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This morning Wiggle and I went on our first visit as Pets As Therapy volunteers.

We visited a care home for elderly residents and Wiggle was a Very Good Boy.  He met some residents in the lounge and some in their rooms and shared his affection with everyone he met.  The residents were all very pleased to see him and it was lovely to see them smile as they stroked Wiggle and he wagged with pleasure.

The home also cares for residents who have dementia but of course Wiggle doesn't know that, he just enjoyed having them stroke him.

Wiggle made me proud, being the kind, gentle boy that he is and we are looking forward to visiting again in a couple of weeks.

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Wiggle has been back at the vets this evening to check on his poorly eye.  The corneal ulcer is still there so Malcolm the vet once again used some local anaesthetic and then gently manipulated the ulcer with a cotton but to try and dissipate it.  Wiggle will carry on with the eye drops for another week and as usual, was a Very Good Boy.

After he had been seen, he stopped off for some treats before we came home.

So having been such a Good Boy, Wiggle spent some quality time, resting on the sofa:

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Since the clocks changed to British Summer Time at the weekend we've been enjoying the lighter evenings with walks in the fields.

Wiggle likes to walk ahead:

While Sofy always stays closer to me, in case I want to give her a treat:

The sheep across the road from us have been busy giving birth to their little lambs, so I stopped to watch them for a while:

Wiggle wasn't watching sheeps though - he was enjoying the lovely evening:

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This weekend Wiggle and Sofy have been very happy to be reunited with their garden as the winter fence came down.  After the grass had been cut, they spent some time laying around, playing with toys:

Wiggle chose one of his bones:

While Sofy chewed on the rubbery toy because she likes the squeak in the middle:

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This evening Wiggle and Sofy went to the vet as Sofy was due her booster and Wiggle has had a poorly eye.

Apart from Sofy barking a few times, they both waited patiently to be seen:

In the consulting room, Sofy tried to hide behind Wiggle:

Sofy was fine and had her injection and then it was Wiggle's turn to check his eye.  He had some anaesthetic and then dye put in so that Malcolm could get a better look.

Wiggle has a corneal ulcer so now has eye drops and is having Metacam to help with any inflammation.

He's ok in himself and was happy to stop at Maud Heath on the way back:

Sofy was just glad that she didn't have anything more than her injection!

Wiggle will go back in a week to check on his progress.

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Another day of sunshine and showers but we were lucky this morning and had sun when we stopped at Maud Heath:

Wiggle, just being handsome:

Sunny Sofy, ready to play:

Wiggle - action shot:

Sofy's action shot - less flattering:

More ball games:

Wiggle was being very nice to Sofy and letting her get the ball:

Wiggle, King of the Hill:

Sofy had a spring in her step:

Wiggle got the ball but Sofy tried to make a grab for it:

Sofy gave up on the ball while Wiggle kept running:

Wiggle carried on running by himself, enjoying running free in the sunshine:

And before we headed back to the car, stopping to take in the view and feel the wind through his fur:

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Since being accepted to become a visiting dog for Pets As Therapy, we've been in touch with co-ordinators to find an establishment that would like to have Wiggle visit.

In the meantime, Wiggle has been modelling his new uniform: