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So much can happen in a morning. The most important thing is not the puppies at all, but their real uncle, Shadow\u2019s brother Freddy. Freddy lives with the human Annette, after whom our little Annette is named, and he is seriously ill. He has a tumour, which at first was thought to be benign. However he is very poorly. He can\u2019t walk, can\u2019t climb stairs and even can\u2019t bark. Please will all the readers of this diary, all over the world, pray for little Freddy. He is only 2 \u00bd year old and is a lovely dog. All our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.<\/p>\n
For the puppy weigh in there is lots of good news. We have achieved a couple of milestones today. Arnold has passed the kilogram mark and hardly fits in the dish on the scales. Avril put on an amazing 74g and has completely pulled back her position. For me the most important news is that tiny Aristotle has at last hit the 750g mark, weighing in at 760g. Altogether now, \u2018For he\u2019s a jolly good fellow, for he\u2019s a jolly good fellow, for he\u2019s a jolly good fellow, and so say all of us.\u201d Three cheers for Aristotle. Hip, hip, hooray. Hip, hip, hooray. Hip, hip, hooray.<\/p>\n
We have even more news and I\u2019m too excited to save it until later. Alan walked this morning. He properly supported his weight on his tiny legs and walked several steps across the pen. It was very exciting.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m the only one excited about the next piece of news. We\u2019ve got a mole in the garden. We haven\u2019t had moles since we lived in Belgium and to be quite honest I\u2019ve missed them. I went out to investigate the garden this morning and there, by the summerhouse was our very first mole hill. I came running in to get the others to show them. They have never lived with other creatures digging up our garden.<\/p>\n