Annual December Trip to the Lake District

Annual December Trip to the Lake District

A dog friendly winter weekend away in Keswick, Cumbria For the second year running we stayed in this little gem of a place called Bag End in Keswick as a little get away on the first weekend in December.  We both took Friday and Monday off to go for some walks and to...
Creative Dog Photography with Elke Vogelsang

Creative Dog Photography with Elke Vogelsang

Last September I went to an outdoor dog photography workshop with Elke Vogelsang.  Elke takes amazing pictures of dogs – particularly her 3 dogs Noodles, Scout and Ioli.  I enjoyed it very much so when I saw that Elke was coming back again this year to teach a course...
The Flying Canadian and Her Flying Dog!

The Flying Canadian and Her Flying Dog!

Well Stella competed in her very first agility competition yesterday at the annual show of the Wirral Alsatian Training Society that we train with… By all accounts, she did well for her first show.  She was distracted by the referee in the ring of the first run...
On Being a Dog Owner….

On Being a Dog Owner….

I had never been a dog owner until just over a year ago.  I admit I was naive to what it would mean but I have a better idea now.  Some things I idealised, some things I didn’t expect to be so lovely and other things I just didn’t have a clue about.  I...
birthdays, Christmas and some other bits…‏

birthdays, Christmas and some other bits…‏

So last weekend we had birthday celebrations with our nieces Ella and Hannah turning 7. I remember being 7! There was a family party at the house on the day of their actual birthday for family (which involved a cake with the most gorgeous, thick icing). Then on the...