Well. It might be a sign of him growing up but (whisper it) he hasn't had a proper wallow for 
ages so I haven't got any recent muddy pictures to show you. 
Mind you I think the fact we've had a lot of frost and snow has helped quite a lot. I'm sure normal muddiness will be resumed as soon as the rain returns. 
Talking of him growing up.... I've even taken the 'baffler' out of his food bowl as he's slowed down his eating from a strong inhale to a fast scoff  
 
   
 
Still on the subject of growing up. Most times now we have a fantastic recall - even when there are other dogs involved - except for this morning  

 Cue: Me running and shouting his name while he frolicked merrily ignoring me. 
He's training for his good citizen bronze award.  Lets hope there aren't any other dogs around when he's doing it because then he  just wants to partyyyyyyyy!!
Thanks for your nice comments, everyone. We do make a good team, don't we?  
