Oh It\u2019s going to be the best birthday ever. I\u2019m not talking about our Mistress\u2019s, although I\u2019m sure she is excited about the news too, I\u2019m talking about mine. I\u2019m not allowed to say too much yet as I know our Mistress is still sorting out all the details, but I\u2019ve given the Orvis catalogue to Shadow altogether as I don\u2019t need it. I\u2019m not having a new bed, I\u2019m having my very own puppy. Finally, after all these years I\u2019m having a little girl puppy of my very own. Oh I know at the age of ten you\u2019d think that wasn\u2019t something I\u2019d want anymore, but I do. I love puppies and I\u2019m sure that she and I will just have the very best time. Our Mistress says I can go with her when she goes to collect her and we can have a few days away together getting to know the puppy before she comes home and meets the others.<\/p>\n
You might wonder why I started this with part of a catch phrase from The Flintstones \u2013 well that\u2019s because her name is Wilma and our Mistress likes the name so much that she has agreed she will be called that the whole time. Now our Mistress is laughing about the fun she will have with recall using a Fred Flintstone voice to call her across a field!<\/p>\n
We\u2019re all really excited. Ari keeps telling everyone that his niece is coming to live here. Wilma\u2019s father is Ari\u2019s half-brother. They have the same dad, obviously. Shadow can\u2019t claim a close relationship but she always knew that would be the case as the whole idea was to have a completely different breeding line. Shadow says it will be perfect when all her puppies have gone and she is feeling a bit low to have a little girl to help look after. It really is the best news ever.<\/p>\n
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