Boo to you !

I’m sitting here with one of the biggest grins on my face, no I haven’t finally lost the plot, far from it. In fact I’ve found the plot, along with a new member of the household ! Feeling like all my Christmases have arrived at once.  I’m talking about the very recent acquisition of my 5 month old Lurcher pup : )

We’ve been ready and seriously searching for a dog for about 6 months now. After a few near misses at the rescue centres (‘I’m sorry Max was adopted about half an hour ago, you’ve just missed him’) and a definite ‘no thank you’ for a very excited Collie Cross (who was literally ‘bouncing’ off the walls), I found Boo.

Boo came from a litter of thirteen, you can see some of her early day shots here and one of her mum and dad too. She was the only one who had a little white patch near her nose, and so was distinguishable because of that. Her last owner had two dogs, and sadly the other dog didn’t really take to this young newcomer, this caused friction in the house, so it was with great regret that the owner decided that it would be better to re-home Boo. This is her now.

I’m sure I won’t regret saying this, as she’s been with us for only 5 days now, but she is such a little star. Her last owner had worked hard with her and she already knows words like sit, paw, (other paw), lie down, treat, no, and comes to tell us when she needs to go outside. She doesn’t bark (aside from when she dreams), which is great when someone knocks at the door, and for her age, she is incredibly calm and relaxed around the house… apart from her mad half hours when her toys had better watch out ! (pictures ‘Toy Story’ figures scarpering for their lives) and she’s recently started eating ants !

She’s quite nosey so, when I’m working in my studio, she likes nothing better than to stand by the window and watch the world go by; making little ‘smeary-wet-nose-prints’ on the glass. I’ll have to put some opaque perspex because apparently seeing outside all the time can lead to some anxiety issues.

Outside she gets easily spooked by other dogs/ flies and is happy with a few short running sessions chasing a ball rather than a huge walk. I’m going to take her to some puppy socialisation classes so that she can meet other dogs her age and get a chance to play a little too.

She has incredibly expressive ears and finds a whole wealth of positions to fold all her long limbs up into, whilst snuggling into her fleecy blankets.

I feel so lucky to have found her. I do believe in fate. As she had been advertised for 6 days when I saw her and her owner said that he’d had a lot of interest but out of all the people who had made appointments to go and see her, I was the only one who actually turned up ! How crazy is that, our good fortune I think.

I don’t even mind when she jumps on my bed at 6.30 am  and licks my face to ‘politely’ say ‘get up I need to go out’ : )

She’s made me laugh and smile so much this week with her antics and movements, I already feel blessed by her company. No doubt you’ll be seeing more of Boo from time to time in my blogs, but I thought I’d get the doggy photos over in one fell swoop lol.

This made me smile too.