Yorkshire Sculpture Park

                           

The other day when the rain had cleared and it looked like being sunny Judith and Leigh took me and Aoife on a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park which is excellent to visit with lots of fields for us dogs to walk around and woods to furtle in and some HUGE sculptures!

                             

                       This is a sculpture by Henry Moore and you can see how big it is :-)

                              

                                       Look at me and Aoife next to these big legs BOL

                                          

                               

                                Here we are on the woods looking at the colourful octopus.

                                

                                 

                                         And watching a big screen with a galloping horse.

                                 

There was a special display too of poppies from an exhibition that had been at the Tower of London commemorating those who lost their lives during the First World War a century ago. Some of the poppies from that exhibition were displayed over one of the bridges at the park:

                                  

                                   

                                       As well as the sculptures we saw a beautiful butterfly - 

                                   

                                                         And some Highland cattle :-)

                                   

                         We did a lot of exploring and came back tired but it was a fun day :-)

                                   

    

Scent work demonstration

    

                         

This is me in the car last weekend when I went with my peeps and Crybbe to a Fun Dog Show in aid of Jerry Green Rescue. We were there to show off our scent work skills - looking for cheese hidden in strange places! A really good game as you get to eat the cheese when you find it. 

                         

 Here I am trying to get the scent of the cheese. It wasn't easy as there was quite a wind blowing and tea and cakes near by!!

                           

     But then I found it and tried to get every last morsel before they took the box away.

                            

                                       Hey - too quick - there is still some cheese left!!

                            

                                                   That's the bit - thank you :-)

                             

                             

                                                  There was more in the basket.

                              

                              

                                      And this box - I have a super nose for cheese BOL

                               

                                                            Crybbe had a turn too.

                               

And he took part in the show as he entered the Golden Oldie class now he is 8 years old and a "veteran" but he only came third as he was the youngest by far. The winner was 15 years old!

We both got rosettes for our scent work and a bag of goodies and Crybbe had a rosette for 3rd place too.

                                                 

                                                       A very enjoyable day all round.

                                    

                                                                   And home for a snooze. 

   

Family Walk and Picnic at Ferry Meadows

                      

This is Ferry Meadows which is a big country park with a lake and lots of places for dogs and peeps to walk and explore. On Sunday I went with Pip, Crybbe, Raven and Frida on a very special walk there as we were meeting up with the dogs and families who had pups of mine and Trilby's and Aoife's. 

                       

                                           Here I am waiting to meet them all.

                                   

                                         This chunky boy is my grandson Finley.

                         

                                                  And this is my son Creggan.

                         

                      Pretty Pixie who is Pip's litter sister ( my granddaughter from Trilby)

                       

Of course there were affenpinschers there too and here is Crybbe saying hello to Darcy ( Aoife's daughter)

                       

           And here is Raven on the left sharing a kiss with his younger sister Georgie.

                               

                        

                                                 Georgie is very cute :-)

It was a very hot day even though it is getting into autumn now and we all needed a lie down soon.

                        

                                              This is me watching the others.

                         

                                                            Frida resting too.

                          

       This is Monty, my son Maverick's "brother" who cooled off his paws in the lake.

                          

                                            Pixie and Lola had a paddle too.

                          

                                          Poor Raven was really feeling the heat!

                           

But it was a lovely get together and the peeps enjoyed it too. Plenty of treats along the way as well!

                              

                              

Hopefully we may be able to meet up again some time - it was great fun seeing the relatives!

     

    

   

Harewood House with Gracie and Wilson

                         

Here I am with Gracie (L) and Wilson in the middle on our visit to Harewood House to see some of the late summer flowers and have a stroll round the lake.

                         

This is the bridge in the Himalayan Garden and Leigh took the photo of us watching her down below :-)

                          

It is very green still here although autumn is on the way and there were still lovely flowers to see.

                            

                              

                            This is us taking a little rest after a look round the walled garden.

                                

As you can see from our beards, the grass is still wet from a rain shower although it was fine while we were there.

                                                

                                              This is my handsome grandson Wilson :-)

                               

                                                Me and Wilson looking out for ducks!

                                

                                                     And a beautiful swan on the lake.

                                 

   Back at the courtyard cafe, my peeps tried to get us to pose on the steps but Gracie was not keen! 

                                  

                                          Why don't you join us Gracie - it's not very high :-)

     

          A good day out and  ( apart from the steps) Gracie and Wilson both enjoyed it too!

                          And to finish a photo of our little family posing together at home.

                                 

                                 

    From L-R me ( keeping out of the way at the back BOL) Pip, Trilby, Wilson and Gracie :-)