Day 35 - Beach treats

Well today it was time to take the pups back to the Vet to how they were faring after being so sick last week.  He was happy with their progress, though Indie is yet to put on weight despite me investing in the high-quatlity (read high-priced) pet food sold by the surgery.

They really don’t enjoy visiting the vet, especially the temperature taking. As soon as we walk in the door they start shaking. I don’t know if there’s a residual scent of fear left by doggies past, or the just remember the last time they were there and start having flashbacks.

As a bit of treat we spontaneously decided to stop of at the beach at Somerset to give them a run. We were fairly sure it was a dog friendly beach, and being a bit rainy we thought it was unlikely we’d see any other dog walkers around midday on a weekday, so we let them off the leash to run free. The vet had told me quite firmly that I had to keep a strict eye on Indie’s poops, but she is as elusive as a Tassie Tiger when it comes to doing her business and I wasn’t even sure she’d gone the whole week since the last visit. Well I don’t know if it was the visit to the vet that got things moving but I think she pooped a whole week’s worth along that beach. Of course I had no doggie bags ready (I’m usually prepared!) and each time there was another dog walker going past at exactly that moment – so embarrassing!! Needless to say they had a great time running around on the beach. When we got to the end, the Bandycoot decided to explore the rocks a bit and the pups were trying to follow him, jumping rock to rock. I couldn’t believe it! I was sure they would cut their feet on the sharp shell edges and we’d be straight back to the vet. Luckily they realised pretty quickly how precarious the rocks were and ended up having a little splash in the rock pools instead.

An icy wind was howling as we walked back and I was freezing. The Bandycoot suggested that I pick it up a level and really lift my knees while walking to warm up. This challenge kept going up and up until I was doing a North Korean style straight-leg march. It worked well to keep me warm though I did get some odd looks from the other walkers.

On the way home we stopped off at our favourite op shop and snapped up a beautiful blue and cream couch on wheels (for easy transport) and a brown swivel armchair. Now our living room feels complete.