Tig pups

The Torbay Terrors have arrived.
We went down to Kronkup on Saturday to have a look at Fred's latest litter, from Mike and Glen Scott's imported Welsh bitch, Torbay Tig. Tig and Mike were running in ISDS trials in England before they came out to WA, and are now trialling in 3sheep trials here. It must be like another planet for them, especially considering that Mike preferred the big course trials in the UK, but they are being very sporting about it.

So... Tig had pups to Fred, and they are 5 adorable little tricolour things (to be expected, since Tig's also tri). One hairy boy (Tom), and 4 girls- Taff and Tess are hairy, like their mum, and Trim and Badger are smooth.

Mike had been oscillating between pups for weeks, and when we arrived he had decided to keep Trim, but at the very last minute switched to Badger. R was pleased, because Trim was the pup that had caught his eye on arrival- he thought there was something Fred-ish about her. They are a very even litter, but Mike did say that if he were going to take any pup, he'd keep Tom, because there is something calm and sort of knowing about him. But with two girls already (Tig and the elderly Nighean), they thought it better to stick with girls.

There really was something about Tom: apart from being the biggest pup, he's also the one who "works" your feet as you walk along. So R had his own minute of indecision, before deciding on Trim- and then, as we went to the car, his willpower collapsed and he decided to take Tom too, and we'll see how they turn out.

Tom:

















Trim:


















Trim and a sister:















Badger:














Taff:














Taff and Tom:















Tess:













The Torbay Terrors, having some downtime:













And the Little Prince shows his displeasure at being usurped as the cutest critter on the place: