Our Little Staycation

We were so lucky with the weather when we went down to Devon for a night with work.  Tuesday afternoon was a bit windy, however Wednesday morning was beautiful.  I do love England in the summer, some lovely places to visit.

All of the above were taken at Saunton, what a lovely beach and dog friendly too.  There is a nice little kiosk for snack type foods and a restaurant too.  The beach is lovely sand with nice dunes to play in however they were quite steep and Macy needed a hand down from her dad!  The sea was a little chilly so they all ran off from it!  Lol!

We always stop for breakfast at Beachcomber Cafe, Woolacombe.  You can sit out on the terrace overlooking the sands and the food is really good.  Mark who said no to another puppy  - I think she has won him round judging from the above photo at breakfast!

The wind wasn't as strong on the second day so Macy braved the sea and it wasn't as cold however she still didn't stay in there for long!  She and her dad love digging big holes and making massive sandcastles, the hole was so big that Macy and Kite could fit in it!  Kite actually helped to dig the hole too lol!  Woolacombe was a bit disappointing this year as the tractor had piled up lots of sand in front of the dunes and ruined it, they also have now stipulated dogs must be on lead for quite a distance which makes it a very long walk for a 3 year old.

Making the most of the Weather!

I try my best to get Macy outside, I enjoy doing some agility with the dogs and took Macy with me training.  Here she is with Rum who is 12 this year and he was diagnosed with collie collapse about 6 years ago so he doesn't compete any more, he just has a potter about over small jumps.  Ideal for Macy to have a practice with:

 Kite came out for a bit of training too:

It's interesting comparing Kite (as a mini american shepherd) to my usual collie.  She is much more into her food than her toys, my collie will spit food out and choose to play with his tuggy.  We do need to work a lot more with her tuggy work, though to be fair my very first rescue collie was never into a game of tuggy and was lightning fast round a course so I don't think it is the end of the world if they don't tug.  She reminds me a lot of my very first dog (a collie cross german shepherd) as she really values verbal praise and attention/fuss.

She actually had her first media job last week and should be on a tv screen near you soon!  Here she was on set and she was sooooo good! :)