The good news is the overhead linework is now finished until they come back down the opposite side in October. Friday was utter chaos with guys attached to the lines putting spacers in and generally shouting at their ground crew. Plus our access being blocked by various trucks and vans all morning removing the scaffolding by the track. Thankfully we're back to relative peace and normality now.
The bad news is Star's been a bit of a rascal again with her field shelter. I came down the other morning to find she'd made a massive hole in her door and somehow managed to pull off the entire bolt attached to a bit of wood! I'm presuming by the hair that was all over everything she was scratching her big bottom just a bit too vigorously!! So that bit of wanton vandalism is now added to the list of broken field shelter struts and everything else she's managed to break.
Training wise we've only done a little bit due to the disruption of the line work, but I have started to teach her to ring a bell. I got a brass ship's bell off of ebay and would like to teach her to hold the cord and ring it. The first session I was rewarding her for exploring it and she was nudging it to make it ring within a few tries which I'm really pleased about. The bell isn't huge but it's quite loud and I'm really pleased how all our training with noise making stuff has made her less worried about unusual noises. I think the cord attached to it is a bit too short for her to be able to hold easily so I think I need to sort out something a bit longer.
Try tying a piece of thick cord to the existing one (something from an old dressing gown will do).
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear more about the bell work. Pictures too of course. Perhaps Camryn would love bothering the neighbors with one as well?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of trying an old lead rope as it has a clip on it :)
ReplyDeleteSusan I have to admit the thought had crossed my mind that if this bell was permenantly mounted Star may be ringing it all the time wanting me to bring out a tray of tasty treats, Camryn may well get the same idea, lol! Thankfully our nearest neighbours are my three sheep who raised one woolly eyebrow but are used to Star's musical abilities! :)
That's great! I didn't think to check Ebay for a bell. I want one for calling them up for dinner. Sometimes it takes a while of yelling and whistling before they hear me. A bell would make things easier. I think the lead rope is a good idea because it would be easily removed . . . . unless it teaches her to play with her rope . . .
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