It was with both a sense of excitement and nervousness that we set off to pick up our first Welsh Springer Spaniel. We had read the books, surfed the net and gathered as much information as we possibly could but we were doing it for real now.
We had just over an hours drive in the car to reach the breeders house and had spent the morning getting our own house ready setting up her cage and bed. Needless to say we arrived rather early and spent half an hour sitting in the car around the corner from the breeder until we were nearer to the agreed time to collect her.
As soon as we went in we were met by three welsh springer spaniel puppies running around playing and generally being mischievous but they were so adorable. We had met the mum and the whole litter some four weeks previously when we had come round to meet the breeder and see if the welsh springer spaniel breed was the right dog for us and of course for the breeder to feel comfortable that we were suitable to be dog owners. What was amazing was how much they had grown since we had first seen them.
We spent about an hour doing the paperwork and asking some final questions of the breeder. It was difficult to believe that we going to be taking home this beautiful puppy and feeling very guilty about taking her away from her mum. I have to confess that I did quietly go over to her mum, Briny, who was in her kennel and promised to take good care of Tess for her and it was almost as if she understood as she nuzzled my hand.
Then it was time to go. Tess was in the back of the car with her new mum, sitting on her lap with an old blanket for the journey home. It was obviously rather stressful for Tess being taken away from her mum as she was making little whimpering noises and shaking from time to time but eventually we got to the motorway and that was the cue for her to fall asleep for the rest of the journey home. If this was how a welsh springer spaniel was going to behave then I was very happy.
Eventually we arrived home with no “little accidents” or drama’s and brought her into her new home. The breeder had kindly given us a fleece and toy, which had, Briny’s scent on which would hopefully help her to relax and we had her bed already for her then we just sat on the floor and let her begin to explore her new surroundings. In truth I thing we probably sat on the floor with Tess for about 2 hours just watching her, guiding her and stroking her and really not quite believing that she was ours and what lay before us!!
We had just over an hours drive in the car to reach the breeders house and had spent the morning getting our own house ready setting up her cage and bed. Needless to say we arrived rather early and spent half an hour sitting in the car around the corner from the breeder until we were nearer to the agreed time to collect her.
As soon as we went in we were met by three welsh springer spaniel puppies running around playing and generally being mischievous but they were so adorable. We had met the mum and the whole litter some four weeks previously when we had come round to meet the breeder and see if the welsh springer spaniel breed was the right dog for us and of course for the breeder to feel comfortable that we were suitable to be dog owners. What was amazing was how much they had grown since we had first seen them.
We spent about an hour doing the paperwork and asking some final questions of the breeder. It was difficult to believe that we going to be taking home this beautiful puppy and feeling very guilty about taking her away from her mum. I have to confess that I did quietly go over to her mum, Briny, who was in her kennel and promised to take good care of Tess for her and it was almost as if she understood as she nuzzled my hand.
Then it was time to go. Tess was in the back of the car with her new mum, sitting on her lap with an old blanket for the journey home. It was obviously rather stressful for Tess being taken away from her mum as she was making little whimpering noises and shaking from time to time but eventually we got to the motorway and that was the cue for her to fall asleep for the rest of the journey home. If this was how a welsh springer spaniel was going to behave then I was very happy.
Eventually we arrived home with no “little accidents” or drama’s and brought her into her new home. The breeder had kindly given us a fleece and toy, which had, Briny’s scent on which would hopefully help her to relax and we had her bed already for her then we just sat on the floor and let her begin to explore her new surroundings. In truth I thing we probably sat on the floor with Tess for about 2 hours just watching her, guiding her and stroking her and really not quite believing that she was ours and what lay before us!!
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