy but he did more than that! After some playful yipping and play-bowing from Iggy Luke felt he wanted to play! I've never been fortunate enough to see it, he tolerated Ruth's previous dog, Sage, but they never really played together so to see him splatting the puppy was lovely, and Ruth assured me that although it looked like Iggy was getting hurt he wasn't ;o)
After a couple of hours of sitting out in the garden (what a hardship!) we were treated to this magnificent sight:
Luke wasn't even bothered that Iggy was there by this point! They'd had a bit of a run around together with us getting tangled in their leads and Iggy learning his boundaries - like when you bark at a big dog and the big dogs splats you round the head that's OK, if you don't want him to splat you then the best thing is not to bark at him lolol
Now for a small competitioniony! If you can guess what make Iggy is then you'll win a prize - as yet undetermined! The only clue i will give you is that he is a cross between two breeds and he is now 12 weeks old so chances are he won't get much bigger than he is in this photo ;o)
Good luck!
