Exciting news: a new addition to the family (and a new jacket too!)
We’ve been talking about puppies for ages. We’ve been through the mill with older rescue dogs and really wanted to start with a dog right from a puppy. Once this was decided we argued and argued about breeds. We like greyhounds, but have had a bad experience with rescue ones (most are delicious, we had Bert for years, but it’s a sad fact that some do have trouble adapting to a home environment), the boys wanted a husky, but my own view is that those sort of dogs should be pulling sleds not sitting on sofas, plus they’re a bit too hairy. We registered with puppy sites, bought books, asked the vet to ring us if any puppies were on the way…
Then one day, I was looking through a pups for sale site and saw this:
… a delightful sleepy tangle of - wait for it - whippets.
And why not a whippet? We’re quite big on the gangly/houndy/sleep in stupid positions/I’m gunna chase that wabbit type of dog, so why not? I showed the others. We googled whippets, looked on breed sites and studied photos. To my astonishment, we were all in agreement. It was meant to be.
I travelled up on the tube to see them. The lady selling the pups, Tamsin, was absolutely lovely and we spent a while chatting. The pupsters were sprawled everywhere, and a little fat one with a blue face, a blue stripe down her back and a two-tone blue and fawn tail came and plonked herself on my lap. She plodded up my chest, gave my nose a quick sniff, then settled back and went to sleep in the crook of my arm. I sent this picture to Mr English along with the message ‘I think I’m in love’:
And so, on 25th October, little Boo - or at the moment she is Boo, after little Boo in Monsters Inc, but that’s not to say she won’t end up with a different name, that’s another thing we’re arguing about - is coming to live at English Towers.
I’m sure there’ll be sleepless nights, little accidents and a fair bit of stress along the way, but we just can’t wait to bring her home. In the mean time, the lovely chaps at Blacks, the outdoor specialist store, were chatting to me about coats and the like. I said I prefer layers, and being experts on everything to do with ‘life outdoors’, they steered me in the direction of this lovely North Face Resolve jacket (£95), which is lightweight, but waterproof and windproof and with a nice big hood for getting out and about in all weathers, with plenty of room underneath for me to layer up jumpers and maybe even a hoody. I’ve also got some lovely classic short Hunter wellies from Millets (£65). I love Hunters but do find the tall ones a bit of a battle to get on and off. These are fab and will be really practical for me to throw on for emergency garden duty! I now feel battle ready. So bring it on, pupster, I’m ready for you :
Massive thanks to Blacks and Millets for your generosity and for being extra lovely xx
Awwwwww …. So happy lil Mouse has found such cool peeps to be part of the family … We miss her already but know she will be loved and give so much joy back. Well picked guys ..good luck and keep us posted on her adventures … <3
Awww thanks Tamsin. We promise we’ll take really good care of her xx
Love whippets - there is one that goes for walks in our park called Lola and she is just gorgeous. Like greyhounds but with a bed-head hairdo x
Aw cuteness. I love the name Lola as well!
hey you, well done, as you probably know there is a mahoosive problem with getting homes for puppies, kittens..well just about everything at the moment, so well done and enjoy her x We have just started down the fostering road and have had a magnificent springer spaniel called Charlie (successfully homed) and 4, hours old kittens which had been dumped. We had them as an emergency overnighter (thank god for Kindles!).
Wow you’re very good - four hour old kittens too? Blimey 🙂
Awww little Boo is gorgeous!! Delighted for you all 🙂 she’ll no doubt have a very happy home with you guys. Love the jacket too Mrs. Looking lovely as usual 🙂
Awww thank you very much! She’ll be very well loved x
Fantastic news and she looks so adorable too x
Thank you! Brought her hoe last night and she’s adorable. Love her already x