A bit of an update

It's been a while, quite a while actually! But we are doing very well. I haven't been doing much on the blog lately, because this took all my energy:

If everything goes well, Skye will get a new friend in only a few months from now. I hope she's going to like being a big sister ;-)

Fortunately this all didn't mean that nothing has happened in Skye's life the last few months. We've done lots of fun things and Skye has seen many new places.

In March Skye and I have been to a clicker training course at 'Learning about dogs'. We stayed in the beautiful Cotswolds for a whole week, so I could learn all the basics to become a good clicker trainer. We had such a great time. And Skye earned so many treats!!! Even though the course was quite intensive, Skye did really well. She just loves to work. The trainer said Skye has a great work ethic, especially for such a young dog. She was just under eight months old at the time.

Our little training area in the Wag More Barn. Of course Skye wants 

to get started immediately and doesn't have time to sit still for a photo. ;-)

Fortunately all of the training was indoors. The weather was pretty bad: we even got caught in a hail shower.

And in the evening Skye would sleep like a baby.

In June we could finally take Skye with us to the Netherlands to meet family and friends. Because of the Pet Passport Scheme here in Britain, Skye had to wait six months after her rabies blood test, before she would be allowed back in the UK. And finally these months had passed. Skye is such a great traveller. As soon as we start the car, Skye settles down in her crate and goes to sleep. She's no trouble at all, contrary to our cats who scream like crazy, even on the shortest rides... The ferry crossing from Dover to Calais went well too. We had given her a nice chew bone just before we left the car (unfortunately you have to leave your pets behind in the car). But I think she hardly touched it, she just slept a bit more!

In the Netherlands, Skye met many of our friends and family. She also met some animals she'd never seen before. And she's so curious...

... but so was the horse.

The calves were so funny, they all ran to the edge of the field to take a look at Skye.

And then there was Spike the parakeet.

In the Netherlands we also found out that Skye can swim. Not exactly the way I imagined it, but she did fine fortunately. We went for a walk in a rural area with lots of woodland and also some ditches with water covered with duckweed. You probably feel this one coming... When we crossed a little wooden bridge, Skye thought she could just as well walk next to the plank and unknowingly jumped straight into the water. You should have seen the look on her face!! Fortunately she had her little harness on, so I could get her out of the water in a matter of seconds. She looked really sorry for herself, but was her happy little self again after we cleaned her up.

Just out of the water, soaking wet.

Getting cleaned up...

... and dry again.

Only a few weeks after we returned from the Netherlands, we were going away again. This time to the French Alps. And of course Skye came with us again. We made some beautiful walks in the mountains. 

After a walk, back at the chalet, Skye would always make sure she'd find the most comfy place for a nap.

When we went back to the UK, our drive through France went so smoothly, we were a few hours too early for our ferry. But that was good news actually, because now we could go to the beautiful sandy beach at Calais. Skye loved it, even though she wanted to eat all the little curly heaps of sand the sand worms leave behind. Yuk!

So, now you're all up to date again about Skye's little adventures. I'll try to not let you wait for so long again... ;-)