Monday, 19 October 2015

Hounds of the Highlands - October 18th

Maja continues to amuse, and  at times infuriate, us with her outgoing behaviour and naughtiness!
Below are pictures showing the remains of a packet of golf tees and Maja in the middle of it all as if nothing had happened.




And then there was the burnt chicken!  I had put a chicken, for the dogs, in the top oven of the Aga and forgot all about it.  As you do not get cooking smells from the Aga it had cooked to a very hard, smelly lump. To stop it smelling up the house when out of the oven we put it outside on top of the car to cool before binning it.  It was out of the reach of the dogs or so we thought!!!


Maja got up on the bonnet and jumped from there up the windscreen and on to the top.  Unfortunately for her,the chicken was too burnt even for an 'always hungry Ridgeback' to eat so she then decided to sit there and admire the scenery. Thankfully no harm was done to the car and she skipped a row because we were too busy laughing at her!




Scotland has had a lovely Indian Summer and we have had two weeks of sunshine, although the mornings have been frosty, so off to the beach we went for a lovely walk.






The face of innocence!!




And not so innocent!! - caught at a bad moment!




That's better.



Despite the teeth it is all good fun!





As the tide was out there was quite a lot of soft sand which Maja loves.  She had a proper 'loopy' on it just for the sheer fun of running.















Then a few birds got chased - she will grow up and learn that it's not worth the effort but for now it's good fun.





Waiting for the other two at the end of the walk.


And finally Hamish and his digging - nothing better than doing a bit of hunting, getting filthy and creating a few unwanted features in the garden!



Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Hounds of the Highlands October 1st


Yet again ages since I last wrote anything - where does the time go?
We have had some nice weather recently - a bit of an Indian Summer to make up for the proper summer we never had.







Now that the barley has been cut in the fields the deer are far more visible much to the dogs delight.  Fortunately the dogs don't have the speed to catch them.



Where's it gone?


My sister and I walked up Ben Nevis for charity a few weeks ago.  Not an easy walk but we made it up there in 3hrs 40.  Not bad we thought!  The views on the way up and down were wonderful but unfortunately it was misty at the top.




Whilst we were up Ben Nevis the men decided to collect some wood that was down the garden.  Unfortunately they got too near to the pond and very nearly ended up in it.  One had to stay in the vehicle acting as ballast whilst the other asked one of our friendly, neighbourly farmers who was baling nearby if he could tow them out!











There is a deer about?





Stupid dog then couldn't work out how to get back to us - she had chased the deer through a gap but couldn't remember!




Who's got the longest tongue and who's been eating the deer muck?







For a dog who as a small puppy wasn't keen on getting her feet wet, Maja likes nothing better than a splash in the River Nairn or even a dirty ditch for that matter!