"It's been a wonderful spring and summer....if just a little stressful.... endlessly looking after all these roly poly chaps, keeping them in some sort of order and trying to see that they stayed in roughly the right area. Going for long walks every day was OK too, if not very challenging. Most days She Who Must be Obeyed made me go through one or two Lessons but it wasn't like the Real Thing.
It's even been quite relaxing just pootling about and keeping an eye on the poultry and playing with Pilot and Cat....
but I couldn't help thinking about The Real Job and whether we'd ever get back to it again. Then She Who must be Obeyed and The Big Boss went away for ages and it was all jolly confusing.
More Squealers arrived and needed keeping in order and we had Linda to look after while she was looking after all of us..... and then I got shut in the big barn for hours and that was all jolly worrying..... But then She and the Boss suddenly came back from their long hunt in the middle of the night and today, Joy of Joys, we were out with the old Pack doing what a dog loves best of all...... I could tell She was anxious -
probably thought I was going to run riot - which, to be honest,I could have done out of sheer excitement - but I was that pleased to be out hunting again that I thought I'd best behave. It wasn't the busiest day and She kept telling me to "Heel" but, what the hell, Now we're back hunting again who cares..... ??? I'm a happy chap and She seemed quite cheerful too....."
