But as we've not had more than a couple of showers over the last few days we decided to head off to our local heathland.
We saw one other person and their dog and a couple of lads on bikes. We are always being asked if we are professional dogwalkers because of the amount of dogs we have, today was no exception! People can't believe we have seven dogs! I suppose it is quite unusual, it just seems normal to us!
The reason I love going here is that you can go so many different ways and you never seem to take the same trail twice. We started off on a trial we know, we headed through a gate which was just before the trail we took last time as there were some grazing cows we wanted to avoid and we ended up on another trail that we've never been before. I love discovering all the different ways we can go.
It was still pretty muddy in places
Malc has just taken Callum to the dentist, I think braces are going to be needed. There has been talk of them before but the dentist won't recommend them until the age of twelve or thirteen, as he's that age now I think the time has come. I don't think Callum's very happy about it but there we go!
Then Malcs picking Eden up as she has Chamber Choir after school.
Hopefully we'll get a quiet night, there are no activities going on, nobody scheduled to call, so we'll shut up shop and relax!
The weather is meant to be warm and dry over the weekend so I really hope to get on some more nice dog walks. Lead walks are OK but they just don't tire the dogs out the same. At the moment they are all asleep, It's so peaceful, just their snoring to be heard!
Hope you're all enjoying dry weather too.
I know exactly what you mean, I could walk Ben till mt feet bleed and he would still want more, half an hour or so charging about off the lead and he collapses in a snoring heap, as he is now.
ReplyDeleteArchie loves being off his lead, lead walks just aren't the same somehow. Saying that, he still often walks by our side when he's off the lead, but he does enjoy a sniff around. I like nights where there's no activities scheduled, they don't happen often. We're at a careers event at school tonight and then Eleanor's got her drama group after that. There's always something going on here.
ReplyDeleteIt feels really satisfying to know they are worn out. Makes my life so much easier too. I prefer dogs sleeping on the sofa to dogs charging from room to room and up and down the stairs!
ReplyDeleteOff lead they aren't pulling me through puddles and into bushes to "sniff" something! We only have a couple of nights a week without activities here Jo. It's nice to have an early bath, change into jimjams and just relax.
DeleteWe've had 4 days without rain but the garden is still too sticky to weed.
ReplyDeleteHope your quiet night went as planned.
Pur garden is awful. I don't know how long it will take to recover. All quiet so far!
DeleteI'd like to see them all asleep, do they sleep in a heap?
ReplyDeleteWe've not had a great deal of rain over the last few days but its been quite cold with a couple of frosty mornings. I can just imagine the dogs snoring after a good run round. I hope you have a lovely relaxing evening and a fair weather weekend. X
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen. Done some knitting already!
DeleteThey sleep in twos and threes. Medina always sleeps alone. The pups cuddle up together, Max and Tula cuddle up together. Nieve usually sleeps on the arm of my chair. Hexa will be upstairs in the bottom of my daughters bed, she's her dog and goes upstairs with her as soon as Eden gets home and we don't usually see either of them for most of the evening!
ReplyDeleteSorry for some reason my replies are not going where I want them to go! The first two replies are to Pam and Jo and the reply above this is to Kath!
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