VEDA Day 15 - Woofie Wanders

Hello there happy little people,

Todays VEDA is a little video of a walk I recently went on with my pooches. But first, I shall introduce you all to the silly little pups themselves (I say pups but really they are anything but)!

First up is Moss.

Also known as Mossy, Mossy-poo, Scruffle-bum and Pup-dog. He is around 4 years young and we have had him around 3 years. We adopted him from Dogs Trust West Calder. We have dubbed his birthday to be April 1st as that was the first time we saw him at the shelter. He is a black and white Lurcher which is generally a cross between a greyhound or any other sighthound breed, with a pastoral dog, which are collies and other herding dogs. His biggest obsession is food.  He will do anything for any kind of food. He can currently do paw, beg, sit, lie down, and twirl in-between my legs. His other great love is mucky puddles and he will go out of his way to find them. His favourite way to sleep is completely upside down on his back with his tongue hanging out. He loves attention and hugs of all kinds and really is such a sweetheart.

Second of all is Bracken.

Also known as Brackie-boo and Fluffy. He will be around 7 and we have had him around 2 years. He is also a lurcher but he is a Saluki lurcher. We actually adopted him from a lurcher/sighthound rescue centre in Ireland. After getting Moss my mum became obsessed with looking at sighthound rescues online and so we began to think about getting a second dog. We decided it should be a female and smaller and possibly younger than Moss to prevent any arguments. And one night we saw this cutie and mum decided we should give him a home. So within the week everything had been set up and he was shipped over from Ireland especially for us. He is a bit more temperamental than Moss. He likes to be near people but isn't too fond of cuddles and kisses like Moss. His favourite thing is to chase bunnies as we found when we first got him. Also as he was straying for longer he is a bit more wary of other dogs. So now he has to be muzzled just in case and kept on the lead when walking. He loves to speak all the time and constantly makes happy little noises.

Anyway onto the walk itself. So I had never gone up to it but my mum had told me there is a big pond up the hill from where we live. So one day we decided to take the pups up to have a little look. It was safe to say that he thoroughly enjoyed the pond and jumped straight in when he was let off the lead. Mum and I originally thought he had seen a frog or something swimming in the pond as he seemed very interested in the water. However, he was actually chasing a baguette. The only things Moss has ever "killed and brought back" was a doughnut before this. So this was no surprise. He came bounding back out completely covered in mud. And then decided to shake himself right next to me. I was wearing my nice pair of pale blue jeans (which in hindsight was a bad idea when walking with Moss) so they went straight into the wash when I got back home. Moss himself also went straight into the wash. But his wash just consisted of dunking his paws into a bucket of warm soapy water and cleaning him off. Thankfully it was a nice sunny day so he dried off quite quickly.

I hope you are all having a wonderful day :)

Hev xx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVBoYdw8g-E