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That's right, yes. Thanks Rosie. This has been really helpful.

Great, now can I do a poo? Think you started already, haven't you? Yes, I have.

And I want you to enjoy this, that's the plan.

Hey, how you doing podcasts at a Bucston here?

Well, what a difference one week makes this time last week.

I was stomping through thick snow out here in the East Angle and Countryside,

where I take my walks and record my intros for the podcast.

And of course, usually I'm accompanied by my best dog friend Rosie, a Whippet Poodle Cross.

Last week she was not with me because she wasn't well.

She had a mysterious reaction to, well we don't know what was wrong with her, but she wasn't eating.

And she spent the following week refusing to eat, going in and out of the vet.

They were unable to find anything obviously wrong with her.

But she just didn't want to eat.

It was very distraughting. Eventually we just had to take her back in to the vet.

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