Sleepy

After yesterday's big long walk I was a bit sleepy today. I only went out for about half an hour this morning and then this afternoon we got caught in a rain shower so Ann cut my walk short so we were only out for 45 mins. I didn't care. I've been ever so tired today.

It's weird. When Ann owned 'MollyCollie', Molly used to make a fuss if she didn't think she'd had enough walks, but I just fit in with whatever Ann wants to do. I suppose it's because when Ann owned Molly she always worked in jobs with set hours so Molly always got a decent length of walk in the morning and afternoon so she had more of a routine.

Now that Ann has a job with no routine, actually she still isn't back to working yet I never know what we're up to until she tells me. If we're going for a big long walk, like we did yesterday, I only go round the block for my morning walk. However, I don't seem to have any sense of time. If Ann ever did that with Molly, she always knew she'd only been out for 10 mins so come 9.30am she'd be nudging Ann's legs to go for a proper walk.

I'm a lot more secure in the house than Molly was too. We don't live in a mansion so we're always in the kitchen/living room but if Ann goes to the toilet, I don't feel the need to follow her. Molly used to follow Ann everywhere. In fact Ann is more insecure about where I am. Ie, when we went to see Karen on Friday I took myself off upstairs for a little explore. Karen said I could, but Ann likes to have me where she can see me at all times because she's always worried that I'll be doing naughty things like chewing. As if......................... I haven't chewed anything for months now.

Anyway it seems that all Ann's training when I was a little puppy has paid off because I am the most chillaxed and sociable, little collie pup ever. And the fact that I am so well behaved in the car and on public transport means that we are going to have so many adventures together. I'm happy to just fit in with whatever Ann is doing and nothing phases me. And even after spending more than 3 months locked in with Ann 24/7 and only being left 'home alone' for 1 hour a week while Ann went shopping for Mrs R, I'm still secure enough to know that if Ann goes out without me she will return. I'm pretty much a perfect pooch?!!

PS – I'm not completely perfect. I still have a tendency to 'jump up' at random people. And the trouble is.................... I don't do it consistently so it's difficult for Ann to train me not too. I can walk past 10 people on a walk and not 'jump up' and then I might 'jump up' at the next three?!! I'm a lot better than I was, but I'm certainly not perfect. 'Alfie the Beardie' used to be a 'jumper' and when Ann asked her sister how long it took for him to learn not to jump; she said 9 years!!!!!!! Well I'm going to have to learn a lot quicker than that otherwise I'll be on my lead for the rest of my life. Yesterday (on our 13 mile walk) I didn't jump up at anyone apart from one grumpy old man on Kirkcaldy beach who was playing ball with a scruffy little black dog. I 'jumped up' at the man (three times) to get the ball. The man kept telling me to 'f*** off' so Ann put me back on my lead for a few mins. It's always the men that seem to be intolerant of other peoples dogs isn't it? It wasn't even like he could control his own dog cos it was a right yappy little thing and then when it wouldn't pick up the ball, he went mad at it!!!!