Bark and Stride

28/09/2025

A BIG THANK YOU
To all who sponsored me for MacMillan’s Mighty Hike. 26 miles of great company and beautiful views. It’s a lovely event to be involved in and all walkers were well looked after at checkpoints. Great sign posting and lovely to watch the miles clock up. After just over 9 hours of walking yesterday, today I am relaxing with my Pointers.
The main thing missing were all the wonderful dogs I walk 😊
I especially thank Sara Tigwell for supplying lovely homemade snacks, drinks, and support mid-way and after the event with a lift home and yummy dinner ❤️
All in all a most enjoyable day with perfect weather.

25/09/2025

FUN AT THE WATERING HOLE

14/09/2025

BEAUTIFUL PUPS, WONDERFUL WALKS

14/09/2025

A FEW POINTER PICS

Phoebe, the orange Pointer joined us for walks in the summer, sometimes I get to take her out with my Pointers and they get on great.

I love to watch them play, Kiko gets right down to Phoebe’s level and plays at her pace, although being older she lets Phoebe know when she’s over stepping the mark.

It’s beautiful to watch Jack and Phoebe swim together, he’s happy to let her share the stick. They’re all related, Jack, Yinka and Phoebe have the same mum and Kiko is their cousin. Dogs will remember their siblings, even years later. We underestimate dogs and other animals so much. They are so caring to their young and always remember family 😊

06/09/2025

FOLKINGTON

A dog’s best ever adventure playground. A great place to get rid of all their energy. There are steep slopes, fallen trees, lots of ground foliage. Great for hide and seek, strength building, cardio, balance, problem solving. The whole mind and body working together. We love it there ❤️

06/09/2025

THERE’S ALWAYS A WAY TO STAY COOL

I love the way Alfie manages to cool down. He found rain water on the fallen down barriers when we walked over the fields. Taking a drink, cooling his paws, then his tummy, don’t forget your neck and head and then a good roll on your back. Very effective and entertaining at the same time 😂

31/08/2025

GOOD TO BE BACK

After a lovely week off, visiting family, it’s great to be back with this lovely lot. We have been so blessed with dry weather this summer, the dogs have enjoyed dry walks, cooling off in ponds, streams and lakes.

Enjoyed climbing, jumping and balancing, running and playing on a variety of walks. Seeing the pups in nature, doing the things that they enjoy, is truly rewarding. It keeps them happy and healthy 😊

26/07/2025

23/07/2025

SO LONG FINN, TILL WE MEET AGAIN

It’s with incredible sadness to say that Finn lost his fight with cancer and had to be put to sleep yesterday aged 10 years. It is heartbreaking, I have been walking this beautiful collie since he was 19 months old.

Finn and I haven’t always seen eye to eye, as is usual with highly intelligent adolescents, but he has been a star. On walks he has always been friendly to other dogs we met and the perfect gentleman. His best pals were Pogo and Bailey (Lauren’s dog) 2 collies who he loved being with.

Finn loved to please, if anything was asked of him, he would quickly fulfill my request, an excellent listener and follower of instructions.

He’s also been a bit of a pickle, at times, with members of group. Finn and Onyx used to wind one another up, he had the odd run in with Vegas and more recently Eddie, I think because he discovered he could easily wind them up.

He never liked anyone leaving him, so getting out of the gate, without him grabbing me was quite a feat. I did get it down to a fine art with the aid of a dental stick, for which he’d do anything for.

This is the end of an era and I am going to grieve the loss of such a beautiful friend. RIP my beautiful boy Finn 😭

01/07/2025

FEELING HOT, HOT, HOT

27/06/2025

IT’S RESCHEDULED
I will be walking the 26 miles on the 27th September 2025.

Thanks ever so much for everyone’s kind donations. Can’t wait to complete this walk and the donations to go to MacMillan 😃

15/06/2025

A little action from last week.
I had to get my feet wet on a couple of occasions. First, a paddle in the stream to help Zea find her ball and then a wade into Park Wood swamp to retrieve a certain Springer Spaniel who spent nearly an hour swimming after a duck. Thankfully the duck and her chicks managed to stay one step ahead and I eventually managed to get the dogs attention and get him on his lead. I have to say, the water was very refreshing, after a warm walk.
Dog walking is rewarding, fun and totally unpredictable 😂🤣