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
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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
In the Middle of the Night
In the Middle of the Night – A Post by Carol (Ray’s “Mom”).
A lot can go on in the middle of the night that Colin is blissfully unaware of until I groggily greet him in the morning and give him a summary of my night of interrupted sleep! Continue reading
A Dedication to Ray
One of Ray’s Followers is Himali Shah ( www.decodinghappiness.wordpress.com ), and I recently received an email from her: Continue reading
Bed Heater!
When I go into our kitchen at around 5:00am*, I will wedge Ray’s gate open so that he can wander around the house if he so wishes. Strategic lights will be on just in case I go back to bed later and need to see where he is. Stepping on him is highly undesirable! Continue reading
The Cat!
Ray has always been protective of “his” territory (the back garden) and wastes no time in checking that there are no intruders. Continue reading
A New Direction Perhaps? 