Pupaia

Been a sort of mixed bag of things for me today, but primarily I've been on a bit of a mission to track down a puppy.

After much discussion with Phil he's finally come around to the idea that I've been posing to him for many many months now - you see I come from a house of dog lovers and now I've moved from home I'm sadly lacking in any canine interaction what so ever, and I really miss my doglets back home (but travelling 284 miles just to see them is a bit OTT). Anyway we've decided to get a puppy, and since I love pekingnese's I've been trying to track down a breeder that may have some pups ready to go to new homes.

It takes a bit of investigative work (in terms of finding the man who my parents got theirs from, and from him finding out if he knows anyone that might have some puppies at the moment (since he didn't have any) and even more in particular if he know of anyone that might be breeding black pekes). Turns out he did and he gave me a number of a lady called Sandra so I gave her a call.

20 minutes later of gabble later (I would classify sandra as a typical "Valleys" lady (anyone from Wales will know what I'm speaking about) and I've gleaned enough info to get me interested. Although she doesn't have any blacks at the moment, she does have one white dog puppy called Rupert. He's not ready to go from his parents yet but will be in a couple of weeks and sounds like a doll. I also establish that he's quite pricey, and quite rare as it happens as he is pure white all over with just a black nose and brown eyes. I'm not so worried about the price tbh since from looking around on the web it appears Pekes are generally expensive, and everything else seems dandy. So I asked Sandra if she'd send me a photo of Rupert, which she said she would.

Now, I know a Peke might not be everyone's choice of dog, but they've a number of characteristics which make them unique - they are very intelligent, comical and very devoted and are ideal for a small house and whilst they do need exercise I won't be doing a 10K marathon every night. Some people might say that they need a lot of grooming too, but my families experience of Pekes is that unless your showing them the kindest thing you can do is keep their coat shaved off (something like a number 4 or something) to keep them cool and keep them clean.

Anyway enough dog talk from me, the weather is bucking up every day with it getting warmer and warmer and predictions of it being 28 degrees C at the weekend and I skip the gym today since I feel like someone has punched me in the gut with a battering ram on at least 12 occasions whist pausing for tea and biscuits in between.

Posted by Abi on the June 7, 2006 9:03 PM