FREDDIE is one of three puppies who were the accidental litter of a beautifully natured black labrador bitch. Father is unknown. The pups are 8 weeks old (24.07.07) and all absolutely gorgeous babies. Freddie has two sisters Maya and Melody.

His fosterer, Lucy, says "He has settled in brilliantly, he’s a very confident little pup and has had no issues with anything. He’s been good with the children but hasn’t met the cats yet – one of them came and sniffed him whilst he was asleep earlier but he didn’t notice a thing! Only one accident so far and he’s just been shadowing me around the house – I even made scrambled eggs earlier with him asleep on my slippers!"

UPDATE ON FREDDIE

Lucy says: Freddie is doing brilliantly and seems to now be toilet trained, we’ve not had any accidents. He is definitely a cat friendly dog as he’s not shown any interest in our two at all and has just completely ignored them. He’s been great with the children as well and is still my shadow who sleeps on my slippers at every opportunity! He just wants some attention and cuddles. I’ve now left him for 2 hours and he was great, settled down after the first five minutes of barking and whining. We only went next door so I could keep an ear out and see how he was! But he was fine, settled down in his crate with no problems.

FURTHER UPDATE ON FREDDIE
 
Freddie has now gone off happily to his forever home with Gary and Sharon in Surrey. Apparently, they think he is great and ‘full of character’!! He had a very good first night –  he started barking and whining when they went up to bed so they just covered his crate with a blanket, as suggested by his fosterer, and he settled down and was quiet until 6.30am. Although they had never used a crate before, they can see it is a good idea while he is still young, both to give him a sanctuary and also to save the furniture from being chewed to pieces! They are fully prepared for his puppy antics and realise he will need lots of training.

SETTLING IN
 
His forever mum says..........Freddie is settling in lovely. The nipping is getting less and he only tends to get a bit too mouthy when he's overtired and a short spell in the cage for a sleep then helps him calm down and he comes out all cuddly and rested. We left him for a short time (less than 1hr) on Sunday afternoon and he did a Harry Houdini and escaped from his cage. Managed to bend a bar and squeeze thru so we came home to see him coming flying down the stairs! thankfully there was no damage but the cage was a bit battered. A bit of DIY on it to ensure that Freddie couldn't get out again was needed. With that in mind we've ordered a new one which should arrive later this week.  The old one has now got a few extras on it (bent coat hangers and a bit of an old rusty wire bin tied to the bottom ,which has now become the top to stop him from escaping). 
 
We took Freddie to see some relatives in Worthing yesterday and he was fab. Went in the cage in the car and was especially good cos we got stuck in loads of traffic on the way home due to an accident on the M25 which meant our 1hr journey took 2 1/4 hrs! Needless to say I was a bit frazzled when I got home with having a toddler and a pup in the car but both were amazing and were extremely well behaved. 
 
Have got him booked in for his jabs on 25th August and he can then start his puppy training classes on either 3rd or 10th September so am looking forward to them. Sooo pleased I spotted him on the website cos he is a joy to be around even when he is getting in to places he shouldn't!   

AT THE PARK

Freddie had his first walk. He was fab over the park and very well behaved and just loved saying hello to other dogs. 

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