An unexpected bath..........!

I've been getting on a lot better with Sophie this week, after all we've spent a lot of time with her and she's been really good fun.

So, yesterday when we were all out on our morning walk she told me she knew a really good place to go and explore and I should go with her, so I did.

Now, this was away from Mum and over the hill and I couldn't see my Mum once we got there but Sophie said it would be OK 'cos she knew where Mum was and would be able to take us back after we'd looked around.

I'd never been up there before and our Brandy hadn't come with us so this was the first time I'd been with Sophie on my own. Anyway, we had a good sniff around all the nooks and crannies up there 'cos we could smell something close by.

Then we found it - it was all smelly and gooey and I just couldn't help myself, I had to roll in it. I never stopped to think whether Mum would mind, it was good fun. Sophie just stood by and watched me. After a few minutes I heard Mum calling me & Sophie and we both ran back really quickly because if we go to Mum when she calls us we get a biscuit.

Only, when I got back to Mum she didn't look very happy and she shouted at me and I didn't know what I'd done wrong because I'd run back when she called me. She put me on my lead and made me walk behind her all the way home.

When we got home she made me stay outside and wouldn't let me in with the others and I didn't know why. But the door was open and I could hear her talking to Aunty Lucy and she seemed to keep saying things about me being covered in something really smelly, and Fox poo was mentioned a few times, and that it was everywhere, even in my ears.

Next thing I knew I was being marched straight through the room to where the bath is and I was dumped in the bath and made to stand there for ages while Mum poured water all over me from the shower. Then, as if that's not bad enough, I also got shampoo'ed, then showered down again, and then she did it again.

When Mum seemed to think I was wet enough she wrapped me in a big towel and took me outside. She wasn't happy.

I looked across at Sophie to see if she knew what I'd done wrong and I'm sure she was laughing at me. I think she's done this before and knew what would happen to me if she took me up there. Just as I was getting to like her too!