Undisciplined hound and low clouds

[bunn]

Yesterday was an odd weather day.  The clouds were sitting very low over the country, hovering barely out of reach above the hilltops and occasionally sending down streamers of mist onto the taller hills on the edge of Dartmoor.  Under the cloud, very still, clear air, so that despite the mists, you could see a very long way - all the way along the

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[parrot_knight]

Ruts are surprisingly cosy; it's like one has carpeted a World War One trench. Every time I think I am climbing out of mine, I find I have just dug another section, and bought some more carpet.

[bunn]

Your rut seems to be very well-equipped in the library department, which has to help with the cosiness.

[bunn]

Well, you did call him Esca. He's almost bound to turn up one day carrying the angry neighbour's Eagle wrapped in a cloak with a suspiciously-trailing corner... :-D

I think Big Puppy would *like* to be a good dog when he grows up. It's just that there are so many exciting ways to NOT be a good dog...

This morning I caught him stealing the ONE soft toy in this house that is not supposed to be for dogs off the very high shelf that I had previously thought he could not reach... *sigh*

[philmophlegm]

You mean this one?

[bunn]

Yes. Yes I do. You would think poor Cuddly Cthulhu would have been high enough not to be grabbed by the Dog that Ate the World, but it appears not.

[puddleshark]

I do not think it is good enough, if someone asks 'where is your dog?' to have to wave vaguely and say 'West...ish'

Yes - there's a certain acceptable level of out-of-controlness beyond which the Good Dog-Owner must not pass. And which Pip regularly surpasses. I think you're doing the right thing to battle on with the harness for a while - you really don't want the Big Puppy to get a taste for going off hunting on his own.

[bunn]

At the moment it is easy because he's always subdued when it rains anyway. We will see how things go once the sun comes out...

One thing, he's quite good at being on a long line. Mollydog used to be a total nightmare on a longline, you'd clip it on and within seconds you'd have this tangled thing that was part-knot, part-greyhound.

[wellinghall]

Hmm ... ruts ... might have to move ...

[bunn]

*taps screen*

Is there an echo inside this thing??

[wellinghall]

Being an echo was (and still is) getting my own thoughts on the subject in order ...

[alitheapipkin]

I so know what you mean about ruts, especially when you work from home. My new job seems to have successfully hoisted me out of mine in one swift yank but a change of career isn't necessarily what I'd recommend to everyone! Hope things get sorted soon, the uncertainty must be getting wearing.

[bunn]

The uncertainty is quite refreshing in a way. Even if we don't have to move, I think it will have been a useful jolt.