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Showing posts with label golden retriever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label golden retriever. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 April 2015

The Birthday Girl

In the absence of any bird news (it's turning out to be a very poor spring for common migrants, really hope it picks up quick) I thought I should blog about the birthday girl...

 

It's hard to believe Honey is already one. It's been a steep learning curve for us both, but especially me as I've never owned a dog before - in fact I used to be scared of them. When I was five I jumped into a bed of stinging nettles because a dog was running at me barking!

I have now completely changed and am very confident around dogs, thanks to Honey.  She is a wonderful animal with such a good and relaxed temperament, and is a great companion in life.  Another way she has changed us is that we now get even more peed off with irresponsible dog owners.  I'm sure everyone has seen how often 'dogs on leads' signs are ignored - don't think some dog owners can read.  As for picking up the poop, there is never an excuse not to. Really winds us up, way more than it used too.

Anyway, back to Honey, and she's actually now a famous dog. Although this isn't all factually correct (dam press!) it was great to see her in the Bridport and Lyme Regis News...



But although she's one, it doesn't mean she's grown up...



Monday, 9 February 2015

Play Time

Haven't done many Golden Retriever focused posts, well haven't done any really as this is a birding blog, but it's time for one I think as she is such a big part of our life now.

We took Honey to see her sister Bella at the weekend - Honey is more golden than her sister but otherwise they are very similar in pretty much every way.  Both 'teenage' Goldies had an absolute ball of a time...



And at the end of the long muddy walk they both had the same idea....



This was the second time they had seen each other since leaving the 'nest' last summer. They first met up late September - when they looked like this...



Amazing to think I used to be scared of dogs as a kid! I once jumped in to a bed of stinging nettles when a barking dog came running at me...