[ANHBUC]

Thanks.   

[arugula]

great photos arugula .... Probably the perfect place to be in today's heat.  Looks like she'd heard the weather forecast and was doing a bit of forward planning 

Thanks shoozie. Guess what she's doing now.... More excavation to make the hole more comfortable.  We've just been for our morning walk so her coat is damp from going through the long grass, makes for a better concoction of mud, don't you know.

[ANHBUC]

great photos arugula .... Probably the perfect place to be in today's heat.  Looks like she'd heard the weather forecast and was doing a bit of forward planning 

Thanks shoozie. Guess what she's doing now.... More excavation to make the hole more comfortable.  We've just been for our morning walk so her coat is damp from going through the long grass, makes for a better concoction of mud, don't you know.

She is only using it as camouflage so she can hide and guard against predators/intruders!!   

[arugula]

Yes camouflage mode is good.

[yaxley]

He is tall whats he crossed with ??

Your guess is as good as mine - each of the 4 vets I've seen has said something different (Mind you I'd be surprised if vets 1-3 could spell dog !)  I've heard most things - greyhound, whippet , weimarane , pitbull he does move very quickly when he wants to and has the same sort of gate as a greyhound when at speed.

THeres a lot of vets out there that cannot spell dog ...Looks a nice dog would be good to see some pictures of him standing side on to get a better idea of whats in him ...

She does have a very mischievous looking face, I think it's the eyes that do it. Given the heat you can forgive her a hole or 2, safely away from the veg patch - obviously 
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[shoozie]

Guess what she's doing now.... More excavation to make the hole more comfortable.  We've just been for our morning walk so her coat is damp from going through the long grass, makes for a better concoction of mud, don't you know.

I do like her thinking ..... if the mud holes work for the elephants in Africa, then I'm sure it felt really good today - in a dog sort of way of course  . Very clever dog  . It certainly wasn't a day to be too long out from the shade.

[yaxley]

Our dog digs a hole /pit to lay in must be cooler for them use to have one dog that used to jump into horse troughs and lay down in the water to cool off ....

[shoozie]

use to have one dog that used to jump into horse troughs and lay down in the water to cool off ....

  that kind of puts our effort of filling a large-ish seed tray with water today and get the pup to practice getting her feet wet into place  .  Hopefully the pup will love water as it would be good to 'paddle' with her in the canoe ! 

12 weeks old today ..... almost a 'tweenager' in human years ..... and several balls later ....... and then some more ....... that are all burst  ....... Need to find the perfect puppy football, or keep poundland in business on a daily basis !

[arugula]

She's a little beauty, shoozie.

I'm not surprised about the footballs.. I know, from Terrier experience, how sharp those little teeth will be and how remarkably strong their little jaws are, but perhaps not quite so yet. Getting her used to water is a good idea, but you might end up having to put her into a river, loch edge or even the sea and you might find her taking straight to swimming then. We had to take a "thrown in at the deep end" approach with our boy, but he instantly took to it and was then a strong and enthusiastic swimmer. The Collie howled the first time she saw the sea, as a pup, now loves to lie in it at the edge, or any big enough pice of water, to cool down.

[Lardman]

I see the "Who me? I didn't do it." face has already been perfected 

You could give a boomer ball a try

FWknCSTh2mE

[arugula]

You could give a boomer ball a try

Oh I want one! We have a lawn full of burst footballs that you have to be very subtle throwing out as she thinks they're just perfect still.  

[Agatha]

Aaah, what an innocent face!  Can't be her destroying those footballs, must be some other dog

[shoozie]

thanks arugula - and those teeth are definitely like little needles.  We're inching towards the day she can go out into the real world with paws on the ground ..... !

That ball looks good Lardman - thanks for that and I'll definitely look that up 

I see the "Who me? I didn't do it." face has already been perfected 

Aaah, what an innocent face!

She is the perfect cat burglar ...... Must walk on tip toes with maximum stealth, holding her breath to gather her stolen booty 

[ANHBUC]

She is adorable.   

[Sparkyrog]

And she knows it ! Typical female