On one of Tess’s stays with our friend Laura a funny thing happened.
Well it could have been disastrous, but alls well that ends well, as they say!
She hadn’t been there long when I received a phone call – ‘’nothing to worry about but Tess has been attacked by………the tortoise’’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well once I have established no lasting harm had been done I laughed at the ridiculousness of it! Apparently when tortoise get amorous then get quite violent and ‘bite’ even though they have no teeth. Tess got in between such an encounter and he told her off, giving her a little wound just under the eye, as you can see from the photo.
She was fine, but did require quite a lot of tender loving care and milked it for all it was worth!!!!! Typical Welsh Springer Spaniel !!!!
Although she obviously wasn’t too upset, as on her next visit she tried to pinch the piece of lettuce he was nibbling!!!! Just to show who’s boss I guess!!!!!!!!!!!!
