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I met my match this week.

I thought I was the champion digger of holes in the lawn. That was till I met Chris the plumber, who came to fix the leaky pipe in the backyard.

This guy would make a family of gophers redundant. Just as well we had a professional digger this week, since I'd injured myself yet again, and been patched up by the kind folk at Mount Mobile Vets. In recovery mode, I watched in awe as Chris burrowed his way deeper than a Labrador on a mission.

The helpful guys from Steve's Plumbing & Gas have been battling with dodgy pipes in the yard, and this week Chris sorted the problem once and for all – but he had to move enough dirt to bury about 50 bones. I was on hand, just in case my predecessors had left any.
Alas, we only found clay and the odd remnant of previous pipe fixing attempts. Never mind, it was inspiring to see a quality tradesman at work, especially down at my level. I showed my appreciation by giving his ears a lick.

The guys from TecSystems came the same day, but a bit harder to keep up with – they headed up the ladder, out of dog slobber range, to sort out the TV aerials; which wasn't nearly as exciting for a bored pooch. But Graeme and the team did a brilliant job of fixing our signal. Now the boss and I can watch Dogs with Jobs and Animal Planet in glorious HD – which the boss says stands for 'Happy Dog” – and maybe 3D if I can get those silly glasses to stay on my head.
Later in the day I had real work to do – test driving the dog wash at Palmer's carpark.

That was very necessary after my backyard antics with Chris the Plumber and all that clay.

At first I thought we were visiting Dr Who in the Tardis, till I realised it was actually a giant canine jacuzzi. Check out the story above, on this cool service.

That's it from me, folks. Till next week, stay warm and keep digging. - Flo.