My New Naughty Mate

Over the past month or so I've made a new mate. She's a Cocker Spaniel puppy called Shelley and boy is she a little naughty dynamo. She belongs to our friends, Ali, Jack and Harry. Each time she's visited it's like a mini-cyclone making landfall, wreaking havoc and causing chaos. At last count she's chewed up the following items around the house:

• water buckets (2)
• pair garden gloves (obliterated beyond recognition!)
• newly potted jade plants (2)
• left Blundstone boot
• big sponge (into a zillion pieces)
• shopping bag containing a year's worth of my brushed out fur
• plastic door jam
• my hair brush (the handle was at least an inch longer).

And these are just the items we've found! But, I've got to admit we do have heaps of fun together. The moment she arrives, she totally energizes the house, and starts throwing herself at me with gay abandon, head-butting and trying to chew my face off with her sharp little teeth. Good thing my personal attributes include tolerance and patience. When she leaves I need at least 24 hours to fully recover! (Gary 48!)

We've been to the park a few times too. Being a super cute puppy with long silky fur and a smiley face, she attracts plenty of attention especially from young women. Gary reckons this is a good thing.

After she's caused havoc for a good few hours, she would rest and put on a big cute Cocker pose - see below. I''m onto her though as I reckon it's just a ploy to win redemption points!

They say Cockers have boundless energy and I can't argue with that! Gary has nick-named her 'Naughty', which is apt but I reckon 'Cyclone Shelley' is more to the point.