Bank holiday Monday (and today...)

Was so busy yesterday I didn't have time to update. Ooops.
Yesterday started how every other day starts. Early. I got up at 7 and was out the house by half past to take Jasper for a walk because the forcast for the rest of the day was ABYSMAL. Was quite nice walking so early and we only saw 1 other dog walker when usually we see loads (probably all either hungover or enjoying a lie in - whatever one of those is). We went round one of the many tracks in Lumley so Jasper could stretch his little legs.

Pathway leading to the fields

 Jasper offroading!

 Pretty fields

However, I was a bit pissed because it didn't start raining til after 12. So dragging myself out of bed early was in vain. I did go to see The Watch with glen in the afternoon though. I thoroughly reccommend it, it's brilliant. And I'm so in love with Richard Ayoade it's unreal, so him being in it was a bonus. We topped off the amazing film with a Nando's - with the majority here, but I looove Nando's, the Veggie Burgers are delicious! Finally yesterday, I also decided to show my face at Wetherspoons for the weekly pub quiz (we didn't win, we never win), it was quite nice to be sociable for once!

Today was a little nicer weatherwise but a hell of a lot more stressful! Finally managed to fill in my Uni Enrolment form which was a pain because some of the questions were worded a bit odd. THEN I noticed on the back of the Kennel Information sheet that you have to pre-book a kennel if you want one for your dog as there's only 20 and its first come first served. So I rang up expecting to be told that there were none left and as I don't have access to a car, adapting that and leaving him in a crate wouldn't have been an option but luckily he's all booked in for when we go on our placement week.

As it was a bit hot I walked him to Chester to meet mama bear after work (about 3 miles) and as we were gonna be mega early, I decided to walk him along to the riverside field for a bit, away from all the children. I kept him on lead as I didn't have his EasiDri or water with me and I didn't want him overexerting himself. We had a bit of a walk and Jasper sniffed out a lovely, rotting dead hedgehog (which he looked rather disgusted with) then we did a tiny little bit of obedience. He did a short down stay and did it really well :) Fingers crossed for Good Citz tomorrow night! He also did a few sits and downs away from me. However, when he lay down I asked him to come, thinking he would get up and walk to me. But no,it couldn't be that easy. He did this instead:

I've been trying to teach him to crawl for months and he doesn't like doing it, yet when I tell him to come from lying down, he crawls towards me. He's an odd bean.

Practising a down stay

 Down stay, warm dog!

 Mid-crawl

 

I can smell spaghetti bolognese, guess it's scran time. TTFN!