My camera still worked then I fell over again, and this time hit my face on the ground. Dexter and Sasha were doing their job, turbo-charging up the embankment.

I screamed out but nobody took any notice of me.  So much for melodrama. I was also experiencing cramp in my legs which is my kidney problem adding to my circumstances. The real problem is that the thread on my shoes has worn away.

A few things might have happened but didn’t. I could have been wearing my glasses. And I could have brought a new camera. Therefore, I consider myself fortunate.

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It did not end with a wimper, but a grind. I had slipped over and broken my camera so that for the moment the dog blog is over.

From time to time, the dogs like to move forward, but that was not so much the problem, as not having good tread on my shoes. The remodeling of the old dam site up the back has finished with it mounds of earth, which removes a pathway. I am now walking through the bush with more obstacles. Read more »

Until today, Sasha went out in the car, and Dexter went for a walk. Yesterday, most of Sasha’s stitches were taken out, but it was probably best to take things easy.

She had a sock and a boot, made from an old glove. The sock lasted but boot did not. It will work better when the fingers are cut off.  In the meantime, it is probably best to avoid gravel surfaces.

Dexter was quite happy to jump up on rocks and logs as usual. Read more »

We would rather be walking somewhere else, but going up to the dam along the track is not too bad.

We get to see the ducks in the dam from a distance, and sometimes they take flight. Dexter jumps up on the rocks. Sasha keeps to the ground. She has growth on her foot, which is probably cancer. She has been having various tests. For some reasons the vets were disinclined to decapitate her toe, by removing the top joint.

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