Forshaw Heath & Earlswood BoD in Warwickshire

After almost 3 weeks of struggling with a hyper dog on a lead and having a nightmare even trying to control him on a walk, last night I had a break through. He barked at me playfully but was being a bit boisterous  so I woofed back quite loudly it even made the other half jump. It stopped him in his tracks instantly  I couldn't believe it. He settled down for the evening. BTW I am talking about the dog not the other half. The OH just laughed at me. This morning I was dreading the daily battle of who is leading who on the walk and tried to remain calm. I had already planned to go and buy a halti collar later today. I didn't get that far Having read all sorts of top  tips how to stop lead biting jumping and pulling. No mention of woofing. I used the tips to get him out the door quietly with an added  Carrie woof. I put his harness on He started leaping about I woofed He stopped I ignored him Then I clipped his lead on He started lea...

I have to say before I start this post my family nor I have ever been in the position Locally of not receiving care whilst in hospital. My OH and I had a  very rude wake up call whilst one of us was donating bone marrow in a beautiful tall glass building in London. a) The food was so inedible it was a quick trip to Tescos bring your own (Disgraceful) b) The Nurse noticed the temperature going up  on the donor and was very  concerned but failed to notice until pointed from a non medical person that  a thermal blanket was still wrapped around the patient. Please note we can't fault the well meaningness and kindness of the people involved but the very basics were missed . Anyway As I listened to the news this morning it was almost a replay of a conversation my Father had with me last week. We happened to be chatting about the NHS which to cut a long story short led on to the “when I was a boy type story” I couldn’t believe my ears this morning...