Charlie

Our beautiful Charlie is doing so well! She is loving Puppy Kindy and has had lots of play dates at our place with other dogs which she LOVES! She is already 14 weeks old and weighs 9kg. Still light enough to pick her up and have cuddles (just). Her new favourite thing is to stick her head into the shower and catch the drops – so cute! She licks everything and loves toys that squeak! She can sit, drop, stay and shake hands already, and is learning how to walk on the lead. She is such a happy and confident pup, we simply love her to bits. She is a wonderful addition to our lives.

Flynn

You would have heard of the saying “In like Flynn”. Well his name suits him so well. Flynn is a two and a half year old Yellow Labrador, recovered and cared for by Katherine and Vanessa of Labrador Rescue.

I was lucky enough to see Flynn’s picture and took a shine to him straight away. Having owned four other Labs over the past thirty years, it was the right thing to do. Providing a caring, sharing (there in lies a story, more later) and loving family for him to settle into is how we all treat our dog’s, whatever the breed. Read more >

Fred

I thought I would drop you a line to let you know how Fred has settled in.

He has settled in brilliantly and is now firmly ensconced as a member of the family. Molly and he are like a pigeon pair and never let each other out of sight (not really what we expected from Molly after being an only dog for 8 years).

We have just finished the first level of obedience training, with Fred getting 1st in our class.

I have included a couple of picies of Fred and Molly for your entertainment. You may wish to pass them on to Fred's foster family so they can see Fred has ended up happy, healthy, if somewhat tortured by Chrissy Deer Antler Headgear!

Anyway, thanks for the work you do with the rescues and have a merry Christmas.

Lady

Lady is doing very well. She has settled in, we’re all in love with her – my parents-in-law included – and she seems to like us too. Lady has definitely been giving out lots and lots of doggy kisses. She loves our old red picnic rug and sheepskin on her bed and is starting to show her personality. If she isn’t happy with the sleeping arrangements we see her dragging the rug around until she is happy with her nest! She’s also been loving her walks, running around after a tennis ball at the oval and socialising on leash with the neighbourhood dogs. It’s so far, so good.

Tomorrow will be her first time at home alone. Hopefully she doesn’t get up to too much mischief!"

Maggie

Sam

Over the long weekend we did some socialisation with a friend's beagles and that all went well. Sam settled down fairly quickly after meeting the beagles and was very quickly reminded by the elder beagle where his place in the big scheme of things was. He also had another whole day of playing with kids from the ages of 6 to 11 and he was so exhausted at the end of it all, that he crashed straight after eating dinner, snored, was woken by me for a nature call at about 10pm and then promptly dragged himself back to his mat where he remained, snoring away the night until 7.30 the next morning.

Sam has taken a real shine to Charlotte and follows her everywhere! Charlotte has learnt early on that you shouldn't leave your sausage sandwich smothered in tomato sauce unattended when Sam is around. He is also proving to be a good watch-dog and at night I have noticed that if he hears a sound outside such as a car door opening/closing and people walking along the street then he walks to the front door gives a few muffled barks and then lies down in front of the doorway to Charlotte's bedroom until the noise goes before returning to his mat in the lounge room.

Sam is a very welcome addition to our household and we are looking forward to giving him a permanent home.