Fine dining in Lincoln yesterday but a pub meal today. We went to the King’s Head in Tealby, reputedly the oldest pub in Lincolnshire. It’s a very English country pub with thatched roof, beams and cosy bars. It’s also dog friendly so Rick was able to join our party. It was busy and buzzy and the food was good. We had a table in the corner of the snug and I wrapped his lead around the table leg. He was as good as gold and just wagged his tail at the other dogs in the bar.
Unfortunately he wasn’t so well behaved on the journey home. Somehow he broke out of his crate in the boot of the car and attempted to clamber over the rear seat, barking manically at all the passing traffic. I think I need to reinforce his crate with steel bars!
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Tomorrow is Kat’s birthday. She has requested boeuf bourguignon for dinner and another fruit prosecco jelly. I shall need to get my chef’s hat back on.
When my Bounce rides in the car I don't use a crate, I bought a special dog leash that is very short and has one end that goes in the seat belt lock. So he can't leave the seat. That pub you visited looks very appealing.
ReplyDeleteWe use the crate with the blinds down because Rick gets over excited when he sees other traffic. He has been out a couple of times with Paul fixed to the front seat with his leash and been quite good.
DeleteYou are lucky he was well behaved in the pub with other dogs there, he is obviously growing up well. I wouldn't go in a dog pub.
ReplyDeleteThey only allow dogs in the public bar.
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DeleteThat's no way to talk about Lincolnshire women!
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DeleteI don't think any of my dogs are well behaved enough to go into a pub! My fault, I'm sure. I have trouble being firm with them!
ReplyDeleteHe's usually a good boy with other dogs. It's just moving vehicles and bikes that he likes to chase.
DeleteHow are his language skills coming along? Picking up any Dog-English yet?
ReplyDeleteHe's almost fully bi-lingual now.
DeleteTealby is a lovely village isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI never put Tess in her crate in the car. She has a special blanket for the back seat and never gets off. \you might try it = you never know, he might surprise you.
We have tried everything but he just gets totally over excited. Eventually calms down on long journeys and is always eager to get into his crate. He was probably just desperate to join the girls on the back seat.
DeleteJust love that pub. Happy birthday to Kat - a good day....
ReplyDeleteIt had a lovely atmosphere inside.
DeleteI love the way you can take your dogs everywhere in the UK and they all usually well behaved. We aren't allowed to take ours anywhere here but they have to be restrained by a doggy seat belt in the car.
ReplyDeleteI can remember how hard it was without a car when we were looking after Sarah's Buddy in Sydney, we couldn't take him on buses or trains and many beaches and parks were 'no dogs'.
DeleteJust finished a Boeuf Bourguignon here.... lovely. Bok loves barking at other dogs when he's in the car. My people's last home in Sussex looked like your pub!
ReplyDeleteWe're going to have the beef with an English twist - served with puff pastry!
DeleteYou should have given Rick more lunch then he would have snuggled down!
ReplyDeleteYou know Rick better than that!
DeleteWe have been very lucky with our schnauzer....he travels quietly in his little car crate ( metal bars! ) in the back of my car looking out at the view. He is well behaved in pubs/eating places, just stands watching everything. He has been taken to pubs from an early age and I believe his first long car journey was aged about 3 weeks, when the breeder had to take him and his siblings and Mum on quite a long trip as she couldn't leave them behind ! xx
ReplyDeleteIt would be lovely if Rick could enjoy the ride without getting so hysterical.
DeleteBad boy Rick! Smack! Smack! No bones today for you my lad!
ReplyDeleteOh and Happy Birthday to Kat! Have a break! Have a Kit Kat!
DeleteKat says thank you.
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