Yesterday Buddy joined Ray and Ann in East Riding.
Today
Chester, the last of Blake and Summer's puppies to leave, has joined Ian,
Debbie and David in Essex.
Both
boys have settled well with their new families and have soon made
themselves at home!
The only
remaining puppy is Yaala, who will be staying here with her mum
Summer, and the rest of our dogs. We have
now moved the dogs back into the conservatory, which is where they
rest after a long muddy walk, and also where they sleep at night.
Yaala has joined them and seems to enjoy being with her new
room-mates!
And so we have come to the end of the
puppy diary for our "Misters and Little Misses".
We hope you have enjoyed watching
their progress as much as we have enjoyed rearing them - they really have been a
pleasure to take care of - and great fun too!
Bringing home all eleven puppies after
the emergency C-section was wonderful and to watch them all thrive has
been amazing. Of course it has been made easier as Summer has been such a
fantastic mum and we did not have to supplement the puppies as she managed to
supply them with enough milk herself. They have also been very clean and
so the workload was not as heavy as I expected, which was a bonus with Colin
only home at weekends due to work commitments.
The hardest part was of
course saying goodbye to each and every one of them, but all of them have superb
families and we know they will all be cherished, and we look forward to hearing
about their adventures with their families.
A big "THANK YOU" to the following:
Colin and our sons for all
their support and understanding during the last eight weeks when my
"Domestic Goddess" crown slipped from my head!
The families who have
given the puppies such wonderful homes.
Larry Roberts (IDEXX) whose sound
advice re. progesterone testing ensured Summer visited Blake on the optimum day.
Roy and Gill Hill (Bramhills) and Blake!
The vets and staff at The
Westover Surgery, North Walsham who have been superb.
Linda Dyball (Burelind)
and Kay Brownsword (Landstryder) for waiting at the vets with me
while Summer was in the operating theatre.
Julie Seamons (Messano)
for micro-chipping the puppies in the comfort of their own home.
Friends (too many to
mention but they will know who they are!) who have given me sound advice
and encouragement too.
To all those who have sent
messages via the Guestbook and via e-mail about how they have
enjoyed watching the puppies development.
Future updates for the
puppies will now be included on their own page.
2009 will be a busy
year for us as we plan to move to West Norfolk in mid-January but we
hope to update the website on a regular basis in between dog walking
and building work!
ADDITIONAL UPDATE
Buddy
left us on 12th December to start his life with
with Ann and Ray Simmons in East Riding. Sadly a few days after
Buddy's arrival Ann's mum was taken ill, and with a long-term
recovery predicted the heart-breaking decision was made to return
Buddy to us.
Buddy came back on 23rd
December. Summer and Yaala were very pleased to see him and he
soon made himself at home again.
Due to
timing and to avoid phone calls from people looking for a puppy for
Christmas we made the decision to rehome him once all the
festivities had finished and not to update his page until a home had
been agreed. This also gave us time to assess him - and it
soon became very apparent he is a very calm and biddable puppy and
that Ann and Ray had dedicated a lot of time to him. We had
two possibilities (one of which was for him to be an assistance dog)
but by the time the New Year had arrived Buddy had made such an
impact on us that the thought of him going too far away was
unbearable and so the decision was made to rehome him locally.
Buddy
and Yaala were inseparable during his stay and enjoyed playing and
watching TV together.
Having
two puppies the same age can be hard work and we would never sell
two littermates for this reason. Thankfully their manners
remained the same with everyone in the family.
Buddy
also enjoyed spending time with the other dogs - here he is sharing
a bone with Aasha - another house rule here!
Summer
and Buddy enjoyed a quiet morning together on the day he left -
Summer was as dedicated to Yaala and Buddy on this day as she was
from the day they were born.
On 13th
January Buddy went to live with Andy and Val in a neighbouring
village and we know they will all be very happy together.
Buddy has been enrolled at a local training class and as with the
other puppies we will enjoy hearing about his progress.
On 17th
February Buddy passed his Good Citizen Puppy Foundation after just
five weeks training - this is especially worthy of merit as he had
only been with Andy and Val for such a short period of time.
Kendaamber
