Affens at the Abbey

Leigh; I would like to say thank you so much for all your kind messages after my last posting. They were all greatly appreciated. Judith & I are still struggling with our emotions but I must admit a cloud has lifted here as far as our other dogs are concerned which has also been a bit shocking to realise how Caoimhe's illness was affecting them on a daily basis. Crybbe the 'top boy' affen clearly recognised his inability to challenge a dog twice his size and had withdrawn from much contact with the other dogs; Magic too had become more of a snoozer than an active girl and of course little Aoife was living with anxiety. Crybbe and Magic have suddenly become much more playful; Trilby is  calming down and re-bonding with her mum and Aoife. But Aoife is still suffering from the trauma and our priority now is to try and give her back her self confidence and reduce her fear. At present she is running upstairs to hide when anyone comes home until she knows Caoimhe is not with them and even when we take her out she runs to hide when we get back until she feels safe. Out of the house she is more confident so at the end of last week we took Aoife and Crybbe out for a trip to Fountains Abbey and they really enjoyed themselves in the magnificent ruins. Here are some of the pictures:

2 tiny dogs in the arch

A close-up

Stately ruins

Crybbe & Aoife

In the Abbey grounds

Affens by the lake

Magic will be back blogging very soon and is bursting with energy wanting to tell all her friends about her days out and other activities...:-)