French Horses and Donkeys

When i went to France a few weeks ago, i spent a lot of time taking photos. These are some of the best ones of the donkeys and horses that lived at the side of a road near us. Everytime we took Noki on a walk, we met them. I really liked the colour of the fur on the donkeys so decided i wanted to paint one in watercolours. I painted the second photograph and i was quite pleased with both the photo and painting because i got the light on half the photo/painting and dark on the other. I really enjoyed going to see them everyday and seeing how the background and lighting changed the photo.

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Noki's First Holiday

A week ago my family and i took a holiday to the South of France and since this was our first holiday while having a dog, we decided to take her with us. Noki did not enjoy the two day car journey but soon recovered when she saw the garden. Every day we went on a three hour dog walk and it was so enjoyable to go at different times like the evening or very early. Noki also got a lot of attention from all the people there and she met her first donkey, horse and sheep, which was quite amusing. Because she is still an unreliable puppy, we bought her a 45m lead that we attached to a tree so that she could run around all day. She relished the garden sprinkler and tried to bite the water sprouting out.

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Noki's First Snow

Noki has never seen the snow before and randomly the other day it started to snow. I took advantage and shot a few photos. My camera is broken and won't take nice pictures; this is the best i can do. The snow makes everything so much more beautiful and pristine. The weather lately has been hot one day and cold the other. I love being able to wear everything in my wardrobe. Sadly, the snow only lasted for the morning and was gone by the end of the day but it was entirely mesmerising. Noki loved to smell around and kick it.

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Disposable Dog

Again, a disposable post! I wanted to do a post about my puppy and the best pictures were disposables so here they are. During the time i have this blog, i have a feeling that i am going to get quite a few questions on my dog. 

Noki is a Japanese Shiba Inu. Her name is short for Mononoke, which means spirits in Japanese. She is three months old and will grow just a bit larger than a spaniel. The breed are very rare and everyone in the streets runs up to her and calls her a fox, a cat or Basil Brush. When people say she looks like a Corgi i get very offended. She is basically a miniature Akita or Husky and she even has a curly tail too. 

Noki is the most well behaved puppy i have ever met...can i say that even though she is mine? Within her first week she was extremely comfortable with us and knew sit, stay and come. Now she is fully trained on and off the lead, can do paw and lie. I have two cats and she gets along perfectly with them. Her and the youngest one play and chase each other. At nine in the evening, Noki goes bonkers and runs all the way up and all the way down the garden ten times then suddenly stops and makes the funniest sounds. 

Before getting her i researched for a long time about Shiba's and they have always been my favourite dog and my family all decided that Shiba's were the best fit for us. It took me over three years to persuade my parents. Would you like a post on persuading your parents to get a dog?