Me-Not-Chewable; Well, Nobby...

Last week I had very special visitations... Gail and Nobby came by on their way back north from a sojourn down south. 

The Stuffy Clan had been packed off to various other parts of the Hutch for a vacation (and safety) as I had been warned of a certain young pupster's tendency to chew. Anything and everything. Which turned out to be absolutely true. Gail and I were the subject of quite a few 'toothing' sessions! Mostly not a problem, but once or twice a tad uncomfy. 

The first thing Nobby did was have a jolly good sniff around to make his acquaintance with the Hutch. 

One of the key ways to distract the youngster from our forearms and hands was to encourage playing with his various toys. Then I realised I had the perfect gift for my new nephdog... a stick that was found on a country walk several years back. Kept for its interesting shaping, it proved an ideal toothing item and fast became a favourite with Nobby himself.

Being blessed with a lot of floor space here, training sessions could take place right on the living room floor. Sit, stay, come, fetch were 87% successful... and there were even moments of peace when Nobby decided to practice his posing. Other things he chose most often to play with were his Hedgehog, and the amazing bone he found in one of his bog-bashing adventures up at Torridon. He could make it spin at almost the speed of light and then slow it to a snail's pace... (donchya jus' love the paw placement?!)

Now, we had three nights and two full days together, so I got to properly make a relationship with Nobby. He is definitely a different personality from his predecessor, Bertie. Where the latter was fairly calm and 'zen', Nobby might be considered rather more extrovert! True, I did not have the privilege of knowing Bertie in his formative years, but there is no doubt that, just as with we two-leggers, each is an individual! All the more interesting for that.

I shall leave the telling of any tales about the Saturday undertakings to Nobby and Gail - especially as I forgot my camera for that outing! However, on Friday last week, we took a trip down to Toward and checked out the improvements that have taken place around the sailing club premises... I shall show all that here tomorrow!