Just thought you may be intersted to see all the puppies from the litter that Sunshine (now Jessie) was part of. We all meet up in a off lease dog park. I think it will be a yearly event. We are all very pleased with our dogs thanks to you and all at DCH.

In fact recently one of the new dogs in the street also comes from DCH. Lexi who was with Gail for some time. She is half German Shepherd, Border collie I think. Jessie and her often meet on the Golf course each morning at 6.30 am.

Cheers

I thought that I would send you some photos of Nanuk and Kavik, that were adopted off you. They are both doing very well, and see each other regularly. Haydn loves taking Nanuk for walks, and it is often a fight to see who can sit on the floor first to sit with the dog, but I think that there is enough of him to go around. At last weigh, Nanuk was up to 35 kilos, but that was about two months ago, and he has done some growing since then. He is still a very cuddly dog, and would still like to be able to climb up on our laps. The photo with the small boy laying on Nanuk is our 4yo godson. We often come in and find them laying together like this. Nanuk is just so quiet and good with kids. Kavik, who was adopted by my sister in law, is probably even more spolied than Nanuk, and the mother in law talks to her friends about her three grandsons, Haydn (our 12 yo son), Nanuk and Kavik. Thanks again for the opportunity to have these dogs, they have become loved members of our family.

Laura and I have been around the house a lot lately so she has been getting lots of attention. She is quite playful too. When she is in her frisky moods we usually dangle toys over the top of her scratching pole, tempting her to run up the pole to bat at the toy. She has developed a fair bit of muscle around her shoulders and hind legs because of this. We did get her some catnip spray as extra encouragement to use her scratching pole and mat for her own leisure, but she did not seem particularly interested in it. However, the toys she has which have catnip in them seem to interest her much more than those without, so maybe we will try getting some catnip leaves and seeing how she reacts.

Charlotte has bonded to us very quickly, and is affectionate with both Laura and I. Mostly she sleeps on the bed I made for her (out of old towels and a mango tray) but lately she has discovered her latest favourite spot

sitting on top of the subwoofer of my computer. The vibrations seem to relax her. Her favourite music seems to be slower acoustic, especially female singers

As far as her day to day habits she tends to sleep most of the day. She is most active early in the mornings and later at night. The cat from downstairs came in for a visit once Charlotte was settled in. Him being a dominant cat he tried to bully her, but Charlotte being equally dominant hissed at him till he ran out of the apartment and has left us alone since. Charlotte has brought a lot to the lives of Laura and I. We fell in love with her very quickly and is the queen of our house.

Thank you again for holding her for us. She is the perfect pet!

Hermione was adopted on 20/11/06 after 3 months in foster care.