Letter from Birch & family

Just to let you know that I have settled in very well and am successfully training my new family.  I have made many new friends of all sorts, we have a funny little hen that I have to be careful not to fall over and two friendly rabbits, we talk through the fence but I am not allowed to play with them.   I have to be very careful with my friend Bob as he is very old but there are lots of other dogs around here, I race round the field with Katie and Paddy and have wrestling matches with a large poodle called Ziggy, I like poodles.

I have been boating, I really like sitting on a boat watching all the ducks and things go by and it is great to walk along the canal and jump in the reeds.  I love paddling and I think the perfume in my garden pond is marvelous, but my mistress made me have a bath, she doesn't like badger either, can't think why not.

I am taking my mistress to obedience classes, I think she should do all right in time.  I have been to several dogs shows, it looks great fun, can't wait to start competing, will have to let you know how I get on.

Bye for now, have some holes to dig.

Birch