Ginger Beastie - Seahaven's Gloriana - is a year old! Where did that time go?

It's time to wish Bron and all her litter mates a Happy 1st Birthday! Where did that time go? I can't thank Donna & Sean enough for allowing us to have a Tilly baby. Beastie really is the perfect toller in my eyes, beauty, brains (naughty ones), fun and games and THE most amazing temprement all rolled in to one.  She has made us laugh so much since we brought her home, probably gained a few extra grey hairs and apologised to several people along the way for one enthusiastic ginger ninja leaping on them plastered in mud or trying to lick their eye ball etc etc. At times she has been a bit of a hooligan BUT has also showed amazing patience when Nell had her pups and they were all biting her and leaping all over her, she would lay down and play with them for hours on end even when they were almost eating her alive! When Bron met a friends 9 month old baby she was very gentle with her, sat and allowed her to pat her and she instinctively knew she must not climb on her.

We've done a bit of showing, had a lot of laughs, met lots of people, travelled about a bit and Bron has been to work with me quite a lot, even to the airport and taken it all in her stride. She loves swimming, getting filthy dirty and visiting Pets at Home for a spot of shoplifting (but we don't talk about that). She learnt to clear the stable door about 5 months ago and despite attempts to stop her, she is still flying over it with no effort at all....

When we lost our older collie Toby to cancer in the summer quite suddenly we somehow decided to keep back one of Nells pups 'Ted' who is only 5 months younger than Bron so it has been a lot of fun (and hard work) having two puppies around, however the pair of them love each other to bits and can let off steam each day. They have time apart as well to settle them down or we would never get any peace at all.

Speical hugs to Sox who is having his birthday present with the vet today in the form of a nutcracking job!