Freedom at Last?

Early today it was sunny and Dougal was desperate to go outside, he did not realise quite how cold it was. Having again introduced him to his harness this morning, when he accepted it fairly happily, I decided to attach a lead and take him out into the garden. His initial reaction was delight, but he quickly decided he did not like being attached to a lead and not being permitted to climb up onto the fence and the road, hence the sulky appearance in this picture.

He was obviously getting quite cold and went in shortly after the picture was taken, after which he showed no inclination to go back outside, even though he had only been out for about five minutes. My guess is that he will get used to the lead and will accept it after a few days; he used to enjoy walking down the road with us and being on a lead should not spoil this much, if at all.