It's been 18 days since I last wrote in my Blog - but loads and loads has happened! We had a funny time when they had something called christmas - I think I remember it from last year. Everybody got fatter, and after that, we all got more exercise - does that happen in everyone's house at this time of year?

It's got very cold, and the ponds have had hard stuff on them - sometimes you can walk on it, sometimes you think you can, and you just fall through it into the water - it's a bit sharp on the ankles, and very very cold! There's been a lot of that cold hard stuff around - but I think I've got the hang of it now - I can slide on puddles, and when we went for a walk up the mountains last week, there were long slides of it, that I could skate down! that was great fun, but Sian and Phil were being careful not to slide on it!

What else has happened - Bobby's come to stay with us for a while - I'm all excited about that, because he follows me everywhere! He's a big dog, and he growls and woofs all the time, but I guess he'll settle down when he gets to know all the noises here!

I forgot to tell you about the time that Flash and me went to do a talk on SARDA at college - we went to Llandrillo college, and got to meet a whole load of people in a room. Flash was good because he didn't fart once, and I got cuddles and polo mints from a cute boy! Sian had a chicken sandwich in her bag, which Flash found, and ate! Sian said we're going to do another talk this week, so that'll be fun!

I found a chicken in the woods today - a live one, that squarked and flew away - I left it alone when Sian called me off, but she still growled at me - I guess I shouldn't have chased it, but I was just curious to see what it was - I wouldn't have done anything! I wasn't expecting to see it there!!

We've got training in a couple of weeks, but it's very cold, and I really don't fancy spending the weekend cold and wet - with no prospect of getting warm for the whole day - shudder - it's no fun being a water search dog in winter - unless you're boat is ready to use. We've ordered an engine, but then were told that they don't make the engine we want any more, so Sian asked them to look for another one similar. We've now got a boat, and anchor, and Sian's started lookinng at drysuits - I want one of those! Sian said she was going to look for a canal for me to train on - I could just run along the side looking/sniffing for a smell, without having to go in the water! Mij does that, and she's not even a water dog - she's a trailing dog!

Anyway, sian said she's going to bed now, so I guess I'll have to settle down to sleep - three on a couch now that Bobby's here! I'll just have to be bossier, so I get the couch to myself!