After we returned Lady to Angie's house, we went back there the following weekend to meet Boola, taking our two with us. This was also an opportunity to catch up with lovely Lady who practically threw herself at me for cuddles and was a wriggly bundle of joy, putting on weight. She's subsequently had her dental, which went well, and this has considerably speeded up progress on her condition - it's amazing the difference this makes. Then it was out the garden for the introduction between Boola and our two. To our delight, madam didn't start performing, in fact seemed distinctly indifferent. Andy seemed thrilled to have another boy to play with, and they commenced an orgy of bum sniffing and competitive weeing on all of Angie's nice rose bushes - a positive start. Then we opened the boot of the car and the two boys simply leapt in without any prompting and quietly lay down. Brilliant. And that, happily, is how it has been. Booty hasn't minded him at all, and just seems to ignore him, occasionally sniffing him. Andy has now got a new boy chum and all is going well. There have been one or two minor incidents but overall fantastic in terms of relationships between the three.

Boola is a fabulous boy all round. I attach some pics. He is very handsome. We took him to the vet for a checkup - yet again, he needs a dental, although there is a possibility his previous home may be persuaded to contribute. He's going for his dental on Thursday morning - so watch this space. I'm not sure if he'll need extractions - it's certainly possible as he is struggling with hard kibble - clearly he can't bite down on it.

On Sunday, we had the AGM for the greyhound charity up at Pontypridd. The pub allow us to use their function room, and unusually are happy for folk to bring their greyhounds. So, imagine if you will, a function room filled with around 50 people and approximately 30 hounds, all elegantly draped, or lying on seats. We had a number of speakers including a member of the Welsh Assembly but we found that when we applauded, this set all the hounds off on an outburst of howling, barking and whining. So when any speaker was applauded, the entire audience shook their hands in front of them - this apparently is how deaf people applaud each other. It worked brilliantly and didn't disturb the dogs. We took Boola and left our two at home. He behaved himself very well and enjoyed meeting a variety of other people and dogs. I also dropped off a huge pile of hand made cards for the greyhound shop. The meeting finished about 3, and then it was time to come home. The weather has been very wet for the past week or so - I seem to be constantly battling to keep the house clean. I attach some pics of Boola and the AGM.