Double Trouble

As if one Welsh Springer Spaniel was enough of a handful, how about two!!!!!
Our good friend Laura has Tess to stay so often we were pleased to be able to return the favour and have Nesta to stay for a couple of weeks. Well, how hard could two of these adorable dogs be???!!!!!

We didn’t have a very auspicious start when our visitor managed to escape through a tiny hole in the fence (never underestimate a springer!), into the stream bordering our garden and into the neighbouring property, to hear a voice calling ‘’is this dog yours’’.

Apart from that Nesta was a very well trained house guest, so I can’t complain, but its just the logistics of handling two. Imagine two of them joined on a double lead – Nesta dutifully trotting beside me and Tess tearing off in the opposite direction! Or harnessing two into the back of a two door car. Or trying to get them to eat out of their own food bowls. Or each playing with their own toy. They behave just like children – I WANT THAT ONE!!!!!!!!!

But I did soon get the hang of it and had a relatively fun couple of weeks.

We especially enjoyed an eventful day out at Brandon Country Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
It’s a beautiful place to exercise dogs. Firstly you trek through woodland, then come across open scrubland, finishing around a picturesque lake full of reeds, iris and water lilies. Oh and ducks!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were the picture of good behaviour while we kept them on leads until out of earshot of the road, then they did what all self respecting spaniels do and frolicked in the woodland – Welshie heaven. Then off went Nesta, flushing out pheasants and something equally tasty!!! We must have looked a picture climbing over scrub and gorse bushes in hot pursuit of a happy dog while our own pet looked on in amazement!! Of course she came back safely and was duly put on a lead. Thank goodness, as our next encounter was with a pair of muntjac deer. Very tempting! Exhausted we had lunch sitting in the sun enjoying the lake, rounding up a super fun day.

I’m not sure whether I’ll be searching for a Welsh Springer Spaniel pup in the near future but I did miss Nesta when she finally went home. Our house was suddenly very quiet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!