Stabyhoun | Richard Broom Photography

The Whistling Balls

Katy’s favourite balls, wonderfully coloured and they whistle as they fly through the air.

…and a bit of sanity returns to this blog (for the moment at least)

The Whistling Balls - Richard Broom Photography — The Whistling Balls – Richard Broom Photography

The Stream

Water from the stream always tastes better…

The Guilty Dog (previous post)

Here’s the little scoundrel, as ever, looking pleased with herself. No shame!

The dog in shot…

It was going to be a photograph of some interesting shells that were stuck to the rocks on the beach. Then Katy, our dog, stepped into shot. She is no appreciator of my artistic endeavours!

The Stick Wrangler

Katy wrangles a stick in a loch in the Scottish Highlands.

The Dog and the Rabbit Hole

PS: Our dog has never caught a rabbit (and so she ain’t no friend of mine – ha ha ha!)

Our dog, Katy ( fries stabij), searching for tennis balls lost by other people in amongst the rocks on Boyndie Beach, near to Banff, Scotland. Finding tennis balls has become something of an obsession for our dog.

The Rock Dog - Richard Broom Photography — The Rock Dog – Richard Broom Photography

The Bench and the Dog

The Yawn

The Four-Paw-Drive Dog

Katy needs four-paw-drive to get through some of the fast-flowing, mountain-fed, streams here in Scotland…

The dog on the rocks…

Katy enjoying her new home in Scotland. Long walks along the beach overlooking the Moray Firth…

Katy on the rocks - Richard Broom Photography — Katy on the rocks – Richard Broom Photography

My pal now…

Katy, now aged four years…

My pal then….

Katy when she was just a few weeks old…

The Pal…

My pal Katy waiting for me to throw the ball…

The dog on a mission…

The dog with a ball on the beach in Banff…

Katy gets used to having a massive beach to run around on….

The Jumping Dog

I’m back in Holland after a frantic week in London. The dog seems happy to see me!

The Quiet Blog Day…

After a few days of intensive blogging, me and the dog (the dog and I?) have decided to take it easy today….ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Me and the Dog - Richard Broom Photography — Me and the Dog – Richard Broom Photography

The Tuesday Dog

This is Bor, who belongs to our very good and highly attractive friend Marloes (sorry, no image of Marloes (yet)). Bor comes to stay with us on the boat on Tuesdays. Bor is an ageing gentleman with creaky bones but he has a fine spirit and a look of constant bemusement on his face.

The Pooch

Our dog, Katy, who just loves sniffing around in the grass. Katy is a Dutch breed of dog known as Fryske Stabij or Stabyhoun. Dog’s like Katy are meant to be excellent at catching moles and rats. It is fair to say that Katy has never caught anything in her life! It has been said that a Stabyhoun is “not an expert at any particular skill.” That about sums it up and we have a dog with no skills whatsoever unless you consider finding and ripping tissue (especially kitchen paper towels) into a million pieces for no apparent reason to be a skill.