In Season

Ludo is eleven months and one week old and today she has started coming into season. I was worried that I wouldn't realise, but there was no mistaking the treatment she got from male dogs in the park today. Nope, she's definitely in season all right! It has provoked all sorts of difficult questions from Isabel (aged 6) such as, "But HOW does Ludo have puppies?" and "Why is the boy dog climbing on Ludo's bottom?"

So I am going to have to walk Ludo on the lead for the next couple of weeks, which is a bit annoying as she loves her off-lead runs. Then in a few more months we can have her spayed. That won't be cheap as our vets costs are based on weight, and Ludo weighs seven and a half stone (more than Victoria Beckham!)