#mollythebeagle

Molly Gets Bronzed

Molly smashes her first attempt at The Kennel Club Bronze Good Citizen Award

DogFest - Demos, dogs and treats...and a new bed...

Molly on tour.

There are a lot of things you really hope your puppy will get used to when you first bring them home. Firstly, their new home. Check. Second on my list included other dogs. Check and thirdly. The car. Check. We’ve been really lucky, she wasn't keen on the car until we got her a travel box, like the ones you stuff a cat into to take it to the vets. Until she had one of those she was awful in the car. In the box however, she’d just fall asleep and she’d be out within a few minutes! We did a lot of little journeys but basically just got on with life. Eventually she got upgraded to the hammock, in that she got belted in like a child and then would just fall asleep on her blanket. I was very keen for her to not ruin the car, I’ve heard so many horror stories of pooches eating seat belts, chewing through seats and throwing up. Hence the hammock. 

Since we got rid of our car, we’ve been lucky enough to have the big Defender which has made life soooo much easier. We can put her smaller travel crate in the boot and not have to fuss around with seats, boot space or anything of that kind. Just a quick “in your bed” and she's in no fuss and sleeping. Good pooch!

She has become an ideal traveling four legged beasty, although she does sometimes whinge like a child but she soon calms down*

Molly: “Just me an the human”

I’m always desperate to find good places where Molly can be let off the lead. A few have been found and this evening me and the pooch found another, it was rather picturesque! It certainly beats walking round the local park, keeps it interesting for us both! Molly also seems to be enjoying her new training of “Touch” too, she even managed it from a very big distance. “TOUCH” and down goes the hand. You can see her sprint for it faster than a junkie chasing a crack pipe! It’s actually helped a little with recall, the arch nemesis of the beagle. I think it has anyway, possibly to early to tell. It could have been the homemade liver cake that she hasn't had in a couple of months so it’s actually difficult to tell.