Millie...our new Golden Retriever pup.
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My wife and I have just moved to a new home in a village in North Dorset, and after wanting a dog for a while, we found a very well-respected breeder in Oxfordshire who breeds Goldens and shows them at Crufts too. We had our name down for when the puppies were due and were finally called in August to go and see them. We immediately chose Millie...or rather, she chose us. I'd always heard that said, but understood it when we went there.
Went and picked her up a week ago, and we're absolutely enamoured. Currently not QUITE sleeping through the night (but she is only nine weeks old!), but even when I'm standing in my pants on the patio at 3am celebrating the fact that she's urinating outside, I don't regret it.
She came with a breeding pedigree certificate from the Kennel Club showing five generations and various show winners, which was mildly amusing but not as much as her official full name - Ramblegold Sorrento Star. She'll only be called that when she misbehaves!
Here's some photos of our little madam.
Went and picked her up a week ago, and we're absolutely enamoured. Currently not QUITE sleeping through the night (but she is only nine weeks old!), but even when I'm standing in my pants on the patio at 3am celebrating the fact that she's urinating outside, I don't regret it.
She came with a breeding pedigree certificate from the Kennel Club showing five generations and various show winners, which was mildly amusing but not as much as her official full name - Ramblegold Sorrento Star. She'll only be called that when she misbehaves!
Here's some photos of our little madam.
What a beautiful little girl, enjoy every moment of her being cute and fluffy, all too soon, someone breaks in during the night and steals your divine little cutie and replaces it with a great big slobbering monster!
My Belladonna (black Lab also with a posh name) is now 2 years old, time bloody flies along. It seems like only minutes ago she was a tiny little bundle. I hope your little lass is as awesome at being a dog as mine is
I've also got a 6-month-old Basset hound, he's so cute people bite their arms off with desire, but, he's a bugger all the way through! Love the little sod to bits though.
My Belladonna (black Lab also with a posh name) is now 2 years old, time bloody flies along. It seems like only minutes ago she was a tiny little bundle. I hope your little lass is as awesome at being a dog as mine is
I've also got a 6-month-old Basset hound, he's so cute people bite their arms off with desire, but, he's a bugger all the way through! Love the little sod to bits though.
loquacious said:
What a beautiful little girl, enjoy every moment of her being cute and fluffy, all too soon, someone breaks in during the night and steals your divine little cutie and replaces it with a great big slobbering monster!
My Belladonna (black Lab also with a posh name) is now 2 years old, time bloody flies along. It seems like only minutes ago she was a tiny little bundle. I hope your little lass is as awesome at being a dog as mine is
I've also got a 6-month-old Basset hound, he's so cute people bite their arms off with desire, but, he's a bugger all the way through! Love the little sod to bits though.
Thank you! Weirdly, we can already see differences in the size of her this week compared to last week. I drive a lot with work as a sparky all over the South Coast, but my wife works from home (automotive copywriter) so she's around her 24/7. My Belladonna (black Lab also with a posh name) is now 2 years old, time bloody flies along. It seems like only minutes ago she was a tiny little bundle. I hope your little lass is as awesome at being a dog as mine is
I've also got a 6-month-old Basset hound, he's so cute people bite their arms off with desire, but, he's a bugger all the way through! Love the little sod to bits though.
I've definitely noticed a change from day to day, and you can see it in photos side-by-side.
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