I am so very proud of my children today. Little Monty (Arrow in previous pics) was the last of our puppies left and we had taken the decision to keep him, named him Buddy and had an official love in to welcome him to the Pearce clan. The very next day I received a call from Bill's wife Barbara asking if they could have the puppy. Bill lost his own dog about 6 weeks ago and I had asked him if he wanted a puppy but he declined, saying that at his age it was too much work and too soon after Mo going.
Bill is very special to us as a family, he is a kind of surrogate grandad. He looks after my dogs if I'm going to be out all day, picks my kids up from school when I'm stuck and has done other odd jobs over the years too numerous to mention. My parents live too far away to help at short notice and Bill is always there when I call.
We never planned to keep a puppy from this litter but as soon as the switch was flicked in our brains that 'Buddy' was staying with us it was heartbreaking to think about giving him up. After the initial tears and slammed doors, we sat down and had a talk about how we felt and how Bill and Barbara felt and what was most important to us. I knew it had to be a family (for that read childrens)decision and they didn't let me down. After 10 minutes we got in the car with the puppy drove to Bill's house and delivered his boy to him. Later that night when Angus was going to bed he said 'We did a good thing today didn't we.' Talk about setting me off again! I'm so proud of both Billie and Angus for being so grown up.
As you can see from the picture Bill and Monty are very happy together and we are very happy about that!
Here's wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I still have errands to run myself with frames to collect and deliver and all my own wrapping (and still some buying to do).
