Talking to the mum of a 3 yr old in the nursery (only part of the school still open) her daughter although fascinated by Bowyer was obviously very fearful. We stood at a distance with a picket fence between us chatting to mum, over 5/10 minutes approaching the fence slowly Mum tickled Bow between the fence encouraging her daughter to do so, to no avail. Turning Bow around I asked mum to scratch his back end which she did and her daughter followed suit. Bow laid in front of the fence as we chatted and with no coaxing at all her daughter reached through the fence to stroke Bowyer. At a distance we accompanied them back to the car and waved them off, happy to meet them again Monday to continue to help.
Is the nursery next door to the Birmingham training ground then?
Mum tickled Bow between the fence encouraging her daughter to do so, to no avail. Turning Bow around I asked mum to scratch his back end which she did and her daughter followed suit. Bow laid in front of the fence as we chatted and with no coaxing at all her daughter reached through the fence to stroke Bowyer.
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Meet Therapy dog “Bowyer” along with JJ, Bailey and Valli with our Granddaughter #Therapydogs #Workingwithchildren
Still isolating with covid and feeling rough, when I had a delivery of handmade chocolates from 'Sylvia and Terry' chocolate shop in Dymchurch. My brother in Leeds sent them to cheer me up. Absolutely gorgeous and I can actually taste them!
Talking to the mum of a 3 yr old in the nursery (only part of the school still open) her daughter although fascinated by Bowyer was obviously very fearful. We stood at a distance with a picket fence between us chatting to mum, over 5/10 minutes approaching the fence slowly Mum tickled Bow between the fence encouraging her daughter to do so, to no avail. Turning Bow around I asked mum to scratch his back end which she did and her daughter followed suit. Bow laid in front of the fence as we chatted and with no coaxing at all her daughter reached through the fence to stroke Bowyer. At a distance we accompanied them back to the car and waved them off, happy to meet them again Monday to continue to help.
Is the nursery next door to the Birmingham training ground then?
Mum tickled Bow between the fence encouraging her daughter to do so, to no avail. Turning Bow around I asked mum to scratch his back end which she did and her daughter followed suit. Bow laid in front of the fence as we chatted and with no coaxing at all her daughter reached through the fence to stroke Bowyer.
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Meet Therapy dog “Bowyer” along with JJ, Bailey and Valli with our Granddaughter #Therapydogs #Workingwithchildren
Have followed your therapy work on here for a while, it’s brilliant, I didn’t mean any malice, just had a very vivid mental image that tickled me! It was @jimmymelrose fault!
Talking to the mum of a 3 yr old in the nursery (only part of the school still open) her daughter although fascinated by Bowyer was obviously very fearful. We stood at a distance with a picket fence between us chatting to mum, over 5/10 minutes approaching the fence slowly Mum tickled Bow between the fence encouraging her daughter to do so, to no avail. Turning Bow around I asked mum to scratch his back end which she did and her daughter followed suit. Bow laid in front of the fence as we chatted and with no coaxing at all her daughter reached through the fence to stroke Bowyer. At a distance we accompanied them back to the car and waved them off, happy to meet them again Monday to continue to help.
Is the nursery next door to the Birmingham training ground then?
Mum tickled Bow between the fence encouraging her daughter to do so, to no avail. Turning Bow around I asked mum to scratch his back end which she did and her daughter followed suit. Bow laid in front of the fence as we chatted and with no coaxing at all her daughter reached through the fence to stroke Bowyer.
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Meet Therapy dog “Bowyer” along with JJ, Bailey and Valli with our Granddaughter #Therapydogs #Workingwithchildren
Have followed your therapy work on here for a while, it’s brilliant, I didn’t mean any malice, just had a very vivid mental image that tickled me! It was @jimmymelrose fault!
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No worries, I dropped the photo because I’m aware some folk have little interest and may not be aware of the context the name “Bowyer” was being used. Sometimes I’m guilty of assuming everyone knows what we do, not only here but in the communities we try to visit it’s also something I’m very protective of purely because of the hard work that’s gone into building relationships with schools and care homes that could stop because someone in high places decides they don’t like our dogs.
Lost my wallet on Tuesday with cards, driving licence etc, cash. Somebody made the effort to post it to me fully in tact - there are still good people in the world.
