The latest visitors are Taika & Minna who have been here almost 2 weeks and are going back home in a couple of days. That means that we have 5 dogs in total in the house at the moment. And if you wondered how many dogs is too many, then I think my limit is 5. Or possibly 4, actually.
Don't get me wrong - I have really enjoyed being over-run with canines. And these particular 2 are extremely well behaved, so they don't actually cause much more chaos than our normal daily amount. However, once you factor into the equation the fact that Jay has been almost completely incapacitated with a back problem for the whole time, you can see that I've had my work more than cut out for me.
I'm pretty sure there's still one missing... on the way back to the car, and still no Neka...
Quite apart from the walks (during which at least 2 need to be kept on lead for some reason or other), at this time of the year there is the post-walk daily dog de-seeding. It's only a small exaggeration to say that we have as many seeds in our bin as are left in the woods. What we really need at this time of the year is a dog-friendly beach nearby. No seeds.
In July BF (before seeds) we had Buddy for a week and before that Kesa came to stay for a few days.
Kesa & Maija mid-game
An unlikely pair of bookends
In between, the puppies and relatives went to a few dog shows. Apparently every photo we took of Keksi with her offspring at the National Working & Pastoral show was out of focus. Huh.
L-R: Kuura, Keksi, Ukko, Tippi
Yes, those ears, I know. I think the subject of ears deserves its own blog post.
1 comment:
love that photo of the 'bookends' - ha ha!
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