Yes indeed, with the mighty Fred 
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Willow our 6 year old English Springer looking to run in the hills !
its getting hot for her in the south now.
she has been in france for a month.
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Lovely photo Rob (and lovely dog)
Thanks Sue
we lost her mum this year, and have been waiting for the right time to bring Willow over. my wife is in france full-time now, and im still working 3 or 4 days a week in UK; so I miss her terribly ( willow ! not my wife) 
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On the subject of donkeys - might anyone know of a recognised refuge in the Toulouse area?
A both happy and sad day for me today because it is 5 years since the elegant, faithful and enthusiastic Enola came to us as a foster. Some on here I know may remember her long thread on another forum, dealing with her training and settling in with us, sadly cut short due to the prejudice and spite of āthe managementā.
Happy because her time here was a pure joy, but sad because that joy and exuberance, caused an accidental collision with our elderly Tosca who died at 16 and a half as a result. I had to return Enola to the pension while I dealt with Tosca but then tried to get her back. Unfortunately for me, in that short period of a day or so, she was adopted elsewhere.
This video is rather long so not necessary to watch all of it but it does demonstrate both her joie de vivre but also devotion to me and obedience. You may also note that, for some inexplicable reason, I changed dear Toscaās sex from feminine to masculine in the commentary. 
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Slight thread drift.
The daughter asked AI what our Bob would look like if he were human. This is the result!
First the dog (just back from groomer as he had disgraced himself with unspeakable things. His fur does actually look more like the AI)
And then the AI
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I think Bob has more of a gentle sadness about him. Unless that expression in his eyes is a post-groomers āwhat have I done to deserve this?ā
He is very fine and Iām not surprised you fell in love (even given the unspeakable things!)
Rona is not at all convinced her bed is in the right place. Half of it is now on the lawn, the other half the dining room
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Iām a fully paid up member of the ādogs sleep in the bed clubā, despite the fact that precious sleep can occasionally be disturbed by nocturnal trips outsideā¦I suspect Iām not alone in belonging to this clubā¦
Article from Associated Press in the US.
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Jules used to come into my bedroom during the night to lay on the blankets next to me, but only about once a month or even longer. I quite like it, havenāt noticed any lack of sleep because of it, but there is one problem, he exudes prodigeous amounts of heat which even penetrates 2 layers of the duvet (I double a handfull and stuff it between us).
Now in fly season I close the bedroom door all day and night and open a window (there is a mesh screen on the outside which allows no insects through) but, a little worried that I am stopping him coming in, I push the door almost closed but not snecked. So far he has not pushed it open but I do notice that he chooses the settee just outside of it to sleep on whereas during the day he alternates between the 2 of them.
Our cat shares the bed. Iām sure I donāt get the same quality of sleep - especially when itās warm, and he is putting out 38degC curled up next to me - but I couldnāt make him sleep elsewhere (and heād scratch to get in anyway).
But he has learned that I get up when Iām ready and, since Iām the one who feeds him, that means he lets me sleep until 7h30 ā¦
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