I'm home for the weekend and catching up on the latest happenings...

Grandpa Basil was found in his usual position of authority, guarding the door to the upper deck

while Garnet slept contentedly under the quilt stand.

Beth and Craig had been here to pick up Jed, Sunny and Weylin's boy.
Jed was picked by Craig well before he was born. He wanted a red boy to be a
sister to Samantha, a Daisy/Weylin daughter from their January litter. He
got his wish as this boy is certainly the reddest boy we've ever produced.


Beth held Khloe so she had some attention, too. She was too young to go home yet and was awaiting the arrival of her family in two more weeks. They were good buddies who ran and played on the good days out side with Philip ever on the watch.

There was a constant competition between Sunny, Pansy and Maggie over who was the mother of these puppies. Both of the pups had more than enough mothering to last them a lifetime!

Sunny loved her babies so very much and was sad to see Jed finally leave. He is her last puppy as she will be spayed on Monday and resume her place as Queen on Philip's lap...if the others allow it!

Time to go and Khloe gave Beth a big good-bye kiss. If Beth had her way, she would have taken every puppy in all the litters! She has an unlimited amount of love and neurturing for the breed. Craig made a big leap by adopting another one as he already has a Brittany and raises show rabbits. We chuckled when he learned the lesson that one cocker is never enough!

So now it is November 26th and Khloe's turn to meet her family. Here she is being snuggled immediately by her new daddy Greg. He lost his little girl, a childhood love two years ago and Khloe was nervous that he might not like her.

As you can see, Greg loved her immediately and claimed Khloe as his own.

Gpa Philip had her all bathed and trimmed as best he could since Gma (me) is the one who does the grooming. Nanny Janice was there, too to add the bow and make sure everything was recorded for the blog. Gpa Philip forgot that Charlie is her father and introduced Weylin as her father (really the grandfather), so that was all that was in error. Of course the paperwork and pedigree showed the correct father and I'm sure the Richards knew that, too.

So here there are......Greg and both his favorite girls.....Khloe and her new

mommy Kerrie. She is tickled pink that she gets to go to school with her Mommy on the

days Daddy Greg is off at the NYC Fire house being the hero we know those boys to be.

rest of that story.I'm so proud of my family and promise to be good. I just have a lot of wiggles to get out and some more training telling them when I need to go out. I love playing outside and hope we get to do that in my new home. For now, I'm vacationing with my new grandparents and am a complete surprise to Grandma! Stay tuned for the story.

Can't you feel the love?

Sunny (left) and Maggie (right) were always in competition to take care of

me. They needed to see that Daddy has taken over that job!

So Pansy, Sunny and Garnet got on chairs to watch the final good-bye. That's old grammy Iris's butt you see as she walked away from it all. After all, she 13 years old today (27th) and she's seen it all over and over. Guess we're off to have a birthday party for her.

Oh yes, in case you are worried that Gpa Philip is all alone while I'm gone for treatments,

I think this photo will settle your concerns. It's a constant battle for the best spots on his lap/chair. Little CC is sure to have the pillow under his elbow. She spend the night with me and is my shadow today. Life without a cocker.......how empty and boring.

Until the next report.......have a safe and happy holiday season.

Mary