Settling Into Life With A New Puppy In Our Cottage - Isle Of Skye, Scottish Highlands Ep54

Summary

Willie and Sarah are a musician and artist living in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands with their dogs Jack and puppy Nori. They take Nori to the vet for his vaccination and make Scottish stovies. Sarah gets a massage while Willie watches the dogs. They work on training Nori, fixing their bin fence, and going on walks. The video shows their life escaping suburbia for a remote cottage, adjusting to puppy chaos, creating art, doing home repairs, and exploring the Scottish wilderness.

Takeaways

• 😀 Willie and Sarah are a musician and artist couple who live in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands
• 👪 They recently got a new puppy named Nori to join their family along with their dog Jack Spaniel
• 🐶 Nori goes to the vet for his vaccinations and behaves well on his first vet visit
• 🍲 Sarah makes a hearty Scottish dish called stovies while Willie watches the dogs
• 💆 Sarah gets a massage for her birthday while Willie watches the dogs again
• 🔨 Willie does some repairs on their property's fence and gate
• 🚗 They take Nori on car rides and walks to get him used to a leash
• 🌞 On a sunny day, Sarah works on leash training with Nori
• 🐕 Willie takes Jack for a long walk while Sarah trains with Nori
• 🙏 They thank viewers for watching and ask them to like, comment, subscribe and support their channel

Q & A

What kind of dogs do Willie and Sarah have?

They have two Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers named Jack Spaniels and Nori.

Where do Willie and Sarah live?

They live in a nearly 200 year old cottage on the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands.

What was Nori's first trip outside the cottage?

Nori's first trip outside the cottage was to the vet to get his vaccinations.

What food does Sarah make in the video?

Sarah makes a Scottish dish called stovies, made with sausage, onions, potatoes, corned beef and gravy.

What toy does Willie give the dogs to distract them?

Willie gives the dogs Kong toys filled with peanut butter to keep them occupied.

What repairs does Willie do around the cottage?

Willie repairs a wooden fence around their bins that was getting damaged by a swinging metal gate.

How does Sarah train Nori on his lead?

Sarah puts Nori's collar and lead on and walks him around the house, using treats to reward and encourage him.

What is significant about Nori's upcoming one week milestone?

After one more week, Nori's vaccinations will fully kick in, allowing him to explore outside the cottage boundaries safely.

What do Willie and Sarah ask viewers to do if they enjoyed the video?

They ask viewers to like, comment, subscribe, or support them on Patreon or buy them coffee.

What do they say at the end about next week's video?

They say to tune in next week to see what they'll be up to.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introducing the hosts and their new puppy Nori

Willie and Sarah introduce themselves and their dogs. They have recently gotten a new puppy named Nori who will be settling into life on the Isle of Skye. Nori is going to the vet for the first time and they wonder if he will handle it better than their older dog Jack.

05:01

👩‍🍳 Sarah makes a hearty Scottish dish while Willie watches the dogs

While Willie takes care of the energetic puppies at home, Sarah goes out to buy groceries and make a traditional Scottish comfort food dish called stovies. It involves cooking potatoes, onions, corn beef and sausages into a hearty hash.

10:01

😌 Sarah takes some time off for a relaxing massage

On their day off, Sarah goes out for a massage while Willie looks after the dogs. She talks about needing some time to herself and heads to a massage therapist on the Isle of Skye for a peaceful, relaxing experience.

15:02

🔨 Willie makes some quick repairs around the property

Willie does some repairs on a fence around their trash bins which was getting damaged. He installs a new post to prevent the metal gate from swinging open and hitting the wooden fence boards.

20:03

🐶 Training the puppy Nori to walk on a leash

On a nice sunny day, Sarah works on leash training with Nori. She gets him used to wearing a collar and lead and practices having him follow along and respond to commands while walking outside.

25:04

😀 Thanking viewers and wrapping up the video

Willie and Sarah thank the viewers for watching. They invite them to like, comment or subscribe if they enjoyed it and let them know how they can further support their channel on Patreon or buy them coffee.

Keywords

💡Cottage

The couple lives in a nearly 200 year old cottage on the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands. The cottage is central to their lifestyle and many activities shown in the video.

