So at the time of writing the last puppy update, we’d got as far as deciding that we wanted a flat-coated retriever…well things have developed rapidly since then.
We found a fantastic breeder and have scored ourselves a pup of the highest pedigree. In fact, his grandfather, ‘Gibson’, is a former international flat-coat champion no less.
Knowing that we definitely were getting a male dog meant we could finally decide on a name. I campaigned hard for ‘Scraps’, but ultimately failed thanks to April’s insistence that he have a more human name. So in the end, we settled on ‘Todd’!
Todd comes home on March 3rd, when he is 7 weeks old and ready to leave his mother, but we did go and visit the entire litter and parents, Jazz and Peggy, a couple of weeks ago.
And now, thanks to the miracle of digital photography, you can meet them too:
Todd’s Dad, Jazz (below):
Todd’s Mum, Peggy (below):
And a sneak peek of the pups (below):
February 21, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Ohhhh, I want one! Congratulations on the new addition!
February 21, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Get one, Goblet, get one!!!
You have a nice big house, you love animals, it would be a match made in doggy heaven.
You should ask Barry tonight…he’ll be in a good mood because Liverpool have just beaten Barcelona!
February 23, 2007 at 1:15 pm
i’m liking the idea of having a dog actually.
But then my pragmatic side kicks in with 3 or 4 reasons why I shouldn’t bother (yet)
February 23, 2007 at 6:33 pm
You need to get yourself a good dose of impulsiveness Gooders.
February 26, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Unfortunately abbey will be angry. After the spencer incident, we won’t be adding any more animals to our household…
Barry’s heading to England this Friday. He’s going to the Man U-Liverpool game on Sat and the Liverpool-Barca game next week. He’s going with his dad for his 30th birthday. Not too shabby, huh?
February 26, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Lucky boy…though he’ll probably come back in a bad mood after they lose those two games!
I don’t know the ‘Spencer incident’, but I’m intrigued.
Mark.
February 26, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Yeah right. He’s pretty optimistic, hopefully they won’t let him down. Go reds!!
Spencer was the psycho kitten that drove Abbey to a stress-related urinary infection. The option the vet gave was to drug Abbey (great option!) or give away Spencer. Since he was nuts and driving us crazy, we had to give him up since he was last in the door…
February 27, 2007 at 2:05 pm
here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCyaQWfSh1E
hope this doesn’t happen with toddy woddy
February 27, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Ha ha, just saw this on theplez and promptly forwarded to April.
I am confident there will be much more violence than that portrayed in the video.
Gooders, perhaps you should come up and video the first meeting?
February 27, 2007 at 2:50 pm
yeah could do. i have a perfect camera function for the job actually
also….
http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/