It’s been a week of buying stuff for the littlest member of the household.
As he is sleeping in the “futility room”, we bought a blackout roller blind to keep it nice and dark at night, as well as a bit warmer. This necessitated looking for a doorstop to prevent the blind crashing into the wall should the wind catch the back door. But I was worried that a sticky out springy one would be a chewing temptation – as he’s already had an operation to remove something he chewed I didn’t want to take any chances. I did consider positioning such a doorstop up high, though!
We cleaned out the outdoor run, and lifted the old wooden kennel, only to be horrified by the crud that had gathered underneath. So a new kennel was required.
We chose one from Ecoflex, which is made from reclaimed and recycled materials, and is much cosier than the old wooden one.
At the minute they are on 2 different dog foods, so we upgraded the food storage boxes, and also treated Minnie to a new dog bowl, again an environmentally friendly one. Toby is fed 3 times a day, and Miinnie gets fed at the same times.
Crate training has begun – just small sessions, like 10 minutes while I have a shower, or nip to the shops. It’s absolutely charming when a puppy crawls into your arms to go sleepy bye-byes, but I don’t want that to become the only way he will go to sleep. So whenever he makes that grizzly “I want to sleep now” noise, I pop hin into the crate without any great fussing.
He loves the sun, likes nothing better than getting into the garden, finding the sunniest spot, and just sitting. Or exploring new things like cobwebs.
I can’t believe how fast he is growing! 
His little purple fleece now won’t fit over his head, and as he fills out I can see more of the pale gold markings coming through – technically he’s what they call “lemon and white”.
Fighting over toys continues, poor Peppa Pig has no ears left! But they do snuggle up together at times.
Dancing At Lunacy 
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