Finally managed to drag my bloated body away from the wood burner and out into the freezing fog. My daughter has left her dog in my care for the xmas / new year period while she goes off somewhere nice. The problem is it does not have a brain. I have peered into its large brown eyes and swear I can see light filtering in through its ears. He is 9 months old and stands at about 3ft on thin legs. He has a huge head that is out of proportion to the rest of his body. I think it is going to grow into a horse. She has enrolled him in obedience classes and has left me with a list of orders which providing I issue them in a word perfect and positive way I am told he will respond. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Anyway today I thought I would take him up on to Dunkery where he could run until he dropped. I was banking on being able to get above the freezing fog and out into sunlight.
No chance, visibility across the top was down to less than 100 metres with a cutting east wind. The heather was covered in frost but this did not deter the mutt as he ran shovelling his nose through the heather looking for any poor bird to chase. We walked up from Dunkery Gate to the Beacon then across to Row Barrows. I did not have a compass, I used instinct to guide us across the two roads and out on to Almsworthy Common. Thankfully the dog returned each time he lost sight of me. We reached Alderman’s Barrow and turned back. It was far too cold to stop for a bite to eat, we had to keep moving.
I would guess that the temperature would have been around minus 5 degrees. We crossed Codsend Moor keeping the field hedge in view for most of the way. The trees were covered in frost. Eventually we arrived back at Dunkery Gate. I was looking forward to sitting in the car and having a hot cup of coffee. Could I get the dog into the car? Could I heck. For twenty minutes or more I shouted commands at it from the list plus a few that I made up. It ran around in circles and jumped into the air as though it was on springs. I ran off through narrow gaps and tried to ambush it. I tried to bribe it with the official good boy rewards nothing worked. Eventually a woman with another dog casually walked up to him and caught hold of his collar. Daughter is collecting him on Sunday. I hope. We will all miss him especially the cat.
Finally managed to drag my bloated body away from the wood burner and out into the freezing fog. My daughter has left her dog in my care for the xmas / new year period while she goes off somewhere nice. The problem is it does not have a brain. I have peered into its large brown eyes and swear I can see light filtering in through its ears. He is 9 months old and stands at about 3ft on thin legs. He has a huge head that is out of proportion to the rest of his body. I think it is going to grow into a horse. She has enrolled him in obedience classes and has left me with a list of orders which providing I issue them in a word perfect and positive way I am told he will respond. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Anyway today I thought I would take him up on to Dunkery where he could run until he dropped. I was banking on being able to get above the freezing fog and out into sunlight. 
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