Spud and Ted and their Mum, Bess

   

Bess with a lump of wood in her mouth, waiting for me to throw it.
I've no idea where the boys are!

She’s such a cutie   .

Does she start prodding you if you take to long throwing the stick? Or does she have more patience than my skew   

Bess drops it at your feet or in whatever you're working with - like a flowerpot, bucket or on a plant. Sometimes, she'll put it up on a seat, so that I don't have to bend for it! She whimpers pathetically if you ignore her, this turns into an annoyed yip after a while.
Bess is very good at finding whatever has been thrown, even tiny bits of stick 3" long - and she won't stop running around until she's found it. I deliberately pretend to throw things in one direction but actually throw it the other way. Bess will start running in the direction she thinks I'm aiming for before its thrown. Ted is the opposite, he'll wait until the stick has been thrown and watch to see where it lands before running.
Spud is just hopeless at being a dog.

       

Spud and I went to see the Hollow Tree today. Its been hollow for at least 40 years that I know of but, sadly, it blew down in one of this year's gales. Another beech tree has bitten the dust. 

Did Bess and Ted not get the invitation?

They'll go another day! I've not been walking in the woods in the last few years as there seem to be a number of professional dog walkers who go there with packs of dogs. They can be a bit intimidating to my 3 (and me) so I prefer to walk mine individually so that I always know where they are.