WOW!!!

Its Saturday today, when normal folk take it easy and perhaps enjoy a lay in after the weeks early mornings.  Not when you have dogs though, its very hot and threatening to be the hottest day yet - its up early and get them out.  Despite being early it was still too hot for Jaja..

..and Bailey, who I also walk each day (Bailey is not my dog, he belongs to a friend).  The photo did not do this justice, but before this point Bailey had been in the ditch and rolled in all the mud, amazing though he arrived home clean (ish)

The 'second' best bit about today's walk, was Custer did plenty of socialising with some new pals - at one time we were not sure this was ever going to happen, here they are all cooling off in the stream..

Custer is good with the smaller dogs too , this is little Ben - he likes people more and was looking to me to see if I had any biccies, we see Ben often on my other walk its my friend Sylvia that gives him Biccies, he thought it might be me..

This little chap was a lot of fun, he arrived with more mud on him that Bailey having visited the same ditch on the way, and was only too happy to find a pal to run around with..

But, the very best thing about today's walkies was Custer is 'FINALLY' learning recall, this was the first time he came back from playing with some dogs he ran off with, then he did it every time on the way back - Okay it might not be 100% yet, and still needs a lot of work, but having just celebrated (I think) our 8th week with Custer we are very impressed, its a start.  This is Custer running back to me after I called him..

He does still need an awful lot or work, he is in dog years a teenager, so being very stroppy on occasions.. like if I want to take him out without the car he will not budge, just throws himself at the floor in the driveway and I cant move him, have to tie him to a long line and go inside.  So, that one needs work which is a shame as the rest of the time he is pretty good.
Now he has had a good walk later on this evening we plan to just lead walk them to the park and around there, another first for Custer. Tomorrow is puppy class, but looking like another hot day so maybe not doing so much again.