This week's smiles....week 387

 I've had lots to smile about this week.  We went away for the weekend as a last trip out in the caravan for this year.  The main purpose was to pay a visit to the lady who we had Milly from over 8 years ago because we knew she had a litter of puppies due to go to their new homes at the begining of December.  When we got there she said she had two pups from an older litter and there was a little boy and a little girl at 12 weeks old who were ready to go to their new homes now.....who was going to say no to that?  So meet our new little puppy....Peggy.

She's a wheaten/brindle cairn terrier and is just such a cutie.  She is already doing very well with the potty training on newspaper and has settled in very well....not a single wimper on her first night too.

This means we have now had 5 cairn terriers...they say once you've had one you will always have one and they are right.

From the top left are

Wispa and her brother Rocky and our first, and lightest in colour, Skye.

Bottom left is of course Milly and Peggy our new fur baby.

They are all different in colour and character.

Of course I have also found a few funnies to share with you....not so many this week because the internet was very poor on our campsite.

Hugs,

Annie x

My guard dogs...

Thought I'd introduce you to the old lady in our 'family'. This is Skye. She is an 11yr old Cairn terrier and such a character. She is sitting on the wall by the road waiting for 'the boss' to come home from work.

We have 3 Cairn terriers but this one came first. She was 5 before we decided she would like company and went to buy another. We paid a visit to the new litter of pups and having already decided that we wanted a little bitch we made our choice...Wispa. [Their mum's name was Cadbury so chocolate bar names seemed the obvious choice] Whilst there Rocky chose us. He sat on hubby's foot the whole time we were there. When we collected Wispa Rocky did the same again but our minds were made up...it was to be the little bitch. We took Wispa home and promised to ring the breeder 2 weeks later with an update. We had the 2 weeks settling in our newcomer and made the phone call. The rest of the litter had gone to their new homes all bar one....Yes you guessed it...Rocky. My other half insists I said he was to be put to sleep if no home was to be found but would I? :-) We jumped in the car and fetched our new little boy....he was half price after all!

Rocky enjoying some sun

They are all such different characters. Rocky is head of the pack [being the man], next in line is Skye [being the matriarch] and finally the under dog is Wispa. They even pee in order. Where Wispa goes Skye follows and finally Rocky has to leave his scent .

A typical submissive pose from Wispa

Wispa is quiet and submissive and a real darling who will play fetch all day but is the one who carries extra weight...life just isn't fair. Rocky is a real mummy's boy...he is kind, gentle and licky but lazy....he is happy to take the ball off Wispa when just 3 foot from you and pretend he has fetched it from the bottom of the garden. Skye watches the 'pups' [actually now much bigger than her and 6 yrs old] activities but prefers not to join in the ball fetching...that's for kids! She will still play like a puppy at times but has definitely slowed up and prefers to sit and watch.