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Welcome to "Man with two dogs" - the family website for dog owners and dog walkers.

This is my countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Courier & Advertiser newspaper.

Archive for February, 2006

Olympic curling competition

Saturday, February 25th, 2006
Weekly

THE OLYMPIC curling competition has had us glued to the TV. Not just because Great Britain is represented by two all-Scottish teams. That must be unique for any sporting event. 

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Walking dogs can be hazardous

Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Weekly

WALKING DOGS can be hazardous – not for me, but for the dogs. More than once I’ve watched Macbeth’s twitching tail advancing down precipitous banks at the Rocks of Solitude near Edzell, in pursuit of particularly seductive scents. One wrong foot and he’d be whirling into certain oblivion on the rocks below, or into the North Esk from which he’d be pulled somewhere about Marykirk.

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Fox in the garden

Saturday, February 11th, 2006
Weekly

IT’S BEEN a week of sightings and sounds which started with the most unexpected sighting of all.Urgent calls from the Doyenne had me cantering to the other end of the house.

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Porridge in a drawer

Saturday, February 4th, 2006
Weekly

JANUARY CAUGHT us on the hop a bit, ending as it did with such a hard, cold snap. I enjoy the clear frosty days; it stirs the blood and it’s how I think winter should be.

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