Introducing Jes......

Another new arrival for 2013, a planned one for a change.

Meet Jes. This was her arrival day.
She is a 10 week old Lurcher (like Taz), 1/2 Collie, 1/2 Greyhound. She will grow to about 23" to the shoulder, therefore she will be an inch or two smaller than Taz. So don't be fooled by her small size she will grow.. a lot!
She is from the same breeder as Taz, David Hancocks in the UK and she arrived by dog courier on 21st February. Although we were concerned about her arriving this way, we shouldn't have been, she was very well looked after and wagged her tail from the moment we saw her.

Once she had arrived it was time to meet the rest of the pack. A quick pee stop before the madness begins.
I have been really worried that Taz will sulk once she meets the new puppy, as she has with all the other new dogs. I really don't want her to be miserable in her last days (she has just turned 15). When Kip arrived (the Border Terrier) Taz sulked for 13 months before acknowledging she existed!

As you can see she received a good welcome from both dogs. Taz was quite happy and Kip didn't get jealous like we expected. We left them to establish the pack hierarchy and no one was hurt in the process. It was good to see Taz interested.

Time to meet the other residents of Cloghermore. The chickens were not happy to see her initially but soon settled down. Jes thought they were fair game as they could be chased! She soon stopped that when one of the big Ginger Nut Ranger hens stood her ground and gave her a good pecking. Job done, respect established!

While Beko was still alive they both thought it was great fun to run around together.

The house training immediately started which meant going out whatever the weather and whenever was required. No Diz hasn't turned ethnic, just early morning training. She soon got the hang of it with us encouraging her to 'pee, pee' on the grass. Still a few accidents, but not too bad. I'm not sure if Jes is the worst. I came in one day, stepping over Taz's accidents, let the pup out of her house cage and tried to get her out to do a 'pee' and then Beko walked in and squirted luminous poo everywhere. This can really be a mad house sometimes!

 Everyone seems to be settling well and Taz hasn't sulked once even though she has to share her bed with everyone.

Not sure what Jes will do when she can't fit into Kips bed, she is already starting to fall out of it. She does have her own big comfy bed, but she thinks tormenting her new mate Kip is far more fun. We think it's great, pay back for all the tormenting Kip gave us and Taz when she was a puppy.

If she is anything like Taz we have a lot or torture still to come as she grows. When she first arrived she was smaller than Kip, a week later she is taller than her. So she will grow quite quickly.


Hope you enjoy the photo's.
Stella xx