More news..

Been to the vet and it is all looking really sound. The vet said the stitches could have come out today but after discussing the issues we all decided it would be better to take a 'belt and braces' approach. I'll be happier that we have done this knowing the lifestyle she has. So she has a new bandage on til next Friday.

Nellie has captured their hearts - vets and nurses alike. All she has to do is grin and lean and people are like putty in her paws! I sympathise as it has the same effect on me! Not only that but they love the fact she just lets them do all the things they need to do. 'She just held out her paw for me to bandage it!' said the nurse who changed the dressing today, with a kind of glazed expression on her face!

I took Nell and Archie into the last training day when we broke up at work and one of the office admin ladies came after me having seen Nellie with other colleagues. She felt a bit embarassed when she explained that actually she didn't really like dogs but that she had to speak to Nellie. 'She's gorgeous', she said as Nellie leaned against her. Another notch to Nellie!

Anyway the vet and the nurse today said that it is the enforced rest she is having that is making her paw heal so well and that most people they have had this kind of problem with let their dog do everything as normal 'because, well, it's all padded and bandaged isn't it?' when all the dog really needs is rest and as little pressure on the paw as possible.

So we carry on on this track as it seems to be the right one. I am hopeful that as of next weekend she can begin to have some hydrotherapy swims and we can start short on lead road walking sessions two or three times a day. Fingers crossed.

Meanwhile the envelopes continue to arrive stuffed with running orders only to go straight in to recyling.......Agility Club, KC Festival, DIN.......



My other little heart throb (!) is busy astonishing everyone when they realise he is 10! (and a bit) When Archie and I went for our walk together today on the heath one chap did not believe me at all..

We are off to the pub to sit in the garden with the dogs and have a meal. It is an outing for both of them but especially for Nellie. She gets to lie down and rest in different surroundings out and about. Maybe we'll be able to walk or even cyle with them there again before the month is out?