Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 TO ALL WELSH SPRINGER SPANIELS AND THEIR OWNERS!!!!!!

Once again we have to apologise to all our Welsh Springer Friends for our silence last year!!!!

Especially to James who invited us to join his Springer Spaniel Community!

As Tess gets older – she hit 7 last year – she seems to get less inclined to write about her exploits preferring to actually live them, but she is still going strong and having lots of fun!

She had a lovely Christmas at home with us and isn’t complaining about the snowy weather that has arrived with a vengeance in 2013 as you can see from her photos. 

 Her brother and owners joined us for New Year which was great fun too.

As you know we hate leaving Tess behind and usually holiday in the UK, finding a doggy friendly cottage, often in our favourite Blakeney in North Norfolk but last year we buckled and finally went abroad, leaving her with her second Mum!!!  

 In fact there was quite a houseful as they now have a second Welsh Springer Spaniel, Taffy – mad or what??? One is enough for us!!!

We had a fabulous time in Venice and even managed a couple of weekends in Norfolk but for the first time ever we were dog free. Lovely to do ‘grown up’ stuff but very odd being dog less in an area where everyone seems to have a pooch to walk!!!!

As always we celebrated Tess and Wilbys birthday together and they always get extra special treats. They still love each other but are much quieter together – if you can ever call WSS’s ‘quiet’. 

Having said that we have been working hard to curb her natural enthusiasm when anyone visits or even approaches the house. An app to stop barking was found on the IPad and it seems to be working, accompanied with a very calm instruction to be ‘’quiet’’.  Or maybe she’s just growing up!!!!!!!!!

Anyway all the very best to all those Welsh Springer owners out there and hope you are all having lots of fun with your dear pets.