Welcomes and wanderings in the Heart of England.

I've recently returned from a great trip to the heart of England where I was made very welcome in lots of different places by people who are happy for dogs to bring their humans with them.

A carving at Kilpeck c1140.

This was a very different few days to what I'm used to, there was no sailing or swimming but I was able to get the right amount of exercise  for a young dog.  This meant I slept very well and didn't get up until around 7 o'clock most days, my humans need a rest from time to time . I visited Herefordshire and Shropshire, staying at the Riverside Inn which is a very old building (even older than my humans who are very old) and I was allowed to stay in the bar under a table at meal time. My humans would not let me try any ale or cider which was a shame because there are some excellent local brews available.

One day I went to Ludlow and I was allowed into St Laurence's Church this was very interesting and I behaved myself very well in the church, I loved the colours in the stained glass windows and found one with a nautical theme.

Ludlow

 

 A window in the church.

I went to Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, I saw a Giant Cuckoo Clock, a stone tower with lots of water splashing about and best of all a folly dome made from wine bottles. How long did it take to drink enough wine to build the folly?

 So much wine...all gone.

So as well as wanderings in Herefordshire some time was spent in Shropshire where I went on yet another steam railway and a type of railway called a funicular railway, all very interesting experiences - I think I'm now quite an experienced travelling terrier.

 Bridgenorth Cliff Railway

 And finally, before I went home, a trip on the Severn Valley Railway...you'll see from the photos that I travelled First Class, you'll also see that I was very naughty because I had my head peering out through the window at one stage.

Bye for now, wags and woofs, Dexter .

(Just to let you know that the only photo editing done on my entire blog site is to crop pictures or alter the contrast - it's all genuine me,me,me!!)

(A note from Dexter's humans: Dexter does not advertise for any of the places linked to his blog but he does think that by adding links to the things and places he's talking about that will make it more interesting for you.)

Canine University - wow!

Guess what?  I'm now going to Canine University I've met some of my friends from Puppy School , Kizzy and Thelma,so it was really hard to concentrate during the first lesson.  During the session I did some recall, walking on a slack lead ( I don't like doing that) and leaving things. 

My humans are doing OK but I do think that they will find things more difficult as I try to train them to give me treats for everything I do, when we were going through the 'leave' command they wouldn't give me treat until I stopped sniffing the hand holding the treat. 

What's that all about ?

I've had my six month check with my favourite vet, Mr. Ross, I'm 6.3 kilos now so I have still got a bit of growing to do before I'm at my adult weight.When I see Mr. Ross I like my humans to tell him a joke, here is one of the jokes.

A man took his Rottweiler to the vet and said to him, "My dogs cross-eyed. Is there anything you can do for it?" 
"Well," said the vet "let's have a look at him" 
So he picks the dog up by the ears and has a good look at its eyes. 
"Well," says the vet "I'm going to have to put him down." 
"Just because he's cross-eyed?" say's the man.
"No, because he's heavy," says the vet.

(thanks to  Yuks'R'Us! for that one)