The dog thread is better than the cat thread, because it features dogs.

[two sheds]

I don't let him out in the dark unless he's on the lead - he'd be off into the next field(s) for an hour barking at the goats.

 

[Saunders]

I don't let him out in the dark unless he's on the lead - he'd be off into the next field(s) for an hour barking at the goats.

Yeah I probably wouldnt be so confident with Mungo if he hadn’t grown up around here, going from apparently well-trained pup to deaf adolescent to moderately compliant adult and now just mid-life ‘I rarely get excited, and I’m a runner not a fighter, so I’ll be back drectly’

 

[Saunders]

I don't let him out in the dark unless he's on the lead - he'd be off into the next field(s) for an hour barking at the goats.

When I got him as a pup I read so many books and sites (lurchers, rather than spaniels) where the advice was do all your training in their working place/ zone, connect with them at their most switched on turned on. Obviously this hasn’t worked 100% for me or I wouldn’t have just been walking down the lane with a head torch on

 

[UnderOpenSky]

My colleague has one of those trackers for his, says where the dog is (as well as how many steps etc). If Willow went wondering I'd definitely get her one.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Costal paths walkies

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Couldn't help but post these ones from the last day....

 

[Elpenor]

A stick and a beach to show off - she’s in heaven!

 

[quiet guy]

Fantastic pics. In the first batch where she's standing on the harbour wall looking back at you, it's as if she going "Well come on, slow coach."

 

[bellaozzydog]

A teeny tiny OAP visitor for the afternoon. Ringo the super mellow thoughtful terrier

 

[Callie]

A teeny tiny OAP visitor for the afternoon. Ringo the super mellow thoughtful terrier

Good camouflage in that blanket

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Fantastic pics. In the first batch where she's standing on the harbour wall looking back at you, it's as if she going "Well come on, slow coach."

Yes. That's pretty standard if I'm walking or running...

 

[Saffy]

Not wanting to wait for the vet.

 

[Sweet FA]

Finally cottoning on to the fact the squirrels don't just disappear when you chase them. He usually just sniffs around the bottom of the trees looking confused.

 

[Saunders]

Finally cottoning on to the fact the squirrels don't just disappear when you chase them. He usually just sniffs around the bottom of the trees looking confused.


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Mungo used to dig frantically at the base of the tree they’d gone up, until he realised they ran up them

 

[Puddy_Tat]

A teeny tiny OAP visitor for the afternoon. Ringo the super mellow thoughtful terrier

wrong thread - there ought to be a different thread for zebras...

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Another beach lover here.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

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Cute. And blends in well.

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Cute. And blends in well.

I keep saying I should buy him a hi vis jacket as he's camouflaged in the sand.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I keep saying I should buy him a hi vis jacket as he's camouflaged in the sand.

Tbf I mostly spot mine through movement.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Pepper pit-stop en route to the land of her birth for her holidays…

 

[VivaE]

Lucy having a cool down...

 

[VivaE]

His little face! It's like he's saying, 'Noooooo, that wasn't me, that was another different dog that wasn't me!!!!'

 

[Sweet FA]

Stretching his legs this morning on holidays. Though couldn't go on the beach as there were too many steep stairs for his clumsy legs

 

[Saunders]

Stretching his legs this morning on holidays. Though couldn't go on the beach as there were too many steep stairs for his clumsy legs

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Lovely photo

 

[Elpenor]

People on the local Facebook page (yes, I know @ self) are complaining folk are walking dogs in the 28-30 degree weather

I can understand that it’s better to walk dogs in the morning and evening in this weather, for the human too I expect, but is walking them at lunchtime actually a problem?

Of course anyone here on holiday probably has to take their dogs out with them as you can’t leave them in holiday accommodation unattended usually

 

[kabbes]

I doubt the ground is hotter at lunchtime than it will be at about 4pm

 

[two sheds]

Bright sun on the back of black dogs in particular won't be comfortable. I did read that it's better for long-haired than short-haired breeds because the longer fur acts as some insulation.

 

[Elpenor]

Yeah a neighbour takes his short haired black dog which I think is a pug out late at night when it’s hot (usually at sunset)

Still no nearer getting a dog myself, maybe next year, but I’ve said that since 2022! But have been thinking about how a dog would fit in with my life so that’s something

 

[Saffy]

I don't walk Cassie when it's really hot. We make do with other enrichment and sniffy games. I was up and out today at 7am for her walk though today. It was beautiful.

 

[StoneRoad]

Bella seems to be a bit of a sun-worshipper !

So, trying to get her inside to cool off has been nigh on impossible neither does she like the water mister we used on Ben's black fur. Although she did opt for under the trees for a bit and then went in for another drink.