It’s hard to imagine that this time last week Diogo was in the air making his way from Lima in Peru to Amsterdam. The time has just flown by.

After breakfast and the morning walk I paid a visit to the Pets at Home store.

The main reason I went was to get something for Diogo to chew. That dog is a chewer. Which is a new experience for me because none of my previous dogs or current ones have been. That includes Strider as a puppy too.

If I want a home and no damaged boardgames I needed something he could chew away on.

Whilst looking around the store I picked up a hoodie for Diogo. There were one or two I liked the look of for the longer walks that are a bit more suitable for a UK winter. I’ll make a decision in the next week or so and get one for Diogo and one for Dolly.

I also picked up two dog restraints for the car. Although I have every confidence in the bungee cords I used on Saturday. That was fine for a temporary solution. However I need something that was a bit more suitable for the car and shorter than a full lead. Plus I needed something for Dolly. She is really good in the car. But I should be legal.

The plan is Diogo in the backseat, Dolly in the front. With that in mind I found out how to disable or more correctly switch off the passenger airbag. I didn’t even know that was a thing you could do. But now it’s done.

I also bought a box of 240 strong poo bags. Thin ones are not my favourite. So easy to puncture whilst midst pick up.

Finally what I actually went to the pet store for. I ended up buying four of those bones with stuff in the middle.

As I was paying I got talking to the person serving me. It turns out the other person serving had rescued a dog from Romania. Her dog was called Forest because that’s where they had been found.

Back home I put the new hoodie on Diogo which I really like on him. Dolly will need something for our longer walks but her pug coat is better in this weather than the natural coat that Diogo has.

I did give the bones to each of the dogs. This highlighted an area where Diogo has to learn life is different now.

Diogo was getting very protective of his bone, ie growling. If any of the others got close. Bear in mind this is four dogs and myself on a double bed. Not the biggest space for them to spread out. He also decided he’d had enough of his bone and wanted one of the others. Cue growling again. After an intervention by myself it was all swap around on the bones. But that didn’t stop Diogo. More growling.

There was only one thing to do. I had to take back all the bones and put them out of the way.

I want to put Diogo’s behaviour down to his previous life. Especially the time spent in the rescue home where there was competition for stuff.

Diogo over time will learn life is different here. There is no competition and we are one pack.