On manoeuvres
1 Comments Published by Gussie on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12/11/2007 08:24:00 PM.
We have been away for a week, doing the pre-Christmas visits. 800+ miles!
First leg: from Edinburgh to Tyneside. Jake was delighted to see one of his biggest fans, Gus’s aunt. So many little treats slip his way from the table! Plus she lives a mere minute's walk from huge expanses of beach.
Second leg: from Tyneside to Nottingham. Jake has to share the back seat of the car with Rod, as auntie sits in the front passenger seat next to Gus (family chauffeuse). The pain is reduced by the traditional excellent doggy bag from our favourite pit stop, a pub near Thirsk.
Third leg: from Nottingham to Stockport. Auntie is left in Nottingham with Gus’s family. This is a bit of a sad visit as last time we visited Rod’s sister, there were four elderly dogs, and now only Pepsi (grand old lady of 15) survives. Whimper. Here's Jake with the pack in happier times.
And so back to Nottingham. Jake stoically endured a visit from the Leicester niecelets, who vie with Jake for Gus and Rod’s attention. A couple of years ago, when Jake was demonstrating his spin trick, our oldest niece spontaneously started spinning too. This time she is much too grown up (at 5) for that, but our 2 year old niece took up this important family duty. (What is it with toddler and dogs? Jake and I were once in the park with the weaves and a little girl of about 3 ran up and did a perfect weave herself. Jake looked philosophical.)
There were times when the whole family reunion was great – rich pickings fell accidentally from toddlers and deliberately from doting older ladies. Other times Jake was bored with us all but didn’t want to go into his crate, so he found the next best place under the ladderax.
First leg: from Edinburgh to Tyneside. Jake was delighted to see one of his biggest fans, Gus’s aunt. So many little treats slip his way from the table! Plus she lives a mere minute's walk from huge expanses of beach.
Second leg: from Tyneside to Nottingham. Jake has to share the back seat of the car with Rod, as auntie sits in the front passenger seat next to Gus (family chauffeuse). The pain is reduced by the traditional excellent doggy bag from our favourite pit stop, a pub near Thirsk.
Third leg: from Nottingham to Stockport. Auntie is left in Nottingham with Gus’s family. This is a bit of a sad visit as last time we visited Rod’s sister, there were four elderly dogs, and now only Pepsi (grand old lady of 15) survives. Whimper. Here's Jake with the pack in happier times.
And so back to Nottingham. Jake stoically endured a visit from the Leicester niecelets, who vie with Jake for Gus and Rod’s attention. A couple of years ago, when Jake was demonstrating his spin trick, our oldest niece spontaneously started spinning too. This time she is much too grown up (at 5) for that, but our 2 year old niece took up this important family duty. (What is it with toddler and dogs? Jake and I were once in the park with the weaves and a little girl of about 3 ran up and did a perfect weave herself. Jake looked philosophical.)
There were times when the whole family reunion was great – rich pickings fell accidentally from toddlers and deliberately from doting older ladies. Other times Jake was bored with us all but didn’t want to go into his crate, so he found the next best place under the ladderax.
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