After going round and round on name ideas I have come back to where I started, so little yet-to-be-named papillon puppy is Freddy. He came home at noon today and I am astonished! I have yet to get really good photos but I think these show how relaxed all the animals are together:
He was plonked into my lap immediately after being microchipped, and feeling a tad disgruntled as a result. I had taken chicken and had Poppy one side of me, Sophy the other, puppy on my lap, and fed them scraps of chicken in turn. It took him about a minute to catch onto the game, after which he joined in enthusiastically. He cried for a few minutes in the car as we left but I remembered hearing BBC Radio 4 (talk and current affairs) playing in the background when I visited on Wednesday so tuned the car radio to that and he went straight to sleep. When we got home he sniffed and explored, bumped noses with Tilly-cat, played with my niece, fell asleep, woke up and did a puddle before I caught the signs, and was pretty nigh on instantly at home. He has explored inside and out, wants to play with the Aunts but accepts when they say no, is fascinated by Tilly's tail but after one soft pawed swipe has accepted that it is best left alone, and all in all is an amazingly easy puppy - so far!
He just needs to learn that Sophy hates sharing her bed...
He was plonked into my lap immediately after being microchipped, and feeling a tad disgruntled as a result. I had taken chicken and had Poppy one side of me, Sophy the other, puppy on my lap, and fed them scraps of chicken in turn. It took him about a minute to catch onto the game, after which he joined in enthusiastically. He cried for a few minutes in the car as we left but I remembered hearing BBC Radio 4 (talk and current affairs) playing in the background when I visited on Wednesday so tuned the car radio to that and he went straight to sleep. When we got home he sniffed and explored, bumped noses with Tilly-cat, played with my niece, fell asleep, woke up and did a puddle before I caught the signs, and was pretty nigh on instantly at home. He has explored inside and out, wants to play with the Aunts but accepts when they say no, is fascinated by Tilly's tail but after one soft pawed swipe has accepted that it is best left alone, and all in all is an amazingly easy puppy - so far!
He just needs to learn that Sophy hates sharing her bed...