Heaps of puppies!

The wet spell has given me the opportunity to spend lots of time with the pups. Now 17 days old - they have grown like mad as the photos show. They have their eyes open and are starting to walk (if a little unsteadily) and are the biggest time wasters possible!

The daffodil bulbs are coming up, the nights are starting to draw out a little and the birds are really starting to sing again - all signs that spring (and spring cleaning is just around the corner thank goodness.

A lovely start to 2011!

Wishing you a very Happy New Year and we hope you all had a great time.

We had a wonderful evening spending it with friends at the village hall. People were invited to bring their own food and wine and make up tables of 10. We had dancing, live music, a seasonal quiz and we raised money for charity. After spending too much time on the dance floor, we got home at 2.00am and fell into bed with throbbing feet, backache and completely tired out!

At 4.45am Wistful barked to let us know that Wagtail had started to give birth. By 7.30 she was the proud mum of 8 beautiful and perfect puppies, 4 black and white and 4 liver and white. It was a lovely present for New Year and for my birthday. We are sure that dad was a collie but at the moment they all look like pure springers – only time will tell. They are complete time wasters and I could watch and listen to them for hours. Wagtail is a marvellous mum and takes it all in her stride and as you can tell from her picture she is pretty laid back about it all!