31 May 2015

So much has happened since mum last helped me to write this blog. I don't really know where to start!

Mum had a few times when she went away without me. When she came back she told me that she'd had to have her insides rearranged but she seems fine now except she's complaining that her ears are bunged up and she can't hear anything. She didn't even know that Lady Sarah next door had gone out because she never heard the engine. 

This time last year there were some big changes. Lydia doesn't come to the boat with us any more. Mum's mum disappeared. We used to go visiting her in a big house with lots of other people but then everyone got sad and then her room was all tidied up and we don't go upstairs any more when we go on our Pets As Therapy visits to the house each week. 

The biggest thing though was last June when Izabel arrived. She is another working breed golden retriever just like me. Toby, mum and I were onboard Jennyanydots one weekend last June. Mum put us in the back of her car and took us to a house in a place called Nottingham. There were loads of dogs and puppies there but mum was only interested in an 11 month old girl whose name was Izabel. Izabel seemed very scared and frightened of everything. She couldn't even walk properly on the lead. Anyway, after a long time with the people talking mum put her in the back of the car and drive us back to Jennyanydots.  Poor Izabel was very upset but Toby and I did our best to help her. After a few days we drove back to our house and poor Izabel had to learn about a new place. It took me a long time to decide whether or not I liked her. She takes up a lot of mum's time but she seems to know that I'm the boss and mostly it's good fun having someone to play with all the time. 

Another big thing was when Jennyanydots went away to be painted last August and September. When she went back to the marina there was a new neighbour, NB Bracken. Bracken's man lives onboard all the time and it is Mr Bracken's blog that inspired mum to start helping me with mine again. 

We've managed a couple of trips out on Jennyandots this year and Izabel has learnt to love boating as much as we do. We have been on the boat for all of May, apart from three sleeps.  Mum is going to put pictures from the past year or so onto the blog.