A year of Poppy

On the 6th of July 2012 we took a long journey to fetch a 3 month old puppy from somewhere north of Toulouse, a couple of hours drive away. On being let out of the cage with her brothers and sisters she shot off at high speed and disappeared for several minutes round the corner before rushing back manically and bouncing all over us. She still behaves exactly like this a year on.
While in Bagenères recently we wondered why we couldn't remember it being so bustling last summer, we came to the conclusion that it was because we hardly made it there last summer due to being exhausted from lack of sleep as Poppy refused to go to sleep at night and woke up early, plus the few hours we had any energy we spent trying to train her to walk on a lead and not jump on people (both still works in progress - the lead thing is much better though).
But despite all that we still love her dearly as she is very affectionate and gentle (unless you are a bunny rabbit, cat or chicken) and loves nothing more than a cuddle in the evening.