Well folks - I have been here for 3 weeks now. And I must say I am absolutely loving it. I am so glad I came to live here.  I love my mum soooo much and she loves me too. I think she loves me too much really because she keep kissing me and cuddling me everytime she sees me.  Yuk!!! She'd better not do that in public it will be so embarrasing :-) My mum smiles so much when she is with me tho - more so than she ever did before I came so I have been told.  Sometimes daddy makes her sad but I soon cheer her up again.  I think I am good for her.

I still haven't been out the yard yet - I get to go to the vets this Monday then a week after that I can go and play outside. I can't wait. Gemma says the field they go to play in is huge!!!  And then there is the park, and the common, and loads of places to go to. Oh - and the beach.  So can't wait to go there.  That sounds so much fun.

Aparently there is another agility show that Gemma and Hizzy are going to in 2 weeks time. Its at Easter time but they are only going for 2 days - Saturday and Sunday. Mummy was going to drive there and back both days but now we are going to stop with my brothers mummy and daddy on the saturday night so that we don't have to spend so much on diesel. I can't wait to see Chilli again. I am bigger than him now even though he was born before me - only by a few minutes tho! That's cos I eat my dinners all up!

Mummy has been teaching me new things - like standing on a block. Yesterday she changed the block to be the scales out of her bathroom so that she could weigh me. I weigh 7 KG.  No wonder mum says her arms ache when she carries me upstairs to bed. I told her I could do it myself but she says I need to look after my joints until they are properly grown. If I don't it will hurt when I'm older and I won't be able to jump so I had better just let her get on with it. I am getting very clever at sitting and standing on this block - Mummy made it out of an old telephone book actually, and wrapped it up with tape cos I would chew the papers otherwise.  I can stand with both front feet on it and now I am practicing lifting my back legs onto it without looking! I can sit on it - ha ha. Hence why mum decided to get me to sit on the scales!  Mum says it will be good practice for me when I start doing agility. It will help with my contacts and also my "bum-awareness" what ever that is. I know my bum is there - it keeps following me. No doubt I will find out later and let you know.

Oh before I go I must just tell you about Gemma. Last week something happened that frightened her so much that she wanted to get into the living room but mum had locked the door whilst she was at work so Gemma tried to go through the window like the cat does. She didn't make a very good job of doing that and she fell backwards I think. She hurt herself too and was crying. I tried to be nice to her but didn't know what to do. When mum and dad got home from work they wanted to take her to the vets so that he could make her better but poor Gemma was hurting so much she didn't want mummy to lift her into the car.  She bit mummy's hand although she didn't mean to hurt. It was just natural for her to do that. When they got to the vets the nice man came out to the car to see her and gave her some pain killers.  They made her feel better and she was a lot better when she got home again. The next day mummy took her to see Christine East - she's a chiropractor and she checked Gemma's back and legs etc and said she had hurt her neck a bit. She was very sad for a few days but she's OK now. Anyway, I don't know what happened or whether it's related to that but Gemma is so much nicer to me now. We play together in the garden and it's so much fun. We chase each other round and round and then we are both so tired. It's really good fun tho. Mummy says it makes her happy to see it too.

Here's a picture of me sitting on the scales!

Speak soon - have fun!

Love

Chip

I am so so tired at the moment but I must tell you about my exciting weekend. On Saturday mum took me to my first ever agility show.  It looked quite exciting and I so want to have a go one day but mum says I have to be a bit bigger before I can go to school to learn how to do it. I want to be really good at it because everyone seems to get excited about being the fastest and I really like those red rosettes that they give out to the fastest dog. They look brilliant. Gemma didn't win anything yesterday - not even a little rosette for getting a clear round - she was pretty rubbish really. Bet I can do better. Apparently she did go clear in the team event she did with her mates tho. I am going to be in a team with Chili and maybe Fleck if I can.  We will need someone else to join us as there should be 4 in a team but we will find someone.

Yesterday mum took my crate with us so I could sleep in it in the car and then she took it into the agility area and I sat at the side of the ring watching and sleeping whilst mum was helping. Sometimes though we would go and have a walk round and I met loads of people that mum knows. They all said I was gorgeous and everyone wanted to have a cuddle off me. Some people also wanted to steal me and take me home for themselves but I want to stay with my mummy. I love her so much and don't ever want to go away from her. I hope I made everyone smile and feel nice. That is going to be my mission - to be good and make people smile. My mum needs to smile sometimes cos I know she has been a bit sad but she said she felt much better now I am here. Gosh - I'm only 10 weeks old and I've already changed something for the better. I love my mum so much and I know she loves me. I saw my auntie Penny too. She's the lady that looked after me before I came to live with mummy. She was nearly crying when she saw me again - I think she misses me. I had a really nice cuddle with her. She is happy that I am happy tho.

