Well they\u2019ve gone. It was panic stations yesterday as my Mistress was sorting out the final things for her trip, and fitting the village Fun Day around packing up the car. You\u2019ve never seen so much luggage. To be fair my Mistress has packed most of her food for the journeys so that they don\u2019t have to leave the dogs. My cousin is going with them too. Shadow and my Mistress are both excited and so is Megan. They were all scurrying round getting in each other\u2019s way. Shadow wanted to make sure her favourite bed was in, my Mistress was more concerned about their passports. Shadow wanted to take the bone we\u2019ve all been sharing. <\/em>My Mistress said she wouldn\u2019t have it in the car as it really is starting to look a little on the grotty side.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Megan had been begging to be included in the trip. As a concession to the fact that Shadow isn\u2019t very keen on travelling, my Mistress agreed. It seemed a better option than having Shadow cry for the whole 2000 mile round trip. Shadow is much happier when one of us goes too, to hold her paw.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This really seems to have been the time of year that Shadow was thinking about having puppies. Moving on from our 2011 Flashback, I found this a few years later in 2015. When Alfie was feeling left out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a wonderful product called Fit and Fertile that our Mistress gives to Shadow each time when she starts her season and is going to mate. It contains things like folic acid to make sure she is as ready as she can be to have some puppies. Anyway, it\u2019s not that I especially want the powder.<\/em> It’s just that Shadow has it mixed into three teaspoons of vanilla yoghurt and it\u2019s just not fair. It\u2019s not my fault I\u2019m male and not trying to get pregnant. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I like vanilla yoghurt too. Oh I get to lick out the empty pot each time Shadow comes to the end of one, but there is nothing like three teaspoons left at that stage and believe me I am counting. Shadow loves it so much that as soon as she hears our Mistress take the lid off the Fit and Fertile container she runs to be ready for when it\u2019s all mixed in. She will keep having it now right up to when the puppies are weaned and she doesn\u2019t need to produce milk for them \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of vanilla yoghurt she\u2019s going to get through over the coming weeks. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Mistress has explained that she has to be careful about what vanilla yoghurt she uses. <\/em>Some contain artificial sweeteners which can be harmful to dogs. In particular you must avoid xylitol which can be toxic to dogs and stevia which can cause a drop in a dog\u2019s blood pressure. Anyway, ours are safe and I\u2019d like to eat some more if it. Our master is allowed a whole one for breakfast. I was wondering if I could ask for one to be mixed in with my morning dog food.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well that\u2019s quite enough of all that. Shadow still loves vanilla yoghurt. Some things don\u2019t change. Have a great Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wilma starts with a 2011 Flashback, remembering Shadow’s first trip to meet a stud dog. 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