Yes Hosta, we arrived home yesterday afternoon. We spent Friday night in a hotel in Bedfordshire and then visited the farm where I was born to 'say goodbye' for Pa.
Plants have been unloaded from car and put in safe corner. Now to sort out the washing and a glut of tomatoes, raspberries, beans and courgettes - the NDN didn't help herself to them as instructed
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well done DD. That must be such a relief. And well done to to everyone who offered support and practical help. Such a good thing to see here but also what I have come to expect of gardeners who seem naturally to be generous people.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
DD I'm absolutely delighted that things have turned out so well for Shadow. I'm also aware that you will feel as though part of your family is missing. ((Hugs)) for you and for Charlie xx.
Sadly, the one thing is does show is that even the best behaved pet can get into trouble if it's away from control.
I must stress I'm not criticising DD who said in the original post that the dog had managed to escape from the garden. How many of us can say, hand on heart, that our dogs have always behaved impeccably??
The rescue places wont let me have a dog, because I haven't got a six foot fence around my garden. I make do with walking neighbours dogs. If i fence it, it will keep out the wildlife.
Im glad that shadow has a new home. You can't stop instinct. When I was a kid, we had a border collie cross alsatian. She was very protective of us, but in the absence of sheep, she rounded up all the kids on ths beach that were playing football. We could never trust her completely with small children. If they were on the floor she was ok, but if you tried to pick a toddler up, she wanted to pull them back down again.
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Yes Hosta, we arrived home yesterday afternoon. We spent Friday night in a hotel in Bedfordshire and then visited the farm where I was born to 'say goodbye' for Pa.
Plants have been unloaded from car and put in safe corner.
Now to sort out the washing and a glut of tomatoes, raspberries, beans and courgettes - the NDN didn't help herself to them as instructed 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just caught up with the topic after a couple of days away. Delighted to hear that a new home has been found.
Well done DD. That must be such a relief. And well done to to everyone who offered support and practical help. Such a good thing to see here but also what I have come to expect of gardeners who seem naturally to be generous people.
DD I'm absolutely delighted that things have turned out so well for Shadow
. I'm also aware that you will feel as though part of your family is missing. ((Hugs)) for you and for Charlie xx.
Only back from holiday today. So sorry DD but I am glad you got it all sorted out. Hugs.
Sadly, the one thing is does show is that even the best behaved pet can get into trouble if it's away from control.
I must stress I'm not criticising DD who said in the original post that the dog had managed to escape from the garden. How many of us can say, hand on heart, that our dogs have always behaved impeccably??
Only in their sleep and even then one of them howls!!!!
The rescue places wont let me have a dog, because I haven't got a six foot fence around my garden. I make do with walking neighbours dogs. If i fence it, it will keep out the wildlife.
Im glad that shadow has a new home. You can't stop instinct. When I was a kid, we had a border collie cross alsatian. She was very protective of us, but in the absence of sheep, she rounded up all the kids on ths beach that were playing football. We could never trust her completely with small children. If they were on the floor she was ok, but if you tried to pick a toddler up, she wanted to pull them back down again.