Flatties - Men in Black & Mini Me

It has been a while since my last post here.

Donna is now happily home. She was very happy to be here and spending a week with my boys, cats & goats. She really got used to them all.

Last Sunday we were training together (Donna & the boys + also Donna’s sister).

Eddie is enrolled to field trial on October 3rd so I’m hoping he will be picking up crows on his own by then. He is still not quite sure if he wants to pick them. If I throw the crows, then he is picking them up but if he needs to retrieve them without them being thrown, that might cause some problems.

So please keep your fingers grossed that everything will go fine next month and he passes the test. Donna’s owners have already given us champagne for it.

It has been very busy for Donna, the visiting lab.

She has seen goats and cats at my place, and Wednesday I took her to the horse stable.

Today was her 4th day here and the walks are getting longer for her. Here you can see the tour (map) with photos.

When I moved here last year, Otto the neighbor dog, (RIP) was quite fat but during his last year he was getting fit & lost lot of weight and wasn’t fat at all.

Donna isn’t overweight at all, but she is getting fitter here

My boys are very fit. I have tried to make them tired by taking them for a long bicycle ride (15 km) but after it they were not tired at all. You cannot say the same about me…. I need to get more fit. I used to be very fit but I’ve been a bit lazy lately. At least I’m back in the track again.

We have a brand new whistle.

The pink whistle supports the cause of breast cancer.

A good whistle, just like my “orginal” one with the same tone too. I already tested it on Tuesday when we went for a walk with the dogs.

Here’s more photos of the “Jäkälä” , Lichen, that Michelle was asking about

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Tomorrow I take Finley for his second grade 1 gun dog training before the exam in September.  I am hoping that his behaviour is better than last week when he completely forgot obedience & retrieves & went into puppy making mode.

I will try to get some photos however they weather man is predicting torrential rain. Probably another hurricane.

Finley has the bacterial infection on his tummy for a second time.  If anyone has any suggestions I would be interested.

Alfie & Eddie have a visitor: a chocolate labrador called Donna.

Donna came here on Sunday evening and she will stay here until next Monday when her owners are on holiday. She has also two “sisters” but they are staying at their “grandparents”.

The whole gang has been surprisingly calm. At first there was the normal hassle but after a while they all settled down nicely.

Donna is not used to cats so she is very very interested in them. Also goats are new to her but she does not show as much interest to them anymore as she does for cats.

We had a nice morning walk today and here is the tour with photos.

F: “Can she see us?”

B:”no she has that thing up near her face.”

F: “Can she hear us?”

B:”No deaf as a post.”

F:”So how did the booking at the Reading Festival go?”

B: “Well I found mamas credit card & tried to book. The woman said that she could not hear me cos there was a lot of barking.  How else am I meant to communicate?”

F: “So we are not going?  How is the trip to Finland panning out?”

B: “Similar barking issues however have found a cage to stuff mamma in.  Have you found the euros & passports?”

F:”Yes found the Euros however still need to find the passports?”

B: “So where are the Euros?”

F:”Oops, may need to use the hose pipe.”

B:”What do you mean?  You haven’t eaten them?”

F:”Em well. I had a chew moment & since I cannot find the Euros I think we need the hose pipe.”

B:”Oh no!”