Lisa is one of our neighbours and has a history of dog ownership. When we brought Ray home in March of 2013, she was naturally excited to meet him, but that meeting was not particularly amicable (If only we knew then, what we know now!). Continue reading
Dog training
Ray Barker?
Within a relatively short time of Ray moving in with us, we could have called him Ray Barker. In fact we called him Ray Anatolian because, apart from sounding quite aristocratic, we believed at the time that he was part Anatolian Shepherd. Continue reading
Ray? Go figure!
Our back garden is approximately 50% grass and 50% shrubs and trees in a typical layout of the grass being the middle area, and shrubs and trees in the perimeter areas. The shrubs and trees areas have concrete slab pathways through them which were based on Ray’s habits when he first moved in*. Continue reading
Creature of Habit!
Dogs are “creatures of habit” but then, aren’t we all? Continue reading
Ray! Jump … Sit!
The photograph below has nothing to with this Post, except to emphasize that when Ray hears “Ray! Jump …………. Sit”, this is what happens!
The World is not ………..!
……. what it seems! Continue reading
Dingo Lingo!
My apologies for the title because Ray is clearly not a Dingo, but Dingo Lingo did have a nice flow to it, and we do have a number of Followers in Australia! Continue reading
Cats!
Ray has always had a problem with cats! Whether it is an intuitive thing, or whether he has had a bad experience, we of course can never know but we do think that it is rather more than simply prey drive. Continue reading
Not again!
Not again! Unbelievable! Continue reading
The Chihuahua!
We have had some extremely warm days recently which, coupled with high humidity, has made Ray’s walks an exercise in strategic planning. Continue reading
A New Direction Perhaps? 