Harley May 2014
Harley has been on holiday with Sue again since the last update and was a very well behaved guest.Their back garden adjoins a field which currently has cows and their calves grazing. Harley was, apparently, fascinated by them and would sit watching them for ages. One day he actually touched noses with a calf, then they both bolted in opposite directions! I was so happy to have him home again it made me realise just how hard it’s going to be when he leaves us for good, but we’ve got him for another couple of months yet.
There was much excitement on Sunday when Harley had his friends round for his 1st birthday party. I made them some cheese biscuits and a carrot and peanut butter cake, both of which went down extremely well. The guests were Lola,(a wire haired dachshund), Amber ( a spaniel puppy) and Dylan, (a normal size cockapoo). Here are some pics of his big day.
Harley has been on holiday with Sue again since the last update and was a very well behaved guest.Their back garden adjoins a field which currently has cows and their calves grazing. Harley was, apparently, fascinated by them and would sit watching them for ages. One day he actually touched noses with a calf, then they both bolted in opposite directions! I was so happy to have him home again it made me realise just how hard it’s going to be when he leaves us for good, but we’ve got him for another couple of months yet.
There was much excitement on Sunday when Harley had his friends round for his 1st birthday party. I made them some cheese biscuits and a carrot and peanut butter cake, both of which went down extremely well. The guests were Lola,(a wire haired dachshund), Amber ( a spaniel puppy) and Dylan, (a normal size cockapoo). Here are some pics of his big day.
We were blessed with magnificent weather and they all played brilliantly together. The birthday boy got some lovely cards and presents: a new toy, a big bone, some chews and some dental sticks.
Harley passed his two star assessment last week. His biggest challenge was a doing a one minute wait with me standing 10 paces away, with all the distractions of being outside AND having Beau the spaniel in the same field, but he did it!!! So proud of my boy.
Yesterday we went to Oxford City College to do some awareness raising with Guide Dogs. Two other socialisers came with me with their puppies, Fudge and Kelsey. They hadn’t met each other before so they were very excited. We spent about three hours there talking about Hearing Dogs and answering questions from the students. They’d baked cakes, sales of which raised £66.00 which was divided between HD and Guide Dogs. Here’s Harley withFudge. He stole a hide bone from Julie’s bag and was hoping to eat it all himself, but Fudge had other ideas. She grabbed hold of the other end so Harley was holding it whilst Fudge chewed it!
When the event ended we decided to take them for a walk where they could run free together so we crossed the city to Christchurch meadows which run down to the river. They had a whale of a time chasing each other but then spotted a couple of ducks...they took off after the ducks which flew off into the river, hotly pursued by Harley and Fudge who also took off and landed in the river, to the astonishment of the people in the punts. Silly pups had no idea how deep the water was or how steep the bank was. They couldn’t get out on their own so Julie and I had to kneel down and haul them out by their harnesses. We then had two soaking wet, rather smelly dogs and two socialisers with very muddy jeans!
Harley has now been matched with a recipient which means he’ll be leaving us to go into full time training early in July. There WILL be tears, but he is going to be a great hearing dog and will change the life of his recipient for the better without a doubt. We’ve had a wonderful year with him and will miss him enormously!
By Christine Ellis
Harley has now been matched with a recipient which means he’ll be leaving us to go into full time training early in July. There WILL be tears, but he is going to be a great hearing dog and will change the life of his recipient for the better without a doubt. We’ve had a wonderful year with him and will miss him enormously!
By Christine Ellis
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