Welcome to the blog Pauline and Norman and Agi and Pete. Lovely picture of your little brown girl Agi she is gourgeous. Glad to hear things are going so well with Dodger (great name by the way). They all seem to be very well socialised etc. I hope I can do as well first time around when we have our first pups - will have to call for some tips Grania and Loudon and Ali and Sandra (to name but a few). We were hoping to breed from Evie but due to a few health issues it is not to be which is why she has now been spade. I am hoping to have another late next year which will hopefully be my foundation bitch so we will have to wait and see. I am sure though that Evie is trying to put a stop to that by being a little bit naughtyand getting into Tonys bad books. I am trying to convince Tony that we do need a third,fourth and fifth dog etc but I think Evie has other ideas. She has spent so much time at the vets that they have joked about giving me my own parking space and in the last fortnight she has chewed the thermostat remote (£115 to replace) and Tony's glasses (£200 to replace). I of course hold Tony responsible for both of them as he should have moved them out of her way but he doesn't quite see it like that!!!
As naughty as she can be we all love her to pieces.
It has been a sad day for our family today as we have lost the matriarch of our family dogs aged 16. Poppy my Mum and Dads eldest dog was put to sleep this morning at home. She was the most wonderful dog who never had a days illness until the end and who never put a paw wrong. We all loved her dearly -16 years is such a huge part of our family life. She saw the arrival of all the grandchildren and all the pestering pups. She was a true mother to all and she will leave a huge hole in all of our lives. If only they all lived to such a wonderful age. RIP our dear Poppy.
Enjoy all those lovely pups even all the naughty things they do because time is precious.