Lost my wallet on Tuesday with cards, driving licence etc, cash. Somebody made the effort to post it to me fully in tact - there are still good people in the world.
Lost my wallet on Tuesday with cards, driving licence etc, cash. Somebody made the effort to post it to me fully in tact - there are still good people in the world.
Being in Wigton in Scotland yesterday and there was a Brittany flag flying outside a building, my brother in law said I wonder what flag is there. I replied it was Brittany and my daughter didn’t believe me, so I said for her to google it and she said it was and it must be something to do with football, thanks Yann.
My youngest is autistic, and she has a lot of trouble with new things.
Booked her into a summer activity camp for 3 days this week, was pretty certain she wouldn't go but wanted to try to let her go with her older sister.
She's gone all 3 days, and she's absolutely loved it (and is gutted she's not there on Friday!). It's been so nice to see her so enthusiastic about something rather than her anxiety holding her back.
Lost my wallet on Tuesday with cards, driving licence etc, cash. Somebody made the effort to post it to me fully in tact - there are still good people in the world.
You've probably paid for the postage though.
Nope, whoever it was did - £1.83...
That sounds like Second Class post.
Should have done Signed For 1st Class ... otherwise the wallet might have gone missing.
My youngest is autistic, and she has a lot of trouble with new things.
Booked her into a summer activity camp for 3 days this week, was pretty certain she wouldn't go but wanted to try to let her go with her older sister.
She's gone all 3 days, and she's absolutely loved it (and is gutted she's not there on Friday!). It's been so nice to see her so enthusiastic about something rather than her anxiety holding her back.
This is awesome!!
My Son has always really struggled socially and we’re convinced he’s on the spectrum - this year he started Beavers and we had exactly the same fears, and the same outcome. What an amazing feeling seeing your kids overcome their fears and enjoy something!
Our Granddaughter Millie sleeping over came to the fields to exercise the seniors, we had some fun on the playground rides at the same time as watching the dogs stretch their legs.
My daughter forwarded a copy of an email today sent to the organiser of a recent squash competition from the father of a boy called Jake about his encounter with my 10 year old grandson Leo.
Extract below made me glow.
"It was the first time Jake had played in a formal setting and it could have been quite an overwhelming experience for him. ........overall he enjoyed his day and had a positive experience.
In particular I wanted to highlight some sportsmanship by a couple of the players present. Jake played Leo in his second game and I thought his sportsmanship was outstanding. He took time to find Jake and warm up with him and also explained some of the rules and scoring Jake wasn't familiar with. On Leo winning the game Leo was thoughtful enough to tell Jake how well he had played and to wish him luck. I thought Leo was an example of everything positive about sport and a credit his club and family."
I was there at the time and just to elaborate, poor Jake had tears in his eyes as he hardly scored a point. So what his father saw was the the empathy a 10 year old showed going out of his way to console poor Jake in some obvious distress.
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Looking forward to meeting up at the quarterly dinner.
Just seems right.
Two large round shortbread biscuits held together with passion fruit cream. Divine.
Happy KB’slittlesis 😁
Booked her into a summer activity camp for 3 days this week, was pretty certain she wouldn't go but wanted to try to let her go with her older sister.
She's gone all 3 days, and she's absolutely loved it (and is gutted she's not there on Friday!). It's been so nice to see her so enthusiastic about something rather than her anxiety holding her back.
Should have done Signed For 1st Class ... otherwise the wallet might have gone missing.
(This could run and run)
”My desire is always to be found at Valley Floyd Road”
Love is the answer.
Extract below made me glow.
"It was the first time Jake had played in a formal setting and it could have been quite an overwhelming experience for him. ........overall he enjoyed his day and had a positive experience.
In particular I wanted to highlight some sportsmanship by a couple of the players present.
Jake played Leo in his second game and I thought his sportsmanship was outstanding. He took time to find Jake and warm up with him and also explained some of the rules and scoring Jake wasn't familiar with. On Leo winning the game Leo was thoughtful enough to tell Jake how well he had played and to wish him luck. I thought Leo was an example of everything positive about sport and a credit his club and family."
I was there at the time and just to elaborate, poor Jake had tears in his eyes as he hardly scored a point. So what his father saw was the the empathy a 10 year old showed going out of his way to console poor Jake in some obvious distress.