Woof Woof!

Hello all and a happy (belated) New Year to all of you! Yes, we are still around and ready to resume our live reports from our little corner of the world.

As most of you know, we left Bark-a-lot Towers in November of last year to go and live at Bark-a-lot Lodge here in rural Upper Hutt.

The transition was relatively easy; only Jessie cried for a few nights because she missed our old home but after that we were both fine.



Being a rural dog is great!!!! There are so many exciting sounds and smells that need to be investigated daily and we've encountered many strange and exotic animals on our daily walks, such as ducks, rabbits, horses, cows and even an alpaka!

Oh, and of course, after having been around for three years we finally got to meet SHEEP!! This mother and daughter team from next door buried through under our fence and came strolling onto our patio... ah we wish we'd been allowed out to chase and bite their woolly bottoms :)



Anyways, don't tell anyone, but there's another few sheep in a padock further down the road and when our Mama wasn't paying attention WE buried through under the fence and well... the sheep got to meet US! We didn't hurt them of course, but we chased them into a corral (after all, that's what we're bred to do, isn't it?) and only when we'd finished we returned to our Mama who was beginning to get a bit frantic on the other side of the fence :)

Behind our house, the hoomans have now constructed a fully fenced play area for us and soon we'll also have a farm gate at the front entrance which means we can go a bit further afield without Mama having to watch us all the time.



Because our section is so big Mama even had to have help getting the lawns mowed. A couple of weeks ago a hooman on a strange and noisy machine showed up and did it for her.





Mama has finally learned to drive the car although we don't really know why - Daddy rides to work in the belly of a long metal snake these days that runs right past our house three times a day! We have a photo of it somewhere but we can't find it right now, you'll be amazed when you see it!

Well, we're going to leave you now because it's time for our walkie!

Enjoy the rest of your week,

love, Josh and Jessie