A walk? in the park

 What with the pandemic and Nobu getting on we've been going on far shorter walkies, so we all jumped in the car and headed off to our largest local park (a couple of years ago now it would have been a regular morning walkies, but lately Nobu is rarely in the mood to walk that far). Imagine my surprise when he walked a couple of hundred yards and plopped down on the grass to enjoy the woody scents and the mild autumn air, leaving me to coax and wheedle him on to no avail. No wonder I can't lose those extra pandemic kilos...but he's loving being the only pampered pooch in the household, now that Claire, Luna and Sherlock have crossed the rainbow bridge, so it's all good. 

Spa Day

 

Portrait of a Senior Setter

 

Nobu has been with almost a full ten years now, and enjoys a leisurely sniffari for his morning walkies. When he first came, the shelter vet guessed his age at 3-4 years old, and he was boisterous and playful, fun-loving and powerful. After ten years with us, there's no denying he's getting on as far as big dogs go, but he loves the slow pace of us oldies as we go about our day, and we all get along famously.