Happy Birthday Mr S.

After my walks Steve and I drove down to our favourite eating place in Bontnewydd for Steve's birthday lunch. We had a lovely lunch, as usual, and a long and very unexpected chat.

Mandy and Steve moved out of Plas Braich last week, and we expect our new neighbours this week. As yet there is no sign of anyone. Mandy has moved to the outskirts of Penygroes, not where I'd like to be! 

Over lunch Steve again bought up the subject of "I want you to move down the mountain when I peg it!" So I replied, "Well, would you not consider moving with me?" He said he didn't want the fuss of moving, but like me, he fears the force of the wind here, and of course he's also housebound in the snow and ice. Anyway, I pointed out it would be a lot more fuss for me on my own. The outcome was not to dismiss anything, just go with the flow and be open to the thought of moving in the future ... or not as the case may be. 

Moving would not be easy; we have a large family, and that is always a consideration for the future. We need space, and we don't need neighbours on our doorstep - something just like that house in Llandwrog!!!!

A lovely photo of Sammi today.

Mix And Match

Zeus and Sammi 

Sammi loves it up here; I guess it's all down to the fact that I didn't put her on the lead!

The two nut jobs - Beti and Ross.

So to confuse things, I decided to swap these over, so Orin and Meerah (look at the size of her 😵).No problem at all; to be honest, with Beti on his mind, he totally blanked Meerah for the entire walk! 

These two were more of a handful with Siska needing to explain a few things to Zavi before we set off! Well now he knows, and hopefully he'll always do as he's told in her company! LOL 

Kate Today

What a beautiful photo of our young lady. Thankfully she has far more coat than we anticipated she would have. I'm really looking forward to seeing these two hit the show ring. We shouldn't wish their puppyhood away, but I can't help but imagine and look forward to seeing what they will look like as adults.

Baby Kate

Day 13

In the Summer of 2003, when my Louis was about 5 months old, he pushed open the utility room window and joined his mother in the garden. His mother, Krizzie was in season, but I thought we were safe. Even though a young male German Shepherd typically starts producing viable sperm as puberty begins, so 6 - 9 months, risks are not worth taking at 5 + months old. No harm done then and we kept them apart for the rest of her season, but a lesson was learned back in the day!

Miss Beti is now on day 13 of her season; today she's trying to dig under the bedroom door to get to Zeus, she's sticking her back end in poor Ross' face, and in Orin's world I'm not the be-all and end-all. Zavi is heading for 5.5 months old, but I fear he has ideas above his station. He's been mounting her all week, but as she's now close to ovulation, then things will have to change. It's so hard to do the right thing; I don't want to tell him off. You never know he could be our future stud dog, but obviously I can't let him bonk his sister either ... Let's be thankful for good weather, crate; rotate and kennel it'll have to be then!

Weigh in And Lunch

Following our lovely, but cold walks, we drove to the vets to pay some of Meerah's bloody big bill! Whilst there I weighed her, she's 32.9kg. I think that is ideal weight for her. When her coat comes back she will hopefully look a lot better. 

I also weighed Zavi, he was 25.3kg. This will be a more accurate weigh-in than on my little pet scales. I'm happy with that. 

We walked back along the road, having said recently that Zavi was bombproof with traffic I found him uncomfortable with the huge waggons. What didn't help was the fire engine putting his sirens on just as it passed us. Anyway we'll just have to do it again then!

A lovely lunch in the garden centre next to the vets and back home into the sunshine. 

Colourful Walks In Gyrn Goch

Meerah

Since she was spayed, Meerah has been eating breakfast daily. I'm really pleased, and now I've stopped buying the pouches for her, and I've started giving her a proper breakfast like eveyone else. I guess it proves that her lack of morning appetite was hormonal. For obvious reasons I need to make sure she doesn't put too much weight on, but now I can at least give her equal quantities morning and evening ... Oh, and the afternoon hunger puke has stopped too!

A Little Practice

Zavi having a little bit of training today. The boy did well and obviously was doing much better with me going round in front of him then corner to corner, but with just the two of us here, this was the only way I could get a little video. 

TV Talk

Well the end of The Traitors, what the hell will I do now? I love Romesh anyway, so I was pleased for him, but my heart went out to James Blunt. To overthink it and go out at the last minute like that, such a shame, but I blame Romesh! LOL. I think I'll dump Will-I-Am, now I want to run away with James Blunt, I know he's posh, but I can do posh ... can't I? LOL

The only comfort is "This City Is Ours" and my little crush on Michael Kavanagh, the Scouse bad boy. Of course you can still have a crush at my age, and of course it would be a Scouser! This has got to be one of the best British dramas ever. I've got Katrina hooked on it now; I convinced her to watch the first series on catch-up and she can't put it down. I was the same, they are all a bunch of bad boys, but team Michael for me! 

I watched Time, that was good, not comfortable viewing but brilliantly done. The Blame was also excellent, oh yeah, and The Game. 

It'll soon be time for "I'm A Celebrity...." I enjoy that too, but I think Traitors outclasses it; never mind, at least I'll have a laugh!  

Blasting

Zavi has been scared of the blaster, so I had a plan using the mini blaster that I take to shows. Zavi is greedy, so I thought that using food would be the best plan. For about 4 days every time they came in for meals (they are all fed in their crates) I had the blaster on low in the room. The first day he came to an abrupt stop in the doorway, then ran into his cage to eat ... with everyday things improved gradually, and today, he ate his dinner with the mini blaster on the middle speed on his crate and blowing the air directly at him. A coupl of days of this now and I'll try using it on him again.