Goodbye to an old friend .....

About a week before Christmas we had to have our old dog put down. Meg was a cocker spaniel and would have been 16 this year but unfortunately she suffered a stroke the same night as my daughter came back from University (may have been the excitement I guess) and when we took her to the vets it turned out she had 2 tumours as well. She was a marvellous dog and truly was man's ( well this man) best friend. She will be sadly missed. We thought over christmas about getting another dog but I couldn't face the anguish again and so we decided that we would wait twelve months and see how we felt. Christmas came and went and was probably the worsed one we have ever had.

Then a week ago we went to my wife's bosses house and were greated by his big roughty toughty Lurcher being chased around the house by a small liver & white lunatic.

Meet Nacho

It turned out that the 13 week old puppy in question was taken to one of the local vets to be put down as she had attacked the owners cat. The vets refused and a new home was sought and even my wife ( who isn't supposed to be a dog person) fell for her and so the small whirlwind blew into our lives and nothing has been the same since.

She has a mischeiveous nature, but there again I'm comparing her to a a 15 year old lady, and loves nothing better than to run off whith a shoe, sock or anything else. You usually get a sight f her with her ears pinned back trotting of at speed - a sure giveaway.

But she's learning slowly and now has developed a taste for a cup of tea (bit like her owner ). And when she's not reeking havoc she enjoys nothing better than a good snooze, along with a family member of course.

Today was the first time she's been down to my allotment and as usual she took it all in her stride with everyone falling for the cute face ..... if only they knew!!