{"id":12999,"date":"2020-02-06T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12999"},"modified":"2020-02-06T11:51:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:51:14","slug":"blogathon-06-20-a-true-doggy-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12999","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 06\/20: A true doggy story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Sunday afternoon I took these two herberts out for a round-village trundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Herberts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There’s a field with a public footbath<\/s> footpath that we haven’t been in before that I thought we’d give a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our usual fields are waterlogged, and we haven’t been down through any of them for a couple of months because they’re under deep water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this one – this previously unwalked-by-us field – looked like it had good verges, so I consulted the Herberts and they agreed to give it a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got about three-quarters down the length of the first verge, before it got too boggy to carry on, so I turned round and the dogs followed me back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About halfway back to the gate Chewie legged it off the verge and bolted across the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He still has a puppy brain, you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I called him back and he ignored me. I called him back louder and he ignored me. I shouted him back and he ignored me; he just carried on at warp speed heading for the far hedge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the hedge on the far side of the field is the Melton Mowbray to Nottingham main road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a very busy road!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By now Chewie was about 150m away and still going strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I looked at Robyn who was sat at my feet, she looked at me, and then something clicked in her head and she took off after him at full speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She caught him up, ran him down (he splatted into the field when she ran right over him), and then she ran straight back to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Chewie picked himself up and followed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robyn got lots of pats and love; Chewie, when he arrived, looked a bit sheepish but I had to give him some love too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an amazing act of shepherding from Robyn. She knew precisely what she was doing, and knew what to do to get Chewie’s puppy brain attention back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we got back home they had tea and later they had a much-needed shower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mud that came off the pair of them made the water look disgusting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we had two clean, fresh-smelling dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a very relieved doggydaddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Damp dogs drying disarmingly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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