Barking at the Moon

If you've found us today after hearing about Oliver and Wills on 'Barking at The Moon' tonight then welcome. If you missed us, you can catch it on listen again here, It's the Late Show with Joanna Good, about ten minutes into the show. I recommend you listen to the whole show as, if you love dogs you'll love it - two hours every Thursday night dedicated to doggy talk 'woof woof'. Here are the links to the wonderful charities I mentioned and who are making it possible for William to have such a special friend. Starlight for Children are here . If you look down the list of recent press on the home page you'll come across the piece that put Oliver and Wills on the front page of our local paper for Christmas Day. You can find more about PAWS and Dogs for the Disabled here, including how to join in if you have a child with autism.

I have never been in a radio studio before and I was quite nervous. I had a horrible mind blank when I was asked to name our wonderful breeders when I said they had donated half the cost of Oliver. I could only think of their first names and then blanked on where they lived - awful! For anyone who was listening and is interested, Oliver's breeders are Roslyn and Sam Lovelock and their Kennel Club name (which I did remember) is Rozansam. I kicked myself because it made me sound like they are forgotten and they remain so special to us. It was one of those horrible blanks. I could just as easily blanked on my children's names at that precise moment - in fact Hope and I had joked about me doing so just before I left. If anyone is ever looking for a breeder then do email me and I'll forward you Roslyn and Sam's contact details.

It's been quite an eventful day. William moved into a new bedroom that's been built on the back of the house to enable him to have an adapted room and bathroom downstairs. He loves it and, as you can see, Oliver loves it too. The house is still a mess of half sorted piles of stuff because I just had to break up the move and sort out to take the children and Oliver to the park. We had a fantastic time and Oli had his first run off the lead. Our park has a secure area between a tennis court and basketball court that is perfect for letting dogs off the lead to play without upsetting any nervous children and ensuring the dogs can't get

too far away when they're still learning their recall. Oliver was really good at coming when he was called today. His leg seemed fine so I think he's well and truly on the mend now.

We wore both Oliver and Wills out and, as I write William is relaxing with his favourite TV programmes and Oliver is resting right beside him.