Millie and Smudge get a run out at Instow

Yesterday evening I loaded up the children along with Millie and her daughter, Smudge and headed out to Instow beach. We hit the beach just after 6 pm, so not to busy. I try to avoid the beach when it is busy, as often or not the busy time is at the hottest time of the day and I'm not keen on to many people about either. I go to the beach to walk and give the dogs a good run out, when you got a lot of people about that is harder to do at a good pace.
Then our son, Bert got a phone call from Dad, David home from work and wondering where we were and more importantly, wondering what was for dinner." A few phone calls later we got ourselves a table for eight at The Hunters Inn, Newton Tracey to meet David at and have a bite to eat.
The video is of Millie and her daughter, Smudge, showing at nearly 9 years and and Smudge at 6 years old, they both still love to run. Smudge was spayed earlier this year and she is a chunky type Cavalier, you can though easily feel her ribs, although she may appear to look more covered to the eye. If a dog is really over weight it can easily me seen with the eye, but on the cusp, running the hands over the back of a dog will give you a better idea of their condition. I find spaying older bitches after they have bred, although the coat can become less lustrous, it does seem to help tighten a bitch back up more.
You will hear me in the video comment about a dog barking, as we went along the water line we could here a dog incessantly barking, it would stop for a few seconds and then resume. We eventually passed the source. At first I thought it was someone line fishing on the shore, but as he was hauling his line in I realized it was an extending lead and on the other end was a terrier/pitbull looking dog, who was the dog that had been barking incessantly and was still barking.