I'm back !!

I know, you're all wondering where I've been aren't you?

The NEC show kept us busy for a week and even though I wasn't there every day it was certainly a busy week in the office. Sue and I had a day off on Friday so took our two to Formby sands for an enjoyable run along the beach.

Then on Monday morning it was off to Sussex for a meeting of The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes and I got back about 30 minutes ago!! So you see I haven't been sitting around doing nothing have I :-)

As usual on Monday morning everything was trying to conspire to keep us at the centre. A kennel door in the boarding kennels decided to fall off, we had some family problems to sort out with a dog we'd taken in over the weekend and then to cap it all a very nervous bitch we'd taken in quite recently was suspected as being in pup with probably a week or so to go - wrong - first thing Monday morning one of the pups made his entrance. By lunchtime nothing else had happened so we left Milly in the capable hands of the staff and she later gave birth to a second and final pup. Mom and pups are doing well I'm delighted to say.

The NEC Show was a successful week, we spread "the word" to many new people, met lots of collie owners and signed up some new supporters to our Sponsor A Dog Scheme and Support Scheme which are vital to our work and of course particularly under pressure in these times of economic hardship for so many people, so thank you to all who came to the stand and bought goods, donated money and joined our schemes.

Bye for now

Ben