Rocky the Otterhound: Every day it's different!

This weeks blog (Yes, sorry, late again!! ..... So much to do ... So little time!), is a bit short but I'm sure you will forgive us knowing how busy we are?!

At present, every day brings a different garden for our animal family to explore ..... We are nearing completion, but still lots to do!

Knowing how much Rocky likes new things (?!!!!), we thought we would try and introduce him to his new "doggy loo" ..... As soon as possible!

Yes!!! .... It took several days to convince him that it was nothing to be frightened of! ..... But we did finally get him to investigate and smell it ..... And without running for the comfort of his beloved sofa too!

We will keep you posted about how well Rocky and Rosie take to it ..... To date there have been successes and failures ..... But it's early days!

Rocky does, at least, approve of the (here, nearly completed) water feature ..... Just the right thing for a quick drink in the hot sun!!

Here Mij found the perfect sunny spot in the newly planted herb garden.

While Rocky really liked the new patio in the sunshine! ..... Not like him to sunbathe normally, but it's got to be tiring having to explore a new environment every day; hasn't it?

Rosie and Anika enjoy some affection while watching the work.

Rocky and Mij try out the new path ...... Well, is it comfy enough???

Both Rocky and Rosie seem to like the view from the top level! They can really see what's happening from there!

Once the "dog proof" grass and the "dog proof" gravel went in, our hounds started looking for amusement ..... Seems planting and painting are rather boring to watch!

Rocky found an exceptionally enticing piece of wood chip from the dog loo ..... Time for a chew fest it seems!

Meanwhile Rosie, having given her approval to the planting I was doing, decided that what she really wanted was Rocky's wood chip!!

Rocky had other ideas ......

So Rosie tried the old "Vulture" trick .....

Vulturing didn't work but, just as Rosie was giving up, Rocky's attention was taken by a rather noisy blackbird!

Ever watchful, Rosie tried to "paddy paw" the chip from under his foreleg ......

Totally oblivious, Rocky stopped to nibble an itch before returning to his new toy!

But by the time Rocky looked for it again, Rosie has completed her maneuver and was merrily chewing on the wood chip!!

"Aww, Mum"!!!

"Nothing else for it ...... Just have to snooze on the grass instead"!!

To cut a long story short, our animal family has been having a whale of a time with a different garden almost every day.

Now it's just the planting and bottom level left, they are enjoying the fruits of our labours!

Great!!!

.... And of course ..... What does a good Otterhound do after a day of exploring and having fun??? .....

Night, night Rosie and night, night Rocky ......

..... Sleep well and dream of a finished garden where you can romp and play all day!

Rocky the Otterhound: Facial expressions.

Apologies for the late posting again but the work on dog proofing the garden is continuing at a pace now, we are almost completed! Yippee!! So I have been a little busy, however there will be a few photo's of Rocky and Rosie exploring the almost completed garden and (hopefully soon) some of them enjoying the finished product too, before long.

So, on with this weeks contribution. There have been photo's before showing how much our hounds smile, but this week I have been lucky enough to snap a few different facial expressions that Rocky displays. Many dog owners believe that their dogs experience the same emotions as we do, hopefully a look through this weeks photo's can help you decide for yourself.

This is Rocky's "Love your hand" look.

Here is the "I'm relaxed, bring me a Bud, " look

The "Ignore the telly ..... Love me instead" look.

The "Sharing a joke with a friend" look.

The "I've just been groomed, lovely huh"! Look.

The "Actually, I think this is my best side" look.

And finally the "Just too handsome for my own good" look.

The "I'm watching you, you can't sneak food past me" look.

The "I would check out what you've got Rosie .... But I'm just too tired" look.

And later the "I would move over but I'm just too comfy" look.

The "What in the world can that be?" look.

Then there's the tip-toeing "I've pinched the cat's toy" look.

The "Yipes, you scared me with that chicken" look!

And of course the "Oops, rumbled ..... Yes I've pinched all the cushions" look.

I missed most of Rosie's expressions but did manage to get this "Can't talk, must sleep" look!

And then there is Mij's expressions ...... The "Be gone, ziz iz MY airink cupboard" look.

Followed shortly by the "Oh ziz snoozink iz zo exhaustink" look.

But all our family look their cutest with their fast asleep look.

So night, night Rosie ......

..... And even if we can't see Rocky's face we generally know when he has his fast asleep look.

So night, night Rocky. Sleep well and dream of playing in your new garden.