Poppy the child listener

Poppy at 8 weeks old, before leaving Poundlane

Received a lovely update a couple days ago for Poppy from Julie. Poppy is from Dolly's litter born back the end of 2011, Dolly amazes us again !
​Poppy was the smallest in the litter, but certainly not the least. She is Treacle's (who is having the next Poundlane litter) sister, but from the litter before she was born. She is from Reggie's first ever litter.

​"Hi Jane,
We are are still following and enjoying your blog. I loved the tadpole cakes and have noticed your scones look a lot better than mine ever do!
I especially enjoy seeing pictures of Poppy’s mum Dolly as I do think Poppy looks a lot like her.  I’m still taking her in to a local school once a week on the Read2Dogs scheme. You would be amazed at how many 5-8 year olds that we’ve met who have never stroked a dog before.  Poppy is really good  - even when they try to stroke her fur the wrong way. They have recently moved us into a room with lots of soft toys within easy reach and I’m afraid Poppy has been caught a couple of times trying to shred the odd teddy.  She has quite a few soft toys at home and, as far as she is concerned, shredding is what they are for.
She is a joy to have around and she constantly makes us smile.  
I’m attaching some recent photos so you can see how beautiful she is!"

And I received a further email from Julie saying, "Pressed send before I'd finished!
Poppy looks tiny lying next to one of our cats - it is the cat that is huge!
Hope you are have a good week with all the birthdays.
Lots of love
Julie, family and poppy xxxx"

Poppy does look like her Mum and sister, Treacle who will be having a litter of pups soon. The scones are a Westcountry recipe that is plain, no sugar and uses SR flour along with baking powder, which almost guarantees a good rise every time.
I'm afraid the killing fluffy toys is a Reggie trait. Reggie can also undo zips and kill dog beds, so all our dog beds have those flaps over the zips sealed with Velcro, but occasionally he can still kill them if the Velcro is getting a bit dodgy. You go in the utility and it looks like a snow storm of fluff.
Thanks Julie for staying tuned to the blog and as always lovely to hear about what Poppy's up to. She is super cute!