More congestion attempting some last minute shopping in St Neots on a very frosty but snow-free Christmas Eve, managing with Sam in the back of the car and walking him three times in the day.
Gradually getting him less excited and more cooperative on the lead as a result. He comes to heel, sits and stays to command and is also becoming calmer with visitors.
Steve Bloom arrived as I had agreed that he could borrow my Rolls Royce for some Christmas events. A Christmas Box for my gardener Bill and my Father Christmas role later.
It was 2.00am that Sam woke me up this morning, but he was soon back to sleep again so that I could return to my bed. Another very cold, foggy, and frosty day but no sign of snow such that the only "white Christmas" was going to come from the layers of unthawed frost in the shade. I took Sam out for three walks today and gradually got him less excited and more cooperative on the lead as a result. He comes to heel, sits and stays to command and is also becoming calmer with visitors.
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I put up the coat racks in the hall first thing which was a job that Diana had wanted me to do for some time! To St Neots then with Diana disposing of some rubbish at the dump, organising my building society money and then trying a bit of last-minute shopping. I had Sam in the back and he was quite good as we first had coffee in Brackenbury's and then looked at telephone answering machines which was one of the things that Diana wanted for Christmas. Then an almighty snarl up of traffic trying to get out of the Tebbutt's Road car park as all residents in the area seemed to want to do the same thing at the same time. This made us late back and immediately Steve Bloom arrived. I had agreed that he could borrow my Rolls Royce for some Christmas events as it would do the old car some good to have the cobwebs blown away.
Once he had gone and I had fed and looked after Sam, I was quite late for lunch and then found that Diana had served a cold pork pie salad on one of the coldest days of the year! Some time trying to shoot pigeon later without success though I checked the accuracy of my telescopic sights by killing three smaller birds to see if the crows would be attracted by their carcasses. I saw Bill today, gave him the back-pay that I owed him and gave him a Christmas Box for good measure. Read some more doggy books and updated my journal in the afternoon and early evening and then watched some TV until it was time for Father Christmas to arrive!