Paws In The Sand

As December is here and our thoughts turn to Christmas I am reminded how much Goldie adored this time of year!  We either spent Christmas at home, while he was with us, or if we did go away he came with us,  so to him it simply meant more time with us, lots of walks, lots of food smells and tasty treats. Presents were amazing to him and got so excited and he got more fun filled walks too ! What more could a dog want :) Just look at that face in the first picture ! For us there was a pattern to the Christmas Day mornings we spent at home with Goldie, whether we had visitors or not. We usually cooked the main part of the meal the night before so the smells would waft throughout the house and Goldie would be expectantly looking to see when this food would actually appear!  Anyway he patiently waited then trotted off to bed as normal and woke us up in his usual fashion the next day!  Goldie was fed first then we started on the present opening. This was G...

Goldie loved to play games and he loved to eat! When we were looking for toys for Goldie the Dog Kong toy seemed a great combination!  Kong Classic Dog Toy, L, Red, Unpredictable Bounce Honestly this Kong toy kept him amused for hours. We found it so useful for when he was a young dog and although he would crash out after a walk, his energy levels revived before ours did! Much as we would have liked to spend all the time playing with Goldie, there were other things in the house, at work, dinner to prepare etc you know all the chores we need to do that we also had to get on with. Also we like dot leave him with something to do when we had to go out and leave him in the home for a couple of hours. So we needed something to keep that active mind of his interested and busy while we got on with other essential work. We had no experience of Kong toys so at first we just gave it to him as it was. He was very excited and spend a good time chewing it but it held up very well to hi...