Parklife

Anthony and Diesel have been home for nearly three weeks now.

Due to technical issues their recent adventures have gone unpublished.

Now thanks to the wonders of new technology we can meet their friends and see what they have been up to.

After two weeks with Rosie and Dylan,Diesel did a lot of this when he got home.

He also did a lot of this.

This is not the sort of bird which is usually seen in the park.

Anthony and Diesel cannot remember the name of this young bitch.

They met her for the first time by the lake.

There is the strange bird again.

This very handsome young Irish setter is called Alf.

Anthony thinks the strange bird is a young Cormorant.

This bird is a lot bigger,it is a Hercules,there are not many of these in the park either.

This is also an unusual sight in the park.

Diesel had to lie down and watch from a distance.

While he did that another Diesel walked by.

This is Alf,he is a Goshawk and better trained than most dogs.

Diesel has never met a Goshawk before.

He was very impressed that Alf had trained Ian to carry him.

This is Jenny,she is also very well trained.

Diesel would like to be able to do the things Jenny can do.

This is Oscar,he is a very young boxer puppy with a full tail.

Diesel likes Oscar a lot and hopes to meet him again soon.

This lovely girl is only six weeks old and a little too young for Diesel to play with.

But he did like playing with her friend Missy,though Anthony forgot to take a picture of her.

This is Binx,he is a big three year old entire Weimaraner who reminds Anthony of a Great White Shark.

Binx was one of the first dogs Diesel met after moving to live with Anthony.

He is very friendly and has the same name as Diesel's dad.

Binx had just cut his paw when this picture was taken.

This very handsome young Jack Russel is another new boy in the park.

He was a little frightened of Diesel who is a lot bigger than him.

Anthony and Diesel could not remember his name,nor that of his friend whom they didn't get a picture of.

Diesel and Binx found a beach in the park and then demonstrated how to conduct a beach assault.

In the interests of scientific investigation Diesel decided to dig his very first hole.

The results of this excavation may explain how the beach appeared in the middle of the park.

Two wheels good,four wheels bad.

It must be Sunday because someone has thrown some nice bones over the fence for Diesel.

Diesel had his usual bath in the lake but that did not stop some mad women treating him like a girly dog when he got home.

Anthony promised to buy them a My Little Pony set if they leave his rufty tufty dog alone.

This is the lovely Millie,one of the first entries in Diesel's little black book.

Millie was a lot smaller when Diesel first met her.

This is Chester who lives with a Jack Russel called Jessie.

Diesel is practicing staying and lying down on a hand signal while Anthony runs as far away as he can.

Here Diesel is practicing his pointing,he can hold a point for over a minute now.

This lovely girl has been walking in the park for a lot longer than Diesel.

She is not comfortable with other dogs but Diesel is working his charms on her.

He hopes he will be able to play with her off lead one day.

Diesel and one of his best friends Jake practice sitting and staying.

Then they practice play fighting which is a lot more fun.

Jake has taught Diesel how to grunt like a pig when he play fights.

This is Dylan,he is Jake's brother (sort of) but he would rather play with balls than dogs.

In the park,Jake only does this with Diesel.

Diesel spent many weeks trying to get Jake to play with him.

This is the lovely Coco.

Coco nearly came to live with Diesel as her family were emigrating.

But now Coco is going to emigrate too.

Coco and her family are leaving the park for the last time before they go to Cyprus.

Diesel will never see Coco again which is a shame because he liked her a lot.

Diesel's friend Fudge is a big Weimaraner who was neutered a week after Diesel.

He is the first dog in the park who Diesel gave a telling off to when he got a bit too friendly.

Diesel likes to pose for the camera.

Here Fudge and Diesel are doing some distraction training.

Diesel shares a drink with George.

He is not called Gorgeous George for nothing.

This is Arthur the border terrier with Diesel and Fudge in the background.

There is a video of Arthur playing with Diesel at http://www.vizslak.piczo.com/.

Brandy is a ridgeback cross.

She is a nice old girl who likes to let the youngsters know who is boss.

All the usual suspects.

Diesel,Jake,Taffy and Dylan want to play.

Their owners want to stay under the trees.

The weatherman says this is a hot sunny day.

But the sun is very wet today and they have not brought their coats.

Taffy is a handsome young border collie from Wales.

He is one of Diesel's best friends and Diesel is trying hard to remember it is Taffy's first birthday soon.

Jessie is a long haired Jack Russel bitch whom Diesel adores.

She lives with a cocker spaniel called Chester.

Recently Jessie had puppies and some of them walk in the park though Diesel has not met them yet.

In the background here is Sally,she likes to herd Jessie and have five second chases with Diesel.

Sally lives with Lilly who is too old for that sort of thing.