As we get closer to the time when the puppies will be ready to go to their new homes, I'd like to remind everyone who has purchased a puppy that I need to have an article of clothing (usually a teeshirt) that you have impregnated with your scent. The easiest way of doing this is to wear the teeshirt in bed, have the kiddies sleep on it too ... then send it to me or bring it over on your next visit.

These teeshirts will be secured to the fencing on the the puppies day-pen so that they can all be come utterly familiar with your scent. On the day that you take your little bundle home, the same teeshirt will become the puppy's "comforter", as it will now be (heavily) impregnated with the smells of its litter mates. Please, don't choose something you'd ever like to wear again, and if its distinctive in colour or pattern, so much the better - loads of un-named white teeshirts can be difficult to identify once the puppies have had their way with them!

If you would like a DVD of all the photos I have taken (Hayley!!) since the puppies were born, just let me know and I'll include it in your puppy pack.

Finally, Isobel now has a new family to go to; Ice and Iggle Piggle have interested parties who will be letting me know their decisions tomorrow morning.