💡Puppies

They have two dogs - an older dog named Jack Spaniel and a new puppy named Nori. Much of the video shows them taking care of the puppy, including a trip to the vet.

💡Scotland

The video has a strong Scottish theme, from the location on the Isle of Skye to the Scottish comfort food they make to typical Scottish weather talked about.

💡Outdoors

Being immersed in nature is key to their lifestyle, from long outdoor walks to dealing with high winds and sideways rain battering their cottage.

💡Repairs

Will carries out essential repairs on their property, fixing a fence around their bins that was damaged by a swinging farm gate.

💡Dogs

Their two dogs feature prominently throughout, from going to the vet, chewing toys, playing, and going on walks.

💡Food

Sarah cooks some hearty Scottish comfort food called stovies, made from sausages, onions, potatoes and stock.

💡Relaxation

Sarah highlights the need to relax amidst the puppy chaos, going for a massage while Will watches the dogs.

💡Farm

They live on an old farm, as shown by the farmer's gate and track near their cottage that Will fixes.

💡Adventure

They have an adventurous free-spirited lifestyle, escaping suburbia to live full-time in the Scottish Highlands.

Highlights

Nori's first trip to the vet was a success. He didn't whine much inside the vet. He was really well behaved.

I'm making stovies, a Scottish classic comfort food usually made with leftovers. It's hearty and delicious.

Cooking with puppies is challenging! Nori tries to get into everything while I'm cooking.

Stovies is always plural, never called stovie. If you ask for 'a stovie' in Scotland you'll get strange looks!

I escaped the puppy chaos for a massage at the lovely dun vegan retreat on Skye. So relaxing!

The weather's been awful. We're allowed to complain about that in Scotland!

I did some essential repairs on our bin fence before the year's end. It won't last long but every bit helps.

We're a week away from Nori being allowed outside the cottage boundaries when his vaccinations kick in.

I practiced walking Nori on his lead on a calm sunny day. He's getting the hang of it!

The Kong toys with peanut butter are successfully distracting Nori from attacking cardboard boxes!

Leaving suburban life to live on the Isle of Skye in a 200 year old cottage with our dogs has been an adventure.

New puppy Nori met the vet for his vaccinations. He was well behaved, unlike our other dog Jack!

Homemade Scottish stovies, like corned beef hash, is perfect comfort food for cold rainy days here.

It's nice to escape the puppy chaos and get a massage. Important to take time for yourself.

Practiced walking Nori on his lead. He's getting the hang of it before he's allowed outside.

Transcripts

hi folks thanks for joining us on this

video if you're new here I'm Willie and

I'm Sarah we're a musician and artist

who escaped Suburbia and now live in a

nearly 200y old Cottage on the Isle of

sky in the Scottish Highlands with our

dogs Jack spaniels and the newest member

of our clan puppy Nori this week we work

on getting Nori settled into his new

life here on Sky including his first

trip to the vets Jack spaniels

absolutely hates going to the vet but

will NY be the same or will he take it

in his little puppy stride plus I get a

much needed rest bite from the puppy

chaos while I rustle up some hearty

Scottish comfort food in the skylie

kitchen and later on carry out some

essential repairs join us as we

continue the

sky it's with rain but no he is not no

he's not he's not prepared to can you go

with us Mister we've come to the it's

nory's inoculation final day last

vaccination P or Jags as they say in

Scotland yeah he's go to get his Jags

last one and then two weeks and he's

free freedom I guess it's a good thing

he's not doing a Whittle in the back of

the Landy but he does it enough in the

house well you'll do it you'll just do

it in the vet instead yeah right

whittles Wiles Mister Wiles Wiles I

don't think he's going

to

as I said in the intro Jack spaniels

really doesn't like going to the vets

but early signs are good that Nori

doesn't have that same

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fear well that was his first time in the

