[LadyoftheMoor]

The compound is now built and the puppies have their own space in the garden and I have my flower beds back in shape and out of reach.

The compound is built on grass so YES they still dig it up but I don't mind at all - it's what they love to do and I take solace in these replies that tell me by the time they reach 12 - or 18 months old it will have stopped.

Despite the heavy rain showers that we have experienced lately the puppies decided it was better to get wet than go into their kennel for shelter - can't quite work that one out yet! Muddy and quagmire are two words that spring to mind but they didn't mind one little bit, they just carried on regardless, chasing one another and having tons of fun.

Getting some camo netting to put over the compound to stop the birds of prey getting in. Today a cry from a buzzard alerted me to dash out of the house and into the garden ... I was in time to deter it by shouting and flapping my arms around me in 'nutcase fashion'! The puppies do a very good impression of a rabbit, obviously!