Sam made some real progress today, walking to heel for Della and I, but an awful misunderstanding with Debbie over her return from school put us back after I struggled to find enough time with Derek laying out the FOCUS adverts.
Watching TV Rugby Union between Scotland and Wales and then taking Di to Peterborough to see the poignant Robert Redford film, "A River Runs Through It" which we thoroughly enjoyed. Della has slept well this last couple of nights
This was a day when Sam made some real progress. I took him and Della along to the bus stop this morning to see Debbie off to school and, not only did he sit there next to Della and let her stroke him, he also walked fine with her alongside so that in the end she was leading him along. Later, I tried him off of the lead entirely and made him walk to heel and it worked! Sam is now becoming controllable rather than running up to people and other dogs and this comes as a great relief. We had an awful problem with Debbie at lunchtime. We all got into the car and drove over to collect her from Kimbolton School to give us plenty of time for lunch before Sam needed another run. However, she forgot all about it and so, after chasing the school bus all the way back home, we met her outside our house with an hour wasted!
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We made her get each of us something for our trouble. Daniel and Della had a creme egg and Di and I Maltesers. I had spent the morning with Derek Giles laying out much of the FOCUS advertisement sheets and I could have used that extra time to finish helping him. A relaxing afternoon watching TV Rugby Union between Scotland and Wales and then, after tea, I took Di to Peterborough to see the poignant Robert Redford film, "A River Runs Through It" which we thoroughly enjoyed. Home at a reasonable time and then I watched more TV sport as Diana had an early night. Della has slept well this last couple of nights by doing as I tell her and putting off her cassette/radio and not reading. Daniel was home very late and not to be seen.