Better Than Good

As you know we have had some stick with Denver. The last post we made regarding some ridiculous advice ended up with some unpleasant emails from people who were obviously bribed to send them. Enough said on that - you know who you are - and you know how pathetic you are.

On the up side things have been going great! We had completely lost focus on what was really going on here, lots of people randomly giving their 'opinion' and handing out 'advice' threw us into a total spin. We were starting to get depressed over the whole thing and whenever Denver so much as sat up to quickly we would create panic.

Things have mellowed out now as we have now had some of the most unbelievably amazing professional help, and we are finally feeling like we should have all that time ago - proud to have have just rescued a beautiful puppy and given it a happy home.

Julia at Paws In The City popped us onto her partner Karen De Wit, and I can't stress enough just how wonderful she has been.

A few weeks back we did our first session at home and I learned more in those 2 hours than I even did at Puppy School. Now don't get me wrong, the Puppy classes were good but they were just not reaching what we wanted and despite needing more from them they just couldn't offer it. For now we have given them up.

As I said though we have learned loads already in the two weeks with Karen D. Denver can shake paw and roll over and did all that within one day. He can fetch and drop. He can sit and stay and his whole manner has changed completely, he is the daftest, silly puppy you will ever meet, with some amazing manners thrown in.

Last week I met Karen in the park and we took Denver round the shops to meet people. He was incredibly well behaved for such a young guy and I was very proud of him. Not only is he gorgeous but he is clever too!!

It's been a hard few months. It should never have been like that but the barrage of opinions, lost friendships, and naff 'professional' advice left us up stream without a paddle. We were pushed to the point where we doubted what we had done, and although we never doubted Denver we lost focus on who he really was.

And who he is is a lovable, gorgeous, friendly, happy puppy who brings stunning joy to our lives.

We will offer one word of advice though - just make sure you do cross the road when you see us.

Would hate for you to be licked to death....