New Arrivals

No, 'new arrivals' does not mean I am having twins - thank goodness! And no the 'tinywhitedaisy' has not arrived far too early either - phew! I am talking about new arrivals of the furry kind today!
 
Quite a while ago now my brother-in-law decided they wanted a new puppy, but with four children and one dog already in the house it was given lots of thought, time and planning to get just the right one to fit in with their busy life. They already have a dog called Archie, he is a springer spaniel and although still full of life he is getting on rather at the grand old age of 12. He is particularly deaf and his joints are getting very stiff so he spends most of his time relaxing, either in the truck, in his run or in the house having a snooze.

(Archie)

My brother-in-law wanted a new puppy he could train as a gun dog to take with him, now that Archie was simply too old for the job. He really liked the smaller size of his parent's (my in-laws) dog Max, who is a working cocker spaniel. So when a friend of his said he was going to be having puppies from his working cocker female they signed up for one before they were even born. Last Sunday 'Barney' arrived at their house as a little puppy brother for Archie.

(Barney in the middle, Percy on the left)

However, my brother-in-law's friend also had one male puppy left, who was going to have to be re-sold as the people who were going to have him weren't able to any more. When my in-laws heard about this they decided they would have him to give Max a little baby brother too. We have now gone from having two dogs in the family to four and along with all the nieces and nephews it is going to make for noisy get-togethers that is for sure. So please meet 'Percy' the real brother of Barney who will live with my in-laws.

(Percy)

On Saturday night we were asked to dog-sit whilst my husband's parents went out so we got to give Percy lots of fuss and attention and gave Max lots of extra love and cuddles too.

(Max and Percy)

Of course as a family we are now all caught up in a whirl of puppy loveliness and our little baby is well and truly going to be a 'dog-person' when it arrives!

(Percy amongst the daisies)