We had loads of things to blog about, e.g.:
- update on Dopey (who is happily flying around somewhere)
- our Spring holiday to Scotland (over 600 photo's...)
- the renovation of the Camper
- our Autumn holiday to Scandinavia (over 400 photo's)
- our daily life (which is far from boring!)
etc, etc....
Promised, we will catch up!
The arrival of our lovely Puppy 'Bas' this week, was a good and extremely valid excuse to start blogging again.
As many of you know, we do have a little Zoo at home.
Two cats, 7 chicken, a crow and a little sparrow. And of course our two dogs (breed Basset Fauve de Bretagne) 'Dée' and 'Frits'.
Dée was 'ordered' by Tjep about 3 years ago and when the breeder did not have puppy's with his own dogs, he brought Tjep one from France. A small lovely female dog who also had a brother called Frits.
Dée, not used to people, traffic and household sounds, was extremely shy. But after a few weeks she became a funny lively dog.
Her brother stayed with the breeder who phoned us after a while explaining that Frits did not socialize within the pack.
We already liked the look of Frits when we collected Dée en after good thinking and talking, we also collected Frits.
You have never seen two happy dogs like brother and sister!! Ever so happy to be re-united.
But as we say in Holland "the blood crawls where it can't go", another little Fauve came our way.
And this Fauve is 'Bas' (originally called 'Salut' but better responding to his new name).
Bas already had a lovely home but unfortunately one of his owners turned out to be extremely allergic to dog hair. This is so sad!
After a few phone calls we agreed to collect Bas on Thursday October 28, around lunchtime.
Although we looked forward to collect Bas, we were also impressed by the sadness of the owners to see Bas go. The lady of the house and her two daughters were (wisely) not at home. Her husband welcomed us and after receiving the necessary (veterinarian) paperwork and the pedigree, meeting Dée and Frits who waited in the car, we left, again leaving a very, very sad owner behind. At least Bas was muched loved for the very short time he lived with this family.
Where Dée and Frits were not familiar with people and sounds, Bas isn't impressed by anything.
He loved watching the world go by when sitting on my lap in the car.
Once at home, he finally had time to meet his new friends the dogs and cats who immediately accepted him, and explore the kitchen and living room. He loved it and felt at home immediately.
Needles to tell he fell asleep after playing and running around in the garden. Tucked away in my arms he slept like a log!
His first night alone in his new bench placed beside the bench of the other two dogs, he slept all night long without yelling or barking.
What a lovely dog this is!
Today was a wonderful day for him, he met the chicken and was told by one of the hens who really is the boss! No way he will chase them now....
Bas also discovered the bench of Dée and Frits and the three of them spent an hour sleeping together with his little head on top of Dée's back.
Isn't it wonderful that only 13 weeks young, you found friends for life?
To view the first pictures of Bas please click his photo above.
Bas first film:
