Post Holiday Blues...

Do you have post Easter Holiday blues?....

Cooper certainly does!

Whilst Jase and I were holidaying with my family over the Easter Break in the Gold Coast, Cooper was having a holiday of his own. For the first time since we’ve had Coop, we left him for more than one night. We took him to stay with Jacqui, Steve and their one-year-old golden retriever, JJ. I met Jacqui through our breeders and she is just like me – obsessed with dogs! So I knew Cooper would be in good hands.

When I dropped Cooper at Jacqui and Steve’s place, I felt like a mother dropping my child off to his first day at school – Cooper wasn’t interested in saying goodbye, he was too preoccupied with his new best friend JJ!! I have to admit, I felt a bit sad but at the same time I knew he was going to have the best time. And I was right!

Jacqui and her family took all the dogs (JJ, Cooper and her parent’s Golden – Busta) to their family holiday house down the coast of Victoria to spend their Easter break by the beach.

Jacqui and Steve kept Jase and I up to date the whole time. She sent us photos and text messages everyday.

Busta is quite a bit older than Cooper and JJ so he wasn’t as interested in playing as roughly as those two. By the sounds of it, Cooper and JJ were go go go most of the time. Jacqui mentioned there were a couple of times where Busta put Cooper in his place and told him off. She warned me that Coop got a few little battle wounds from his encounters with Busta. I actually think it is a good thing because as I mentioned in my previous post Cooper sometimes gets over excited with other dogs. There is nothing better then a dog learning from its pack. Cooper knew pretty fast that he was at the bottom of this pack and he didn't try it again with Busta. Being a part of the pack was a really good thing for Coop – according to Jacqui, he was also more trustworthy off lead because he just followed JJ and Busta.

It was late at night when Jase and I picked Cooper up from Jacqui and Steve’s house but Cooper and JJ were still wrestling around. 

When we got home, it was seriously as though Cooper was depressed. He was not very excited to us at all!

The next morning, once the exhaustion wore off, we got our big Cooper cuddles and kisses and we couldn’t be happier to have him home!

Thanks Jacqui, Steve and JJ for giving Cooper such an awesome holiday!!

We are so lucky that we have found people like Jacqui and Steve to look after Cooper when we go away. It sure beats sending him to a kennel. Do you have someone like Jacqui and Steve to look after your dog when you go on holidays?