Glow in the Dark!

I hate this time of year with the short days and having to rush home from work to walk the dogs before it gets dark. Most days I can get home in time to walk them by 3.30pm when it is still light but occasionally we have to venture out in the dark. Not too bad because I go to the golf course and they get to run about on the course and we rarely meet anyone so they have a ball.

Last Friday, however, I ended up walking them in the dark. Given the colour of Barney and Pebbles (black!) it is very hard to see them in the dark! Therefore, I have had to invest in glowing collars and little lights that hang from their collars, so that I can see them! They are prone to running into the woods, always coming back, but it gives me peace of mind knowing where they are as I see the little lights bob back and forwards in the distance. I thought I would take a picture on this walk to show you what I mean!!!!

Barney and Pebbles in the Dark!

Of course, it is not only the 2 dogs that are lit up like Christmas trees! I wear my head torch so I can see where I am going!

Me in the Dark!

While on this walk I was going to let Barney and Pebbles play their weekly fetch game with the ball but alas I could not see the ball. For Pebbles who brings the ball back faithfully this would not be a problem. Barney, however, likes you to chase him when he has the ball or he might decide to randomly drop the ball whenever he gets a good sniff, maybe in the trees, or last week it was dropped in the small stream! Not so easy to know where the ball is!!! Therefore, I decided to buy some glow in the dark balls!!

Now these are hilarious and I hope to get some pictures of them in action next week. There is one red ball and one blue ball. They are brilliant! It is so funny to see the balls hover around in the dark and together with the blue and red lights on the dogs collars we must look like a mini light show!! It made me laugh that is for sure!