Involving a deer leg

 It is a fine, bright day and I am going to take Perla to the exercise park where she can be off-lead but safely enclosed.

I always knew Tim would never run away from me - not unless we were in France and a deer leg was involved, and even then he would dodge by me and run home to the mill with it in his mouth absolutely delighted with his prize.

 Occasionally he found a deer leg here at home on one of our walks, but I managed to get it off him before he ran. Poachers don't clear up after themselves but leave the bits they and their dogs don't want lying in the fields to make gruesome finds for dog walkers.

But with Perla I am not sure. We are heading toward three weeks together (tomorrow) and if she gets a good strong scent of anything I am scared she will take off after it. There are so many woods, fields and main roads around here that she could be lost within seconds. So I shall test her recall in an enclosed place and see how well she responds.

It is approaching crunch point with the new book too. Publication day is Wednesday 16th March, and I have to upload the final, final version to Kindle by midnight on Saturday 12th. It is on pre-order now ~

https://tinyurl.com/yw5p4vzh so click on the link and order it now!

"When a handsome stranger knocks her off her feet, Rose Brewster is dazzled and curious…handsome flirt Archie has already stolen her eldest cousin's heart along with jewellery from their neighbours, and he has an uncanny knack of disappearing…can such a man be trusted?

When her parents threaten marriage to an elderly peer, Rose’s fine principles vanish like smoke in the wind across the moors of Northumberland…she may have found herself a young husband.

Harry Stewart visits his cousins and shocks Rose with his likeness to Archie … dazzled by them both she finds Harry has secrets of his own and knows that a lifetime of happiness and passion awaits a good decision. Do nothing and disaster awaits with the wrong partner and the risks are unthinkable. How will she decide?"