Mist’s Blog

In the past few days, temperatures have soared around the country to 38.1 degrees in Cambridge. While us here in the Yorkshire Dales weren't quite that warm, we've hit the early 30s recently, resulting in some hot and sticky days.                 As you can see above, Mist, and Bracken before her, have always enjoyed a bit of...

Hello all, Charlotte here. If you don't remember me, I've been the subject of several blog posts and even climbed a few mountains in my time. The last time I made a foray on this blog was way back in 2013 where I talked about the process of teaching Mist agility, flyball and any number of other tricks. In the 5 years since (!) we've had many more adventures, and I'm going to be charting them...

So far this year we have had snow, not sun (Mist's least favourite), plenty of rain and a Mist in France holiday. For once Mist was allowed to come with us on an overseas trip and didn't she love it. The Pet Passport worked smoothly and as we travelled and stayed in a mororhome heat and leaving her for a while was never a problem. We were also at the sea or the rivers of the Dordogne and Loire...

Mist I am sure prefers winter walking to summer. She does enjoy the snowy dog walks (limited though it is) but also is completely unconcerned about a long muddy walk in the hills and valleys. This is a good job as one of the 'tasks' pre Christmas was to walk the Bracken Way, it might not mention it in the notes, but it can be a mite squelchy! ...

The weather has been lovely this summer with some really hot days. Mist had a tendency to become a bit hot and bothered on long days on the fells (although it did not stop her going) but loved cooling down in the rivers and lakes. Here are some photos from our local walk one summer's evening. ...

In the 2nd part of 2016 Mist has been on some great walks, mainly up the Dales 30 but also in the Lake District. Here is the 2nd part of her year in photos. ...

Mist is now 6 and as energetic as ever. She has thickened a little in girth since her early days (probably due to stealing packed lunches on walks) and enjoys resting at any stops. However there is no sign of slowing, she still walks double any human (at least) on any given day. Loves it. ...

Its about time the master got his act together. After weeks and weeks of complaining that it was too wet/too misty/too muddy we at last got out on a proper walk. ...

Handing over to Charlotte. Mist's trick trainer! ...

This summer has been good fun so far, it could have been better but as always there has been too much doing nothing. I also had a problem when these stupid vets made me sleepy and slipped on a lampshade around my head. Apparently I had a cut on my leg when I jumped a barbed wire fence but it seemed no problem to me. I was depressed about the lampshade, my master more depressed about how much it...