It was a really hard decision as all the pups in the litter were stunning, but at last I've gone and done it.
My new baby has been chosen, his posh name will be (hopefully) Jacirra Bertie Boy

This is him aged 6 weeks old, although he doesn't come home to me until next week.

The journey home from my visit to Taunton was horrendous. I knew they had forecast snow, but you never believe it. Well OMG the snow was falling so hard the motorway was proving to be a nightmare. Many cars had skidded of the road and those poor drivers were stuck. I kept my concentration, and also kept my distance from all other cars, although a lorry did try his best to run me off the road at one stage, the git. Made the journey home very long and slow as top speed was around 30mph. There were no lanes to follow so it was best just to stay in the tracks of other cars.

Coming off the A5 near home I had to bypass 3 cars that had skidded up the slip road, then I very nearly got home, but had to abandon the car at the bottom of our hill as the weather had finally beaten me.

I've not been on here for a while, as I've been hoping for some good news for a change.
I'm please to say that I now have a reason to start entering Agility Shows again, as Del (pictured here) and JD have both been given the all clear to start doing Agility again.
Obviously I can't just start doing full on training, slowly does it. But it's such a relief. Although I spend all the time looking at Del and thinking "did he limp, is he standing correct". Think I've become neurotic and paranoid all in one.

Plus I have this puppy dilemma going on. Del has sired a stunning litter of 4 girlies and 2 boys. I was so sure that I was having a boy, but I just love them all.  I have visit Carol Smith in Taunton 3 times now and was going to make a decision last Friday, but just couldn't decide. So I'll have to visit again. Which I don't mind as i love seeing the pups, but it is a long way, and they keep closing the motorway. Also I now know why there are so many accidents on the M5, that road is a death trap in the road works. There is no rhyme or reason to the lane changes, and they have the shiniest roads ever, the glare of the sun on the road was blinding.
Oh well, wish me luck for choosing the baby for me. If anyone wants to see pictures you can find lots on the  Jacirra BCs  Facebook page or  http://bucklandagility.weebly.com

Was a busy week again this week. But my main problem seems to be getting myself motivated to train just Tom. Don't get me wrong, I love Tom to bits, and I did train him on Thursday and he was brilliant. But not having Del running, and not knowing how long he will be out for, has made me think that there is no point entering any shows, So therefore, no point training Tom.

I walk them all over the country park everyday, and even Glen manages his walks still. Del on the other hand does not appreciate the reason that he has to stay on lead. He is a front runner of my pack and they all egg him on. But lets hope that the lead walking is helping his leg.

I'm going running with Jenny Barr on Monday, although I'm not sure running is my thing. I wasn't even very good at running at school. I'm more a short distance person. For some reason I don't seem to be able to concentrate on long distances. Although if I do get into it, I'd like to take the dogs along and perhaps that will also help Del.

I'm having to restrict Del's exercise at the moment as his leg still isn't good, but hopefully he'll get there.

In the mean time I've decided it's about time I started to get fit, ready for when Del is better and for my new baby when he comes along. I've set up my Wii system, and have started back on the Wii Fit, and the Wii Active Personal Trainer. I like this system and have loaded my personal goals which hopefully the training programme will help me achieve. The part of my routine I really enjoy at the moment is the boxing. I have rubbish upper body strength, so hopefully this will help.

Watch this space. I'm really determined to be good.

It's New Years Eve. Roll on 2012

Happy New Year everyone

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30th December 2011 - What a busy day

Well, today has been a very busy day indeed.
It started early with the Plumber arriving to continue fixing our heating system.
Then it was off to see Rachel at Vale Vets in Dursley, to get an update on JD, and also for Del to see Emma the chiropractor.

Del was treated by Emma because since his accident in the country park, he still isn't right, so hopefully we can get him mended soon.
JD had to stay in for more x-rays, so we left him there, and set off for Taunton, Somerset to visit Carol Smith and the puppies.
The pups are so scrummy, but as yet they aren't doing much. They still look like little hamsters. Kim is a brilliant mum though, and it was so lovely to see her with her babies. There are two boys (one of which will be mine) and four girls. All are tri coloured and all are quite classically marked. This litter were bred because both myself and Carol want to keep a puppy, we thought that we had enough homes for them all, but due to unforeseen circumstances there is a girl puppy now looking for a new owner.
Carol did us a chicken lunch which was most appreciated as we had spent quite a time sitting on the M5, which really is a very annoying motorway, just stopping for no reason, think it's so that people can admire the scenery??
Then it was back to get JD and Rachel had some wonderful news for us, his foot was healing nicely, the bone had almost healed and the infection nearly gone. He is back on anti-biotics to get the rest of that damned infection which has caused us so much heart ache. We're hoping that when he is re x-rayed in four weeks time it will be completely healed.
Just got home and now relaxing. What a day.

**New Blog**

Hi,

This is my new Blog. I've decided that I'll do a separate page for my dogs which will be listed under the links on the left hand side. I'll use this home page for general news and training ideas or days that I am organising.

This is still a work in progress so please follow me to find out where this takes me.

My first big news is I'm going to look at a litter of puppies tomorrow.
They are from Del and Kim (Blackrobin Sundance) born on the 23rd December.

Del is currently my youngest, so a puppy will be a lovely and very much need addition to my gang.