Thank you everyone for your kind welcomes.
Lyn I hope they manage to find out what's up with Ghillie. I'll keep my fingers crossed the vets come up with some solutions for you - or at least some news as to what you're dealing with. I can only imagine what it must be like and can understand how worried you must be.
The pics of all your activities with your dogs look amazing - make me even more excited.
Having spoken at length with Ali, we're thinking of getting a bitch. We're hoping in the long term to have 2 (although I gather few stop there) so having learnt that the girls are more dominant it seemed to make sense to have a girl first. As for names... still thinking, come up with some ideas but have decided to wait and see what she looks like. Want something fun that reflects to her personality. Open to any suggestions though