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Location: Birmingham UK
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Day 9
A few days gone by since my last report, thats because we have been training in ratting.
We thought that the chickens were to blame at one point, but have been talking to a neighbour that assures us that since some building work has taken place on waste ground they have been everywhere..........even sleeping in his dogs kennel
The council are sorting things...apparantly
in the meantime Bruce Skye and Tess are fastly becoming ratters...all JRT's in disguise. Bruce is a born natural, Skye a born protector of her hens (hates any rats near them) and Tess fastly becoming game for anything.
However in true clumsiness style she has been known to crash into Bruce a few times and in all her excitment bring him down with a thud
However Bruce is learning to jump over her and give the odd body swerve, so things are panning out
She has learnt to give her paw
realised where the biscuit barrel is
and has gone on to jumping on the window seat with Bruce when the front door opens, where she waits
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She was obcessed with the kids next door when they kicked the football, running up and down the garden like a wild thing, but at last we have broken her of that by working with treats and ''Leave'', so now when she is in the garden or we are out she has finally realised that she can not join in on the football games
However night times around 8 is time for zoomies and rough and tumbles with Bruce....he encourages her and she him, tugs of war with chews and toys and who can stretch the sock from the washing basket
She has took to eating poo
something puppies seem to really enjoy
her house training is still hit and miss....hit when outside and miss inside (yes she is a
little miss) the array of flower arranging is still on hand when she feels I need a bunch, but not happy with pulling them up she still insists that I have the whole thing...roots and all
The garden shed is often rearranged for me, dragging out alsorts of stuff when I am gardening, and me often found saying ''No Tess'' and when I am cleaning out the chucks and furries, she runs round and round with a mouthful of hay stuffed in her gob
We wormed her yesterday and before I could pop it in her food she had it and it was gone, being a robust type of dog she has had no side effects, but then I think she has a stomach like a waste disposal tank
She is learning not to steal off the coffee table now, but still stands up and snuffles the work surfaces....work in hand on that one.
Luckily Pat had covered the pond now with mess and that has stopped her snorkling in there.
She has found that is she stands on the sofa she can look through the window and watch you in the kitchen....something that she absolutely delights in doing, and if you call her when your in the kitchen.....you will suddenly see her face looking through the glass at you, and her tail wags like mad....she thinks she is a clever s*d