vet he doesn't like being in the back of

the Landover by himself yeah he's making

more of now then he did inside the vet

he was perfectly good in the vet he was

really well behaved in the vet but now

he's uh he's not too keen on being in

the crate in the back of the Land Rover

but I'll just get him home now quickly

and then play with the two dogs till you

get back yep I've got to go do the food

shop I'll get going I'll get going yeah

get him home get playing yeah let's do

that sar's shopping for food and I'm

back looking after the dogs we've

discovered that you can't actually get

any work done all if you got to look

after both of them at the same time so I

just I'm just babysitting them for now

until she gets back and then we'll put

the food away and then we'll get some

work done both of us cuz we just take

one each Jack usually comes into my room

and Nory goes into Sarah's and then we

can just about handle that and get some

work done but two of them together at

the same time trying to do any work as

they would say in The Sopranos forget

about it Nori's first trip to the vet

was a success he did whine a bit in the

back of the car but uh you you get used

to that as

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well trying something new out this

morning nor he's

got a Kong

toy which has got a little bit

of peanut butter in it and

Frozen which will hopefully keep

those sharp little nashes occupied hey

pups I don't know why he's chosen to

take it down there

up

h h

come on good

[Laughter]

boy oh no wants to take it down

there does this mean I'm going to get

some work done this

morning realize that's highly

unlikely I think he's discovered the

peanut

butter don't worry I'm not going to take

it off you hopefully this means you will

stop attacking all of my cardboard boxes

apologies if you get one of these and it

Bears The Mark of a puppy I think the

Kong toy is successfully distracting him

what have you got on your nose Mister is

that peanut butter yum me here you like

that gentle good

boy he's snoozing now so I can get on

with a bit of Packaging which would be

impossible with him running around

trying to buy everything puppies love

cardboard boxes and especially the nice

new cardboard boxes that I have for

Etsy so let's go on with some packaging

while he's still

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asleep

hello it's those crazy in between days

between Christmas and New Year and the

weather outside is absolutely

awful the weather outside is frightful

anyway it's time to make some comfort

food I reckon and my body is pretty much

made up of chocolate and alcohol at the

minute so I'm looking to have something

a little bit more warming so I'm going

to make stovies which is a Scottish

classic and you usually make it with

things you've got line about and it just

so happens that I've got some leftover

sausages so let's start there right so

what I've got here is just some cooked

pork sausages the butcher sausages from

if you can hear that noise that's Jack

sniffing beside me because he heard the

word

sausages cooking in the kitchen is going

to be very different now and you've got

two dogs running around your feet

fortunately they can't get up to the

counters let's clut these

up right as the sausag is all chopped up

next is the onions Sarah's over there

peeling some potatoes now this onion is

about to be

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sliced right that's the onions all

sliced up so what I'm going to do now is

just soften these in the bottom of a

large pan with a little bit of olive oil

in there so this is the main pan and

this is what everything will be getting

cooked in it's all done in one pot and

that noise in the background is a puppy

a little bit of olive oil and with the

onions now I like to put in a little bit

of salt as well and the salt makes the

water come out of the onions and stops

them from going brown I don't want them

to go Brown I want them to be

translucent so this will take a little

while for that to cook

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out okay so that's the onions now

softened and what goes in next are

potatoes and some water and then mix in

some stock cubes one and A2 chicken

stock cubes not beef

controversial setup heel these

potatoes and you go pre boiled water and

it goes 1 and 1/2 chicken stock cubes

there we go 1 and 1/2 chicken stock

cubes mix it through till they dissolve

right so there we go that is the

potatoes in there and the onions and the

chicken stock cubes and the water and

I'll bring that up to the boil put the

lead on and let it simmer until the

potatoes have softened all the way

through right the potatoes are pretty

much cooked through now so what I'm

going to do is pour out the liquid into

another pan and wrap it boil that and

bring it down by at least half reduce it

down and what that does is it makes it

into a sort of basic gravy you've got

the flavor from the stock and also from

the onions and the potatoes as well and

that'll thicken a little bit as well so

I'm going to bring that down by at least

half and then the potatoes well we'll

come to that next so far during this

cooking segment Nori has tried to get

behind the bins to eat Jack's food he

has also tried to Che the washing

machine tube he has also tried to bite

his brother and tried to get in the

cupboard and the dishwasher we're doing

well

cooking with

puppies the potatoes are now done so I'm

going to pour away most of this

liquid doesn't matter if a few potatoes

fall in there that's fine so this goes

back in the here these go in here and

this pan goes up to Rapid boil because

this pan comes down to like one you

don't need to mash these potatoes what

you want to do is add this corned beef

which is just chopped up kind of corn

beef I didn't film that cuz it's not

that exciting and give it a stir through

and what you want the corn beef to do is

break up as you stir it it melts as well

and into there you add your sausages

give that a nice stir around now I'm

going to put that to the side and wait

for this to reduce by

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half right so that's had quite a while

