Learning New Tricks

Well part of keeping Louis entertained while his dad’s away working is to remind Louis about his obedience. We went to a great class for several months and learnt down, stand, sit and stay leaving the room so he can not see me. He did surprisingly well. We then went on to his new trick … Read more

How to amuse ourselves whilst Dad’s away

Louis is missing his play mate. To combat the pacing and crying I’m taking him on some National Trust walks. Today we went to Tatton Hall; we packed our picnic and trundled off. It’s got to rank as one of the best walks we’ve had. We parked up at the old hall car park and … Read more

The Antipodes

News in from Sid in Melbourne. Inspired by Louis’ picture galleries he’s decided to send in a picture of his daughter, Amaya and his dog, Chloe – which he swears has some Ridgeback in there. Chloe is an “outside” dog and isn’t allowed in the house. (Shame on you Sid!). When we stayed with Sid … Read more

Here’s one I made earlier

This is one of Louis’ sons; Ekka. He’s a KC Bronze Citizen already. As can be seen he’s inherited Louis’ breed characteristic of “hogging the sofa”. Years and years and generations and generations of Ridgebacks have been bred to safeguard sofas. They clearly do a good job – we’ve not lost a sofa since Louis … Read more