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Tag Archives: dogs
Soft, gentle and consistent
The tone of voice in dog training is key, according to the woman on the radio this morning who sounded like Joanna Lumley’s slightly less posh sister. She said “soft, gentle, positive and consistent” and I thought “Hmmm. I suppose … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Current Affairs, Dogs
Tagged cats, consistent, dogs, gentle, Joanna Lumey, soft, training
8 Comments
Dog Training for Cats – the last update (perhaps)
I wasn’t intending to write any more Dog Training for Cats blogs. I thought I’d taken the observations as far as I could go really, recognising finally that while cats are from Venus, dogs are from Mars. Two different species, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cats, Current Affairs, Dogs, Kittens, Science
Tagged cats, dog-training, dogs, Dreamies, English Springer Spaniel, little furry coats, tabby, TREEEEETS
13 Comments
Another dose of dog
Psssssttttt….. Come closer… I vil say zis only vonce….. Bit of a secret, this but it’s high time it was out there….. I’m only able to cycle as much as I do because I don’t have a dog … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Current Affairs, Dogs
Tagged Cleeve Cloud, Cleeve Common, Cleeve Hill, dog walking, dogs, Working cocker spaniels
11 Comments
Mainly fair with occasional rain blog – 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blatant Falsehoods, Cats, Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Cycling, Dogs, Food, Music, Ridiculous Tosh, Science, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Cycling, dogs, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, kittens, Orange P7, snorkelling, Trek, Wales
6 Comments
Dog training for cats – in puss-oot of glory
When I got the kittens as a birthday present to myself two years ago, I thought I’d try dog-training them. I’d been a dog person all my life, specifically an English Springer Spaniel person, so I thought it’d be interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Current Affairs, Cycling
Tagged cat training, cats, dog-training, dogs, English Springer Spaniels, kittens, potty training, tabbies
25 Comments
A Dose of Dog
Being a temporarily dogless dog person is hard. It’s hard because people assume that you’re not much interested in dogs and it’s hard because you don’t get offered a lot of dog opportunities. Strangers think you’re a bit nuts if … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Dogs
Tagged Bonzo Dog DooDah Band, Cleeve Hill, Cotswolds, dogs, lurcher, Nottingham Hill, working cocker spaniel
14 Comments
Looking forward to Zule
Some things, when you’re shopping are hard to resist. So hard, that you just have to have them. I mean, who wouldn’t want a small rubber orange pig with porcine pinprick eyes, which when squeezed, emits a satisfyingly low “oink?” … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Dogs, Kittens
Tagged cats, crackling nice bit of, dogs, Gemma, Ghostbusters, Leo, Lily, oink, pig, porky, Roly, Scamp, Springer Spaniels, Zule
6 Comments
Janh1: Mainly fair with occasional rain. 