01/07/2025
Well, that was an eventful morning! One of the pups from the Meri/Bjorn litter is starting his journey to his new home in NZ today, and he needed to be at the airport by 5.40am for his flight (groan). So, last night I bathed and brushed him and made sure that he was looking his best, went to bed earlyish and set the alarm for 4.20am. So far so good, but you know what they say about the best laid plans.......
At 3.10am I was rudely awoken by one of the dogs demanding to be let out, I apparently didn't hear her the first time because she started yowling right next to my ear! In her defense it must have been urgent because she shot out of the door when I opened it.
Things just went downhill from there.
By the time she was ready to come back inside I had discovered that it was 2 degrees outside, the beautifully clean and groomed puppy had decided to p**p in his crate and then sit in it, and by now all of the other dogs wanted out too.
Got the pup cleaned up and took him outside in case he needed to go again, looked at the clock (it was 4am) decided that it wasn't worth going back to bed so made a coffee. Put it down on the coffee table and puppy promptly knocked it over. Luckily it missed him in his freshly cleaned state. At 4.30 I decided that I had better get puppy in the car as it is about 45min to the airport and if traffic is heavy, it can take longer. Got him in the car, grab my keys and jump in the car, it won't start!!! Grabbed the battery pack, attatched clamps, it still won't start. After several attempts and growing more panicked by the minute, I eventually woke my son. He crawled out of bed (I am sure that I could hear some muttered curse words but I chose to ignore them), thanks to Andrew we eventually got the car started at 5.20 am and I then made a dash for the airport to try and make it before cut off time for the flight. I made record time arriving about 20min late. Thankfully the staff at the airport were lovely and everything went smoothly from there. I hope the rest of his journey is trouble free.
I need a lie down!