So Dot fans I'm really sorry I havent managed to write for ages but kaz has been ill and in hospital so I wasn't allowed five minutes to myself cos I've been supervising Daryl at home and bossing the Dram and Angus dogs about - as you can tell that's kept me pretty busy altogether!
Where to start? Well Kaz and Daryl treated themselves to a present (although I can't really see what all the fuss was about) - they bought 2 sea kayaks so they could go paddling on the Lake near our house.
They went out on the first afternoon they could and had a quick go - they seemed to enjoy it very much - even though it was really cold - as you can see Kaz looked a bit baltic!
The next day Kaz and Angus were at Smelt Mill for trailing training - it was very hard for them and they had to do all sorts of clever tests - they even had to take a scent from a boot print in some mud and trail to the person, and had to take a scent of a person from a coffee cup, car keys and a mobile phone - they were really good and worked really hard. I'm really impressed with the Angus dog - he is still only 21 months old and is looking like he will be a graded search dog in early 2014.
Here's Kaz getting the scent off the boot print and Angus trailing from it.
The day we all came back from Smelt Mill Kaz went out to Croatia to the international alpine rescue conference. She went with John Leadbetter (the chair of the dogs) and Chris Francis (the callout co-ordintor). they learnt lots of stuff about what the other countries all over the world are doing with their dogs and they also gave a presentation about the lakes dogs.
Here's a picture of Kaz with Mike Margeson the Vice Chairman of MREW and John Leadbetter the chair of the Lakes Search Dogs.
After that Kaz came home and I was really pleased to see her - unfortunately she wasnt feeling very well and ended up going to hospital with a bit of a cough and ended up staying in for over a week and was very ill - me and the others really missed her and we were very worried - we dont trust staying in at the vets coz that always involved needles and stuff!
She came home but was still quite ill so was lying about on the sofa for another couple of weeks........
When she was feeling better she started taking us out for daily walks and even went out paddling with Daryl again - I must admit i was feeling abit out of sorts coz i hadnt been on a callout for ages and was missing searching for people - which is my favourite game in the whole wide world.
Eventually Kaz was allowed back into normal things and me and her went to the last training weekend and she and I worked a big area of Honister Pass - just to make sure that she was back to full fitness - I was brilliant and found both the casualties from a long way off - poor old Kaz had to find a way down to Anne on a very steep and slippery slope!
That week we had 3 dog callouts but every time we got in the car to get going it was stood down!
This last weekend we have been helping Kaz and Daryl put up the Christmas Tree - here it is - what do you think? We even have a Scooby Doo on the top.
Kaz and Daryl both have new jobs - so I think they'll be very busy in the coming months.
Some dog news - sad news that searchdog Fly has retired after an illness and so has searchdog Moss.
Anyway - hopefully I can now start blogging again now Kaz allowed me back on the laptop again!!
Laters Dot Fans
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