The problem of cleaning up muddy Beardie feet is a popular topic of conversation among Beardie owners at this time of year - and Vicky Hassell has come up with the ideal solution....let the Beardie do it himself!

My thanks to her for this  wonderful sequence of pictures showing 18month old Finn (Brambledale Bill Brown) as he fetches his 'foot-bath', fills it with water, stands in it and tips out the water when he has finished....

I don't know whether Finn also washes the feet of his two elderly uncles, 16year-old B.Brigand and 14year-old B.Barley but he is certainly going to be kept busy when his young full-brother (from our current litter) joins the family at the end of the month.