NEW YEAR

Well New Year is here! We managed to get successfully over Xmas with no unfortunate mishaps, although felt a little under the weather after lunch - too much excitement I think. The children loved all their Christmas presents, the creme De la creme being the trip to London to see High School Musical The Ice Tour. Of course we also saw the landmarks such as Lizzy's House, The London Eye, Big Ben etc. The Underground was a big hit as was Hamleys and Harrods (for the grown ups). Harrods has gone down a little in my estimations as they had puppies and kittens on sale! The kittens were £900 each but I don't know how much the puppies cost - the were cute little Shih Tzu's. No matter how much they are cared for by the staff I still don't agree with live animals being sold in shops.
I haven't had anymore photos from the breeders only an email saying that she is now commando crawling at a fast pace (21-12-07) and that they had received our deposit cheque. I also had a phone call on the 28Th Dec to say that the cheque would clear in the next few days and so they would send out a receipt - haven't received it yet but with the New Year hols it's to be expected. They also said that she had not opened her eyes yet! I think that maybe they got her birth date a little wrong as to my reckoning she should have opened them.
Anyway, we have decided to call her KEIRA and have already brought her a few bits and pieces such as her bed - which I am waiting to receive, a pink soft crate; a pink retractable lead, two fleecy coats (two sizes) and a teether.
I have also ordered a few books about Poodles and a couple of training books. I was also given a puppy training pack for Christmas which has a cassette in it of all different noises to get her used to like fireworks, cars etc. It also has a video and a diary in it.
Anyway that's about it for now 39 days to go and counting.