Duke in West Wales Sept 21

September in West Wales is fantastic, such a beautiful place with many many scenic walks. We looked after large boisterous Labradoodle Duke for four weeks during September 2021. Duke had just turned one year old and was still very puppy-like, mouthing, jumping and careering around the garden like a mad dog! He’s quite large almost Shetland horse size but thinks he’s a lapdog and loves a good cuddle.

Unfortunately, the Covid lockdown happened just as his owner had received him, at twelve weeks old. Duke had not been to many puppy training classes, but we did our best to train him while we were there and he’s a very happy dog eager to please. We went out for loads of beach walks nearby and Duke learnt to swim which he adored once he got the hang of it. He had not seen the beach before and loved to roll in the sand and play with other dogs. He adored all the scents on the beach and investigated the flotsam on the beach as well as the jellyfish but seemed to understand it was best not to chew them!

This is a beautiful part of the county and we are blessed to have family nearby too so we were able to see them at the same time which was a bonus. When we left as pre-arranged we dropped Duke at a dog training facility and received some video’s of how well he was doing afterwards which was really great to see, he’s an intelligent dog who really wants to please you.

We thoroughly enjoyed looking after Duke in his farmhouse home which has Shetland ponies and sheep in the nearby fields, we are looking forward to visiting him and his owner again in the near future.