A week with Tia and all is well in the pack! She has moved on from being “Princess Whirlwind” to “Rag doll”, she’s all hair and paws, lightweight, and leaps onto my knee splaying all 4 legs out, reminds me of rag dolls I had as a child!
There’s been some flirting by my boys, a quick reminder - a nudge or “pssht” from me, blocking their behaviour and they leave her alone. Oh the power of being Pack Leader and having my dogs follow me happily, makes for a very peaceful balanced life! Tension and dominance together is the recipe for a fight over a bitch in season, so I go after the strongest one if they get excited over Tia, this prevents the ripple effect and balance restored! Her “BF” (best friend/boyfriend) is still Peter, and she went to the beach with him and had an off-lead run about, having checked there were no other dogs around, for once not because of Peter’s reactions but to make sure she was safe from other males!
She’s picked a heck of a week to visit - storms, sand storms, snow, hail, gale winds…I’m worn out of trying to walk that beach! No sign of spring again then, the dogs may love their fur coats all year round, but I’m fed up with wearing my winter coat! Hope things improve soon, really want to move into the season that is “trainers or bear feet” (remember how my dogs see my footwear as an indication of to walk or not to walk) as opposed to “wellies or slippers” !!!!!
Talking previously of dog’s using signals to communicate, in their species they use body language as well as vocal to communicate …in “Doglish”! Bit tricky to read what Tia is saying as there’s so much hair… if her hair ever stood up on end I couldn't tell - one big fur ball! She has a lovely, openly friendly nature though so there’s not any problem for me to read - one of those “happy-go-lucky” dogs - wish that would ripple through the pack!!!
Today is the smallest Jack Russell, Sadie’s birthday - she’s 3 so sausage birthday tea later!!
No school tomorrow as Easter Holidays!!! Check us out on blog tomorrow for the annual Dog Easter Sausage Hunt….!!
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