It was a relentless minus five degrees as we started work at NC, so cold it was hard to strike a match to get the fire going, next time I shall bring a fire lighter-cheating I know but we will be warm a bit quicker! I thought it was about time that I introduced a very important member of the team, Bisto, he is a rather portly and aged chocolate Labrador and truth to tell he doesn't smell that great most days, but he takes his role as garden dog very seriously. Imagine his chagrin on Saturday morning as Giles introduced us to his new dog, Shandy, a spritely twelve year old black patterdale terrier inherited from his sadly deceased father only recently. Coming from an elderly owners home, that small dog must have thought she'd died and gone to heaven when introduced to Norton Conyers. Within the first five minutes of being shown the wood she'd flushed out a rabbit and the look on her face was one of pure triumph, that look continued at lunchtime when having ousted Bisto from his customary sleeping blanket she managed to look as though she'd been a garden dog all her life! The look on Bisto's face however was so mournful that I swear he would have been crying if dogs could form tears, Giles stepped in and spreading the blanket out wide made sure there was room for both. I think we are all in for some fun and games with that little dog around and she may even reduce the gardens rabbit population.
"The greatest love is a mothers, then a dogs, then a sweethearts" Polish Proverb
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