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LOTS OF SPOTS!!!
Aug. 28th, 2011 11:40 pmI currently feel like crap but I'm not sure if that's because I'm getting a cold or because of my disrupted sleep and excursion today. Whatever, I had fun!
There was a Dalmatian Fun Day nearby, run by Dalmatian Welfare. All dalmatians and families welcome! However we didn't take Lady Muck with us; she's so wobbly in the hindquarters these days that taking her into a group of lively, energetic dogs didn't sound like a great idea. So Mum and I went, cooed over lots of gorgeous dalmatians, got covered in dog hair, didn't win a raffle prize, did have very nice sausage sandwiches, laughed at the 7-legged race, and cooed over all the dogs a bit more. There were lots of pats and cuddles.
It was nice to note that while Lady Muck may fall at the 'neurotic mess' end of the spectrum, she is still very dalmatian in behaviour. Mum was also relieved to meet another dalmatian who has extra hard toenails and needs to be sedated to have them cut. She said sometimes she feels like a Bad Dog Owner for needing to have her dog sedated for something so supposedly simple.
The dogs there ranged from a six-month-old girl who was very pretty and very lively to a fifteen-year-old lady who moved slowly and whose coat had dulled a bit but she was still all there. There were maybe half-a-dozen liver spotted and thirty dalmatians in all - plus a few ring-ins! There was a black and white Papillon, a staghound cross, a few others I didn't get a good look at and a black boxer cross who provided an exciting moment when she got away from her owner and went for a glorious run, tearing across the field, obviously enjoying herself hugely. She let herself be caught after a few rounds. The other dogs were very excited and bayed and barked at this but that was really the only loud moment. Only a few dogs barked aside from that.
We stayed for a couple of hours and it was nice to pat so many friendly, happy dogs. Then we came home and were snuffled at severely but Mum gave them bones so they stopped caring where we'd been!
Then I fell into bed and slept for several hours only to wake up feeling like hell. But the outing was fun.
There was a Dalmatian Fun Day nearby, run by Dalmatian Welfare. All dalmatians and families welcome! However we didn't take Lady Muck with us; she's so wobbly in the hindquarters these days that taking her into a group of lively, energetic dogs didn't sound like a great idea. So Mum and I went, cooed over lots of gorgeous dalmatians, got covered in dog hair, didn't win a raffle prize, did have very nice sausage sandwiches, laughed at the 7-legged race, and cooed over all the dogs a bit more. There were lots of pats and cuddles.
It was nice to note that while Lady Muck may fall at the 'neurotic mess' end of the spectrum, she is still very dalmatian in behaviour. Mum was also relieved to meet another dalmatian who has extra hard toenails and needs to be sedated to have them cut. She said sometimes she feels like a Bad Dog Owner for needing to have her dog sedated for something so supposedly simple.
The dogs there ranged from a six-month-old girl who was very pretty and very lively to a fifteen-year-old lady who moved slowly and whose coat had dulled a bit but she was still all there. There were maybe half-a-dozen liver spotted and thirty dalmatians in all - plus a few ring-ins! There was a black and white Papillon, a staghound cross, a few others I didn't get a good look at and a black boxer cross who provided an exciting moment when she got away from her owner and went for a glorious run, tearing across the field, obviously enjoying herself hugely. She let herself be caught after a few rounds. The other dogs were very excited and bayed and barked at this but that was really the only loud moment. Only a few dogs barked aside from that.
We stayed for a couple of hours and it was nice to pat so many friendly, happy dogs. Then we came home and were snuffled at severely but Mum gave them bones so they stopped caring where we'd been!
Then I fell into bed and slept for several hours only to wake up feeling like hell. But the outing was fun.
