The starving puppy's been with us for a week now and is coming on in leaps and bounds.
She's finding her way around and has already discovered that if she sits by the back door my daughter will occasionally pass out tidbits through the hole in the fly screen.
Although she's looking a bit nervous here...
And here's why! The others get a bit boisterous before their morning walk.
Meanwhile Max and Yogi have been preoccupied with the litter of five we brought in a few days ago.
It's amazing how quickly these have settled in. They're already bullying Yogi...
Auntie Max continues to show his feminine side. He would make a wonderful mother.
But it was a sad day today... The puppies' last meal here and now they are already on their way to the new home in Chaiyaphum.
And the starving puppy ate separately from her trusty Fray Bentos pie tin. Love or hate the pies, you can't deny that the empty pie tines make fantastic puppy food bowls.
Just about all she will eat at the moment is fish but I'm hoping as her digestive system sorts itself out she'll be open to a wider diet.
Her wounds and bites are healing up nicely and it's great to see her trying to get accepted by the other dogs. She always sits on the periphery without being intrusive. To me she seems to be doing everything right. She follows me everywhere round the garden, like a... dog.
And she seems to know that the key to the whole thing is boss Dan (apart from the Commandant of course) and she makes extra effort to make sure Dan gets used to her.
And she spends a lot of time in "Yogi's hole", as we call it. Although that won't make her popular with Yogi at all... this is his special place. One thing that I can't help wondering when I look at these pics... what the hell am I paying a full time gardener for?
So before the puppies left today my daughter spent a bit of time with her favourite. This one may have been offered a home here if the starving pup hadn't turned up last week. I think she will be staying now... even my darling wife wouldn't be heartless enough to refuse her a home now that we've all bonded and she's been given some hope.
While the daughter was giving the pup a last cuddle, Max came along and nuzzled the starving one... that was nice to see.
Good luck to you and your four brothers and sisters! (Who needs a full time gardener, by the way?)
Of course my little girl was a bit upset at the puppies leaving. We've had them for a few days and have become a bit attached. I explained that she should be proud helping to find homes for 11 puppies over the last couple of weeks, and that we can't keep them all... in a few months they won't be so cute. And besides, they all had a good home to go to, all together... the starving puppy has nowhere to go and has no brothers or sisters... I said all of her love needs to go to this little pup now!
Looks like a name is needed... I can't keep calling her 'the starving pup'.
Minx, Yoda? My daughter has come up with Clara, Emily and Helen (which seem a bit strange for a dog). My thoughts are Missy or Fish (all she eats is fish). I'd still prefer a name to remember this lock down by... maybe Locky?