Dougal again................

Our friend, Iain, is looking after a lovely little Scottie dog called Dougal. We met him for the first time yesterday, and because he likes it so much at the beach, we decided to meet him again today. Iain has to carry him from the car to the beach because he can't walk. He's had medical issues all his life, because he was the victim of 'puppy farming', and now he also has cancer. Ann could rant forever about puppy farms, but she won't!! He's not got long to live. It's very sad.

However, he seems to like fresh air and he loves to get sand on his nose. Today he actually managed to walk a few feet on the beach and then he just sat and watched all the other doggies playing.

We arrived at the beach before him, so I played with my ball while we were waiting, and guess what I found while I was playing?.................. a manky old orange ball. Yay! It was very, very, bouncy. I gave it to Dougal when he arrived, but I'm not actually sure if Dougal could see it or not. He most definitely didn't want to play with it. He doesn't do playing. He just does sitting. Ann think's he's also deaf because he doesn't respond when his name is called. Iain says he's a stubborn little bugger. Lol!

Anyway, I played with my ball for an hour or so, though obviously I had to have lots of 'flop downs', and Dougal & Iain just sat and watched us. It did them both good to get out in the open air though.

I've had a lovely afternoon and Dougal seemed to enjoy himself too.

I'm going to meet him again tomorrow. Yay!