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Well it looks like we might be having a new addition to the family! On the way home from work on Wednesday evening I spotted a small greyhound lurcher running along the side of the busy Leeds ring road. Half an hour and some hairy moments later, she was safely in the car and on her way home with me.

Nothing unusual about that really. Rachel and I regularly take in waifs and strays found lost and wandering. But none have ever stayed more than 24 hours, being collected by relieved owners very quickly (though one little hunt beagle did reappear on the doorstep the day after he had been collected!). But this young lady is still with us in spite of notices to the dog warden, police, lurcher and sight hound forums, lost dog sites, local vets and petshops. No anxious owners out searching for her?

So she’ll be staying with us for now, while we continue to look for an owner and fulfil the statutory requirements (28 days). Then we shall see. It will depend a lot on whether she can fit in with the gang and with our routine. Jake wants her to stay – he is smitten. Rachel and I are rather taken with her too. The Maremmas so far are tolerant. Watch this space!

Thanks to everyone who has enquired about Florence. I am delighted to say she is very much back to normal – the laryngeal paralysis is still there but she is able to breathe well and as long as she doesn’t overdo exercise or get overheated she is fine. So she is taking it easy and setting the pace herself.

She and I have just got back from a week at Tilley Farm, the UK TTouch Centre, which has done her the power of good. She’s had some good sessions of bodywork and loads of adoration and cuddles. So she is now shattered but very chilled! I was down doing my final Companion Animal Training and was delighted to get my P1 certification. So I am now a fully fledged practitioner. Look out Yorkshire! All in all it was a fantastic week – a lovely group and some real breakthroughs with the animals we were working with. It was even pretty dry – by TF standards at least.

Always lovely to visit Orsa as well of course.