Carol, surely there are endless possibilities with this... You will have to coordinate your practice sessions.

Penny, I have a dog that in the main "goes" where she is permitted to - on the path round the back of the house which is rarely used and is easy to clear and sluice down with the good ol' Jeyes. Then my mum comes to stay with her dog that is used to grass and, if the gate to the main garden is open, takes every opportunity to use my little lawn. Even this I can excuse because of what the dog is accustomed to, and also an open gate is my own fault. What gets me is my own dog's blatant use of the lawn afterwards, on the principle of, "If she can, why can't I?"

Back to Spring: forget the snow: it's pi -(sorry)- raining now, and it looks fairly well set in for the morning. Yet another day when the veg patch won't get dug over!

Andrea