Summer is now 7 months old. She has now grown into those big paws and we no longer get comments on them! Daily life consists of waking us up to be let out anytime from 6 – 7 am (need to work on the early starts!) and then sitting by the dining table hoping for crumbs as we eat breakfast. She loves to spend time just wandering around the garden and barking at any walkers who go by on the hill opposite. We go out for a walk late morning usually, with lots of running about in the fields. If Summer decides not to come back when called we walk in the other direction – guaranteed to make her come running! We have also taught her to come when the bell outside the back door is rung so we can get her in from the garden quickly if needed (useful if I get paged as a First Responder!).

We are still doing Bronze training every week though haven't done the test as she is still not good at resisting launching herself at other dogs and people. I keep meaning to take her into town but its hard to make the time to do it. Summer follows me round as I get the evening meal ready, hoping for a piece of carrot, then often sleeps most of the evening. We take her out at 10 pm and then she is left in the kitchen overnight.

She ate the birthday cake I had left cooling for my 9 year old and she was sick at Christmas after eating lots of sheep droppings! Otherwise she has been pretty well behaved. We had our first weekend away recently and Summer was quite happy at the kennels. She loved running around with the other dogs. She was pleased to see us back though. This week has been fun with all the snow. She loves it and goes completely wild! Unfortunately, she also decided it was a good time to explore other people's gardens. Let's hope that doesn't become a habit.