Cake Theft and Carnage

Bank holiday weekends are a welcome treat...and the August bank holiday is particularly precious, being that it's the last one of the year before Christmas...

I started mine early and took Friday off work so that I could feel well rested over four days...and even booked a facial at the local spa/salon (don't judge me!!). We even ended up rather spontaneously going to look at (and putting a deposit on) a replacement car for me (the rear wheel drive aspect of my current car is proving somewhat problematic living down a farm track) - so a relatively chilled and fulfilling Friday.

A nice relaxing start to Saturday too...lazy morning, finished watching a film (John Wick 2) that we'd started on Friday night...bit of tidying and some brunch (standard egg and bacon sandwich)...Rich mowed the lawn and we looked forward to friends coming over with their 12 week old pointer puppy to do some socialising with our spaniel in our lush and spacious garden.

And that's when the mayhem began...

When 'Josie' arrived, our darling Molly donned her devil horns...

We enjoyed watching them play, and Molly was pretty patient with the boisterous nature of the puppy playing (as it is with all puppies...) and all was going well. Until the banana loaf got left unattended on the table...

Totally out of character, our usually very well behaved 3 year old spaniel waited until no one was watching and thieved the loaf off the table and was nose deep in the loaf when I found her. Embarrassing to say the least, especially when we were being asked advice on behaviour etc...STRIKE 1

The playing continued, and normality appeared to have resumed...

Until STRIKE 2. I heard water (lots of it)...and I find Molly emerged to her nose in our tiny pond - the resident frog swimming for its life! So now, the dog that NEVER goes in the pond (seemingly until other dogs are in her garden) has stolen cake and is dripping wet.

So yes, it's great to have a spacious and perfect garden for entertaining and socialising puppies in...unless of course your the owner of our bloody dog!!

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