Ok – so I get to complain about the weather again. The rain has been pretty persistent for over 36 hours, and many places have had their month’s quota of rain in that time. I’ve been pretty lucky and have managed to get Jez out for her walks in between downpours. But I’m back in my big waterproof walking boots trying to avoid the mud. I don’t stand any chance of avoiding the puddles, however, as they cover the entire width of the path in many places.
The rain has meant that Jez’s first agility class today was cancelled: too miserable for owners and too dangerous for the dogs. So that was a shame. Hopefully we’ll get to go next week.
Talking of Jez her birthday presents arrived yesterday – they look really good, so I hope she’ll like them. They’re from the Doggie Hoots range. I’m pretty certain she will love them though as her Dirty Rotten Kitty, which she was given for Christmas, is still one of her favourite toys. Plus we’ve been invited to a friends wedding (well, civil partnership) in December, so we’re having to look for a dog sitter. Although her trainer had recommended one it turns out one of the women Chris occasionally meets on his walks sits dogs (she’s looking after a great dane at the moment). Jez gets on with her dogs and she’s said she’ll have her. I spoke to her on the phone today and she seems really nice. We’re going to arrange to walk the dogs together one day.
Actually, I spent half an hour on the phone to this woman, who was really interesting. Turns out she set up a charity promoting education to orphans, disadvantaged children and youth in Kenya in 1993. So we spent some time talking about that and about Kenya.
And on the subject of Kenya, I have been busy editing my videos. Well, 2 days worth so far, for 15 minutes of film. When I get it a bit tidier I intend to split it in two and post it on You Tube so you can see it. These particular two days contain lots of elephants and giraffes.
Which leads me into another topic. Chris had a bit of a surprise when he found out that one of the people he’s been working with for a while now is married to Greg Dyke. For those of you who don’t know Greg Dyke was one time Director General of the BBC. He’s now Chair of the British Film Institute.
And the BBC leads me nicely into a programme I watched a couple of weeks ago: Pedigree Dogs Exposed. I don’t know if anyone saw it but it was about the genetic and health problems caused by interbreeding in pedigree dogs in this country. And it was very distressing. For the first time ever I was moved to write to my MP about it. The reason for mentioning it now is that I’ve been reading an editorial in a magazine about it, plus reading the editors blog on the subject. For a nation of so-called dog lovers it really is a disgrace.
A slightly happier was 2 programmes on dogs that we watched was a documentary by Martin Clunes. He was telling us that genetically dogs are 99.8% wolf and as part of the programmes looked at wolf behaviour. Since then Chris has been calling Jez ‘Wolfie’.
What else? Dad came to lunch on Wednesday and we had a nice day. After lunch we took Jez out for a walk. I’ve invited him and Pat over next Friday for Jez’s birthday. Helpfully it’s Pat’s birthday 2 days later, so I can kill two birds with one stone.
I think that’s about it. Better see about getting the dinner. Typical! Now I’ve finished writing Jez has moved her head off my arm and keyboard.
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