Morning lovelies.
I'm Natalie, a new puppy mum and new member
We live in Northamptonshire (myself, husband and 9yr old son) and picked up our first dog on Friday, a 10 week old show type who my son has named Rupert [emoji7]
So we've had three days with him and he's melted our hearts already[emoji177]
We've wanted a dog for a while but wanted to wait until our son was a bit older so he could properly get involved with training etc.
The right time came when we looked after a friends labrador for the day. Josh treated him like a brother and it was heart wrenching to watch him go home at the end of the day. He walked him, played with him, fed him, and as he's an only child we realised then that a dog would be great for him now.
I grew up with dogs as my parents were reg'd breeders of Shetland sheepdogs, but it's been 20 years since having a dog and I realise now just how much I've missed out on.
Anyway, here's Rupert. He's such fun to have around. He's using puppy pads at the back door at the moment as he wasn't happy going out in the rain LOL, and he's sleeping in his crate in the bedroom. First night I was up every 2 hrs to take him downstairs for a pee, next day up at 2am and 5am and last night he didnt get up for a wee at all!! He went down for a pee at 5:30 when my husband left for work then came back to the crate for an hour or so.
I have a really stressful job in Law and i spend my weekend stressing about work, but Rupert has taken my mind off it completely and I've had a lovely weekend
Anyway, time for obligatory photos...
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