Shula's asleep

Sky July 17th

Sky is such a good little dog and now comes as soon as she is called. I am trying to teach her to sit and stay but am finding it more difficult with two dogs as Shula interfers all the time. Being on my own I don't like to leave one of them in while I train the other as they both get upset.

Where are you Shula

Sky looking for Shula in the garden. The weather is quite hot but they still love running round the garden.

Shula Playing with Sky

Shula and Sky playing, they really are. It looks a bit like Shula dragging Sky round by the ears but Sky seems to like it and when Shula gets fed up Sky keeps on for more.

Ian relaxing after the repair

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When Ian got back he was able to replace the chlorine dispenser with a piece of solid pipe and all is working well.

This is him sitting relaxing on the terrace with a well earned drink and guess who is sitting not too far away. I think maybe we are getting there, slowly slowly.

Disaster Strikes

Why is it that disaster always strikes when Ken is not here and always at the weekend. Yesterday the little pipe on the automatic chlorine dispenser for our pool sheared off. There was no screwing it back on, it was totally kaput. I had water running out of the pipe and the hole where the pipe was attached, which is the little black circle on the right under the dispenser container. I turned off all the gate valves but water was still running out. The gate valves which are getting old are not totally shutting off the water. My solution was to jam pencils in both the holes. One pencil you can see, the other broke off but sealed the leak.

This morning my friend Ian came round and we have decided he will replace the dispenser with a solid bit of pipe. We don't use the dispenser and it is just another weak spot for leaks in the future. It is not a straight forward job with the gate valve not working properly but we have worked out a way to do it.


On a positive note although Sky barked and went silly when Ian first arrived she soon gave up and even followed him round the garden at a distance. He has gone off to get some tools and pipe so we will see how she is when he gets back. I am trying to stop all this barking as Shula rarely barks and never without good reason. Sky on the other hand barks as soon as she hears a noise.

Weigh Day

I weighed the dogs this morning and was surprised that Sky was 6.5 kilos. Shula weighed in at 15 kilos which would please her vet as he thinks that is her ideal weight.  I am really happy with anything under 16.
Anyway they both look fit and healthy which is the main thing.

Went to the park this morning for the dog school walk, not quite sure why, but nobody turned up. We came back home along the nature trail and we were out for an hour and a half so got plenty of exercise.