PUPPY FEVER!!!!

We have been wanting a dog
for some time now. It would have been

impossible when we had the restaurant

because we were only ever home

from around 12 midnight to 9am the next

day which would have created one very

lonely little doggie.

I had been on at TM to let me get some

kind of pet. Some of my requests that had

met with an immediate no, included

a goat (for goat's milk and to make cheese),

chickens (for eggs), a mini cow (for milk),
a rabbit (just for something

furry to love), and although I am not a great

cat lover, at my wits ends, I had even asked

if we could get a cat.

Then low and behold, we spotted the most

beautiful, gentle-natured black labrador

the other day. After watching her for

some time we took the plunge and decided to take

her home with us.

Apart from the toilet training issue,
we havn't looked back.

She is one of the most sweet-natured dogs I have

ever met. It was hard for me initially, because

I never quite got over the death of my childhood

family dog (Rocky) who passed away 4 years ago.

I still have his ashes in our living room, which

I just can't bring myself to part with.

There is something about the relationship

between man and dog.

But our new little puppy who we have called

'FOREST', has opened a new chapter in

my heart.