The Spaniel Diaries: The continuing adventures of Billy

The Spaniel Diaries

So much going on this month! I have been a very busy dog indeed. I have been helping out in the garden by digging holes ready for new plants – well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it but mum isn’t terribly impressed and I’m sure she knows that I’m actually trying to gig up the pesky mice.

I have also been guarding the barn from the rats and that meant rearranging several bales of hay while trying to find said rats. Again, mum wasn’t impressed as she’s saving hay for the grass munchers although they have assured me that they actually prefer the nice sweet green grass; I’m partial to a few mouthfuls myself at this time of the year too. I have to say that the horse poo is also a real delicacy at the moment and is just as good to eat as it is to roll in. Mav managed to find a nice bit of fox poo to roll in and oh how I laughed when he got hosed off by mum – he hates being hosed, I must find some more smelly things to suggest to him for a good roll!

Mum is busy having what she calls a spring clean, she thinks she’s de-cluttering but it looks to me like she’s just moving things from one place to another! I don’t know why she doesn’t just bury it all in the garden like I do when I get bored with a toy or chew. She has taken a few bits to the charity shop, I must check she’s not trying to sneak any of my things away without me noticing, especially my blankets of which I have quite the extensive collection.

Our training sessions have become more frequent now the evenings are long and we are meeting up with friends from the training club again – I have to indulge mum in this and I’ve found that if I do something really well mum seems very pleased and the session ends quicker allowing me more important time to dawdle and sniff things. Mav of course is teachers favourite, he’s just such a little goody two shoes, the idiot cannot get enough of running off after yucky canvas dummies and mum seems delighted with him. She keeps mentioning things called scurries and is including Mav’s name but not mine. If she thinks I’m looning off at speed looking for dummies she can think again – how undignified! We have been having some super walks lately too and the pub lunches are now a feature. Mum says they are mainly to get Mav used to people as he missed out on that as a puppy due to the nasty virus that people were catching for the last couple of years but I know it’s really because she loves her food and those posh hot chocolates they do, which she won’t even give us dogs a sniff of! We are relegated to boring old Bonios! Mum was not impressed by my new trick of barking at waiters dressed in black either and I was reminded that it’s not at all polite. Mav is getting used to the pub and starting to relax and enjoy himself so I really should lead by example and give the woofing a miss!

One word of warning mum has asked me to tell everyone about: sadly there has been a spate of nasty people breaking into cars parked at beauty spots across Sussex. We all know how dog walkers love to get out in the countryside so please, people, be vigilant and don’t leave any valuables in your car while walking your pooches –although we all know your biggest valuable – us dogs – will be by your side while you are walking!

Until next time, stay safe. Jeannette Douglas

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