You don't see this in Kensington Gardens

What a morning, we have had! I loved my trips to Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens because they were snacktastic and we often met friends there.

Now our walks are very different; we don't know ANYONE and the snacks just aren't as great. Well, we do know some people - the hardy dog walkers that the Mistress likes to pass the time of day with. But it's not the same.

But today I could have had the mother of all snacks. We were walking along the River - Thames, of course! - and I spotted something I really wanted to eat. Oh yes!

I kept trying to home in on the snack, while the Mistress tried to tempt me away with Pure Incentives (yes, they are an incentive but not when competing againts a bigger snack!). She kept trying to drag me away...until she too saw the snack. But her reaction was VERY different.

What she saw made her phone her other half to find out what we should do...because the snack was nothing other than... a baby calf! Imagine! Now don't get moralistic on me, I know you all enjoy a hamburger and a cheese sarnie! Oh yes.

The calf was stuck in a ditch by a footbridge. Of course, her other half didn't know what to do either but the Mistress told him to get the RSPCA details.

In the meantime, we saw some of those hardy dog folk approaching and it turns out the Mistress knew them and so she asked them what to do. Turns out they also had the landowner's number but they had no phone; the Mistress obliged and to cut a long story short, the calf will be rescued.

I think the Mistress - when she looked into that baby calf's eyes - had a moment of extreme guilt! Oh yes. I think she may well be thinking along those vegan lines. Oh no!!!

Anyway, I know she won't deprive me of my liver treats and beef jerky. So, that was my good deed for the day; apparently the calf would not have survived for very long but now it will. For how long, I can't say...you know what I mean!! Who knows what fate faces that calf!

So, I am SO missing the Serpentine and the snacks but this gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside - even the dog people said I had done a good thing by spotting it.

I am just looking forward to the big present the Mistress is going to buy me as a reward, which she'll have to do, won't she? Won't she?

Woof Woof