32/52 'Dogs on Leads'
Here we have Mist, Paddy & Elk sufferring the indignity of having to wear a lead! We'd travelled down to Bleinhiem Palace near Oxford for the Countryfile Live Event that was running for a day or two .. dogs on leads was the rule in the grounds ... my 3 are very rarely are on the lead as we travel the fells (they know how to behave with sheep and livestock cos i've told them the rules). The other thing with the show was the thousands of other dogs there .. to Paddy's delight (every doggie is a potential playmate), Elk on the other hand managed to cope very well given her bi-polarism but her control was beginning to fade after day 3 with a constant eye and head swivelling looking out for bandits at 2 o'clock and every other clock! (I heard one young boy asking his dad "what's wrong with that dog dad?" .. "Looks like a bit of 'collieitus' son" - that was the moment when at least 10 dogs were approaching, her senses were being assailed by barbarcued beef, beefburgers and sausages and little children kept appearing out of nowhere .. as said she did very well but you could see her visibly relax when we reached the fields leading to the campsite. Mist, by the way was completely aloof and ignored everything as being non relevant ... unless it was a ball or we got close to the river!
32/52 'Dogs on Leads'
Here we have Mist, Paddy & Elk sufferring the indignity of having to wear a lead! We'd travelled down to Bleinhiem Palace near Oxford for the Countryfile Live Event that was running for a day or two .. dogs on leads was the rule in the grounds ... my 3 are very rarely are on the lead as we travel the fells (they know how to behave with sheep and livestock cos i've told them the rules). The other thing with the show was the thousands of other dogs there .. to Paddy's delight (every doggie is a potential playmate), Elk on the other hand managed to cope very well given her bi-polarism but her control was beginning to fade after day 3 with a constant eye and head swivelling looking out for bandits at 2 o'clock and every other clock! (I heard one young boy asking his dad "what's wrong with that dog dad?" .. "Looks like a bit of 'collieitus' son" - that was the moment when at least 10 dogs were approaching, her senses were being assailed by barbarcued beef, beefburgers and sausages and little children kept appearing out of nowhere .. as said she did very well but you could see her visibly relax when we reached the fields leading to the campsite. Mist, by the way was completely aloof and ignored everything as being non relevant ... unless it was a ball or we got close to the river!