This was a busy first day for Sam at Paxton as I had to leave him in his new kennel twice for the Kimbolton School Carol Service and again when taking Diana to see "Sneekers", a Robert Redford adventure film. Debbie and I enjoyed wood pigeon for tea.
The night did not go as badly as I feared. Sam awoke around bedtime and then once again at about 5.00am and so spent the night in a reasonably settled state for the first one in a strange place and kennel. I was up at 6.30am ready to feed and exercise him half an hour later. He took better to the lead and choke chain, and I am starting to get some control over him. We left him in the kennel this morning whilst driving over to Kimbolton to the School Carol Service and he was all right. Then we returned to feed and exercise him before leaving him once again to go this time for our lunch and some shopping in St Neots.
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I was a bit alarmed at the time the others spent there so that there was little time to get back, exercise him again and then get him on board the Range Rover so that we could go and get the Christmas Tree from Waresley Garden Centre. He behaved himself quite well throughout and settled down after his tea to another evening in his kennel whilst I took Diana to the cinema in Peterborough to see "Sneekers", a Robert Redford adventure film. I shot a wood pigeon this morning between dog sessions and then prepared and served it for tea. There was much more meat on it than on the previous collared doves we had, and Debbie and I enjoyed it very much. In all a very tiring day but at least we made it through and Diana seems to be getting used to the dog.