progress update: 18th Aug
EDDIE WINS RESCUE DOG CATEGORY AT BEAMINSTER DOG SHOW !!
An update at last of Eddie….who is doing very well and is much admired.
I have been letting him off the lead for the past two weeks
and with the fresh cooked liver titbit treats, he comes back
well…from other dogs who he loves to play with, and from the cows
who he has been trying to make friends with but they do their best to
ignore him….
His speed staggers me when running. He is very
friendly both at home and out and is learning quickly when to leave
other dogs alone and return to me.
I am lucky to have a ridge and
fields falling away, close to home…
one photo shows Eddie up on the ridge with West Bay in the background.
Another photo shows him waiting until the command to ‘take it’ for his dinner….he’s great
with this.
But the best photos of all taken today were at the Beaminster dog show,
Eddie entered into the ‘Rescue Dog’ catagory and
chosen and presented with first prize by Martin Clunes…
He is proving a wonderful pet, and now enterering into the terrible
teen years and can be a bit wilful with retrieving and sometimes
chewing anything and everything he can get his paws/mouth on to….
I expected this and no bit deal if a tad frustrating at times…a few
things I’d have rather not had chewed but no matter we really are
getting there.
The cat and he are better and he wants to make friends
but she won’t allow it….
All in all I feel I am lucky to have Eddie
and he is much admired…
Jenny
progress update: 9th July
Hi Helen, just a few photos taken during a brief spell when it wasn’t raining.
Eddie is a sweet thing and follows me around.
He loves a settee!! but obeys ‘down’.
As yet he does not obey ‘come’ but it’s early days and I look forward to being able to trust him off the lead.
He loves the garden and seems to know his way around inside and out.
My cat is living upstairs at the moment and though Eddie is keen to
meet her, he’s a bit too enthusiastic.
She has been very used to my long term other dog who died 5 years ago,
and accepted the brief period I had the Beardie recently with not a backward glance….but
Eddie she hisses and spits so we will need to take our time.
I think she will come to terms with him living here eventually and indeed
hopefully he will dutifully not chase her.
I am going along to a puppy dog class this week without Eddie,
to have a look with a view to starting next week.
I will keep you posted.
Jenny
progress update: 5th July
Eddie has gone to a new home in Bridport today!
