Out in the fields...

Having a snack!  
I found a needle today - entangled in Alfred's eyebrow! It was broken off one end, so a bit shorter than usual like it had snapped. It must have made it's way in there when he was sniffing around somewhere.  I pricked myself on it as I got it out.  It was millimetres from his right eye and if he had rubbed it as he sometimes does, it would have gone right in and pierced it.  I don't know where he picked it up - or how long it had been there.  Maybe it was in our carpet where he likes to rub his tummy and face sometimes... I only noticed it as the sun shone on it during his walk.  At first I thought it was a particularly thick grey hair!  Poor sweet Alfred - that was close! x