WAsn't sure whether we would do any more puppy walking, just keep to the boarding but hey ho now we have young Ronnie.
We have now had him since July and he is a confident young man, who loves everything and everybody and isn't scared of anything. A funny pup who is also very vocal, making some wired and wonderful noises that make us both laugh out loud.
He has been on the station and has no qualms about walking on and off the train, even going through the wobbly corridor bit attaching the carr...
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Crystal is doing very well, she is living with a blind gentleman in London and doing what she was trained for very well. Hopefully I should be getting some news shortly.

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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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We recently had some news of Flora. She went off to 'Big School' and was doing very well, but after a while her trainer Richard, noticed that she was turning to him more for encouragement when going on to the busy London buses and trains. He let us know  how she was going and what they had tried to give her more confidence, but as the weeks went on, she started to get more stressed about leading into a situation and after talking, they decided it was not in her best interest to continue as it...
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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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Flora has been to stay at the vetinary clinic for the day and been spayed. This is just to make sure she will not be having pups in the future. I expected a peaceful evening when I picked her up, thinking she may be a little under the weather after having an anaesthetic with her op. but Noooooo. she dragged the poor nurse across the clinic to greet me, trying to jump and play with an unsuspecting dog waiting to see the vet.  hahaha oh dear.
              Here is a photo of her with her daisy ...
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I have just received some photographs from Holland, showing Zola with her new family and the lady she is paired with. I spent the whole afternoon in tears. I know, it is silly, she is doing a great job, and I am immensely proud of her, but there you go, silly me.  She has made a great difference to the lady, and is doing very well.
   
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Flora is getting so big, but is still a bit of an air-head. Lol, She absolutely loves everybody, which can be a bit of a problem, trying to keep her attention from the little person walking towards her wanting to love her, or the dog, that she desperately wants to play with.
When she is having her free run, and sees another dog, she will race to it and arrive on her belly,  the roll over, and as she is so big, she can be a bit disconcerting to somebody who is unsure of other dogs, or even a l...
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Flora has been out and about now with her new jacket on, People tend to notice it more than the flash on her lead, so are more aware and tend not to rush up to pet her. She looks very posh and struts down the road.
This week Flora  went on the bus for the first time. I did expect her to be a bit concerned about all the rattling but she took no notice and took it all in her stride, even when we got off and the air brakes went. We had a lovely run when we got off, met lots of other dogs, and go...
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Flora is now 4months old and growing rapidly, when she is laying down, she looks all legs, like a young foal, Lol..  She has been going for 'free runs' now and absolutely loves the beach, which at the moment is the only place I am able to take her, as everywhere else is so muddy and slippery. She races around like a clown, all legs and gangly. She meets lots of dogs, and needless to say, it is the males who love her. She is a right little flirt.
Her recall from them, when we are walking away,...
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I am sure we are visited by the 'growth fairy' each night, as she seems to grow overnight. Flora has reached that gangly stage, where she looks like she is never fed, I am increasing her food, it seems, every other day, although I have to be careful not to 'up' her food too much as it will upset her tummy,
She is now going out on the lead, and at the moment I am losing in the battle to keep her attention, as she is interested in everything, and doesn't seem to be worried by the big bus trundl...
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Flora our new guide dog pup is a Golden Retriever, and a most beautiful shade of blondie red. We knew we had her the moment she was left by our PWS (puppr walking supervisor).
Zola took the brunt of her playfullness during the day, but at night she was a little monkey, we understood that she had left her litter and things were all different, but my word, I have never heard such noise coming from such a little thing. Even though Zola and Rosie (cocker spaniel) were in the kitchen alongside her...
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Just before Christmas 2012, our lovely Black Lab Zola, at 14 months left us to go on to her further training. She was then chosen to go on an exchange to the Netherlands. The news so far, is that she has settled in and is doing really well.
        
                                                                                                                                                                                     
We all miss her desperately, but 10 days before she left we took ...
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