There was allot of activity on the morning walk today. By Royal Terrace there were about 3 transit vans and lots of people walking around and shouting directions at each other. I had no idea what they were up to, and Tommy was very curious about all these people. He stopped and sniffed through the railings a few times and one man spotted us. He walked through the other entrance and stopped to talk to us.
Tommy was kind of interested in this man who was going to speak to us. He had his head down but was still looking at the man, wagging his tail. The man bent down to stroke him. Tommy started barking.
'He's not the friendliest of Terriers I'm afraid', I apologised 'he's a rescue and can be quite nervous of people, its something we're working on'. I really should have said 'I'm terrified of him biting people, which makes me nervous, which makes him nervous so between the pair of us we're a bit rubbish'. I was thinking of training - keep the lead loose, deep breath, keep calm, nothing is going to happen here.
'Oh that's ok. Look, he is sending out mixed messages!' By this time Tommy had stopped barking and was wagging his tail more and half falling over in a I want you to stroke me but I'm scared kind of way.
'Its unusual to see so many people on our morning walk, what are you up to?'
'Filming the new Ford advert. It's such a great location here' He looked over the Adventure Island and the sea knowingly. 'When we came down to choose the location we had a meal at some Italian over that way' pointing towards Westcliff 'it was lovely.'
'That was probably Mama Mia's'
'Oh, don't mention that! I still get nightmares from working on that film set' - at this point I thought your name dropping.
'Well, must get on' I said politely. '~When will the advert be airing?'
'Soon we hope'
'I'll look out for it'
'Unless you know the interior of the hotel, I'm afraid you wont see much of Southend'.
'That's a shame' I replied.
We carried on our walk. It was nice to chat to the man - I'm still not sure what his job was, but he didn't give me a card to contact him about putting Tommy in the movies! Think we missed our big TV break...
Tommy was kind of interested in this man who was going to speak to us. He had his head down but was still looking at the man, wagging his tail. The man bent down to stroke him. Tommy started barking.
'He's not the friendliest of Terriers I'm afraid', I apologised 'he's a rescue and can be quite nervous of people, its something we're working on'. I really should have said 'I'm terrified of him biting people, which makes me nervous, which makes him nervous so between the pair of us we're a bit rubbish'. I was thinking of training - keep the lead loose, deep breath, keep calm, nothing is going to happen here.
'Oh that's ok. Look, he is sending out mixed messages!' By this time Tommy had stopped barking and was wagging his tail more and half falling over in a I want you to stroke me but I'm scared kind of way.
'Its unusual to see so many people on our morning walk, what are you up to?'
'Filming the new Ford advert. It's such a great location here' He looked over the Adventure Island and the sea knowingly. 'When we came down to choose the location we had a meal at some Italian over that way' pointing towards Westcliff 'it was lovely.'
'That was probably Mama Mia's'
'Oh, don't mention that! I still get nightmares from working on that film set' - at this point I thought your name dropping.
'Well, must get on' I said politely. '~When will the advert be airing?'
'Soon we hope'
'I'll look out for it'
'Unless you know the interior of the hotel, I'm afraid you wont see much of Southend'.
'That's a shame' I replied.
We carried on our walk. It was nice to chat to the man - I'm still not sure what his job was, but he didn't give me a card to contact him about putting Tommy in the movies! Think we missed our big TV break...
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