After feeding Luna & Vesta, checking the puppies and cleaning out the whelping box early in the morning, I leave the house to walk with Luna. Today I returned to find Paolo happily snugged in the fleece outside the whelping box, put there for just such an eventuality. It was always going to happen one day this week; the others will no doubt follow his example shortly …

Paolo is trying to find out where Ken Bruce is hiding!