now and it's come right down it's quite

almost like a gravy don't really want

any thicker than that and I'll add that

now to the rest of the stovies the noise

in the background of the dogs playing

with the a string of fake sausages

you having fun boys I won't be long just

to give me a couple more minutes to make

the food and then I'm all

yours good boys that looks like fun I've

got this on a low heat now I'm just

going to put in a little bit of this

gravy see how it looks okay I'll just

break up the potatoes a little bit with

just have a stab in motion this all you

really want you don't want it to be too

like mash you know you want actual bits

of potato in there that looks pretty

pretty good it's not the most attractive

dish you could ever make but it tastes

amazing this is just a buttered roll and

just put it on top generously and the

dogs have come through now so have a

look and see what I'm doing once you've

got it on your butter drill you would

put your top on and just eat it as you

would like a burger but I'm going to

show you up close what it looks like

it's kind of like corn beef hash and

it's really good for a cold day like

this nice hearty delicious food M and

Jack Spanos

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GRE Sarah's now gone out and she's left

me with the dogs and they're now very

much after my attention because I've got

stovies on a roll no's eating my shoe if

you do make this let me

know so good after I had my lunch and

the dogs had theirs we retired to the

living room for a rest and as we waited

for Sarah to come home for her share of

the stoies I just had my stoies I have

to be quite quiet cuz I've got a

sleeping puppy on my lap who just bit my

lip actually which was fun but I just

wanted to say stovies is always plural

it's never called stovie it's not one

stoy and two stovies and so on it's one

stoies why I don't know but it is if you

were to order in a cafe or something and

you said I'll have a stovie please you

probably get a look like this so stoies

not

stovie

I'm coming to you from Yolanda the

Lander of a Defender and I don't know if

you can see that but my breath is

steaming because it is freezing cold it

is horrible weather and I'm heading out

from the Glenn because I'm having a

little afternoon off from the chaos of

the puppy and the dog it's our day off

today and I've got a whole pass from

Willie he's taking care of the dogs this

afternoon and I'm heading off for a

massage I bet you weren't expecting that

there's a lovely lady here on Sky who

does massages at dun vagan she also does

house post calls but the house is

absolute chaos at the moment with the

puppy and Jack and all the post

Christmas stuff as well so it's nice

actually just to get out of the house

and go to here and take some me time

this is actually a birthday present my

birthday was back in August and we're

now almost in January and it's pretty

shocking I've not used it obviously back

in August when I had my birthday Willie

had covid so we couldn't really do much

and since then lots of stuff has just

happened time has run away with us it's

nice to have opportunity to just take a

little bit of time back I will obviously

pay willly back in kind and make sure he

gets some time off as well from the dogs

it's about a 45 minute drive so let's

get

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going

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I've been on sky for 8 n years and

always working on hotels and cafes and I

decided to do massages instead because

it's just feel right to do and I feel

really doing something I was meant to

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do I start as a mobile massage therapist

because I didn't have any money or any

resources so I start doing mobile

massages which is kind of cheap way to

start because you don't need to have a

room and then I was really wanting to

have my own space where I can make it

the way I want it and this came

across I think it's uh good for the body

to completely relax but I think the most

important thing is to let go of your

mind and relax on the deeper level so

you actually let the muscles to

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relax I think people should uh hack each

other more in my real life and you know

just spend time with like family and be

present you don't need a massage to my

but uh you know I'm here if you need

me

that's me all done with my massage it's

such a lovely relaxing space and baa is

so nice and she's just very chilled out

and makes you feel very relaxed and you

can still see I think the mark on my

head where I had my face in the little

hole on the table

feeling very chilled out right now and

hopefully going to go home and find the

boys being just as

chilled probably not it would have been

nice to show you done vegan on a bit of

a nicer day but we haven't had many of

those recently it's been a bit rubbish

the weather there's also something very

nice about hearing the wind and the rain

battering on the window outside while

you're lying there all toasty warm and

just incredibly relaxed so it was a very

safe and comforting space highly

recommend if anyone is on sky and wants

to have a massage it's a really really

good

idea did you hear a

noise there's a puppy doke

here who's

this who's this

hi he uh-oh do we have some excitement

Wile on the floor that could be the case

oh

no yeah oh now we're going to stand in

it Y come on Jack where's

Mommy

Jackie both being sleeping good boys

hello I'm thank you oh thank you kisses

on the nose thank you yes well these

wasn't bites on the lip all right come

on there we go outside come on

boys oh it's nice to be

back

boy well I was nice and relaxed and you

came home to a house full of puppies and

dogs and men and Chaos how was it

man and it was fine until he ow climbed

up and ow he keep biting you his toy um

it was fine until they bit my lip oh but

apart from that it was all good he's in

the puppy chewes and bites everything

face how did you get on it was really

nice thank you for watching the dogs

well I went and had a little treat

that's all right next time it's your

turn I'll look after the dogs and well

you might be wondering why Will's not

getting a massage but keeping him still

for longer than 10 minutes is uh almost

as difficult as keeping this puppy still

for longer than 10 minutes you like

doing things don't you yeah I'm more of

a sort of action adventure Tye then uh

lying around your kind of mindful Escape

thing is like fishing isn't it yeah I'll

be looking after the dogs while you're

doing that but we might need the weather

to improve before you can do one of your

activities yeah the weather's awful it's

there I don't know if we're allowed to

say that you're not allowed to say that

no and now I'm back home to my boys My

Rowdy boys am I not so rowdy boy now oh

oh he's a good boy yes watch the other

one is shredding his

toy it's all calm at this end of the

sofa M stovies it's probably the most

difficult thing to present of all the

Scottish dishes okay so it doesn't look

very romantic but it tastes we shall see

I've been assured that having any kind

of vegetables or Greenery with this dish

is well you might get kicked out of

Scotland for

it tastes a lot better than it looks and

if you were to rate it out of um 10

controversially I think I might prefer

it to mince and tities oo I know but not

as much as haggus meeps and tities that

is the Pinnacle so let's see the numbers

give this a seven seven mhm and what

about ha SS and tatties 10 obviously and

what about Min and tatties uh Min and

tatties it has its place um maybe six

for Min and TI get at my

house it's my house

too men and ties and D boys giv them a

six sacr in this country

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terrible Jack was getting jealous of n's

little toy Kong

so we had to get him

one I think they're enjoying

them you enjoying that

Mr it's my whole studio going to smell

like peanut butter

now been trying to get work done and now

he keeps completely ignoring his toys

including the Kong which I think has no

more peanut butter left in it to try and

chew on every cardboard he can find in

my studio I thought I would sacrifice

one of my boxes for the greater good to

distract him from the ones he's not

supposed to chew on didn't work Nori

Nori drop it drop

it drop it leave

leave goodbye I mean it's paper tape so

I don't think it's toxic but still

what about this

box it's like he knows which ones he's

supposed to play with and which ones

he's

not how tired are you tired from a day's

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destruction

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okay scratch that I think I awakened the

