MORE animals?! I hear you say! Oh look, I grew up with at least 2 dogs in the house, usually 3 actually, multiple cats, birds, rats and mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, chooks, fish, ducks .... and i am sure there was more! That was all in a suburban style back yard! David is a vet ... its inevitable that we are always going to have lots of animals and that's just the way i like it and how i would like the girls to grow up - surrounded by pets, wildlife and the bush.
David on the other hand would probably be content with just the wildlife and the bush ... but he knows its a lost battle now! Soooooo, enter "Archie", our new *cough* dog! Well, he is more like a pet bandicoot crossed with a rat, but he barks, eats dog food and smells like a dog so we think he must be a dog! He is a 700gram Silky Terrier cross. Very little and very cute and the girls (and mummy) adore him. He was dumped with his litter mates at our local stock feed store (who sell hay not pets), we went in to buy a bag of cat food .... and walked out with an "Archie"!
Even David loves him and it is so nice to have a dog in the house again (even if i do keep stepping in little cold piles when i get up to go to the toilet at 3am!!). He will soon be joined by "Lyric", our new Whippet puppy who is currently 2 weeks old and will be joining the family in 6 weeks time. She is one of Scarlett's babies and we can't wait to meet her too. I am hoping "Lyric" doesn't think "Archie" is her new squeaky toy!
So welcome to the new Kirke family dogs! Finally we have dogs again, after having none for 15months.
Archie 6 weeks
Cuteness overload!
Laura taking Archie to Kindy for news!
He loves Amelia cuddles.
Lyric - our new Whippet baby only 1 week old.
