Sunday, September 09, 2007

A visit to kennels!

We've been on holiday recently and Ludo spent nine days in kennels. She hadn't been to kennels before, but I was sure she would be fine because she's used to sleeping in a crate and she loves other dogs so would probably relish the company.

What I didn't expect is that we would all miss her so much. We mentioned her daily, even in Greece where she would've been utterly miserable in the 35 degree heat. I even phoned the kennels using my precious Euro phonecard to check she was doing okay. (Of course they said she was!)

When I collected her, she wasn't as exuberant as I was expecting. Perhaps she hadn't forgiven me for leaving her... Matt and Isabel got the same kind of reaction, so I guess we were all in the doghouse! The kennels staff commented, "She likes a bit of fuss, doesn't she?" and "She doesn't bark much," both fair -- that's our Ludo!

The good news is that she is completely better now. By the time I collected her she was back on her usual diet and looking like she'd regained a lot of her lost weight. Her adult coat is coming through properly now, and the kennels gave her a bath (and whoever did it probably got a free bath themselves!) Here's what she looked like the next day when I gave her back her freedom at the park:


MUCH better I'm sure you'll agree! It was really funny because she had just had a small run at the kennels and hadn't been walked 'properly' - so when I took her out she was exhausted after 20 minutes! Just look at that tongue!

2 Comments:

Blogger Alice said...

Welcome to the world of 'dog loving!' We talk about Milla every single day that we are not with her ... and the 'longing' gets worse the longer you go away!!!!!! awwwwwwww.

3:14 pm  
Blogger Soraya said...

God, she looks like a horse! How tall is she now? Has she stopped growing yet?

11:20 am  

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