Over The Hills and Far Away

I would love you all the day.
Ev'ry night would kiss and play,
If with me you'd fondly stray
Over the hills and far away.

 

 

This is not the version of the rhyme that I know but having found it, and with Valentine's Day approaching, it seems more appropriate than the piper's son who can only play "over the hills and far away".

 

Digressing even further from the point of this post....

I played the recorder as a youngster and my Grandad always asked if I could play "Over the Hills and Far Away" :)

 

The first time we let the pups off leash in the big wide world, we were in Brockadale Woods.

As we followed the track through the woods all was fine. The pups did not stray far from us. However, we turned up a wide, grassy avenue between fir trees and they were off! Quite literally "over the hill and far away".

Some dogs have no fear but, generally speaking, a pup will turn back to its owner before disappearing. With two pups, they take confidence from each other. Luckily for us, a man was walking towards us. We couldn't see him but the sight of him stopped the pups in their tracks and they fled back to us.

 

We didn't chase them because humans have a big secret that they must never reveal to their dogs.

We can't catch them.

Once dogs learn this secret all is lost because chase will become a game that they know they can win.

 

Amber is pretty good at recall, it is a little more hit and miss with Molly but together they are getting better. As you can see from the photo at the top, we can now let them run free in the fields and they will return to us.

 

I have  tried to show them close up. It's not a great photo but I like it.