Photo of Indy on the beach in Ireland.

Indy was a very well behaved traveller, it was a long day to get there 11 hours and he was a star passenger! His ferry journey to Ireland was very easy, on the car deck there are 4 crates and being used to his own crate allowed him to settle very quickly. On the passenger deck there is even a "petcam" so that you can keep an eye on him, though there isn't a lot we could do if he was unsettled.

We stayed in a delightful cottage in Kilorglin, Kerry where the owners were dog lovers and were completely undaunted by a 3 month old puppy staying in their beautiful holiday home.  In fact the owner took such a shine to Indy that we suspect on our next visit he will be the proud owner of a new puppy.

Ireland is a doggies dream, lots of open woodland for walks, lakes for paddling (Indy isn't yet a confident swimmer) and his first taste of the sea (literally he hadn't experienced salt water before!).  We had a wonderful family holiday and would certainly recommend the website www.imagineireland.com when looking for somewhere to travel with pets.

Well we've been back for a few weeks now and people who haven't seen Indy for a while can't get over how quickly he has grown, he weighs in now at 10 kilos.  He certainly gets plenty of admirers when walking down the street.

We took Indy to Grandma and Granddad's for a sleep over, and Grandma a confirmed dog phobic even melted to his charms.  He loves the garden and playing with his ball, we're sure he will play for England some day.  Indy's great in the house now, no accidents at all and the cat is no longer hassling him, probably because Indy is now three times the cats size.  He starts puppy classes this week so watch this space....

Sorry not to have been in touch - mouse has been out of action!  Indy is the most loved dog in the entire world.  Right from the start he has been very settled - as calm as anything on the way home.  We sneaked him in after the kids were in bed, but he managed to wake the grandparents who were staying for the weekend, he was so settled he managed a quick game of "football" before lights out. 

Our son is determined that he will play for the doggy equivalent of England one day.  Indy sleeps until he hears us wake around 7:30, though when Dad does an early morning start at 5:30 he goes back to sleep with no fuss. There's been no sign of an allergic reaction from Mum, which is just as well because she's in love with him.

Both our son and daughter are completely besotted and he's is great with them. Our son has taught him to retrieve a toy pheasant (which he does with ease). At 12 weeks Indy walks off lead on the hills with us, and he's learning not to chase sheep - a must here!  Puppy classes don't start again until September. He has the odd accident with wees but he's getting there, poos are always outside now.  He likes the cat (and her food if I am not quick), but she's taken a while to come around to him.  He has even had another puppy over for a sleep over!

Next week he's off on holiday with us to Ireland as they don't insist on him having a pet passport.  He can go in the kennel on the boat, but it will only be for a couple of hours.

We love him to bits and can't believe he's ours.

We had an uneventful journey home, Indy snuggled well into Mum's arms all the way home. Indy settled well the first night, we played with him for an hour to relax
him into his new surrounding, he had a good sniff all around and went to
sleep in his crate really quickly. 

Unsurprisingly he woke up twice and let us know he was there, but each time settled back down without us coming to him.  The second time our daughter woke up and came into our room, about 4am, asking what was the noise.  She had no idea and told us that there were chickens in the kitchen downstairs and she went back to sleep.  Indy woke again about 7:30 and our son came into our room and our daughter convinced him that the strange noise was chickens.  We all had a little sleep, (including Indy), by this time we couldn't contain ourselves any longer and went downstairs with the children to investigate the "chickens".

David was right when he said it would be Xmas morning.  They were absolutely
delighted and our daughter completely forget her chicken pox.  Since then Indy has
settled very well, the kids are very aware of his need to have quiet time,
though our son has been teaching him how to dribble a small soft ball!