Day 264 of Ania's Diary.

Ania is not having a good day. The walks have been extra short as I am still in a  lot of discomfort.
The weather is dull, dreary and cool but Ania seems exhausted and her breathing is far from good. A friend came around this morning and Ania was still full of enthusiasm and pleased to see her.
Even when I cut up the beef at lunchtime and got the chicken out for the dogs dinner Ania was not interested.
We have had one good week and now it looks as if we are going downhill again.
Fudge has been very good lately, he only comes off his lead once a day and early morning. I let him off his lead and he was gone, straight across the field and up on the road. There was no way he was coming back and I think he got the smell of a cat. He came back to me about 5 minutes later but I dare not tell him off as he will be too afraid to come back.
For the past few months I have been walking with other people in the morning and it has kept Fudge with me but the past couple of weeks I seem to be on my own and he is beginning to wander.
This is such a worry as he has been good for so long.

I do tell people not to wait for me because Ania is slow and we like to stop for her to catch her breath. I would rather that they did this than avoid us.I fully appreciate that people are in a hurry these days, at one time I was too and people do lead busy lives.