Happy Second Birthday to Isla

Our little pup is two today.  A birthday tea, complete with special doggie cake courtesy of Andrea, John and our "best mates" Dillon and Daisy.

Daisy decided that the cake needed to be guarded - just in case...

The Three Musketeers

Yesterday afternoon the Three Musketeers (first seen here) staged a reunion, since Dillon and Daisy's humans were going to a wedding.  As the weather was hot and sunny, we took the dogs for a walk around the fields.  It goes without saying that huge fun was had by all, with lots of manic rushing about (mainly by Isla, of course).  As before, Dillon has a white stripe down his chest (being a Springador), Daisy has a pink collar and Isla has a black collar.

Isla has recently discovered the "full immersion" experience, choosing to cool herself off in our pond after a walk.  On this occasion she jumped into the river without any encouragement, and then swam around for a while - purely for the fun of it.

The long walk singularly failed to exhaust the dogs, unfortunately, meaning that they were still loud and bouncy when Baby Joe came for a visit (of which more later).  As a result, the pooches and I were banished outside.

Winter Sun

It was such a beautiful afternoon that we arranged to meet Isla's "special friends", Dillon and Daisy, at the Recreation Ground.  It was still frosty underfoot, and the glorious winter sunshine made it a pleasure to be outside.  The dogs clearly thought so too.

Since all three dogs are black, it may be difficult for the uninitiated to tell the difference.  Well, Isla has a black collar (first picture), Dillon has a white patch (being a Springador, second picture) and Daisy has a pink collar (third picture).

At the end of the walk, we bumped into Tilley - yet another black dog, who also (coincidentally) has a pink collar.  In order to avoid confusion, left to right we have Tilley, Daisy, Dillon and "Two Ball" Isla.