Busy busy Bus-Bee...

What a lovely bank holiday weekend we had! For the first time in a while we got to really appreciate all the lovely walks we have no more than twenty minutes from us. Sadly for Busby he wasn't invited on them all, but he still had lots of fun!

Busby's weekend began with a bit of a naughty incident including Yorkie. I'd accidentally left the food cupboard door slightly ajar and the two of them decided to help themselves. The pair of them looked like they'd both swallowed footballs whole for the rest of the day and lazed around feeling rather sorry for themselves. Had to laugh when I read Molly (mum) and Alfie (brother) had recently been trying out the same trick!

Sunday was super hot, so we went for an early walk around our regular park before it got too busy. Then Busby came home to some real hard work - clipping the hedges, boy was he tired afterwards!

Monday saw us on a lovely little 20min circular walk with gorgeous views (it goes on much further, but the 20min route is ideal for puppy walks) and a small pond in the middle at the bottom of Winter Hill. We had Busby and Yorkie together - talk about partners in crime, anything Yorkie does, Busby quickly follows. When Yorkie suprised us all by jumping into the pond without the need for a ball to be thrown in, Busby suprised us even more by following him! He quickly swam back to the edge with a look of "what the..?!!?" He braved one more try a little later on, but seemed happier to paddle at the side and watch big bruv!

Today we had a check up at the vets, his first time "walking" in. It appeared to be a busy morning, and towards the end he found it rather overwhelming but kept wagging away to all he met. The vet was very pleased with him, he weighed in at 13.7kgs and was on his best behaviour. One of his testicles still hasn't descended, so we're booked in for another check up next month.

Suffice to say, we're knackered! Little man is currently snoozing on my feet as I write this...

Growing UP

I think somebody is sneakily feeding Busby Miracle-Gro! In the last week he's shot up so much it's untrue...

He is going through the cute gangly stage and at the moment he's very much all legs and gums as he starts to lose his baby teeth.

His training and socialisation is still going well and we've had a lovely week of walks meeting alsorts out and about. His favourite was a group of 20-strong primary school children. His least favourite was a group of donkeys, whom he had a few choice words for! However with a little coaxing (food!) he was happy to be around them and even snuck his head through the fence for a cheeky kiss.

Snapshots

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(did we mention we're in love?)

The fast and the furry

We've been enjoying lots of walks with Busby recently, nothing too long but just enough for him to have some fun and burn off some of that energy - boy does he have that by the bucket load!

His puppy nipping is getting much less this week, though we're about due to start losing some of those tiny puppy teeth, so I'm sure there's still a bit more to come!

Depsite having been in the car almost every day since he came home, Busby has always been sat on my knee. This week we decided he was just too big for that anymore, so it was time for him to be like the big guys and wear a harness in the back. We were a bit worried he may be like Chief, who hates doing this with avengeance but alas, he couldn't have cared less! He loves his trips out in his harness, the back of the car is a much more comfortable place to snooze after a fun walk.

We've been trying to catch some good shots of him on walks, but sadly he's not one for hanging around in front of the camera when he's out.. I'm sure we'll catch him soon - I hope so anyway because the blurry bum shots aren't so nice!