Brenda's First River Walk

Brian, Heidi and Kody all went to hydro this morning. Kody is really doing well at the moment, I'd say now he actually enjoys going, he wags his tail and swims so much better and is more confident than ever. We took Brenda in too and she met Anne and had a walk around and up the ramp. She wasn't bothered at all so we have booked her in for next time.

This afternoon Brenda was full of beans and the others just wanted to sleep so I took her for a walk along the river. She was a really good girl, enjoyed having a sniff and exploring. She took herself down the riverbank, got in the river and had a swim all by herself! She took me by surprise although I'm not sure why, nothing else bothers her. She had a second dip and I managed to get her on video which is posted below.

This weekend is our last weekend of no shows, we really need to get some training in but the weather is just terrible here so every time we have chance we can't as it's raining!

Photo Update-Puppy

Photo Update-Brenda

Puppy!!!

You might think we are mad having 2 new dogs but we have actually been planning for a puppy for about 6 months now. We enquired about several planned litters this year before deciding on the one we have. I visited the litter a couple of weeks ago and today we have been to pick our new little boy. He is now 5 weeks old so still another 2 and a half weeks until he joins us. He is from Kody's sister Lexi (Bonvivant Symbolique at Tokyn) and Chase (Bonvivant Noblesse Oblige). We have always admired Chase so we were really keen to see the puppies and they are lovely, like little bears.

He needs a name though, all the names on our short list just aren't right so any suggestions would be appreciated or he will be coming home without a name!

I took loads of photos today, ill post some more (along with some more of Brenda) as soon as I get chance. Our boy is the one at the front in this pic.

Brenda has settled quite well, Brian Heidi and Kody are away on holiday at the moment as we were meant to be having a night away but as Brenda had joined us that hadn't happened, we still let the others go though as i'd already paid for it and they alway enjoy going. They are back tomorrow morning. It has meant that Brenda has had the opportunity to spend time getting used to me as she only knew Conor, she is very loving though and so likeable, i've already grown very attached to her!

Meet Brenda

We have a new addition to our household, Brenda. She is a Dutch Shepherd and was until recently Conor's work dog in Nigeria however now that he has returned home Brenda has come too to be a pet here with us. She was a little bit unplanned, it was only a decision that was made late last week and getting her back here was not uneventful either!

She flew with Conor as far as Amsterdam at the weekend but due to the rules for the UK being different to the rest of the EU she had to be flown the remainder of the way on a cargo flight. She stayed in Amsterdam from Saturday until today with a friend and then was flown to Heathrow. There were complications on her arrival as the origin country was wrong on the paperwork so she cost a fair bit to get cleared through customs but we will be claiming that back from the shipping company as it was their mistake. Anyway after a 4 hour drive to Heathrow today, a 4 hour wait for her to be released and a 4 hour drive back she is finally here! 

Brian and Heidi are happy enough with her, Kody is still a bit unsure but is doing his best to be nice.

Ill take some more pictures of her over the next few days and post them and later in the week we should have some more news to share too :)