It has been so hot recently, not that I am complaining, although I hate the mugginess, and I often go out looking like I had just got out of bed, as my hair seems to take on a mind of its own haha, but the poor old doggies dislike it as well, and will often be found flat out in a flower bed, flattening all the flowers, but with a 'Phew, this is so cool' look on their chops..
We try to take them out early,and  to do any training with Crystal, laden with water, bowl, spray bottle and wet wipes,...
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After lunch the other day, there was a piece of apple core left, so I gave it to Rosie, who gromphed it up and gave a bit of peeling to Crystal.. Well, you would have thought I was trying to poison her. Instead of eating it happily, like other dogs, she stalked around, looking for somewhere to hide it, and ended up lying on her bed, looking very confused and hard done by. I have no idea what she
was thinking, but it was very funny.
Silly dog....

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Crystal is just over 7 months now, and is getting taller and is pretty steady on most things. Will lie down and sleep on a train, and is quite happy to squeeze into a small space on a bus. It can be quite funny when we try to get off and people move to let me come by and are shocked to find a dog emerge as well from underneath the seat. They hadn't even known she had been there..
I am very pleased when we walk past dogs trying to get to her and only very occasionally she will react, so that is...
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Crystal is just 5 months old now, and growing in confidence as well as leg length. Poor Rosie is getting very fed up with
telling her off for being too rough with her, so there has been lots of 'time out' sessions for Crystal, so Rosie can get some peace.
They curl up together to sleep and she looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Little angel. haha
Cuddling up to her Dad, one of her favourite places.
She is doing really well on her recalls, especially with other dogs, and at the moment
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We have lost Flora, she has gone onto Big School. She is settled in and we have received a couple of phone calls from her new trainer Richard, reassuring us. It is hard when they leave home  :((  We have now got our next bundle of trouble, a little yellow Labrador / G.Retriever  cross. called Crystal.  who took to Flora straight away, and decided she was obviously her surrogate Mum. She had 4 days of fun with her before she left us.
The first photo of Crystal looks like butter wouldn't melt i...
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