We also went for a walk to the toy and treat stall. Wow! - there was loads of treats and toys I just wanted everything. There was loads of different squeaky toys and lots of yummy looking treats. I think I will spend all my pocket money at that place every time.  It will be a while before I am allowed any pocket money though - I will have to share Gemma's unless mum lets me have any for being good.  At the moment Gemma and Hizzy get pocket money depending how good they have been at agility. That means that because Gemma got 2 clear rounds today she gets £2. If she gets a place she gets £2 per place and if she gets a trophy she gets £4. Not that she's ever got many, I think she's only ever had one - lol. She's pretty rubbish! (Mum says I shouldn't say that tho!)  Hizzy has got a shelf full of trophies. Not sure if he will get anymore now though because I don't know if he is going to do any agility anymore. Mum says he's getting too old.

Today I stayed at home with dad whilst mum took Hizzy and Gemma to the border collie club show. It was raining and horrible to start with so I am glad I didn't have to go. Dad took me to Grandma's. That was good cos I always get loads of biscuits there. Grandma has a huge big garden and I so look forward to playing in it soon.

Anyway - going to sign out now and get off to bed. Hope you all have sweet dreams.

Hi folks - I'm back!!!

Gosh I have been playing so hard just lately. But that's a good thing because it makes me sleep really well at night time now.  Mum has got my sleeping arrangements sorted for now. I have got a new fabric crate which I can sleep in in mummy's bedroom (Gemma is there with us too). I wake up midway through the night at the moment as I need a wee but I can soon go back to sleep.  I quite like my little bed.  I cry to start with when I first go in there at night but that's because I want to carry on playing. I am soon asleep though.

I am learning my limits with Gemma and Hizzy - Gemma is a lot better now. She wears this grey coat which mum calls her thunder coat and it makes her more chilled. I accidentally jumped on her yesterday, luckily she was wearing it, and she didn't snap at me. I am going to call it her chill coat.  I am so happy living here. I get to play with lots of different toys because Hizzy and Gemma have loads and loads and mummy bought me some new ones when she went to Crufts before I came. Crufts sounds like a really fun place to go. Sooo much shopping to be done there. I will try and work really hard and be really good so that mummy will take me one day. She was watching some of what they call the agility on the TV the other night and it looked so much fun. I can already jump over her legs and seeing as I only have little ones myself when they grow strong I want to be really good at jumping. I'm not scared of heights either - I have already walked along the back of the sofa although mummy told me off for that. Oh and my tail is always wagging!

I have got a little purple collar on today.  Mum says I have to wear one when I go out with my name and address on so that if I get lost people will know where I live. Mummy will put me on a lead too when we go for a walk - not looking forward to that - I like to be free. Guess I will learn though.  G & H wear them so should be ok.

Here's a few more pictures of me:

Hello. My name is Chip and I am 9 weeks old and 1 day. I came to live with my new family on Saturday 10th March 2012. I am a little bit sad that I have left my brothers and sisters but I will see some of them again soon. I now live with my mum and dad and by older step-brother, Hizzy, who is nearly 9 and my older step-sister, Gemma,  who is nearly 4. They are border collies like me.  Gemma is black and white (and quite pretty) and Hizzy is a tri-colour although there isn't much brown on him. He is also going grey - I guess that will get worse now I'm here - lol. 


I was born on the 9th of January this year and I have 5 siblings - have 2 sisters and 3 brothers.  My real mum's mummy was going to let me stay there with one of my sisters but it would have been quite a house full so she found me a new home. I think I am the best looker. I am a blue merle and have got a white face and merle ears but I think they ran out of merle paint when they made me because one of my legs is just all black. 

Aren't I a stunner!

Gemma has got a facebook page so mum says I can have a blog. The nice lady that looked after my real mum and me and my brothers and sisters when I was first born wants to hear all about what I get up to. Hizzy is getting old and doesn't understand computers and technology - he's funny. He's always grumbling but I don't take any notice. Mum told me not to cos he's a big softy really. I have to be a little careful of Gemma because I think she is a little bit jealous of me. After all she was mum's little baby until I came along. Mummy said she will always be her favourite little girl but then I guess as she's the only girl that's all she can be. 

Anyway - going to catch up on some sleep now - will write again soon and let you know what I've been doing.