Tali's Tails

Saturday, 9 January 2016

Special Photos Of The Three

Beautiful Jezi Posing For A Change

Finlay - Deep In Thought

Nico - My Handsome Hunk

Three Walks, Three Locations

Four In Fron

Three in Llyn Cop and Two by the river Seiont

Friday, 8 January 2016

Advice

Those of you spending time with me may find this useful .. not all is applicable, but it does can of say it as it is for me now!

Lost & Found: What Brain Injury Survivors Want You to Know

Well Sammi Belle was due in season on the 8th of December, and still there is nothing. Well when I say nothing, the boys have all been interested in her for a couple of weeks so I know it's imminent, but it hasn't happened yet! We have a show next Saturday, (the 16th) a Champ show! I had kind of hoped she would be over and done with by then, now I'm hoping she waits until at least after the show day!
Seriously the longer she leaves it, the more chance there is of plans being changed. I had always intended on mating her in December 2016, but say she doesn't come in season now for another two weeks, that may well then take the next season over to the beginning of September. So say mated mid September would mean puppies born mid November and taking me over the dreaded Xmas period for selling. I don't mind being up to my eyes in puppy shit over Xmas, but there is no way I would consider having puppies of 8 weeks old here then. I have to take what comes, timing now will be everything but I kind of hope it works out this way as it will give me something to focus on other than my up and coming brain surgery, I need something to plan for and look forward too. Otherwise with her timing by the looks of things it will be at least the Spring of 2017 before we have Blanik babies and that does seem a very long way away!

Thursday, 7 January 2016

Tali's Birthday Walk

To a place she'd never been before

Out with the kids too

But of course it was all about her ...

she bloody crossed the river and headed off downstream!!

thankfully she had the sense to come back the same way!

As soon as I got there I was partly regretting my decision of location and mixture of dogs. I saw more people today than I've seen in all my previous visits to this track ... and I had two headstrong young ladies with me. Thank God for Loki, who was as well behaved as ever. To be fair Sammi also returned instantly on every recall, though I did see everyone before her!

And Tali? ... Hmmm, well it started off badly and carried on in the same manner. As I let her out of the van she went left over the bridge out of the car park and onto the single track road .. I called and called and for long enough she took no notice, eventually deciding to follow. She took no notice what so ever of me as a young man came from behind us and went to pass (I was cleaning poo - the other two came and stood by me for him to pass). She had my heart racing as she crossed the river and went off downstream to investigate and then .. OMG then there was her trump card. The same man who I'd seen earlier had obviously walked a lot quicker than us and was coming back towards me. I put Loki and Sammi on the lead. I was too embarrassed to keep calling her and let her continue off the lead. What did she do? Trotted off to him and jumped all over him ... luckily he was very nice about it and said "well hello darling" to her as she kissed his face. But my word in this day and age it could have been so different ... anyway in my embarrassment I found myself lying and saying, "I'm so sorry she's old and doesn't hear very well." He smiled and as I walked away I found myself telling her in a loud voice .. "That was naughty that wasn't anyone you knew!" Being aloof, hand on heart I didn't think for one minute that she'd have gone anywhere near him. We live and learn!

Did I regret taking her? .. did I hell! This is Tali, this is who she has always been. She won't be told what to do, she thinks for herself. The clever ones are always harder work, less trainable, and though we curse and we swear at the time we really must learn from them and be prepare for them. Tali had a lovely time ... but note to self .. go for the easy option ...don't take Tali and Sammi there together again!

Happy Birthday Blanik Frankie

It was 3.50pm on the 7/1/05 when "she" was born. I remember relentless rain for the whole day. 5 boys had preceded her, another 3 boys would follow her. The decision was made that day ... "She" was staying! No doubt it hasn't always been an easy ride with our intelligent headstrong young lady. The clever ones are always harder .. and my she was a learning curve! She is now the oldest of 4 generations of Blanik bitches, the youngest similar to her in many ways!

Happy Birthday our Tali!- 11 years old today.