Life is a whirlwind.

Note to readers (my lovely Baggees): For the avoidance of any doubt - every character in this blog is me!!! No Baggy was harmed in its writing.

Baggy's daily state!
Depression (Black = really bad/Grey = not great/Blue = okay/Yellow = sunny day): Yellow.
Anxiety (From 1 = barely any to 10 = gibbering wreck standard): 1.
Tears: No.
Overall day: Chilled.

 

Today is Pepper Pooch's first birthday. Today he became a grown-up. Well as grown-up as anyone in Baggy's immediate family anyway i.e. not at all. A bunch of big kids - especially number one furry. But lovely with it. Tomorrow is Baggy and Calum's seventh wedding anniversary. A reminder of just how rapidly time flies by. Of course their beloved Minty Mutt was one of the chief members of the wedding party on that wonderful day.

As were Baggy's dad and step-mum.

None of them is around any longer. They all had long and good lives, although sadly both Baggy's mum and Minty Mutt suffered from dementia in their final years. It's a fact that none of us is here forever, so making the most of the time that we do have is all important. Rescuing Pepper was one of the best things that's happened to the Baggy household since it was first formed eight-and-a-half years ago. It hasn't just changed his life for the better, it's changed Baggy's life for the better as well.

He was given up because:

• He has "terrible separation anxiety" and his owner was about to go from part-time to full time work and wouldn't have been able to leave him.
• He is "stubborn and untrainable".
• He has "no re-call".

The only truth is that he does have separation anxiety, in fact he has a lot of anxiety in general (especially in busy places), because he hasn't been properly socialised. Clever Bird suspects that he's been left on his own (probably shut up somewhere) for long periods and never known when it would end. He hasn't had any training, or if he has it was done by someone who didn't know what they were doing, as he is the cleverest little chap. Compared with Minty Mutt he is way better trained than he was at one. Mind you that's Baggy's fault, as Grotty Groom got seriously hurt when Mint was five months old and couldn't even walk him herself for the next seven months. But in just two weeks Pepper is already better trained than the very clever Minty Mutt ever was! And he has given Baggy the strength to get over Mint's death and a new purpose for Hormonal Hannah.

Number one furry went out and bought Pepper some surprise presents while Furry Mama was playing ball with the pooch. He opened them when they got home.

Baggy knows that she's one of the luckiest women in the world, and she will continue to enjoy every moment that she has with her furries because life flies by so fast...........