At first I wasn’t too sure about being in the car. It can feel really strange, and it can make you feel a bit sick. When we first started going in the car, our human mum only took us for short journeys, so our tummies could adjust to the strange moving sensation, but I’ve got used to it now and look forward to it as it means we are going somewhere exciting.

 

 

I didn’t realise what a big world it is out there, every time we go out we seem to go to a different place.

 

At the moment we are not allowed to go on the ground. It is up to my human mum to say whether it is safe for us to be on the floor, inside or out. It was explained to us that until we are vaccinated it is not safe to be allowed to run, play and leap everywhere we go.

This journey is lasting a bit longer than last time, which gives me chance to tell you about some of the places that we have already been to. So far we have visited lots of different houses where we have been allowed to run around and explore. All of these houses not only look different but smell different as well. There are new people to meet, different pieces of furniture to examine and sometimes different floor surfaces for us to play on.

People always make a big fuss of us when we visit and we are exhausted when we go back home, its just so great being a puppy!

 

Once we thought we were going to visit a new house, but ohh no, Sue and Deb had other ideas for us. Once we had arrived we noticed trees, hedges and grass. We were put into Deb’s garden so we could run around. We all love to run, it’s just that sometimes our legs don’t always keep up with us, or all go in the same direction, (a bit of a shock I can tell you when you want to smell a piece of grass and end up with your nose in some mud!). Still it’s all part of growing up.

 

Anyway this particular day was a little different, we got to play in the garden but then instead of going into the house we were picked up and Sue and Deb carried us into the village. Suited us, we got a great view, as well as strokes from all of the people that passed. Deb even joked with a man that she would only give him the directions he needed once he had stroked us, as if he wasn’t going to anyway.

Is she forgetting how cute we are?! Whilst we were being carried, I noticed lots of new things, most of them were really interesting and good to experience. We walked past several parked cars, which I had seen before, but I did wonder what was going on when I saw one moving down the street.

 

 

In fact I didn’t like it and I was a little bit scared, especially when one came from behind me. I looked to Sue for reassurance but she was very calm, and appeared not to even noticed it. The next time I became aware of a car, it had already gone past. Sue had seen it before me and got my attention with a tasty bit of liver before I was worried.

Actually every time I saw a moving car that day, before I was able to worry, my attention was taken off the problem and put on to something pleasant, a lovely piece of tasty liver. I’m not worried by moving cars any more, thanks to Sue doing the right things. Hold on - the car has stopped. We’ve arrived a new destination!

Yes, there is a sign saying Holly Tree Riding School. Don’t know what to expect here, now let’s see, great smells, some massive creatures that we have just been told are called horses. Now then what’s this, children? These look like fun.

 

 

Now for all of you puppies out there, children look and smell just like people, basically they are smaller versions, but have lots more energy, higher pitched voices and boy do they get excited quickly. Just like puppies they can go 0 to 60 in under 10 seconds!

Great news, just heard Sue say that we are going to be allowed to run and play in this outdoor horse arena, which is like a giant sandpit and wow, the children are allowed to come in and play with us too!

 

Because this is going to happen Sue and Deb are having a chat with the children and talking about how they want them to play with us, as they do not want us to learn any bad manners like chasing or jumping up. They want us to have fun but in the right way. So they have asked the children to stroke us, play fetch with our toys and give us treats for doing stuff like sitting. We have been told that it is very important for us to learn to play with children in the right way, fine by us, we’re going to enjoy learning this.

I don’t know about you, but we always thought that ‘learning’ involved hard work. Well maybe for all of you humans, but for us puppies it’s just fun all the way.

 

Well bye for now, more playing - oops, sorry - more learning to do -

 

Roxy