Day 6

It is now 05.34am and I'm wide awake with three dogs chewing my ear for something to eat. Not yet chums, a bit early. I got up to let them out at 04.00am and decided to stay up and disinfect the house in preparation for the coming event. I will do this on a regular basis to make sure no nasties are lurking.
Even though I hate dirt of any kind, I know we all need bacteria in our lives to be able to build up a resistance. Maddy and the puppies room will be sterile though, as this I feel gives them the best chance of survival.

I have another neighbour across the road who is a well known dog napper. He especially loves Springer Spaniels. Knowing this when I moved in, I felt I had to protect Maddy, so bought 6' high cast iron gates and railings along with a huge padlock. Maddy unfortunately is the offspring of one of the dogs he stole and sold, so I'm not taking any chances. Cruella De Ville only not so stylish :-)

Less than eight weeks to go and I still can't get my head around it. It all happened so fast and unexpectedly.
Piglet is alseep on my lap right now, so I am finding it difficult to move without waking her - she does pick her times.

Bless him, Alfie has now joined us, and Maddy is in my sons bedroom with the 3 cats. Alfie laid down beside us all and went to sleep last night, so no whining and he did exactly what I told him.
I think he thought anything was better than sleeping outside the door , so intelligent and savvy, good boy!

An eventful day with the dogs. I gave them red salmon and rice for dinner - ran out of dog food, so raided my food cupboard. They all loved it - so I'll be looking out for bargains in the tinned salmon department in future.

After lunch we went for a long walk in the pouring rain. It was lovely and Chris and I both said what a joy they are to have around. They also got hellishly dirty, so I went straight upstairs when we got back and ran a bath.
Alfie loved it, Piglet hated it and Maddy hid as she knew what was coming. After bathing the first two I had to get Chris to carry Maddy upstairs. She eventually caved in, but sulked for about an hour after. Eyes down, no waggy tail and no correspondence. Time for a ball!

I am trying (without much success I hasten to add) to keep them out of the lounge when dirty as it has just been decorated and my leather suite has just been cleaned. Where did they go first? The lounge suite, shaking rattling and rolling - bless 'em.

Time now 20.51pm, the dogs are shattered - and to be honest so am I. What will it be like with 12+ of them? Fun finding out I guess but still a few weeks off yet. I hate waiting but poor old Maddy hasn't a clue yet poor love - only the love of a couple of very good dogs and two people who adore her.

I have pictures of the dogs which I will upload asap, but the jpeg is too large and won't upload, so we have to make smaller. Tomorrow hopefully?

Also I am allowing adsense to advertise on my site so we can hopefully earn some money. If anything untoward happens we do not have any money to afford a vet, and even though I did not try to get Maddy pregnant, the PDSA will not see to her as they are both pedigrees. I will try though as Vets aren't cheap! I hope this doesn't upset anyone but needs must.

Now to see if Alfie was being good last night or it was a one off...speak to you tomorrow!