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We’ve mostly hard floors downstairs, so it will be lots of bundles of fluff (tumbleweed?).

Doesn’t he just!

The only really thick bits at the moment are the fur on his head, neck and tail, but he does look like he’s been very undernourished, so maybe that’s affected his coat. Maybe the hot summer had something to do with it too.

A very posh, super modern Porridge! Bet it was echoey.

Hope you are getting on okay.

I’m so sorry Doug. They do become such a huge part of our lives, don’t they. Such a cute little dog, especially when she was a puppy. I feel a bit insensitive posting so much about Pozzick at this time. Do PM me if you find it so.

A little snippet about Seren. Quite often when she barks at him, it seems to be when he’s doing something she knows that she’s not allowed to do. We’ve also caught her trying to ‘herd’ him a few times.

Yes he is I think. He seems to be very quick picking up new things. The first day he didn’t seem to understand the command ‘sit’ at all, now he’s quite responsive. He also seems to have picked up on our disapproval of his trying to open doors. A few occasions of pulling him away with a firm ‘No’ seems to have improved things. The tail is very thick. I brushed one side (port side) yesterday evening and ended up with handfuls of hair. Graham did the starboard side today.

Once I’ve up loaded my photos I click on (or select…whatever) the place in the text where I want a particular photo to appear than click on/ select that photo. It’s a lot more time consuming that way as you have to select each one individually, compared to just posting them all at once and it’s easier to do it on a laptop or tablet than a phone.

Dogs had another good walk this evening. Graham had an online interview, so the boys offered to take the dogs out in case he got distracted by Pozzick whining or whatever. They walked to the lake and back. VID-20221006-WA0000.mp4

Sorry. What's a pop dock? (Oh, hang on I'm not supposed to say the sorry word am I.)

I think they opened up the garden bit when pubs were allowed to reopen after Covid. Our thanks! And you can't really overdo it with photos.

I've done something similar on that upper Ant stretch, only in my case I thought I had turned toward Paddy's Lane and Barton Turf when in fact I was heading toward Weyford. Doh! It's not that wide up there near to turn around either.

That's partly what I'm worried about with Pozzick - he can reach loads of things that Seren can't, and she's never shown the least inclination to open doors.

Yes, seconded. Thanks very much for posting.

Oh bless you, thanks guys.

Thanks guys. I'll try to remember to take some form of camera with me for tomorrow's morning walk...unless it's p..ing down.

We haven't (so far) put our dogs in a crate during the day. We try to ensure that someone is with them during the day. Seren if okay by herself, but even she doesn't get left alone for long. I guess the time will come when we'll have to leave our two together at home for a short time, but hopefully they'll be well settled together by then. At least during the winter we can take one or both of them in the car if we go out. That's not so easy during the summer unless there's a multistorey near where you are going.

We aren't keen on the idea of just leaving him out of a crate at night as he has a tendency to rear up on his hind legs to scratch at the door and the door handle whenever Graham goes out of the room. He can easily open a door anyway. He's quickly catching on to the idea that we don't want him to do that, but I'm not sure what he would do at night. He has quite a long body, so if he rears up on his hind legs he's almost as tall as me!

It might be. Seren took to the cage really well, but as Pozzick doesn't seem used to it, maybe it will take him some time to adjust. If he's been in a crate in the Dog Pound it might have negative connotations I guess.

Yes, our Minister, who also happens to be our Dr, told me on Sunday that the medical professions had been expecting a spike after the Queen's funeral due to all the mass gatherings. I should probably try to find out when Graham and I are due to get our boosters.

Good news. This morning we both took the dogs out again before I started work. This time we put them both in the car for the first time, as we wanted to go somewhere that we thought it would be relatively safe to let Pozzick off his lead for the first time. We went to the parkland near the Pagoda at North Willen Lake. a. We were worried that sharing the car space would go horribly wrong. b. Naturally, we weren't sure how Pozzick would react off the lead. I'm delighted to say it all went better than expected. Seren was happy to get into the car with Pozzick (we put him in first). She is always manic (completely hyped-up) when we turn off toward the lake but Pozzick didn't get phased by it. He was really good off the lead and returned to Graham when called (lots of treats reinforcement). He chased after a ball with Seren, but wasn't that interested in the ball, it was more like he just wanted to play. Cross fingers it continues to be positive. He did cry last night more than previous nights, but hopefully he'll get used to his cage before too long. I'm kicking myself that I left my mobile at home, so no photos.

Yes, I've found the Reedham guys very helpful though they do let you get on with it if you are on a private boat. When we were there the other week they moved us along a bit when a hire boat was trying to get into a small gap behind us, having called out that thy needed to meet an engineer.

What a lovely memory. Thanks Old Wusser.

I’ve only had pie mash and eels once, with liquor. It was on the specials menu at The Wherry Inn in Geldeston. Very tasty it was too.