Happy New Year!

Holiday Fun

Well Santa came to our little monsters, he bought them plenty of toys, some of which have survived, some didn't last more than a few hours.

We have managed to get in our first contact training session working on the A-Frame and we were pleased with how it went although we have a lot of work still to do. Unfortunately it has rained all day for the past couple of days so the grass is too wet to train on at the moment.

Yesterday we took the dogs on a new walk and today Brian, Megan and Heidi have been swimming. Heidi didn't actually swim but she got in and sat on the ramp and got wet and played with her ball so it was certainly good progress. She let Ann & Katie shower her and dry her off with a towel and play ball with her afterwards too so we were very pleased with how the session went.

Tomorrow my mum and dad are visiting for a few days so there will be lots of dog walking I am sure!

Merry Christmas!

Well its Christmas eve, there are 4 stockings hanging up waiting for Santa, I wonder what he will bring to our fury kids? And the big question is, does Santa think they have been good enough this year?...We shall see!

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Christmas Tree Is Up!

We Finally got round to putting our tree up this evening and it looks quite good now we actually have room for it! The dogs have also got a stocking each which has been put up. I had a clear out of broken and scruffy toys earlier and Kody looked a bit worried that they were going in the bin, I did tell him that if he has been good then Santa will replace them with nice new ones.

Our new contact equipment arrived over the weekend but it has been so cold here and I don't want the dogs getting an injury that we haven't had the chance to put it to any use yet but hopefully we will do over the christmas break. Tomorrow is my last day at work until the 4th of Jan so we should have plenty of opportunity.

Brian and Megan went swimming again today and they both did very well. We took Heidi in for a visit as we are hoping to get her swimming this year too. She was a very good girl and let Rod and Ann stroke her and give her treats. She has her first experience of the pool next tuesday although she will probably just get her legs wet for the first few trips as she doesn't like to swim but I know it will be good for her. If all goes well with Heidi and we can get her swimming we will then attempt to get Kody going too but that will be later next year.

I got my results for my teachers course too yesterday and i'm pleased to say I passed, I was beginning to think my results were never going to arrive, everyone else on the course got theirs a few weeks back but mine were delayed in the post.

Hope you like Heidi posing as a reindeer!

New Walks

 Yesterday me and the doggies went on the first new walk since we have moved here. Most of the snow has gone now so I braved taking them out and they loved it. They do enjoy having new areas to explore. Our walk was up a track that is about 100 meters from our house so not too far at all. They all came back extremely muddy and pretty tired.

Kody has been a bit under the weather this week, he didn't seem himself at all for the first few days but he has perked up last night and today so we are not too worried to be honest I caught him with his head in the dog food bin on Monday so I think his problem was that he had eaten too much and had a tummy ache!

I have added a few photos of Megan at Hydro on Monday, I'll add some more later on in the week.

Back Online

Well the snow is finally going although the fields are all still covered. We managed to move house on Tuesday, only a day later than planned. The new house is lovely and despite some slight issues with no heating for the first few days it is all sorted now and we have settled in well and our internet was finally put on today!!! The dogs are loving the space both indoors and out, they have pretty much exhausted themselves each day with their new adventures.

Brian and Megan went to hydro today and so are shattered now. I got some really good photos of Megan swimming, I'll post some later on in the week when I get a bit more time.

After nearly 3 weeks off due to bad weather and then pre booked holiday I am back to work tomorrow, I'm so glad there are only a couple of weeks left until the Christmas holidays!

A Long Journey Home

Conor made it home to us after a very long trip. He hired a car to get him back from the airport but got stuck in the snow about 3 miles from home and by this time it was 4am. I called to get him some recovery and by 9 am they hadn't arrived but a passing tractor helped him out. He then got stuck again half a mile away so walked the rest of the way and the recovery 4x4 originally booked, arrived at 11am so we then walked back down to the car. The hire car had to be left in the next village as we couldn't get it to ours!

Today we had a walk up to the next village to get some milk and check on the car and we were very pleased to see tarmac through the snow for the first time in a week! We decided to attempt to drive into Grimsby in the car to get a few supplies from Tesco. The main roads are not too bad at all but the B roads do still have quite a lot of snow on them.

We are still hoping to move on Monday  but we need to dig the van out tomorrow as it is still abandoned outside our gate which is where the removal vehicle will need to go. I guess we are now just going to have to wait and see how thing go over the next 24 hours or so and hope for the rain we have been forecast as well as a bit of a thaw.

Megan seems to have an enjoyable afternoon, she has just been sat glued to Ice Age, she really seems to like all of the Ice Age films and doesn't move when they are on!