beast by giving him that

box we have a wooden sort of little

fence around our bins and it's to stop

the bins from blowing away and high

winds it's got a chain over the front as

well but the farmer gate the big metal

gate has been swinging open and hitting

this little fence that surrounds our

bins and obviously if it keeps getting

hit by a metal gate it's just falling to

pieces so I've got to fix it and I've

chosen the last day of the year to do it

why not what we're going to do sit

around anyway I may as well get

something useful done oh yeah and go

into the next year with something

positive done too this is for putting a

post in as well so I'm going to put a

post I think there was one there already

I'm just going to replace the post that

was there so when the G swings open it's

not going to hit the actual f it's just

going to hit the post and I'll hopefully

prevent the fence thing that goes around

the bins from getting damaged what is a

thing that goes around what do you call

that okay so in the interest of

practicality it works I wouldn't drive

down the motorway like this definitely

not what do you think Nori but I can

drive to the end of the farmer's track

I'm sure I'm just going to tie it up a

bit better and then get this job

done

here he is and you can see the sorry

status in and needs some work so let's

do

that it quickly became apparent that the

vertical posts were going to

disintegrate before I could properly

drive them into the Stony

ground a change of plan was needed

so I decided to assemble the frame the

best I could as the boards had started

to rot too this was obviously going to

be a temporary fix just to see us

through until the warmer days I reused

the old boards and cut some new ones too

for Extra

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Strength then I drove the original Gat

stop post back into its original

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place and finally cut and fitted the

bracing joist just to add some

support okay that's me for this year a

lot of that wood is fairly rotten I'll

get another season out of it I reckon

then I'll end up being firewood and I'll

probably have to build another one of

these I don't mind that you know it came

with a house and you have to maintain

your house this is just part of it so

happy with the Gat stop be with the

fence thing whatever it's called and

yeah I'll replace that probably in a

year or two if I need

to it's a beautiful day today on the is

of Sky we've had a couple of weeks of

really just awful weather that sideways

rain we're always going on about this is

the first nice calm day that the sun's

come out for ages so Will's out on a

nice long walk with Jack and I've got

charge of nori we're a week away from

him being able to go outside of the

cottage boundaries so his vaccinations

will kick in and he won't be at risk so

much of the diseases he can catch from

other animals in the surroundings

so he's got willly slipper it's fine

it's not mine

very pleased with

himself nari no good

boy good

boy no more slipper Will's already done

some training with the collar in the

lead but I thought this was a perfect

day to do it while Jack's away I'll try

and get nor used to his lead and being

able to walk on it so I've got a pocket

full of treats I've got a lovely calm

sunny day outside and hopefully we're

going to get some good work done leave

the slipper leave it good good boy

goodbye

Nar come on then let's get your color on

come on right I think you've got a bit

bigger

oh oh good boy is that nice is that

okay I know I know it's very fun it's

very

fun right should I try and tee you out

first before we put the lead on okay

let's do

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[Applause]

it

[Applause]

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goodbye n goodbye n done lar come

come good boy sit good

boy right try the

lead you're going to try and fight it I

know you are yes I know stop

it right

no no

no can we get up what's this puppy dog

what's this what's this what's

this

come

come

good

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by drop it drop drop drop the S

drop good

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boy

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right should we go around the house

should we go around the house good boy

me

me I'm so pleased with how that went it

was only about 10 minutes cuz um puppy's

aren't supposed to do more than about 15

20 minutes exercise at the moment so

we're not trying to tax him too much but

that was really positive he started

following along and I think he was

getting it hopefully we'll get there in

some good lead control with him was this

good good

boy where is he hey Nori such a good boy

you're so clever you're going to be as

clever as Jack I can tell yes good boy

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week check behind me still cool still

what I'm going to keep going to this

will do this is fine that's all bad

idea we're leaving our Suburban

life moving over Over the Sea the

sky are we chasing a dream a guess in

time we will see when we're live in the

sky

life Liv in the

sky

life I'm looking after these

two ow Nori that

hurts that really

hurt

ow we have a wooden sort of what is it

cage what is it what would you call that

a

cage

fence but I think the Kong is

sucess

successfully coming about to get the

camera Nori what did did you

do how did that little tiny puppy manage

to pull over the whole

chair get down please dark get down get

down coming back to get the camera

thanks again for watching and we will

see

you

nice that's what happens when you stand

the logs cuz you're so small next week

you're eating a bit of the sausage well

you shouldn't be I'm going to test it

for

Quality right Quality quality Street

quality control qual control like do

right you ready be

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sensible I don't know about Nori but

this is teing me out thank you for

letting me go

a little a little treat that that sounds

like I keep you

imprisoned you're such a good boy most

of the

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