Being employed on a casual basis I have the advantage of picking which shifts I pick up, so since Chequer arrived I have been picking up full time hours, but only with evening and night shifts so that I can be here during the day when Nige is at work. We are lucky that over the years Domino has got used to us being at work during the day, but at such a young age it would be unfair to do the same for Chequer, hence my change in schedule for the next few months.
As you will all know, little puppies don't stay little for long and at Chequers's visit at the vets for his vaccines on Saturday he'd put on 2 lbs (although technically its 2lbs of leg as nothing else appears to have grown!!).
Domino is improving every day and although she can't manage stairs, still has moments of drunkenness where she'll fall if she's on carpet where she can get a good grip, she can normally get herself back up again. We think she had a realization this week that Chequer was in fact here to stay and not, as she initially believed on holiday. She made her dissatisfaction known by biting his ear, thus resulting in a trip to the vets for some antibiotics and a twice daily washing of his ear of pus!!!
This doesn't seem to have put Chequer off aggravating his big sister, he has just moved to a safe 'under the sofa' barking position!!!
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