There is a part of our garden that is forbidden to puppies. It’s not just that it’s planted with the less robust plants, but it also contains a couple which are poisonous to dogs. This area has always been off limits to Harry and is protected by a small fence, but now that Harry is practising for the Olympics, he has started to take great delight in vaulting over the barrier to explore this forbidden land.
On Saturday he was caught in the act. Not only had he trampled on some delicate specimens, and snapped them clean off at the base, but he was just about to decapitate the first shoot on our prized clematis. When challenged he was all, What? Is this not allowed?
A trip to the garden centre for a higher barrier is now on the calendar.