'You may think there are no such things as miracles, but there truly are, just, maybe not in the sense(s) that you were thinking'.
Exploring, and toppling a tiny bit, whilst mum was in the yard.
Hugging his mums back leg, the camera was zoomed and set for this photo.
Here's pup.
I don't know the gender of 'him' yet, but somehow saying 'him' sounds a whole lot more personal than 'it'.. so if I refer to pup as a he, it's for 'just because' reasons. The vet didn't tell us his gender, he went to Mike at the car because pup was born on the back seat, and I think his main concern was that pup was OK, and when he was, that he and mum were taken home and got into the warm as soon as possible.
(He was also the emergency vet, so he was in for a short time for us).
So I'll worry about the gender when he's a little older. :)
Well there he is, he is tiny, and he has a black strip across his eyes like a mask, and I really like the way those markings look, I'm looking forward to seeing him grow, and how those markings grow with him. He is also such a wriggly little fella, he is shuffling up her back and all round the bedding for more than I realized they do at this age, and I sit here watching Poppy moving him close to her, so he is just as he should be,(To keep him warm). So many times in a day, that I couldn't even count...
but if it's the sign of things to be, I see us running round behind pup and toddler alike!
but if it's the sign of things to be, I see us running round behind pup and toddler alike!
Poppy, now. Poppy has also changed so much, she's less dominant, and so much more affectionate, it's as if we have a different dog here. I couldn't tell you how much being a mum has changed her and it's all for the better. And she is loving protecting and caring for him just the way that she should be, it only makes life hard getting Bruno in the yard because she treats him like a predator, but I guess that it's part of her job as a mum, and her job is to look after baby from anything.
A trust like no other..
I went to stroke Poppy yesterday, and I noticed her move from pup, I gently stroked him with the back of my finger. I was really surprised that she allowed me to do that, (But I wouldn't do it in front of the children in case they tried and she did get protective).
I did stroke them both again at about 4 this morning, her first, and then him, only this this time I took my camera. And again, like before, she moved her front leg out of the way.
That is a special trust, a bond, and it really means a lot to me, to mean that much to her.
And you know, it is amazing at the amount of changes that one little life can bring.
Well, I had better get some cleaning done, and I also need to change the old towels with her and pup, as they do get messy very fast.
Have a good day.
Take care
Louise x
