At last a dog of my own

Introducing

RUFUS

This is the first photo of Rufus taken on his first home visit to see I was suitable for him.

He comes from a  rescue  home as his owner has M.S. http://www.mssociety.org.uk/  and has had to go into a home. I was contacted and asked if I was interested to take him on and of course I said yes  who could refuse.

He won’t be joining me just yet as he has to have his jabs and be neutered http://www.apbc.org.uk/articles/neuteringmaledogs hopefully before Xmas or just after.

He has a good recall, gets on with other dogs and cats also retrieves items off the floor if they have been dropped. He is overweight as he never got any exercise due to his previous owners health so will be put on a diet and have three walks a day. When he’s settled in I’ll be taking him to  http://www.ckt-agility.co.uk/index.htm  which has a base at  http://www.appledown.co.uk/ where he will be taught agility so he enjoys the rest of his life. No doubt he will be taken to Marsworth for a walk along the towpath and get to meet all the different narrowboaters moored up.

Just glad that mum did not have a bad reaction to him and in fact got a big smile from her.

I think it’s just what the doctor ordered for both of us. I look forward to blog his exploits in the future with plenty of pictures no doubt.

 

 

Narrowboat Just Us at Marsworth

It was too cold and wet for the dogs to be allowed out to be walked at http://www.appledown.co.uk/ today so I took off to Marsworth to see if anything interesting was happening. It seems the narrowboaters had the same idea as the dogs…stay inside except the crew of NB Just Us who were happy to carry on through the locks so I took a photo of them approaching lock 39 at Marsworth.

As you can see it turned out nice once the rain cleared away and all was calm except for the narrowboater chopping his logs up, can you see him ?

Next week I’ll be walking the dogs if the weather holds up.

 

A Walk Down Doolittle Lane With Mr McNulty

Today was a good day,the sitter that takes over from me looking after mum was only half an hour late which allowed me to have four hours off to myself this week, two of which would be for shopping, the other two I decided to go for a walk with Mr McNulty down Doolittle Lane.

Pieces of late iron age pottery have been found down here so it’s been around for a while. Halfway down the lane is Doolittle Mill which is a grade 2 listed building. A mill has been on or around this site since 1086 but the present mill dates from the 18th century.

Fifty years ago a gale blew the mill head off complete with the sails into the mill pond below.

It was a beautiful day with an autumnal nip in the air after last nights first frost of winter.The winter wheat and barley is about four inches high in the surrounding fields and hedgerows are bursting with berries which the birds are noisily foraging on.Horses are in their paddock wearing their protective coats to keep out the inclement weather while in the distance the gliders are being winched up to do a circuit of the airfield below the downs.

All this going on and Mr McNulty ignores it all,oblivious to the sights and sounds of this beautiful part of Bedfordshire.

You see Mr McNulty has just been released from his prison and is suffering from stress. I am trying to relieve his predicament in the only way I can given the restraints on my time away from my caring duties at home.

Mr McNulty is a very fine collie dog who has lost weight due to his confinement and desperately needs to be rehomed as soon as possible. He has been put on three meals a day to help him gain weight but still he does not wag his tail. I hope he finds a home soon as it will be another dog who will be mentally scarred for life.

 

Details of Mr McNulty and all the other lovely dogs can be found at

http://www.appledown.co.uk/