A new addition to the family!

Can you see what is in the picture above?

Not Nacho, not the potting mix,

the little black hairy thing!

Its my new puppy, he is only 13 weeks old.

have a look at him.

Isn't he enormous!

His name is Midnight, for obvious reasons

and he is a large Standard Poodle.

I was expecting to take him for his first visit to the vet,

riding on my tray, but I think he will be walking.

This is a picture of him when he first arrived, Jess bought him the green toy, it is now his absolute favourite,

I hear it squeaking in the middle of the night.

This is us on our first solo outing, 

he is so intelligent that it is easy to forget he is only a baby.

He is learning to walk by my side without me touching his lead. I am finding this very difficult because I am scared of running over his paws.

Everyone keeps telling me that he will learn very quickly, but that does not make it any easier for me.

He wears a red body harness instead of a collar, this makes it easier for him to walk next to the wheel chair, and will not damage his neck.

Look at that face and those eyes!

Now look at the next picture,

 another set of beautiful eyes.

Now I am going to have to train him, 

it will be a interesting experience for both of us.

I have no idea how to do it in a chair.

Fortunately big poodles are very placid dogs,

I have already noticed how calm  and gentle he is.

I am very relieved that he and Nacho get along, she is definitely the boss [because she is a girl],

but he is happy and so is she!

I guess it is early days yet, so we shall see.

At present, they are both lying on the floor near my chair, chewing on a puppy bone, 

now if they would always be like that,

life would be soooo easy.

Until next time --- Happy Days!