I thought we lost our dog today!

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I had a perfect day out with my wonderful husband and teenagers today. However, it was almost a disaster. We were walking in the woods and our cocker spaniel got thirsty so wanted to go to the stream for a drink. Unfortunately, the bank on our side was 3/4 feet high mostly where we were. He decided to slide down the bank to get his drink but how were we going to get him back up again? Imagine the scene: high bank, trees, brambles, mud, fence with stile, family sitting having a rest on stile! dog running up and down on far bank not being able to see way back. No end in sight in either direction! So, I had to save the day. Over the stile, to edge of bank by tree almost in stream with exposed roots that had gathered debris. Luckily there was also a bit of a dam there with stones and there has not been much rain lately or I think it would have been too deep for him. So I had to call Merlin to come back to our side across the quite fast flowing stream to a part of the bank that he could not actually climb up and trust me to help him (via his collar - whilst clinging to a tree!) back up the steep bank. Whew, it could have been a long annoying day if he had not been brave and trusted me. Or just decided to run off. Alls well that ends well. I thought you would prefer to know at the start that this had a happy ending.