Another cute pup - Tauranga, Oct 2022

 

Digby, 4mth Parsons Russell Terrier

We seem to have had a string of puppies in a row, which we don't mind at all, so it was a pleasure to be left in charge of this wee cutie.  Digby came full of character, as terriers often do and kept us entertained and exercised for the full we we were with him.

This was the usual state of play .....

And this was after a hard day beating the feet around the streets, on the beach and on the golf course.

Cats, Spice and Honey were also in residence, although they were always keen to give you-know-who a wide berth and the house had been set up to allow for this.

We had fun taking Digby to the beach fishing and metal detecting.  He was especially good at digging for treasure!

Digby had some really awesome training strategies in place.  He had been trained to go toilet on command which was very cool, and made life so much easier.  He also had this really cool toy which kept his mischievous mind engaged.

He could be very sweet and loving ....

And then bite the hand (ear of the person) that feeds him mwahahahaha

We did enjoy our time with this wee munchkin.

New Zealand Return - Sep 2022

Motuhora

Arriving back in NZ we were relieved to check into an airport hotel at midnight.  After a great night's sleep we got on a train to head to the Waikato to pick up our van.  Straight through to Whakatane where we were able to catch a few nights R&R/jetlag recovery before getting started on our first housesit just out of town.

We were to be looking after Huntaway, Joey; liver and white English Pointer, Bella; and baby brother, five month old English Pointer, Glitch.

Plus there feline brother and boss, Tux.

Joey is a retired farm dog and they live just down the road from the farm he and his Dad used to work on so we were lucky enough to have access to the farm for running the pups.  Glitch, in particular, gets to thrash out all his energy around the paddocks.

Glitch has to go on his lead past the cows, who
are very, very nosy!

Glitch, being the young boy that he is, sometimes had trouble containing himself, even after the a couple of walks a day, leaving now and again with some mending to do!!!

Who knew that hand sewing was a
special skill required by pet sitters!!

A lifeguard rescue mission was required for these wee munchkins from the swimming pool to reunite them with mother duck.

We were able to dodge the raindrops now and again to enjoy some time soaking up the few bits of vitamin D floating around the place.

Even Tux enjoyed the early spring sunshine when he could find it!

James had some jobs to do on the van, ably assisted by his apprentices ......

And Tux was all good for helping out in the kitchen.

And with the knitting1

Very sadly during this time, Clare's darling Dad passed away in his 90th year.  Whilst he died unexpectedly, he had lived a wonderfully happy life.  It was a sad occasion for the family to gather, but a special time non-the-less.