Drymen

With me today were Holly & Ivy, Ted, Murphy, Juno, Skye, Vito and special guest – Ludo.

Ludo is a American Hairless Terrier, one of only seventy in the UK, and comes all the way from London.
His owners are in Scotland for a wedding, and chose me to look after him for a couple of days. I am honoured!
Ludo is a lovely dog, loves the company of the rest of the pack, travels well and is no bother at all………hope your owners come back again some day, Ludo!

The Bouncer

The Newfoundland in the centre of this photo is Monty, but I call him The Bouncer. He really doesn’t like it when there isn’t absolute peace and calm, with all the dogs just enjoying the walk. If Ivy & Holly start a carry-on with each other (fairly regular occurrence!), he runs at them both and stands in between them until they have calmed down. It’s like he is saying “Now, come on, that’s enough of that carry-on. Let’s just enjoy the walk” He is big enough that even Ivy listens!

Thank you, Monty – you make for a very calm and peaceful walk! πŸ™‚

It’s Sunny!

I love my job on days like today! Might not be quite so enthusiastic when it is -5C in January but for now – definitely!

All the dogs that came with me today are so great and just LOVE the Wilds that I Walk – Jude, Murphy, Rudi, Juno, Ted, Rocco and Jura. It was Jura’s last walk with me today as he has had his holiday in Bearsden and is going home πŸ™
Hope you come back soon, Jura, you have been a pleasure to walk.
Keep your fingers crossed this weather lasts….at least for a while.

What has happened to Ted?

Uneventful morning walk, then out with me this afternoon were Laddie & Meg, Zola, Rocco, Lily and Ted.

Up ’til now, Ted (the Golden Lab in the photo) has been very calm,would just plod along with me enjoying the wilds that I walk.
I don’t know if its just that he is getting more comfortable round me, but today he was like a different dog. He was racing Laddie for sticks, and when he won them he would have a maddie with his stick (see the youtube footage – hysterical!). If he didn’t win them, he would dive and get stones from the bottom of Deil’s Crag Dam (even funnier), and he even decided that he wanted to play with Meg and her stick – never a great idea to try and get Meg’s possessions from her!
I laughed so many times today at Ted’s antics – he is hysterical!

Dry at Drymen!

A nice, almost sunny, walk today out at Drymen. With me today were Holly & Ivy, Jude, Skye, Meg & Laddie, Jura and last, but not least, Rudi.

Very quiet going through the forest and then we did a big circle back onto the West Highland Way where we met some German walkers.
They were soo taken with Rudi, I think they were keen to dognap him (even enticing him with some of their lunch!). Eventually, I did have to lift him off the lap of one of them, saying “I know he’s really cute, but hand over the dog!”

A new pack member – Dexter

This afternoon we welcomed a new member to our Wild Side Pack – Dexter the Jack Russell.

He instantly fitted in with the rest of the dogs, particularly Lily. I don’t know if it was because they are a similar size, but Dexter and Lily had a BLAST today, playing tig on the moor at full pelt!
I let him off lead within 5 minutes as I could tell he was just eager to get playing with the rest of the dogs, and the first time I called him he came straight back – Perfect!!
A lovely friendly dog, from caring home – my favourite kind! Welcome Dexter, I know we are going to get on just great!

Two walks today!

Two great walks today with the best dogs ever. Morning walk with Holly & Ivy, Jude, Rudi (who spent most of it being carried inside my jacket!), Murphy and Jura. The afternoon walk was with Zola, Boris, Skye, Ted and Rocco. A real pleasure to walk all these dogs, my Carlsberg pack is expanding!

Jura

A warm welcome to a new pack member – Jura. He couldn’t have been any better- super friendly, loved the walk and travelled really well. He is only with me for 10 days as he is on holiday just now in Bearsden, but already I wish it was longer!

A very wet walk today with Holly & Ivy, Jude, Monty, Jura and Rudi. Poor Rudi hated the rain and started shivering within 5 minutes. He spent the next 25 minutes inside my jacket, which he had NO problem with. He was looking regally down at the rest of the pack, while getting carried along…….things that I do!!
PS I did buy a new camera, but after the rain today, I think I should have bought an underwater one!!

Great Pack of Dogs

With me today were Holly & Ivy, Rudi (in the photo), Jude, Juno, Monty, Lily and last but not least, Ted.

I did have a bit of a disaster, I was standing on the rocks at the edge of Deil’s Crag Dam trying to get some video footage of the two identical labs Jude & Ted racing for a stick (very funny), when I dropped my camera.
I watched as it dropped onto the stone, then it slipped down right into the water – never to be seen again.
Oh well, time for a new one anyway! Until I get my new camera though, I may not be able to post current photos – Sorry!

A warm welcome to our newest member – Ted!

A very warm welcome to our newest Wild Side Walks member – Ted the Golden Lab. He jumped straight into the van, travelled really well, was off lead the entire walk (coming back instantly I called him), got on really well with all the rest of the pack, instantly making friends with them all. He comes from a loving and caring home, so yet another Carlsberg dog to add to my pack! Welcome Ted, I know that you are going to LOVE our walks together!

I can’t wait to walk him with my other Golden Lab Jude – he is SOO like him. From the way that he

interacts with the other dogs, to his other mannerisms with me (very friendly!) and the way
that he walks and loves to swim, I think the first time they walk together, Jude will be like “DAD!” πŸ™‚

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Cannot recommend Jacqui and wild side walks enough. My rescue Pom Parker has been walking with her and her pack for 6 years now and loves her and his walks. I have had the privilege of joining a few walk and it’s always truly fabulous seeing these dogs together having THEE best time, so well behaved and Jacqui 100% in control as pack leader.

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