@DD, hope you can dodge that bug because you do so much keeping the place ticking over. Also, kids naturally pick up language easily because the brain is very receptive up until about teenage years, when the learning capacity shrinks considerably...or so the experts tell us Speaking another language involves so much more than just learning words. You have to separate what others are saying, which can come with slurs, accents and environmental sounds. On top of that, I don't envy the French grammar but I do envy living in France...will be my retirement home I hope
Shadow sounds exactly like Flynn for nicking stuff and dashing off with it although we have since trained him to drop it again.
It was a necessary bit of training after the little thing stole a chicken bone when my grown-up son accidentally left his plate on the floor and the dog unsupervised. So we chased him around the house for a good few minutes and then the bone disappeared and we were quite puzzled.
Flynn seemed fine, he was too small to swallow that great big bone? although he kept being a little bit sick later that night and eventually coughed the bone back up. How he swallowed the thing for the size of him, I really don't know...how he then managed to bring it back up...well, suffice to say, he now drops on command including lids, litter, fox poo, cat poo in the garden ofc, and yesterday...chewing gum thrown over the fence although bones are very tempting so...
Afternoon all still brrrr here, Archie I wish the snow would just stop on the Pennines and not dump it either side
Lizzie I hope your cat is okay after visit to vet's.
Dogs When our friends lived in Somerset they had a dog that looked something like a cross between a long legged wolf and a Scooby Doo named Harley. He loved nothing better than rolling in badger poo and walking across a field of horses, between the legs of his fav' horse constantly in danger of being trodden on.
I remember one of out boxer dogs nicking and eating smoked raw haddock, only reason my Gran didn't think she'd lost the plot and left it at home was the paper left under the table. When I was very little and used to romp with them Mark ate my hair slides I also used to fall asleep on the floor with Sheba and even though bursting to go out she wouldn't even if I was lifted up, always waited until I woke up. Mum was happy to leave me outside the shop in my pram with those two on guard Showing off here, Mavroy Monarch (Mark) won his best of class at Cruft's and offspring went as far as Singapore
Gardening none! Have read a note in my diary to watch for slugs if Delphs appear can't see it unless they have ice picks.
DD - I hope you avoid the bug! As for rolling in... anything goul is considered fair game to dogs: we're open to a lot of countryside nearby I'm expecting more than one emergency bath! I'm currently trying to work out if he'd be too big for a baby bath in the hope it will be less stressful for him than upstairs if he turns out not to like bathtime (my search history is a right mix at the moment!)
Well work today involved far more body fluids than is socially acceptable for a school trip. I'm just glad I'm not on that bus home!
Very cold here and I really need to go shopping. I'm not sure I can get any more layers on!
Wintersong, poor Flynn, one way of learning I suppose, Shadow still has a way to go with obedience, fine when he is concentrating, but a whiff of something and he is off, deaf to the world.
Kef, what loyalty & get you Best in Class.
Clari,sounds like a lovely day. I blame all my layers for the zip not doing up on my coat, OH says layers of what though?
Which reminds me, it's pancake day here in France (la Chandeleur), need to get cracking some eggs.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Clarington, a paddling pool with a towel in the bottom might work better, even if he fits in a baby bath now, he wont for long! , as for the kids...YUK! Gimme a dog covered in fox poo any day
Lovely story Kef! Sounds like they were very special dogs
Dont know much about pedegrees and their kennel names, but why are they so weird? George is marthys chocolate soldier????
Glad Flynn managed to get rid of the bone, have heard some terrible stories! Mind you there are plenty of things us humans eat that do us harm but are just too tempting!
Mmmm pancakes....yes please, old school just lemon and sugar on mine
DD your hubby is a cheeky swine! Sounds like he went to the same charm school as my OH!
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Haven't done a Panda and just got up!
Awwww, DD what a lovely pic of Shadow.........butter wouldn't melt. He really is a cutie.
Brrrrr its freezing here today, think I might hybernate
Have had the honey thingy, think its eased it a little, thanks guys
Result at the pet/garden shop, they hadnt got any big bags of ericacious compost, so he gave me 4 small bags for 3quid and delivered it
Hope you wont be out in your nightie in the snow Dove!
@DD, hope you can dodge that bug because you do so much keeping the place ticking over. Also, kids naturally pick up language easily because the brain is very receptive up until about teenage years, when the learning capacity shrinks considerably...or so the experts tell us
Speaking another language involves so much more than just learning words. You have to separate what others are saying, which can come with slurs, accents and environmental sounds. On top of that, I don't envy the French grammar but I do envy living in France...will be my retirement home I hope
Shadow sounds exactly like Flynn for nicking stuff and dashing off with it
although we have since trained him to drop it again.
It was a necessary bit of training after the little thing stole a chicken bone when my grown-up son accidentally left his plate on the floor and the dog unsupervised. So we chased him around the house for a good few minutes and then the bone disappeared and we were quite puzzled.
Flynn seemed fine, he was too small to swallow that great big bone? although he kept being a little bit sick later that night and eventually coughed the bone back up. How he swallowed the thing for the size of him, I really don't know...how he then managed to bring it back up...well, suffice to say, he now drops on command including lids, litter, fox poo, cat poo in the garden ofc, and yesterday...chewing gum thrown over the fence
although bones are very tempting so...
Afternoon all still brrrr here, Archie I wish the snow would just stop on the Pennines and not dump it either side
Lizzie I hope your cat is okay after visit to vet's.
Dogs
When our friends lived in Somerset they had a dog that looked something like a cross between a long legged wolf and a Scooby Doo 
named Harley. He loved nothing better than rolling in badger poo and walking across a field of horses, between the legs of his fav' horse constantly in danger of being trodden on.
I remember one of out boxer dogs nicking and eating smoked raw haddock, only reason my Gran didn't think she'd lost the plot and left it at home was the paper left under the table. When I was very little and used to romp with them Mark ate my hair slides
I also used to fall asleep on the floor with Sheba and even though bursting to go out she wouldn't even if I was lifted up, always waited until I woke up. Mum was happy to leave me outside the shop in my pram with those two on guard 
Showing off here, Mavroy Monarch (Mark) won his best of class at Cruft's and offspring went as far as Singapore 
Gardening
none! Have read a note in my diary to watch for slugs if Delphs appear can't see it unless they have ice picks.
Well work today involved far more body fluids than is socially acceptable for a school trip. I'm just glad I'm not on that bus home!
Very cold here and I really need to go shopping. I'm not sure I can get any more layers on!
Wintersong, poor Flynn, one way of learning I suppose, Shadow still has a way to go with obedience, fine when he is concentrating, but a whiff of something and he is off, deaf to the world.
Kef, what loyalty & get you Best in Class.
Clari,sounds like a lovely day.
I blame all my layers for the zip not doing up on my coat, OH says layers of what though? 
Which reminds me, it's pancake day here in France (la Chandeleur), need to get cracking some eggs.
Lovely story Kef! Sounds like they were very special dogs
Dont know much about pedegrees and their kennel names, but why are they so weird? George is marthys chocolate soldier????
Glad Flynn managed to get rid of the bone, have heard some terrible stories! Mind you there are plenty of things us humans eat that do us harm but are just too tempting!
Mmmm pancakes....yes please, old school just lemon and sugar on mine
DD your hubby is a cheeky swine! Sounds like he went to the same charm school as my OH!
BL hasnt been on, i hope everythings ok x