I don't know what it is like for the rest of the country but in Pembrokeshire it has been raining solidly all night and up until now with no signs of it abating.

I had to laugh this morning. Murray travels on the back seat of my Mondeo with 1 lurcher and the other lurchers are in the boot. Murray goes through this scenario each time we go out in the car:

Stands by car door looking in..
Muggins (me) has to chuck a couple of gravy bones into the far side of car to persuade DH to get in
Eventually or sooner (depending on said mood of the day)DH will make a huge issue of getting front legs onto seat and will stand looking round at me as if to say 'OK what's next? Bear in mind that said DH is 32 inches at shoulder!
I usually have to then 'assist' DH's back half into the car (yes, I know, but by now I am usually late for work/whatever so it is quicker)

Now my lurchers do not mind the rain so when we arrived at our destination for our walk I open car doors and the usual exit of hounds pours out of the car including DH (he never has any trouble getting out!)

But today as it was lashing down he got out not realising that he was going to get soaking wet and before I had chance to shut the back door of the car DH manged to leap (yes - leap!!)
back onto the backseat like a gazelle. Funny how he could suddenly turn from a struggling pathetic eyed hound into a mega athelete just because it was raining

I think that from now on I will stand over DH with a watering can and see if he will be so reluctant to get into the car

Raining, in Pembrokeshire? Are you surprised. I visited Llnlynog one year and it rained so hard for about 3 days a new stream was found in the garden!
I went to Hayscastle this year (nr Fishguard) and guess what ot rained and rained. It always rains in Wales!

Yes been chucking it down here in Hertfordshire too though not that much it is more windy, i:e Gale force! at the moment. Dogs blew round a football field today sorry flew round a football field today! All games cancelled by the council as it is a bit wet out there.

They love Sundays they get all the kids left overs from a roast, mixed in with their tea, so they are sleeping happy and content. Terriers basket is positioned so he can watch TV (oh yes he does) he is watching a wildlife programme on now and I recorded The Dog Whisperer for him yesterday He loves his TV he will be watching Crufts in March too!

Always raining in Wales?? That is so not fair - we did have 3 nice days last week

My dogs also like Sundays as they have sausages for brunch. This morning as it was raining (unusual)I got up, let dogs out, made a cup of tea and went back to bed to listen to Love songs on Radio 2. Ronnie my african grey parrot was saying 'Murray - your'e a naughty boy' and 'for the love of God Murray what have you done now'. I fell asleep and woke up with a deerhound, greyhound and lurcher on my bed all snuggled in to me. How lucky am I?
Dogs helped me clean out the bird room (they only help out so they can get to eat the peanuts that the parrots drop on the floor!

They have had roast pork and veggies mixed in with their supper and are now watching the Dog Whisperer - it certainely is a dogs life in this house

Rain, rain, now is it? I had to laugh at both of your stories. It's been so dry here that my shallow well has gone dry. And this during hurricane season, oh, alright it's nearly over. We do have days of scattered rain, but not nearly as often as we did. I do recall when I visited Scotland in the Spring (middle of May) it rained every day, though it was usually a light one and short, that is til the last few days, when in Edinburgh, it rained more heavily and got cooler.

What you go through getting the dogs into the car sounds familiar. When I mention "let's go for a ride" or car the three get excited, jumping about and out we go (I have learned to pre-open the door, the side one as it's a mini-Van) out and all three jump into it. Err, that is some of the time, other times one goes in the other two run in ever widening circles around it and then jump in, except Tess, the younger, who then has to be helped in. Sometimes, the front and back legs, and sometimes just the back. It's as though she's totally forgotten anything about getting into the van. Fortunately none of them try to drive it yet, as they are training by getting into the drivers seat whenever I get out to refuel, or open a gate, etc. Always something to keep you smiling if not outright laughter.

Sorry Houndy it rains here too, all our football games have had to be cancelled...again 2nd week running, we'll have so many catch up games come April the season ends longer and longer.
Terry, you're making me jealous, how I would love to have dry weather, it makes dog walking so much easier and pleasurable, though I do moan when we have a heatwave as it is just as hard to walk them then!
Also, our locks have just changed, so we have darker evenings, I have to rush home from work, I am lucky I am job and done, just to get the dogs out before the winter night sets in.

Now sun, what does that look like.....

Hi Lurch, it's ok if you don't care about a garden or lawn. We do get to walk in rain sometimes. We usually go out in the mornings,for the cool, except in the late Fall, and it starts being cloudy and then we get a light mist which sometimes gets heavier. Once or twice we've had to walk home in a pouring rain, that's when it's no fun. In the late Spring and Summer til the end of Oct. it's pretty warm so we get or rather I get soaking wet but from a different source. Did I say pretty warm, about mid 70's f. sometimes 78f. warmer than that we don't go. The cooler weather we're having now is so much better and the girls are wilder to go out. Some days it takes about 1/2 to a mile to settle them down, though lately they've gotten better as we work on manners more at the beginning of the walks which are usually for four to five miles as fast as I can go.