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

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

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

Cool Ray!

We have had many really hot and humid days this month such that we are virtually hibernating during the day. Ray, however, does need to go out into the back garden periodically so of course we join him and have a little play (and clean up after him!). 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 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