Theres nothing better than spending a weekend at the seaside, which is exactly what we just did. I was a little bit apprehensive about how my very nervous 8 year old Border Collie was going to cope with sleeping in a tent and seeing the sea for the first time so using a DAP collar to help relieve some of her stress and using Zylkene tablets to calm her nerves (I think I needed some too) we were off, bucket and spade (and ball) in hand! To my amazement she had a very quiet night sleeping in the tent, probably due to a good run before bedtime, only growling a couple of times as people wandered past but didnt bark at all (shes never that quiet at home!). So after a good nights sleep we headed for the beach. Very nervously she went down on the the sand, not sure about the squidgy stuff between her toes but soon forgot about it when she saw her trusty tennis ball! Slowly we headed nearer & nearer the sea until she was getting her feet wet. Very quickly she lost all her fear of the water and was jumping through the waves to get her ball and digging in the sand to get .... who knows but she had fun!
I was really proud of her this weekend, she was incredibly brave considering she normally walks round puddles on the street, although when we went to the park yesterday she still walked round the puddles so perhaps we've got a little way to go yet!
By Sarah (Vet Nurse) & Charlie (the dog)
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